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However, Mejia noted that the Controller’s Office has been “hitting some hurdles” maintaining the website, including delays with data and extensive manual work.The website breaks down information about service providers working with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, otherwise known as LAHSA, including dates and invoice details.It’s designed so people can “dig in for yourself” and “see what the city is spending its money on,” Mejia said.The pair is tasked with sorting through thousands of pages of invoices and contracts from LAHSA to redact any sensitive data before they’re posted publicly. Some of the controller’s staff, including Director of Homelessness Ashley Bennett, told the court that the website requires extensive and time-consuming work from the team, all of which needs to be done manually. Staff said the Controller’s Office has also faced up to nine-month delays in getting data and documents from LAHSA, which the judge said worries him.One reason for making the information on the website widely available is to gain public trust, the judge said. He noted that a months-long delay could undermine that.Carter urged the Controller’s Office to speed up the process and get the website updated to as close to real time as possible. But he noted that’s outside the court’s jurisdiction. Mejia told the judge that his office needs help and"cooperation from the outside” to update the site more quickly. That likely means more cooperation from LAHSA, the controller said.As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. 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