Karen Bass: “The biggest obstacle is the resistance to building interim…”

“What would you identify as sort of the biggest obstacle that you learned? Maybe being in the job. And how are you going to tackle that differently in the next four years? The biggest obstacle is the resistance to building interim housing. So basically, it was an old or nothing type policy. I think probably for a good reason, we didn't want people to languish in shelters.” (04:24–04:30)

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