In a unanimous vote, the City Council has given $50 million to Mayor Karen Bass to help her handle the homeless crisis.
In a unanimous vote, the City Council has given $50 million fund for Mayor Karen Bass' efforts to help her handle the homeless crisis.
"We are in this crisis right now and we want the mayor to succeed," said Councilman Bob Blumenfield."We want to do everything we can. Even though it's a lot of money, it's actually a drop in the bucket of what is needed and what will be needed for the emergency efforts." "The program has brought to our attention the need to have an account of flexible dollars that can be spent quickly without going through the standard process of appropriation from this body," he said.
The city ended its COVID-19 emergency last month in part to"appropriate the funds for other emergency purposes," according to Council President Paul Krekorian.
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