Opinion: Stop holding all Angelenos hostage to the homelessness crisis
Everything you need to know about the latest executive directive regarding homelessness issued by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was summed up by her chief of housing and homelessness, Mercedes Marquez.
It’s easy to say city-owned properties should be used for housing, but there are “challenges,” as Galperin called them, in making that happen. He divided these into categories that he labeled “Asset management system,” “Departmental operations,” “Community opposition,” “Site characteristics” and “Proprietary departments.”• “We thought it was, but our records are wrong.
• “It will cost how much??” Galperin wrote that there are many reasons why a “vacant or underutilized city property may be deemed infeasible.” Problems include “regulatory hurdles” such as wildfire risk, pollution problems and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Then there are major infrastructure issues, such as the need to have power, water and sewer service on the site. This can make the project “cost prohibitive.
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