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Civil Litigation

Sep. 23, 2025

Suit claims LA city attorney blocked Venice affordable housing project

Housing nonprofits sued Los Angeles, alleging City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto and Councilmember Traci Park unlawfully obstructed a Venice affordable housing project approved under the city's Comprehensive Homeless Strategy.

Suit claims LA city attorney blocked Venice affordable housing project
Sarah M. Hoffman of Venable LLP in San Francisco

A lawsuit by housing advocates claims that Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto and a city council member blocked, after their election in 2022, a long-delayed Venice affordable housing project that had already been approved.

The lawsuit is at least the second to claim that Feldstein Soto and Councilwoman Traci Park obstructed the Venice Dell project, which they had both publicly opposed prior to their election. The accusation is that they disrupted communication between...

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