Dysfunctional LA Politics

A depiction of a bleak homeless encampment rendered by AI.

Dysfunctional Los Angeles City Politics Threatens Housing Progress

Mayor Karen Bass’s administration has failed to live up to its own affordable-housing ambitions.

When Karen Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles, it seemed that the city’s shameful neglect of its housing crisis would finally end. Bass, after all, is a progressive, and she staked much of her political capital during her mayoral campaign on a pledge to tackle the interconnected crises of homelessness and a dearth of affordable or supportive housing in the sprawling city.

Two years on, the promise is unfulfilled, and what progress has been made, through Bass-backed programs such as Inside Safe, which has moved thousands of people from the streets into motels, is now at risk of being reversed, according to advocates who have argued in court that city officials are using their clout to block new housing developments in affluent parts of town. Becky Dennison, co–executive director of the Venice Community Housing Corporation, told me in a recent conversation that different city agencies and officials are at war with each other over how to tackle the housing crisis and whether to share the burden equitably across neighborhoods. “There’s no unified message coming out of the city; it’s complete uncertainty. It creates a situation in which everybody loses.”

Together, We Can House Hope: Be a part of the solution. Contribute to our grassroots movement to end homelessness in Los Angeles. Act now!

#EndHomelessness #EndHomelessnessNow #LetsEndHomelessness #HomelessnessNoMore #HelpEndHomelessness #NoMoreHomelessness #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FightHomelessness #HousingJustice  

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-end-homelessness-together-now-and-for-good

Housing ReformPaul Asplundhomeless, los angeles, karen bass, Fair Housing, Housing Accountability UnitComment