HUD officials say the county agency has poorly administered low-income subsidies and want millions refunded. The director disputes the findings.  The Los Angeles Times reports that Federal auditors say that the Los Angeles County Housing Authority has mismanaged the $200 million federal housing voucher program for the county's poor and has sought to conceal its shortcomings.

The unusual recommendations come in a report this month that criticizes the authority for failing to check annually, as required, on tenants' eligibility for subsidies under the federal Section 8 program. Some recipients were receiving more money than they were entitled to, the auditors found.

The director of 17 years, Carlos Jackson, acknowledged past failings in his agency's administration of Section 8, which now serves 20,700 people and families. But he said he had moved to correct the problems and denied intentionally misleading the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which provides the funds.

Another example of government operational efficiency.  And these are the kind of people that the Democrats want to administer our health care programs.

There's more:

The problems are not new. The authority's troubles were first noted in 2003, when HUD auditors found that it had not reviewed many tenants' eligibility for three years. In some cases that were reviewed, the auditors found, the authority did not verify tenants' reported incomes. HUD auditors said they learned through two subsequent reviews that the agency repeatedly -- and falsely -- assured HUD it had corrected these problems.

My question is why hasn't the County been overseeing these, and other programs?   Another reason to replace the County Supervisors?