Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass made good on her campaign promise to address the city’s homelessness crisis by declaring a state of emergency on her first day, but critics say she needs to do more.
Bass was sworn in on Sunday by Vice President Kamala Harris and immediately made a homelessness declaration, which would cut red tape and make the city eligible for additional state aid.
"Unfortunately, treating homelessness as an emergency has too often just led to an emphasis on shelters, thus perpetuating the problem," Salem State University professor Christopher Hudson told Fox News. "She needs to put forward specific plans not only for the immediate ‘emergency’ response but for addressing the many systemic problems that homeless individuals in LA face.”
The issue has only worsened over the years, despite billions in tax dollars spent at the local and state level to eradicate the problem. Homelessness, and an accompanying criminal element, was front and center in Bass’s mayoral debates with billionaire Rick Caruso.
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