A new year will see a renewed push in reducing homelessness. But only time will tell whether these efforts will succeed.
Solutions exist but staff shortages and a dire lack of resources leave many mentally ill languishing on L.A.’s streets.With lessons learned and new leaders in place, LA region takes a wait-and-see approach before assessing next phase of efforts to solve homeless crisis.Bass and Richardson have both made homelessness a priority for their early days in office, with both working to declare local emergencies in their cities – which LA County also did – and announcing a series of initiatives.
“Only time will tell,” Wilmington resident Helena Zuvich, who volunteers with the Los Angeles Police Department and is a community activist, said about the prospects of solving the homeless crisis. “We have a new councilman and a new mayor. I’m hopeful.” Other cities around L.A. County, from Pasadena to Long Beach, have also announced plans to – are or already working to – build even more housing.Folks who are homeless often have substance-abuse or mental health issues that make them either reluctant to go into shelters or unable to stay in long-term housing.
Of course, some unsheltered people are just down on their luck – those who lost jobs or are otherwise financially unstable. to local landlords — including direct payments to cover leasing bonuses and security deposits — in an effort to encourage them to accept vouchers from low-income residents facing housing instability.
The experiences of those cities are instructive: Residents initially pushed back on some of those efforts – but have become more accepting since. The massive housing efforts in L.A., advocates say, has already led to progress in getting some of the large encampments to disperse – particularly in the Harbor Area.
Yet, Fleury said, she hasn’t had “a lot of issues” with the one that’s across the street from an art studio she and her husband run. “That is probably going to save a lot of lives,” Fluery said. “People who are on the street have lives that are 25 years shorter than the average person. It’s not a kind thing to allow people to just kill themselves, and they just don’t know how sick they are.”
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