More than 2,500 homeless individuals sleep on the streets of the 53-square-block Skid Row area in downtown Los Angeles.
More than 1,000 homeless people died on the streets of Los Angeles County last year, according to government figures.
In 2016, Los Angeles voters approved a referendum to spend more than $1.2 billion dollars building new housing for the homeless.
Even after voters approved more than $1.2 billion dollars specifically to build housing for the increasing homeless population, a recent report by the L.A.'s Controller's Office attributed the delays and cost overruns largely to regulatory barriers, permitting challenges, and bureaucratic confusion.
Utahns don't actually know how their homeless population has changed over the years, or what effect various homelessness programs have had on Utah's homeless population, which is estimated to be two-thirds the size of just Skid Row's homeless population.
What's more, building housing for the homeless is considerably more costly and complex in Los Angeles than in Salt Lake City.
Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have signed onto a lawsuit challenging that ruling.
https://reason.com/video/los-angeles-is-spending-over-1-billion-to-house-the-homeless-its-failing/
More than 1,000 homeless people died on the streets of Los Angeles County last year, according to government figures.
In 2016, Los Angeles voters approved a referendum to spend more than $1.2 billion dollars building new housing for the homeless.
Even after voters approved more than $1.2 billion dollars specifically to build housing for the increasing homeless population, a recent report by the L.A.'s Controller's Office attributed the delays and cost overruns largely to regulatory barriers, permitting challenges, and bureaucratic confusion.
Utahns don't actually know how their homeless population has changed over the years, or what effect various homelessness programs have had on Utah's homeless population, which is estimated to be two-thirds the size of just Skid Row's homeless population.
What's more, building housing for the homeless is considerably more costly and complex in Los Angeles than in Salt Lake City.
Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have signed onto a lawsuit challenging that ruling.
https://reason.com/video/los-angeles-is-spending-over-1-billion-to-house-the-homeless-its-failing/
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