If Team Trump wants to help on homelessness in L.A., why not provide money to buy the soon-to-be-shuttered hospital?
A previous version of this column referred to Councilman Mitch O’Farrell as Mike.Another enthusiastic response came from L.A. City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell.
“Repurposing the facilities could greatly reduce the cost per unit and take advantage of existing infrastructure that is time consuming and costly to build,” said the motion.to open the first housing units since voters approved Measure HHH, and estimates on some new homes have run as high as $500,000 per unit or more.
It’s not clear what the asking price would be. USC health economics professor John Romley told me the hospital and its equipment have a valuation of $41 million. But the campus also includes an office building, senior housing and a Meals on Wheels headquarters, and it’s not clear whether some or all of that would have to be part of any deal, nor is it clear what it might cost to redesign the space for a new purpose.
One thing clear from my Wednesday column is that readers want to help find solutions to the raging human catastrophe. They’ve got their eyes on vacant buildings all over the region they think could be put into service at a time when tens of thousands of people are homeless in Southern California.“Fairview State Mental Facility sits empty! Repurpose now,” Gary Crane wrote regarding the Costa Mesa property.
All true, but those complications are limited at St. Vincent, and officials need to make something happen as quickly as possible rather than take months to explain why they can’t.Gov. Gavin Newsom has made homelessness a bigger priority and called for more spending, so let’s tap him. Talks are under way to redirect money for such purposes from the Mental Health Services Act. And O’Farrell said there might be some money available through the state’s Homeless Assistance Program.
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