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Urge Pasadena to Approve the Measures to Address Homelessness

March 22, 2016 By Jonathan P. Bell

Homeless Pasadena photo 1
Photo 1: A homeless man at Colorado Blvd and Altadena Drive in Pasadena.

Where are we now on homelessness in Los Angeles?

Much has happened in the three months since my UrbDeZine colleague Michael Russell unpacked the arc of the homeless crisis in Los Angeles. In early 2016, both the City of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles approved comprehensive plans to tackle homelessness within their respective jurisdictions. Largely thanks to Home Rule, inter-cooperative city/county policy making has never been a regular trait of L.A. politics. But with L.A.’s homeless crisis reaching a state of emergency across jurisdictional boundaries, the old “policy making in silos” approach simply wouldn’t work here. Even the New York Times took note in a story highlighting collaboration between the two governments on Los Angeles’ homeless crisis response. The million dollar question remaining for Los Angeles City and County is, “How do we pay for it?” [Read more…] about Urge Pasadena to Approve the Measures to Address Homelessness

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Civic, Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Planning Tagged With: government, homeless, homelessness, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, pasadena, public policy

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