Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti takes 'full responsibility' after homelessness rises 12%, says the problem needs to be treated like 'the humanitarian emergency that it is.'
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is highlighting the plans in motion to tackle the city's homelessness crisis, which he described as"perhaps the most complex and difficult civic challenge" in a generation.
Youth homelessness rose 24%, in part due to improvements in counting the population, and the number of seniors 62 and over rose more than 8%, according to the release. The homelessness budget has increased to more than $460 million for housing and services, 25 times what it was four years ago, and the city is ahead of its goal to build 100,000 new units of housing, according to the letter.
A December report from a local pest control company hired by the city shows that the homeless population living near the civic center were creating a"harborage for rodents" in the City Hall due to poor sanitary conditions that include leftover food, human waste and hypodermic needles, according to the Los Angeles Times. The company recommended that the city clear away the homeless people living nearby, the Times reported.
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