{"id":526103,"date":"2022-12-13T02:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-la-mayor-bass-declares-homeless-emergency-as-term-begins\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T02:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:53:18","slug":"new-la-mayor-bass-declares-homeless-emergency-as-term-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-la-mayor-bass-declares-homeless-emergency-as-term-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"#New LA mayor Bass declares homeless emergency as term begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40ed1ab0e26\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40ed1ab0e26\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-la-mayor-bass-declares-homeless-emergency-as-term-begins\/#New_LA_mayor_Bass_declares_homeless_emergency_as_term_begins\" >New LA mayor Bass declares homeless emergency as term begins<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_LA_mayor_Bass_declares_homeless_emergency_as_term_begins\"><\/span>New LA mayor Bass declares homeless emergency as term begins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass began her first day in office Monday by declaring a state of emergency to gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>le with the city&#8217;s out-of-control homeless crisis, bidding to move swiftly to get thousands of unhoused people off her city&#8217;s streets.<\/p>\n<p>Bass called the declaration \u201ca sea change in how the city tackles homelessness,\u201d making good on a campaign pledge to call the emergency the day she took power. The issue dominated her mayoral race against billionaire developer Rick Caruso and the crisis has continued to worsen despite vast public spending increases.<\/p>\n<p>She said Sunday that the many, disparate arms of government must unite to confront homelessness in the nation&#8217;s second-largest city. To move in a new direction \u201cwe must have a single strategy\u201d bringing together government, the private sector and other stakeholders, she said at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Trash-strewn encampments and rusting RVs have spread to virtually every neighborhood of Los Angeles, and her declaration on Monday included a grim statistical rundown of the many problems stemming from the homeless crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Fires caused by homeless people constitute a majority of all blazes handled by the Los Angeles Fire Department, averaging 24 a day, according to 2021 figures. About half the homeless population \u2014 totaling over 40,000 citywide \u2014 suffers from drug or alcohol addiction, and about a third have serious mental illnesses. And homeless deaths average five a day.<\/p>\n<p>Despite more than $1.2 billion in spending for homeless programs in the current city budget, there is scant evidence of change on the streets, and the declaration said the crisis has grown \u201cbeyond the control of the normal services, personnel, equipment, and facilities\u201d in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates for the unhoused cheered the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Hark Dietz, CEO of the homeless services nonprofit PATH, said the city\u2019s previous \u201cpiecemeal\u201d approach to the crisis too often involved law enforcement instead of service providers. She expressed hope that the move would cut down on red tape, bolster outreach and include \u201ctangible housing solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom individuals just falling into homelessness, to those living outdoors or in interim housing &#8230; we know that the affordable housing they need is just not here,\u201d Dietz said in a statement Monday that backed efforts to speed creation of affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>Janice Hahn, who heads the county Board of Supervisors, credited Bass with \u201ctreating the homelessness crisis with the urgency it demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bass&#8217; election in November represented a historic marker in the city&#8217;s 241-year history. She is the first woman and second Black person to hold the job. The former Democratic congresswoman and legislative leader begins work amid <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-business-crime-los-angeles-homelessness-16e5653f2eaf40b1574fd0d512aa2240\" data-ylk=\"slk:multiple crises.\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">multiple crises.<\/a> Bass also is tasked with easing rising crime rates and restoring trust in a City Hall shaken by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/los-angeles-city-council-racial-injustice-e6317cf284a65de946b2c7386cdbf18b\" data-ylk=\"slk:racism\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">racism<\/a> and corruption scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Bass \u2014 who was on President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s short list for vice president \u2014 claimed the post last month after overcoming <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-california-los-angeles-karen-bass-e0270293521d27f793c6952345fdb487\" data-ylk=\"slk:more than $100 million in spending by rival Caruso,\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">more than $100 million in spending by rival Caruso,<\/a> a billionaire and Republican-turned-Democrat who campaigned as a centrist and promised a strong emphasis on public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Caruso would have represented <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/crime-los-angeles-bernie-sanders-homelessness-government-and-politics-6e29700327c829d44f8079ef703d1a78\" data-ylk=\"slk:a turn to the political right\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">a turn to the political right<\/a> for the heavily Democratic city. Bass swayed voters by arguing she would be a coalition builder to help heal a troubled city of nearly 4 million.<\/p>\n<p>She took her formal oath privately but was sworn in ceremonially at a downtown theater on Sunday by Vice President Kamala Harris, a longtime friend and former California attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, 69, ran as the consensus pick of the Democratic establishment and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-los-angeles-campaigns-kamala-harris-karen-bass-e69d038338f1831f2922812365842899\" data-ylk=\"slk:was endorsed by Biden,\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">was endorsed by Biden,<\/a> former President Barack Obama and former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her close ties with the Democratic political community, she has described herself as a change agent who will marshal \u201call of the resources, all of the skills, the knowledge, the talent of the city\u201d to get homeless people into housing.<\/p>\n<p>She has said she intends to get over 17,000 homeless people into housing in her first year through a mix of interim and permanent facilities.<\/p>\n<p>She also will contend with entrenched urban problems that include a housing shortage, crumbling streets and some of the nation&#8217;s worst traffic.<\/p>\n<p>She replaces beleaguered Democrat Eric Garcetti, who ends two bumpy terms with his nomination to become U.S. ambassador to India <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-india-los-angeles-chuck-grassley-dfefd15c6e8a199fb9246df8a6ef5d0a\" data-ylk=\"slk:stalled in the Senate,\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">stalled in the Senate,<\/a> apparently over sexual misconduct allegations against a former top Garcetti adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Bass takes office as the City Council contends with a racism scandal that led to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/los-angeles-city-council-nury-martinez-resignation-19571bf8ce0524dfa84b5784ce30f65d\" data-ylk=\"slk:resignation of its former president\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">resignation of its former president<\/a> and a powerful labor leader, while one councilman snared in the scandal has resisted calls to resign. 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