Our elected officials should be sprinting to fix our housing crisis. But they continue to drag their feet. Instead of taking the drastic action that Los Angeles needs, lawmakers are taking incremental, politically safe steps to address a growing epidemic that has forced an estimated 42,828 people to live unsheltered on city streets.
It’s time to demand concrete goals for more homes in our neighborhoods. It’s time for residents to hold our elected officials accountable.
The Los Angeles City Council passed two more ordinances Wednesday intended to create more housing for the city’s homeless residents by loosening regulations for supportive housing projects and allowing developers to convert motels into apartments.
This legislation should, in theory, unleash a flood of new housing projects—that is, if Angelenos don’t keep blocking them.
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