‘An end to all the excuses,’ says L.A.’s chief bureaucrat in push for $1.8-billion homelessness plan

While guiding Los Angeles on its painful budget recovery, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana often had to be the naysayer.

He told the city no to hiring, he told the unions no to raises and he told the voters no to fixing sidewalks and streets without new taxes.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.