Oct. 24, 2025
LA uses judge's words to challenge his appointment of monitor
Attorneys for Los Angeles said U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, according to his own words from the bench, had no authority to appoint an unelected monitor over the city's homeless spending.
After finding Los Angeles' city leaders lacked the means to properly track the billions of dollars it annually spends on homelessness, a federal judge appointed a data monitor to ensure the city's compliance with a five-year encampment reduction agreement.
On Oct. 22, the city - represented by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP - requested a pause in the case brought by the LA Alliance for Human Rights pending appeal of that appointment order.
In an ex parte applicati...
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