Federal judge expands contempt case against LA, cites Brown Act violation

A federal judge overseeing Los Angeles’ long-running homelessness lawsuit expanded a contempt case against the city Wednesday, citing concerns that city officials may have misrepresented key facts to the court and violated California’s open-meeting law when approving a plan to clear thousands of homeless encampments.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said the new allegations stem from recently reported information suggesting the City Council may have never have publicly voted on a homeless...