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To the editor: Urban Alchemy, a homeless services provider for the city of L.A., received $2.3 million for providing 88 beds, but on an inspection in June, the special master saw only 44 in use ( “L.A. city told the court there were 88 beds at a homeless shelter, but 44 of them were missing,” Nov. 14). Yet the provider was paid in full because while the city checks invoices against contracts (what accountants call a “two-way match” ), it does not bother to verify the invoice against the actual services provided (a necessary “three-way match”).

Worse, an attorney for the city from Gibson Dunn insisted to U.S. District Judge David O. Carter that the appointed special master “

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