Watch Live: LA Mayor Karen Bass signs executive directive on homelessness
Despite more than $1.2 billion in spending for homeless programs in the current city budget, there is scant evidence of change on the streets, and the declaration said the crisis has grown “beyond the control of the normal services, personnel, equipment, and facilities” in Los Angeles.Jennifer Hark Dietz, CEO of the homeless services nonprofit PATH, said the city’s previous “piecemeal” approach to the crisis too often involved law enforcement instead of service providers.
“From individuals just falling into homelessness, to those living outdoors or in interim housing ... we know that the affordable housing they need is just not here,” Dietz said in a statement Monday that backed efforts to speed creation of affordable housing. Janice Hahn, who heads the county Board of Supervisors, credited Bass with “treating the homelessness crisis with the urgency it demands.”
A pop-up store help families at the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 15, 2022. Bass' election in November represented a historic marker in the city's 241-year history. She is the first woman and second Black person to hold the job. The former Democratic congresswoman and legislative leader begins work amid
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