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Almost all the Los Angeles mayoral candidates in 2022 agree on one thing: ‘Clean the city of homeless camps’ in the midst of a crisis, where thousands of people live in tents and vehicles, homeless.
Through a survey conducted by the Los Angeles Business Council Institute in coordination with Los Angeles Times, it was shown that thousands of voters demand that the authorities solve one of the biggest problems of the city; homelessness.
According to the records, There are approximately 40,000 homeless people in Los Angeles, while 70 percent of this population lives without a roof. The poll found that 94 percent of voters see homelessness as a very serious problem statewide.
Despite the government’s efforts to expand new places to create housing, the state of California is experiencing a great crisis, where it is not clear the new proposals for temporary housing and how it will be financed, in order to give everyone a roof to live in.
“I think that, first and foremost, there needs to be an urgency to get people off the street now and make sure the camps are gone, we need temporary housing and resources should be focused on all the strategies that have been carried out,” said US Representative Karen Bass.
Public opinion has shifted as the crisis has intensified on whether government investment should prioritize temporary shelter or long-term housing, and county voters have opted for short-term solutions by 57 percent to 30 percent in the survey.
Bass, Feuer, Councilmember Kevin de León and Councilor Joe Buscaino are among those who say the city’s immediate focus should be on short-term options that can help get people off the streets as quickly as possible.
But nevertheless, politicians as well as taxpayers have harshly criticized a status quo in which the average cost for a home It has skyrocketed to more than $ 500,000 and projects often take years to come to fruition.
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