Politicians in the greater Los Angeles area are stepping up efforts to address the homelessness crisis after decades of exploding numbers brought on by permissive laws regarding outdoor camping and drug use.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to declare a state of emergency Tuesday, following a similar edict by the city’s mayor, Karen Bass, on her first day in office on Dec. 12. Long Beach is also in line to do the same with its new mayor.
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who had a homelessness eradication task force, told the Washington Examiner the number was actually more than 80,000.“This is all driven by public reaction to the proliferation of homeless encampments over the past two or three years,” UCLA Professor Emeritus Gary Blasi told the Los Angeles Times. “Any politician who doesn’t make some progress on this is going to be in some significant trouble.
Yet just 18 months ago, he welcomed the world’s homeless to California, saying they would be “taken care of.”
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