Karen Bass: “Los Angeles made a decision probably 20, 25 years ago to not…”

“I didn't anticipate some of the bureaucratic barriers that I would experience, but I am prepared to take those on now. And let me just give you an example. Los Angeles made a decision probably 20, 25 years ago to not address street homelessness. to focus solely on building. And granted, I have fast tracked 42,000 units of affordable housing, but it still takes a couple of years.” (02:11–02:19)

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