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Why now: U.S. District Judge David O. Carter scheduled a hearing for next week after meeting in court Wednesday with representatives from the city and a group of downtown business and property owners known as the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights.

The occasionally tense meeting was the latest to gauge progress in a long-running legal settlement over the city’s response to the homelessness crisis.

Carter set the contempt hearing for next Wednesday, giving city officials time to produce documents the court has requested and for both sides to subpoena witnesses, potentially including L.A. Mayor Karen Bass.

How we got here: During the hearing, Carter pointed to several delays attributed to city authorities.

For example, the monitor the judge appointed recently to help to mak

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