Article from Reason by Christian Britschgi.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, while decrying Trump’s comments as “cheap shots”, has also said he supports having the federal government “intercede”—at least financially—in addressing the city’s homelessness problem.
On Monday, Garcetti said he would be leading coalition of mayors to lobby Congress to pass the Ending Homelessness Act—introduced in March by Rep. Maxine Waters (D–Calif.)—which would spend an additional $13 billion over five years on new and existing federal homelessness and housing programs. To build support for the legislation, Garcetti has said he will lead a rally in Washington D.C., testify before Congress, and get more co-sponsors on board.
Were federal funding increased further, it’s still an open question as to how much that extra money would help people without shelter get into more permanent housing. In places like Los Angeles, there’s been a major increase in state and local spending on homelessness alongside a growing number of people living on city streets.
In 2016, Los Angeles voters passed Proposition HHH, a $1.2 billion bond measure city officials said would help construct 10,000 new units of housing, of which 7,000 would be “supportive units” reserved for the formerly homeless, within a decade.
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California has created their own mess so they can fix it without our tax monies.
I agree 100%. Why should my tax dollars clean up the mess they made. maybe the elite celebreties should put up the money or let homeless and illegals live with them.
i wish i said that. good on ya nina,
I agree completely. It’s their policies that have created this mess. They should clean it up. What about a volunteer program. Every hollywood star should take in 10 or 15 homeless people. Their homes are about 15K sq. feet and they own several. They’ll never see them.
I think Nancy Pelosi owns about 19 homes, let her put some of these people up.
Put the homeless into homes the soon to be deported illegals are using.
OMG, what a great idea!!!
Hopefully, if taxpayers support these people, they’ll be required to bathe, wash their clothing, report to a useful job for a couple of hours every day, eat wholesome food, clean their living space and take no unprescribed drugs.
You are joking, please tell me thats a joking. You can’t make anyone do anything against their will, wake up
Los Angeles and California got themselves into this predicament by being irresponsible and spendthrift democrats let them get out of it themselves. They don’t deserve ANY federal funds for anything considering they are a sanctuary state. Unless they rejoin the union or the fault sends a major portion of the state into the sea they can shift for themselves.
Just say No! Hell No!
I say no more federal taxpayer money to California until they begin to enforce all federal laws including federal immigration laws. Trump needs to veto all congressional bills that fund anything in California including medicaid since they give medicaid to illegal aliens.
that should apply to all states w/sanctuary cities.
The illegals seem to be more deserving than their homeless citizens. Lets deport the illegals and use the savings to make life better for homeless US citizens
Take care of the homeless vets, not the freeloaders!
The homelessness problem in California appears to be more about poor Government issues than a lack of public cash!
Why should the tax payers pay for California’s none working State,City and County screw ups, the people should wake up to the none working ideas of their officials. Vote them out. The officials don’t want to follow Federal Laws might be a good spot for the citizens to stat working on for their own good, Health, Security and the taxes that they will be paying.
You can give them a place to stay off the streets but won’t end the problems that put them there. Just giving people food shelter entices more to come to the cities. Problems back with people back on the streets. Help them fix their life and insure their future .
Anywhere there are democrats leading the show, you will have endless welfare spending, endless social rot, infinite waste, and incompetence. Their only solution is to throw other people’s money at every problem. California needs responsible leadership!!
California’s self-imposed “crisis” must be solved the those that created it – the left wing CRAZIES that run the place, WITHOUT Federal Tax money. The ARROGANT, INCOMPETENT Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti would “allow” the Federal government to “intercede”, at least by sending tons of money. MUST NOT HAPPEN!
They’re not alone. “ANYWHERE” democrooks are in charge, becomes a hellhole. been going on for ever they caused it, they can fix it themselves. we didn’t help them destroy their cities( and states ) we should not throw money where it won’t be used correctly. never has, never will