Public Interest
May 5, 2017
Budget hints at less focus on homelessness
Voters in Los Angeles spoke loudly and clearly last November in support of a $1.2 billion bond to address homelessness. Unfortunately, not all of L.A.'s elected officials are listening. By Adam Murray
Adam Murray
Executive Director
Inner City Law Center
Inner City Law Center serves over 5,000 homeless and working poor clients each year from its offices on Skid Row.
Voters in Los Angeles spoke loudly and clearly last November. Seventy-seven percent of city voters supported a $1.2 billion bond to provide permanent supportive housing and other facilities to address homelessness. In March, 69 percent of county voters supported a 10-year, quarter-cent sales tax that will provide $355 million annually to prevent and end homelessness. Angelenos want an all hands on deck approach to homelessness ̵...
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