The ask stems from a previous corruption scandal for which former Councilman Mitch Englander was sentenced to prison. Lee, who did not respond to a request for comment, was Englander's chief of staff at the time.
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An unusual bid by Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee to pull back funding from a Chatsworth homeless housing project met headwinds Thursday, as a council committee voted unanimously against rescinding the money.
“We can’t keep punting the obligation that we have to start actually making a dent in this crisis,” said Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, a member of the Homelessness and Poverty Committee.
The decision now heads to the full council, according to a spokeswoman for the committee leader. The council voted more than a year ago to fund the Topanga Canyon Boulevard project using money from Proposition HHH, a $1.2-billion bond program approved by voters. As it stands, more than $7 million in HHH funds is slated to be allocated for the project, according to the housing department.