Karen Bass: “No, I think that was money, as I understand it, that they…”

“And it's just not right to do that to a population who's trying to survive. We are a city of immigrants. The price tags are put over, I think, 130 million. Right. Does the government federal. No, I think that was money, as I understand it, that they were going to spend on the troop mobilization. Maybe that's what you're referring to. They don't need to spend it themselves. So I could not even imagine that they would come here and ask us to reimburse their unnecessary expense.” (10:26–10:33)

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