Karen Bass: “Programs that I will be rolling out, I mentioned when I did…”

“And getting past the bureaucracy to deal with street lights or sidewalks or trash has been challenging. Although I do feel that we are on the road to making a significant difference in each of those areas. Programs that I will be rolling out, I mentioned when I did my State of the City, for example, that we were focusing on cleanup, graffiti removal, and landscaping in the major corridors leading to the events, the highest trafficked areas. So the main streets that people are going down, because I'm a big believer that people need to see it. And that's why when I came in the office, I focused on the encampments.” (27:36–27:54)

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