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They also voiced frustration over a pair of stinging audits that sharply criticized LAHSA’s oversight, or lack of it, over its contracts and programs.

But the powerful Los Angeles Police Protective League frequently targeted Rhodes with stinging criticism in its monthly magazine, including over a policy that limited “pretextual stops” of motorists and pedestrians.

It is the “on that side” part that stings.

The Democratic leader of the nation’s second-largest city has fended off stinging critiques about her initial absence as well as her faltering leadership during the crisis.

Her new anti-leak fervor also flies in the face of her previous positions, which adds to the sting of her recent proclamations.