LA mayor pleads for wealthy to help buy housing for the homeless: 'Unprecedented partnership'
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said the new campaign, LA4LA, would depend on the 'humanity and generosity of the private sector'
By Kristine Parks Fox News
Published April 16, 2024 9:00pm EDT
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass pleaded with "the most fortunate" to help fund housing for the homeless as part of a new strategy to tackle the crisis during her State of the City address on Monday.
"We will not hide people but what we will do is house people," the Democratic leader touted as she began her remarks on the city's struggle to house over 40,000 homeless people. "The crisis on our streets is nothing less than a disaster."
Bass touted the success of her signature Inside Safe program, which moved over 21,000 homeless people into temporary shelters, according to The Associated Press. She insisted this "strategy" and "system" moving the homeless into temporary housing would eventually end the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles.
Acknowledging the costliness of this endeavor, Bass asked the wealthy to help "speed up" housing purchases for the homeless.
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