Judge characterizes skid row housing receivership as ‘a mess’ for 1,500 tenants
1 year, 8 months ago

Judge characterizes skid row housing receivership as ‘a mess’ for 1,500 tenants

LA Times  

In his own words, the judge was between “a rock and a hard place.” The receiver he had appointed to bring 29 dilapidated buildings up to code was drowning in debt and blaming the city of Los Angeles for his failure to borrow additional funds. “I don’t know how much problem solving has been going on.” Beckloff repeatedly urged more than a dozen lawyers representing Adams, banks with loans on the properties, the city and Skid Row Housing Trust to stay focused on the purpose of the receivership. “The big problem is that all of the security companies are going to walk off the job tomorrow if they’re not paid,” Adams said. In interviews the day before the hearing, representatives of the receivership’s other two security firms said Adams had been paying them on time and gave no indication their departures were imminent. Adams was appointed two months ago after years of mismanagement and financial disarray left the Skid Row Housing Trust unable to pay its bills.

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