Alex Villanueva: Measure A will raise the cost of living in LA, while rewarding incompetence and graft

As the former sheriff of Los Angeles County, I worked closely with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a joint effort between the city and the county of Los Angeles to address the growing crisis of homelessness.  In this capacity, I was witness to some wonderful work being done at street level, and some mind-boggling incompetence being done at the political level.

When I took office, one of the first things I did was to greatly expand the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homeless Outreach Services Team...