Posted on 03/25/2026 9:34:19 AM PDT by Libloather
Los Angeles homeless people are being put up in brand new apartments in ritzy neighborhoods that cost taxpayers up to $1.5 million per room, the California Post can reveal.
At least $2.6 billion of taxpayers cash has been spent buying and renovating hotels, motels and dorms for the huge unhoused population in the city and county since 2020.
The properties were all purchased with $1.3 billion from Governor Gavin Newsom’s Homekey initiative, which then renovated with another $1.3 billion in funding from the city and county of Los Angeles.
Some of the suites, which are staggered across neighborhoods such as West Hollywood, Cheviot Hills and Venice Beach, even come fitted with private balconies, in-unit laundry and gated parking.
Experts are demanding an investigation and blasted the spending spree — as Los Angeles grapples with a housing crisis, draconian building restrictions and a budget deficit.
Developer and former mayoral candidate Rick Caruso tore into city, county and state leaders for “funding luxury,” adding the city was wasting huge sums on “unsustainable” options while ignoring better alternatives.
The California Post reviewed 83 properties provided by the California Department of Housing and Community Development through a public records request, all slated for conversion into homeless housing.
The records show that In West Hollywood, the 20-room Holloway Motel was bought and overhauled for roughly $22 million, or about $1.05 million per unit.
The hotel sits opposite private member’s club Soho House’s swanky new location, in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city.
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Focusing on “luxe neighborhoods” is misdirection. Why is the budget $2.6 billion? Why does it cost $1 million per room? Not because the homeless are living in mansions. Its because the money flows through a million bureaucratic channels and a million non-profit organizations before it actually provides a service for the homeless. And every one of them has their hand out to get their cut when it passes through their department or organization. Its how they survive. So probably 90% of that $2.6 billion goes to keep some government or non-profit employee paid.
Democrats running these scams plan on keeping 'the home/shelter' after the so called 'homeless' have been moved into some other democrat's mansion scam... Free mansions for all democrat scammers - on the taxpayer's dime. Is that sooooooo California-stupid or what?
Are these the same people who will fill Gavin's coffers with big 'donations'? The Homeless Industrial Complex has been 'giving' to democrats for decades - money money money.... dirty dirty dirty....
People in the California Gov’t are taking a percentage of the income the Gov’t is paying accommodation owners are collecting from Taxpayers.
Don’t forget the dog. Lots of dogs.
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Hey, GOPJ, thanks for introducing me to this new terminology. One thing we know for sure: if you continue to reward crime and homelessness, the problems and graft will grow even bigger.
Look at the gross negligence of those of not stopping the "Learing Center" fraud in Minneapolis. Tim Walz and his Attorney General MUST go to jail!
Marx was somewhat cagey in not specifying who exactly would determine one’s needs. But we know.
We’re seeing it now; for example, we need actual representatives who are responsive to our own needs, but not really getting it.
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