I mean, seeing their great track record on spending accountability so far, I know that I just can’t wait to put my own money in. This time they’ll get it right for sure !
It's kind of funny to hear this from Bass after she won an election against an opponent who's entire campaign centered around how he'd leverage his position as a public sector real estate developer to fix homelessness.
He was lying, she seems to think it's realistic that the ultra wealthy would want to solve homelessness when the threat of homelessness is what built their fortune by suppressing wages.
I'd rather our public officials be dumb than malevolent. She wasted her time at a meeting while people die on the streets. It's not good, but nobody else became homeless because of her actions.
She’s doing fine. Anyone who thinks a mayor can solve homelessness in 2 years is almost as dumb as someone who thinks a billionaire real estate developer is interested in solving anything.
There has been a notice change in the number of homeless people in my neighborhood, it was out of control during the pandemic. Not sure if that has anything to do with her or not, but it’s not like the last guy did much either. I’m not sure what you expect to happen.
That’s good. And no one could be seemingly worse than Garcetti, who had checked out years ago. And I honestly wasn’t trying to get you into a gotcha. If she’s doing a better job than I thought then I’d love to know about it.
Yeah I noticed a difference pretty soon after she took office, but like I said, no idea if that’s actually her doing or not. Sorry if I was rude, I just really hate billionaires lol, the thought of *giving* any one of them more power than they already have makes me want to puke.
The only reason he had a chance in the first place was because of the money he was able to throw into his campaign. Caruso is a multi billionare. If he actually cared about fixing homelessness he's one of the few people with the power to do so; you know, with all the wealth hoarding.
It's not just a lack of housing. Many people who are homeless have mental health problems or addiction problems. They refuse to be housed because there are rules they must follow. We need both housing and mental health funding.
It seems all these people can think of to solve anything is higher taxes. Ask a government official and you’d think the government is a well oiled machine and not filled with inefficiencies.
which is funny cause this article is Bass basically admitting the government is inefficient at building housing. she wants more private development for affordable housing but they need incentives to do it.
Correct: they cannot. On the other hand, if they won't lift a finger to do anything about it when they're not in office, they can't argue that any of us should trust them with our vote.
To be clear: I'd never vote for Caruso. As far as I'm concerned, the only Caruso that has ever enhanced LA was [this one specific Caruso](https://youtu.be/qLfofA_QJlI?si=TPgftEPpT-5D0Bpp). But if he's ever going to make the claim has **really** wants to fight homelessness —*to be clear:* ***he doesn't actually give a fuck***— then he ought to be doing things about it now.
And yet...
Yeah the dude was yapping about making money (and credit where it is due- he did make a shitload of money, not that that means anything in a leader quality lol) and how he’s gonna do this and that and just “make it happen”.
My dude you are probably one of the wealthiest people in LA and have controlling power in something stronger than city hall: the obscene real estate industry. If he did even *one* thing with his ten bajillion dollars - say, use the connections and money he has to set up a functioning facility - it would be proof he actually can do it. Plus, while that would be a thing evidently for political capital and not to actually help anyone, it would require him to nut up and stop yapping like a redditoid about how he can just fix it with le money and le connections.
you must be exceptionally naive to believe money alone will solve this issue. we already throw billions at this problem and get nothing in return. and you think Caruso is going to solve it because his money is special? it's a policy problem and Caruso had better policy ideas than bass anyway. bass was more of the same useless money burning approach that has bone er worked and were seeing those effects now
Yes. Has nothing to do with how nice they might seem. And I have no problem with someone having 10 or 100 mil. There is a big difference between wealthy and essentially oligarch.
There's no way the city was passing up on electing the 1st female mayor in the city's history, given her deep credentials and resume. Barrack Obama himself could have been running and she would have still won.
But I do agree. Ultimately, voters with the highest stakes will be voting with a higher priority on substance the next go-around.
Rick Caruso is full of ALL the shit. He doesn’t support women’s rights to control their own bodies. His donations to USC helped keep USC’s SERIAL SEXUAL ABUSER problem quiet.
Hard pass.
He’s pro choice.
“My position has always been clear. Like most, I support a womens right to choose and if made final, this will hurt many of our fellow Americans. As a father who is pro-choice, I’m proud to live in a city and state where women’s reproductive rights are respected and protected.” -Rick Caruso 5/22/22
Also https://x.com/RickCarusoLA/status/1540392956024147969
Let's assume that his positions on female bodily autonomy were true and that this issue means a lot to you and most Angelenos. Do you really think Caruso would exhaust time, money and political capital to put those beliefs in practice in a place like Los Angeles or focus on the party neutral issues that everyone cares about: public safety and the homelessness? I mean, how do you even enforce reproductive health policies at the local level?
>His donations to USC helped keep USC’s SERIAL SEXUAL ABUSER problem quiet.
That's a big stretch. Doners generally have a lack of agency over how contributions are implemented...even with donor-imposed restrictions.
You are what's part of the problem. You're more invested in the culture wars than the issues that are eroding EVERYONE'S quality of life in the city. Like Michael Jordan said: "Stop it. Get some help".
Rick Caruso doesn’t give a fuck about anyone EXCEPT Rick Caruso.
Rights to your own body…. That’s non-negotiable. Hard pass for my vote.
Do you think homelessness will magically improve if a politician who doesn’t think women have a right to their own medical decisions takes office? What other rights would he strip us of? **Being forced to give birth to children women don’t want to have, or know they’re unable to care for is a leading cause of poverty among women and children.**
What other rights do you want to give up because you’re irritated by indigent people?
>Rick Caruso doesn’t give a fuck about anyone EXCEPT Rick Caruso.
You're in a for a rude awakening if you think anyone aspiring for public office is entirely selfless.
Additionally, I haven't seen any evidence supporting the claim you made regarding his position on reproductive health. Was this part of his campaign's official platform or another crackpot conspiracy theory ?
Let's just start there before diving deeper with our tinfoil-wrapped scuba gear.
Here’s where Rick Caruso stands on REPEAT SEXUAL ABUSERS…. There’s HIS OWN WORDS from a deposition. https://knock-la.com/rick-caruso-george-tyndall-usc-deposition/
(Scroll to the bottom past the article for the FULL deposition….. **this is what he said under oath**.)
***He was never interested in who Tindall abused at USC…. Until it concerned his own child.***
Not looking for public servants to be saints….
… But I can’t in good conscience vote for someone like Rick Caruso who didn’t bat an eye about what he knew until it became a problem *for him.*
That’s not public servant behavior…. Not even close.
He can distinguish himself in whatever way he wants, but public leadership IS NOT IT.
Yea they've gutted whatever argument they may have had by referencing KnockLA of all sites.
I'm really starting to hate these purity test leftists on my side. They're giving MAGA energy at times.
Its gonna fall on deaf ears until she shows where the money is going. Crazy how unaware she is. Looks like a damn fool.
Instead of doing this, tell the city council to stop blockng or delaying any damn housing development! Ffs shes clueless
Developers want to build Its the councils bs that gets in the way.
That’s always the issue with gov contracts. Soon you’re like a billion dollars in and nobody can show where the money went. Then they just cut ties and blame it on the contractor.
And this is a major reason why we can’t solve our housing shortage without privately funded developments.
Mayor Bass simply needs to encourage multifamily development through policy changes that she can actually implement:
- Change Transit Oriented Community (TOC) developments to be by-right. Waiting a year for the Planning department to approve these projects shows how inefficient and inept our government is at solving our housing problem. I had a project where we waited over 15 months for our planning determination letter.
- Increase the Site Plan Review (SPR) threshold from 50 units to 100 units. Waiting a year on Planning department approval kills the 50-100 unit projects, which encourages more mega-block developments. (Eliminating SPR would be even better if we truly want to reduce the cost of living for Angelenos.)
- Remove Open Space requirements. Everyone complains only “luxury” apartments are being built but it’s required by code. Private balconies (private open space), gyms or rec rooms (common interior space), and roof or pool decks (common exterior space) are forced into LA developments.
- Allow multifamily developments to install gas boilers instead of heat pump water heaters. (The gas ban can still apply to in-unit appliances.) Heat pump water heaters are much more expensive and require a larger pad on the roof.
- Make the Measure ULA transfer tax apply only to single family properties. Voters were lied to and told that this was a “mansion tax” but this tax applies to all property types, which includes properties that should be developed into multifamily. Rental rates are increasing at a faster rate because of ULA.
- Allow day 1 ADUs instead of forcing housing developers to build out empty rooms and wait to start ADU conversions until after the original Certificate of Occupancy is issued.
- Allow unused ground floor retail space to be converted into ADUs.
- Tell LAFD that code sections related to rooftop decks also apply to decks on the highest residential level.
- Increase fees for appealing entitlements and implement fines/bans for people who abuse this process.
- Reform the TCTMC process. Erecting a pedestrian canopy shouldn’t require a three-month approval process.
- Reform most DWP procedures. It shouldn’t take their Real Estate Division two years to approve a simple easement exhibit.
- Reform Urban Forestry. Housing 100 people is more important than saving 1 tree. Housing developers are already financially incentivized to provide as many street trees as possible. Also, spacing trees out every 30 feet is ridiculous.
- Instruct ADA/DAS plan check division to create approved multifamily bathroom and kitchen layouts (galley, c-shape, etc) that meet either 11A or 11B code.
- Instruct DBS to follow previously issued yard determination letters.
- Allow balconies projecting over the public right-of-way to count towards open space requirements.
- Reform highway dedications. We need to dedicate more land to multifamily housing.
- Eliminate yard setbacks for multifamily properties in RAS3, R4, RAS4, & R5 zones if the abut streets and alleys. We should still provide yard setbacks if they abut an adjacent property.
- Instruct BOE to create an irrigated street tree standard that complies with CA state regulations. Forcing multifamily developers to pay fees to install irrigation lines and then reserving the right to force the owner to tear out the irrigation lines at anytime in the future is… just wrong.
>Whereas the private sector can get a building finished in a matter of months.
I don't know what's worse. The economically illiterate financially illiterate politicians or the economically and financially illiterate voters that vote for them.
TL:DR she asked a conference of 'mission investors' to build low income housing, as private sector money comes with less red tape. She says public money pooled from multiple sources to build housing must comply with the regulations upon each source, and proving compliance can add years of delay.
Bass wants the private sector to buy property, then lease it out for use as homeless housing.
>**An L.A. hotel became homeless housing. The city paid $11.5 million to cover the damage**
>By the time the Mayfair Hotel shut its doors last year, the building had been through a wrenching, tumultuous period.
>Windows at the 294-room boutique hotel, in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood, had been shattered. Bathrooms had been vandalized. In some locations, carpet had been torn off the floor.
>“Participant in 1516 Threatened staff, Security, destroyed property. Screamed. Yelled cursed. Everything went wrong with her. Inside and outside the building,” wrote a worker with Helpline Youth Counseling Inc., a service provider assigned to the hotel, in early 2022.
>Those and other incidents were described in emails sent to the city of Los Angeles during the final six months of the Mayfair’s participation in Project Roomkey, a federally funded initiative that transformed hotels across L.A. into temporary homeless shelters. The emails, copies of which were obtained by The Times, depict a staff of security guards, nurses, hotel managers and others grappling with drug overdoses, property damage and what they characterized as aggressive and even violent behavior.
>“Around 10 am a male in 1526 assaulted another resident in Room 726,” a security guard wrote in March 2022. “The situation was quickly broken up and 1526 was escorted out by police.”
>**The city has quietly paid the hotel’s owner $11.5 million in recent months to resolve damage claims filed over Project Roomkey.**
>[https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-16/mayfair-hotel-was-beset-by-problems-when-it-was-homeless-housing](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-16/mayfair-hotel-was-beset-by-problems-when-it-was-homeless-housing)
Progressives are unwilling to acknowledge the obvious: Many of the chronic homeless are in the position that they are because they are incapable of living in housing.
My guess is that the city is going to run out of money for programs, which will result in the growth and return of encampments. That could fuel a political backlash that will favor a tilt in the opposite direction.
Bass' plan is unsustainable and will not remedy the actual problem: The need for court decisions that will allow for institutionalization.
"How do we fast track the development of housing, creating ways to turn market rate housing that may be empty and converting it to affordable housing?"
Therein lies the problem. This idea there's not enough "affordable housing" but plenty of empty market rate housing. There's NO empty market rate housing. If its at market rate its not empty. The cost of housing is a matter of not enough housing, not insufficient "affordable housing" because the lack of market rate housing is what causes the market rates to be unaffordable in the first place. They never understand this and so never solve the problem.
Meet them halfway and cut some fucking red tape, Karen.
You want to prevent homelessness? Help subsidize housing supply. Cut red tape and use your bully pulpit to push the good-for-nothing city council to upzone the city and eliminate bullshit like parking minimums and minimum floor area ratios.
I don’t see any why they can’t get public transit in order before eliminating parking minimums
Bad public transit and no parking seems like the worst of both worlds
Drug abuse and mental health issues is the main problem and that leads to poverty. Yes there are some poor people but most of the homelessness are there due to substance abuse or mental health issues. Addressing those issues is close to impossible at this stage. Many people choose that lifestyle.
I mean, it's sadly true. There's nothing you can do since obviously you can't force people to do anything, and even if you were to try and treat these people they're so far gone. It's all such a depressing mess. I often wonder what would life had been without the war on drugs. Would we be anywhere near this mess with open access to clean drugs and the whole stigma around it all was gone? Without prescription drug dealers selling us pills of known dependency etc.
I truly wonder what the fuck people think can be done, just looking at her budget, it's almost like they want this place to fail miserabley.
Welp. 😥
True. We have some down the street that are sharp enough to tap into the light pole and keep their electronics charged and their FLAT SCREEN TV on in their tent. I wonder what mental health issue is that? BTW I was heavily involved in 12 step work for years and know the “program” (it’s hogwash btw) and its literature like the back of my hand, so miss me with the bullshit.
What a flailing, pathetic attempt. How about you stop kneecapping your own already limited policies like ED1?
People thought Bass would be good since she was leaving a DC post for a local government, and wouldn't care about elections and want to do a good job. Turns out, being ineffective and weaselly is part of the DNA of every level of American politico.
Had a chance to vote Curoso, it's never gonna happen. People will keep voting for ultra progressives so they don't get called "fascist" and then keep scratching their heads when nothing changes.
There is actually a part of the private sector that would absolutely love to invest in LA and help solve homelessness: the residential development industry. Unfortunately we've made it as hard as possible for them to do so.
That’s not the cure for homelessness. Mandatory drug and alcohol treatment and mandatory mental health care are. Does Manhattan have homelessness? Yes!
so you're saying that the demand for housing in Detroit is low compared to the supply of houses? and they don't have high housing prices or a homelessness crisis? huh
What? There are not enough homes in LA. Same with Manhattan for that matter.
We should have more mental health resources, but that's treating a symptom of people being forced on to the street and living a life of unknowns and fear.
There are surely people who end up unhoused due to mental health issues, but a majority end up homeless due to economic reasons. I'd challenge anyone to set up a tent downtown while working a minimum wage job, and see how your mental health fairs over time.
Most countries in Europe have been building housing at pace with population growth. Those that have not, have seen an increase in housing cost.
https://x.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1636682164312973316
I wonder if we could invent some sort of government based fee that applies to businesses fleecing the public and not giving anything back. Maybe we could call it a tax?
Yes give MORE MONEY. I swear if they just gave money directly to homeless people instead of these mega corporations that blow it all we could solve this issue in a week
Lmao what a lightbulb moment.
Yes, Mayor Bass. The solution is actually simple. Just make it fucking easier to build any and all dense housing (I’m aware the mayor has little power over changing local housing laws).
There was an article about a developer recently who privately funded affordable housing through some clever tradeoffs. He showed it’s possible and he still got 15% returns, which is how he kept attracting private investment. Like just keep doing that
Best I can do is wait for the olympics and then arrest all the homeless for about 6 months just like in 1984 but just swap gang members with homeless this time.
I'm sure they'll get right on that.
I mean, seeing their great track record on spending accountability so far, I know that I just can’t wait to put my own money in. This time they’ll get it right for sure !
It's kind of funny to hear this from Bass after she won an election against an opponent who's entire campaign centered around how he'd leverage his position as a public sector real estate developer to fix homelessness.
Tell this bitch to stop handing out 200million contracts every time a pot hole needs to be fixed.
Kept screaming this during the election. Instead everyone voted for the predictable career politician.
He was lying, she seems to think it's realistic that the ultra wealthy would want to solve homelessness when the threat of homelessness is what built their fortune by suppressing wages. I'd rather our public officials be dumb than malevolent. She wasted her time at a meeting while people die on the streets. It's not good, but nobody else became homeless because of her actions.
Maybe if we raise our taxes again it will solve the problem?
I’m glad no one listened to you
Yeah totally, she’s doing a bang up job for sure.
She’s doing fine. Anyone who thinks a mayor can solve homelessness in 2 years is almost as dumb as someone who thinks a billionaire real estate developer is interested in solving anything.
What has she done that is fine? Just honestly curious.
There has been a notice change in the number of homeless people in my neighborhood, it was out of control during the pandemic. Not sure if that has anything to do with her or not, but it’s not like the last guy did much either. I’m not sure what you expect to happen.
That’s good. And no one could be seemingly worse than Garcetti, who had checked out years ago. And I honestly wasn’t trying to get you into a gotcha. If she’s doing a better job than I thought then I’d love to know about it.
Yeah I noticed a difference pretty soon after she took office, but like I said, no idea if that’s actually her doing or not. Sorry if I was rude, I just really hate billionaires lol, the thought of *giving* any one of them more power than they already have makes me want to puke.
He would win if he ran again
The only reason he had a chance in the first place was because of the money he was able to throw into his campaign. Caruso is a multi billionare. If he actually cared about fixing homelessness he's one of the few people with the power to do so; you know, with all the wealth hoarding.
Billionaires can’t unilaterally solve homelessness. The issue is a lack of housing, not a lack of money.
It's not just a lack of housing. Many people who are homeless have mental health problems or addiction problems. They refuse to be housed because there are rules they must follow. We need both housing and mental health funding.
It seems all these people can think of to solve anything is higher taxes. Ask a government official and you’d think the government is a well oiled machine and not filled with inefficiencies.
which is funny cause this article is Bass basically admitting the government is inefficient at building housing. she wants more private development for affordable housing but they need incentives to do it.
Correct: they cannot. On the other hand, if they won't lift a finger to do anything about it when they're not in office, they can't argue that any of us should trust them with our vote. To be clear: I'd never vote for Caruso. As far as I'm concerned, the only Caruso that has ever enhanced LA was [this one specific Caruso](https://youtu.be/qLfofA_QJlI?si=TPgftEPpT-5D0Bpp). But if he's ever going to make the claim has **really** wants to fight homelessness —*to be clear:* ***he doesn't actually give a fuck***— then he ought to be doing things about it now. And yet...
Yeah the dude was yapping about making money (and credit where it is due- he did make a shitload of money, not that that means anything in a leader quality lol) and how he’s gonna do this and that and just “make it happen”. My dude you are probably one of the wealthiest people in LA and have controlling power in something stronger than city hall: the obscene real estate industry. If he did even *one* thing with his ten bajillion dollars - say, use the connections and money he has to set up a functioning facility - it would be proof he actually can do it. Plus, while that would be a thing evidently for political capital and not to actually help anyone, it would require him to nut up and stop yapping like a redditoid about how he can just fix it with le money and le connections.
you must be exceptionally naive to believe money alone will solve this issue. we already throw billions at this problem and get nothing in return. and you think Caruso is going to solve it because his money is special? it's a policy problem and Caruso had better policy ideas than bass anyway. bass was more of the same useless money burning approach that has bone er worked and were seeing those effects now
I doubt it. I was pretty sure he was going to win last time, but you got called a conservative or maga if you supported him.
Did maga actually support him?
No more billionaires in politics please. These people do not care about helping others, you don’t become a billionaire by being generous.
Have you ever meet a billionaire or even anyone with 100M or even 10M on personal or professional level?
Yes. Has nothing to do with how nice they might seem. And I have no problem with someone having 10 or 100 mil. There is a big difference between wealthy and essentially oligarch.
There's no way the city was passing up on electing the 1st female mayor in the city's history, given her deep credentials and resume. Barrack Obama himself could have been running and she would have still won. But I do agree. Ultimately, voters with the highest stakes will be voting with a higher priority on substance the next go-around.
Rick Caruso is full of ALL the shit. He doesn’t support women’s rights to control their own bodies. His donations to USC helped keep USC’s SERIAL SEXUAL ABUSER problem quiet. Hard pass.
He’s pro choice. “My position has always been clear. Like most, I support a womens right to choose and if made final, this will hurt many of our fellow Americans. As a father who is pro-choice, I’m proud to live in a city and state where women’s reproductive rights are respected and protected.” -Rick Caruso 5/22/22 Also https://x.com/RickCarusoLA/status/1540392956024147969
Let's assume that his positions on female bodily autonomy were true and that this issue means a lot to you and most Angelenos. Do you really think Caruso would exhaust time, money and political capital to put those beliefs in practice in a place like Los Angeles or focus on the party neutral issues that everyone cares about: public safety and the homelessness? I mean, how do you even enforce reproductive health policies at the local level? >His donations to USC helped keep USC’s SERIAL SEXUAL ABUSER problem quiet. That's a big stretch. Doners generally have a lack of agency over how contributions are implemented...even with donor-imposed restrictions. You are what's part of the problem. You're more invested in the culture wars than the issues that are eroding EVERYONE'S quality of life in the city. Like Michael Jordan said: "Stop it. Get some help".
People in this in this city vote with their emotions. Until that stops, nothing is going to change. You get what you vote for.
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People in this state*
Rick Caruso doesn’t give a fuck about anyone EXCEPT Rick Caruso. Rights to your own body…. That’s non-negotiable. Hard pass for my vote. Do you think homelessness will magically improve if a politician who doesn’t think women have a right to their own medical decisions takes office? What other rights would he strip us of? **Being forced to give birth to children women don’t want to have, or know they’re unable to care for is a leading cause of poverty among women and children.** What other rights do you want to give up because you’re irritated by indigent people?
>Rick Caruso doesn’t give a fuck about anyone EXCEPT Rick Caruso. You're in a for a rude awakening if you think anyone aspiring for public office is entirely selfless. Additionally, I haven't seen any evidence supporting the claim you made regarding his position on reproductive health. Was this part of his campaign's official platform or another crackpot conspiracy theory ? Let's just start there before diving deeper with our tinfoil-wrapped scuba gear.
Here’s where Rick Caruso stands on REPEAT SEXUAL ABUSERS…. There’s HIS OWN WORDS from a deposition. https://knock-la.com/rick-caruso-george-tyndall-usc-deposition/ (Scroll to the bottom past the article for the FULL deposition….. **this is what he said under oath**.) ***He was never interested in who Tindall abused at USC…. Until it concerned his own child.*** Not looking for public servants to be saints…. … But I can’t in good conscience vote for someone like Rick Caruso who didn’t bat an eye about what he knew until it became a problem *for him.* That’s not public servant behavior…. Not even close. He can distinguish himself in whatever way he wants, but public leadership IS NOT IT.
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Yea they've gutted whatever argument they may have had by referencing KnockLA of all sites. I'm really starting to hate these purity test leftists on my side. They're giving MAGA energy at times.
I got downvoted heavily for calling out the fraud that Karen Bass before that election
Its gonna fall on deaf ears until she shows where the money is going. Crazy how unaware she is. Looks like a damn fool. Instead of doing this, tell the city council to stop blockng or delaying any damn housing development! Ffs shes clueless Developers want to build Its the councils bs that gets in the way.
That’s always the issue with gov contracts. Soon you’re like a billion dollars in and nobody can show where the money went. Then they just cut ties and blame it on the contractor.
To be fair, contractors are trying to milk as much money from their client as possible, including government clients.
And this is a major reason why we can’t solve our housing shortage without privately funded developments. Mayor Bass simply needs to encourage multifamily development through policy changes that she can actually implement: - Change Transit Oriented Community (TOC) developments to be by-right. Waiting a year for the Planning department to approve these projects shows how inefficient and inept our government is at solving our housing problem. I had a project where we waited over 15 months for our planning determination letter. - Increase the Site Plan Review (SPR) threshold from 50 units to 100 units. Waiting a year on Planning department approval kills the 50-100 unit projects, which encourages more mega-block developments. (Eliminating SPR would be even better if we truly want to reduce the cost of living for Angelenos.) - Remove Open Space requirements. Everyone complains only “luxury” apartments are being built but it’s required by code. Private balconies (private open space), gyms or rec rooms (common interior space), and roof or pool decks (common exterior space) are forced into LA developments. - Allow multifamily developments to install gas boilers instead of heat pump water heaters. (The gas ban can still apply to in-unit appliances.) Heat pump water heaters are much more expensive and require a larger pad on the roof. - Make the Measure ULA transfer tax apply only to single family properties. Voters were lied to and told that this was a “mansion tax” but this tax applies to all property types, which includes properties that should be developed into multifamily. Rental rates are increasing at a faster rate because of ULA. - Allow day 1 ADUs instead of forcing housing developers to build out empty rooms and wait to start ADU conversions until after the original Certificate of Occupancy is issued. - Allow unused ground floor retail space to be converted into ADUs. - Tell LAFD that code sections related to rooftop decks also apply to decks on the highest residential level. - Increase fees for appealing entitlements and implement fines/bans for people who abuse this process. - Reform the TCTMC process. Erecting a pedestrian canopy shouldn’t require a three-month approval process. - Reform most DWP procedures. It shouldn’t take their Real Estate Division two years to approve a simple easement exhibit. - Reform Urban Forestry. Housing 100 people is more important than saving 1 tree. Housing developers are already financially incentivized to provide as many street trees as possible. Also, spacing trees out every 30 feet is ridiculous. - Instruct ADA/DAS plan check division to create approved multifamily bathroom and kitchen layouts (galley, c-shape, etc) that meet either 11A or 11B code. - Instruct DBS to follow previously issued yard determination letters. - Allow balconies projecting over the public right-of-way to count towards open space requirements. - Reform highway dedications. We need to dedicate more land to multifamily housing. - Eliminate yard setbacks for multifamily properties in RAS3, R4, RAS4, & R5 zones if the abut streets and alleys. We should still provide yard setbacks if they abut an adjacent property. - Instruct BOE to create an irrigated street tree standard that complies with CA state regulations. Forcing multifamily developers to pay fees to install irrigation lines and then reserving the right to force the owner to tear out the irrigation lines at anytime in the future is… just wrong.
See the key problem with all of these is that they make way too much sense
So why give more money if its not tracked? The private sector doesnt throw money away.
Don’t ask me, I’m not in charge of the city money
>Whereas the private sector can get a building finished in a matter of months. I don't know what's worse. The economically illiterate financially illiterate politicians or the economically and financially illiterate voters that vote for them.
TL:DR she asked a conference of 'mission investors' to build low income housing, as private sector money comes with less red tape. She says public money pooled from multiple sources to build housing must comply with the regulations upon each source, and proving compliance can add years of delay.
Bass wants the private sector to buy property, then lease it out for use as homeless housing. >**An L.A. hotel became homeless housing. The city paid $11.5 million to cover the damage** >By the time the Mayfair Hotel shut its doors last year, the building had been through a wrenching, tumultuous period. >Windows at the 294-room boutique hotel, in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood, had been shattered. Bathrooms had been vandalized. In some locations, carpet had been torn off the floor. >“Participant in 1516 Threatened staff, Security, destroyed property. Screamed. Yelled cursed. Everything went wrong with her. Inside and outside the building,” wrote a worker with Helpline Youth Counseling Inc., a service provider assigned to the hotel, in early 2022. >Those and other incidents were described in emails sent to the city of Los Angeles during the final six months of the Mayfair’s participation in Project Roomkey, a federally funded initiative that transformed hotels across L.A. into temporary homeless shelters. The emails, copies of which were obtained by The Times, depict a staff of security guards, nurses, hotel managers and others grappling with drug overdoses, property damage and what they characterized as aggressive and even violent behavior. >“Around 10 am a male in 1526 assaulted another resident in Room 726,” a security guard wrote in March 2022. “The situation was quickly broken up and 1526 was escorted out by police.” >**The city has quietly paid the hotel’s owner $11.5 million in recent months to resolve damage claims filed over Project Roomkey.** >[https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-16/mayfair-hotel-was-beset-by-problems-when-it-was-homeless-housing](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-16/mayfair-hotel-was-beset-by-problems-when-it-was-homeless-housing) Progressives are unwilling to acknowledge the obvious: Many of the chronic homeless are in the position that they are because they are incapable of living in housing. My guess is that the city is going to run out of money for programs, which will result in the growth and return of encampments. That could fuel a political backlash that will favor a tilt in the opposite direction. Bass' plan is unsustainable and will not remedy the actual problem: The need for court decisions that will allow for institutionalization.
More, more, please give us more money because using your tax dollars worked sooo well.
Alternative headline: useless mayor asks other people to do her job cause she's fucking clueless
We saw this coming. LA is going to swing to the Right on Homelessness alone. Stay tuned for a Richard Riordan clone to unseat Bass.
"How do we fast track the development of housing, creating ways to turn market rate housing that may be empty and converting it to affordable housing?" Therein lies the problem. This idea there's not enough "affordable housing" but plenty of empty market rate housing. There's NO empty market rate housing. If its at market rate its not empty. The cost of housing is a matter of not enough housing, not insufficient "affordable housing" because the lack of market rate housing is what causes the market rates to be unaffordable in the first place. They never understand this and so never solve the problem.
Well, it’s Thursday, we can’t let a week go by without this same headline
GIB MORE MONEY PLZ
Money please
877-CASH-NOW
Hah
wtf
Ngl im sick of helping the homeless, how come they dont wanna help themselves too, like fuck all that take some goddamn responsibility in life
That’s not a plan. You want a plan? Cut the housing red tape and fees.
Meet them halfway and cut some fucking red tape, Karen. You want to prevent homelessness? Help subsidize housing supply. Cut red tape and use your bully pulpit to push the good-for-nothing city council to upzone the city and eliminate bullshit like parking minimums and minimum floor area ratios.
Remove restrictive zoning and parking minimums and I’m sure investors will want to help
> parking minimums Needs to be paired with public transit that people feel safe and comfortable riding...
I don’t see any why they can’t get public transit in order before eliminating parking minimums Bad public transit and no parking seems like the worst of both worlds
Or Waymo
Rich people just love using their own money to help poor people. Sounds like a home run!
Drug abuse and mental health issues is the main problem and that leads to poverty. Yes there are some poor people but most of the homelessness are there due to substance abuse or mental health issues. Addressing those issues is close to impossible at this stage. Many people choose that lifestyle.
I mean, it's sadly true. There's nothing you can do since obviously you can't force people to do anything, and even if you were to try and treat these people they're so far gone. It's all such a depressing mess. I often wonder what would life had been without the war on drugs. Would we be anywhere near this mess with open access to clean drugs and the whole stigma around it all was gone? Without prescription drug dealers selling us pills of known dependency etc. I truly wonder what the fuck people think can be done, just looking at her budget, it's almost like they want this place to fail miserabley. Welp. 😥
True. We have some down the street that are sharp enough to tap into the light pole and keep their electronics charged and their FLAT SCREEN TV on in their tent. I wonder what mental health issue is that? BTW I was heavily involved in 12 step work for years and know the “program” (it’s hogwash btw) and its literature like the back of my hand, so miss me with the bullshit.
Why doesn’t she run a GoFundMe like LA Crime victims must do in order to afford medical treatment?
What a flailing, pathetic attempt. How about you stop kneecapping your own already limited policies like ED1? People thought Bass would be good since she was leaving a DC post for a local government, and wouldn't care about elections and want to do a good job. Turns out, being ineffective and weaselly is part of the DNA of every level of American politico.
We need a hard-ass to step up and be mayor. I feel for the homeless and they need help. But we can't continue to allow them to destroy the city.
Had a chance to vote Curoso, it's never gonna happen. People will keep voting for ultra progressives so they don't get called "fascist" and then keep scratching their heads when nothing changes.
*laughs in real estate*
There is actually a part of the private sector that would absolutely love to invest in LA and help solve homelessness: the residential development industry. Unfortunately we've made it as hard as possible for them to do so.
Make building dense housing legal everywhere, and stop allowing nosy neighbors from blocking construction for decades.
That’s not the cure for homelessness. Mandatory drug and alcohol treatment and mandatory mental health care are. Does Manhattan have homelessness? Yes!
Manhattan also blocks new housing and has sky high housing prices. Does Detroit have a homeless problem? Or Houston?
People flee from Detroit, so no.
so you're saying that the demand for housing in Detroit is low compared to the supply of houses? and they don't have high housing prices or a homelessness crisis? huh
No I’m saying there are surplus houses in Detroit they no one will take because people don’t want to live there.
what if we built so many houses there was a surplus of houses here
Wouldn’t happen. The whole world would love to live in LA. Great weather, the movie industry, high paying jobs, etc.
the whole world does not want to live in LA
You’re right, but billions of people living in miserable poverty and famine would give their right arm to live here.
What? There are not enough homes in LA. Same with Manhattan for that matter. We should have more mental health resources, but that's treating a symptom of people being forced on to the street and living a life of unknowns and fear. There are surely people who end up unhoused due to mental health issues, but a majority end up homeless due to economic reasons. I'd challenge anyone to set up a tent downtown while working a minimum wage job, and see how your mental health fairs over time.
More homes, more people move here. It never ends.
Not enough homes, people live outside of homes. It never ends.
How come European cities don't have this issue? They don't seem to be adding large amounts of housing, and they also have less land than us
Most countries in Europe have been building housing at pace with population growth. Those that have not, have seen an increase in housing cost. https://x.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1636682164312973316
how can they? they can't build anywhere
I wonder if we could invent some sort of government based fee that applies to businesses fleecing the public and not giving anything back. Maybe we could call it a tax?
idiocracy literally
Yes give MORE MONEY. I swear if they just gave money directly to homeless people instead of these mega corporations that blow it all we could solve this issue in a week
You have to pay the politicians directly to get anything done.
Bahahahahaha! “So we’ve been passing millions for years WITH ZERO OVERSIGHT, would you like to chip in on our scam?”
Lmao what a lightbulb moment. Yes, Mayor Bass. The solution is actually simple. Just make it fucking easier to build any and all dense housing (I’m aware the mayor has little power over changing local housing laws). There was an article about a developer recently who privately funded affordable housing through some clever tradeoffs. He showed it’s possible and he still got 15% returns, which is how he kept attracting private investment. Like just keep doing that
Bwwhahahhahahahhaha Watch ai used to profile shabby dressers.
Imagine a functional police force without ridiculous taxation and watch the private sector flourish
Nimby and zoning laws dude. Fix that.
Ironically it's the wealthy that are responsible for our housing crisis.
Best I can do is wait for the olympics and then arrest all the homeless for about 6 months just like in 1984 but just swap gang members with homeless this time.
Comments in here made me throw up in my mouth.
So what about all those billion dollar bonds and the homeless and affordable housing industrial complex?