Karen Bass: “Los Angeles made a decision probably a couple of decades ago…”

“But I will tell you this, and then, you know, again, you push my button on a subject I talk about all day. But let me just end with this. Los Angeles made a decision probably a couple of decades ago to not deal with street homelessness. New York City has 80,000 homeless people and 97% of them are in some form of shelter. We adopted a rigid, dogmatic policy that says everybody needs permanent housing.” (08:27–08:33)

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