LOS ANGELES — Racism, corruption, and inaction by Los Angeles city and county officials have caused a massive homeless problem, and intervention by the courts is the only way to ensure that people are provided with shelter, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled.

Judge David Carter issued a withering 109-page order Tuesday, accusing Los Angeles bureaucrats of raking in billions of tax dollars without any real results to stem the tide of homelessness that increases by double digits each year. The judge has now taken control of the city’s and county’s homeless abatement efforts and ordered housing for the entire Skid Row population of 4,600 by October.