Karen Bass: “Homelessness costs the city millions of dollars.”

“Well, you know what, how much it costs for people to be on the street, how much it costs in terms of compromising people's quality of life, impacting businesses. The fact that people die on the streets, the emergency room, the police visits, Homelessness costs the city millions of dollars. You talked about the federal government during the campaign. We interviewed you and the Secretary of housing, Marcia Fudge. Yes.” (01:49–01:54)

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