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#homeless-services

Gwendolyn Westbrook, 71, raided the accounts of the United Council for Human Services while she had near-exclusive financial control over the nonprofit serving homeless and low-income people, according to a statement Monday from the district attorney's office. Prosecutors allege that between 2019 and 2023, Ms. Westbrook engaged in unauthorized self-payments, improper cash withdrawals, and fraudulent reimbursement practices that diverted public funds for personal use.

Council will vote on a pair of ordinances - one that would make it illegal to leave a trailer that's not attached to a vehicle on a city street and another that would outlaw the practice of renting out an RV parked on the street. Under the vanlording ordinance, it would be illegal to rent out an RV as a living space, store an RV that you plan to lease on the street or charge someone for a street parking spot.

The city has met two of the seven recommendations from the state audit regarding improvements in tracking and measuring effectiveness of homeless services.