Karen Bass: “In 2016, voters approved Measure H8HH to build 10,000 units…”

“And the city of Los Angeles is ready to continue down the road of reform and solid, meaningful partnership. Year after year, the broken system allowed the crisis to grow. In 2016, voters approved Measure H8HH to build 10,000 units of housing. At the time, LA had about 25,000 unhoused residents. But by the time I took office less than two and a half years ago, that number had grown to more than 46,000 unhoused Angelenos.” (23:24–23:32)

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