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Housing agency director retires

By Hector Becerra
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Carlos Jackson, the director of the Los Angeles County Housing Authority criticized for his agency’s handling of a $200-million program for the county’s poor and for allegedly concealing shortcomings, has retired.

The director for 17 years, Jackson has acknowledged failures in his agency’s management of Section 8 vouchers. In February, federal auditors called for his ouster.

In a memo to his employees this week, Jackson said he had informed the county Board of Supervisors of his decision to retire.

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Jackson wrote that his decision was “made with sadness,” but he didn’t mention the controversy over his or the agency’s performance.

-- Hector Becerra

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Hector Becerra

Hector Becerra is managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. A native Angeleno who grew up in Boyle Heights, Becerra’s first foray into journalism was as the editor of the University Times at Cal State Los Angeles. He started his career at the Los Angeles Times in 1999 and was a general assignment reporter until 2014, covering everything from wildfires to crime to Latino cultural trends. He has been among the first to a murder scene as part of a ride-along in South L.A. and has tried his hand as a field worker, picking strawberries in Santa Maria. Becerra was part of the team of reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize’s Public Service award for its coverage of the city of Bell corruption scandal. He was city editor for the California section until 2022, when he was promoted to deputy managing editor. He was named managing editor in 2024.

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