Exclusive | Dark truth about Gavin Newsoms $2.6B flagship housing splurge turning LAs quiet streets into slums

Some of Los Angeles’ nicest neighborhoods have become the landing spot for dangerous homeless housing developments.The units, sometimes entire apartment buildings, have generated hundreds, and in some cases more than 1,200, police calls, The California Post can reveal.Records reviewed by The Post show repeated LAPD responses to nearly 50 publicly funded homeless housing developments across the city over a two-year period.Many of the developments were financed through Gov.Gavin Newsom’s Homekey program, Los Angeles’ Proposition HHH bond measure, or both, which account for over $2 billion of taxpayers’ cash.Police records reveal repeated responses for assaults, domestic violence, batteries, attempted suicides, mental health crises, narcotics activity, robberies, criminal threats and reports of shots fired.One of the most striking examples is 5050 Pico Boulevard, a modern apartment building just minutes from Beverly Hills and The Grove.Originally marketed as luxury apartments with quartz countertops, gated parking and upscale finishes, the development was instead purchased through Newsom’s Homekey program for roughly $35 million, or about $1.2 million per apartment, and converted into permanent supportive housing.Police records show officers were dispatched to the property more than 1,200 times over roughly two years, responding to assaults, batteries, domestic violence, mental health crises, welfare checks, trespassing, suspicious persons and ambulance calls.When The Post visited the property, a memorial with candles sat outside the entrance.Neighbors said a woman died after falling from the roof while allegedly under the influence of drugs.

Authorities have not publicly confirmed the circumstances surrounding her death.Homeowner Raphael Swann said he purchased his townhouse in 2019 just a few doors down after reviewing plans for what he believed would be a luxury apartment development.Instead, during the pandemic, the project was converted into homeless ho...