XPost: alt.niggers, talk.politics.guns, la.general   
   XPost: sac.politics   
   From: nigger-lovers@disney.com   
      
   Mayor Karen Bass’ first day in office didn’t start at City Hall   
   but down the street at the Emergency Operations Center where,   
   flanked by elected officials, she declared the homeless crisis a   
   state of emergency.   
      
   That move, which will require City Council approval, gives her   
   the ability to more quickly create new interim housing and make   
   a plan to get the most vulnerable Angelenos off the streets as   
   winter weather sets in. Bass met with the general managers of   
   city departments, telling them to bring her solutions to make   
   the government more efficient and responsive when addressing   
   homelessness.   
      
   “We must bring people indoors faster, and we will,” she said.   
   “We must build housing faster, and we will. We must coordinate   
   shelter and services, and we will. We must have coordination   
   among the city officials and the city departments and we will,   
   because we are doing things differently.”   
      
   The question is how Bass plans to use the powers afforded to her   
   during an emergency. She has the ability to more quickly   
   dispense money to providers who do the outreach work to homeless   
   people, approve the master-leasing of buildings and expedite the   
   regulatory and permitting processes.   
      
   Though she could also commandeer property to provide housing,   
   she told The Times’ editorial board she won’t do that because   
   “you’re going to end up tied up in court forever. I’m looking   
   for the quickest way to do this.”   
      
   It’s unclear how much this emergency declaration would cost, if   
   passed, or how many units of interim housing Bass plans to   
   create immediately. The latest count found that about 41,000   
   people are homeless in the city of Los Angeles, with about   
   28,000 of them unsheltered.   
      
   Karen Bass will make history as L.A. mayor. Then the hard work   
   begins   
   Karen Bass has said she will declare a state of emergency on   
   homelessness in Los Angeles. ‘I realize that I’m taking a huge   
   risk,’ she says.   
      
   Dec. 11, 2022   
      
   During the campaign, Bass said she will would bring about 17,000   
   people indoors in her first year. This week the newly installed   
   mayor said more details would be provided in the coming days   
   about the effort, called “Inside Safe.”   
      
   Bass estimated this first push to bring people indoors from   
   encampments would cost “under $100 million” but didn’t   
   elaborate. The state of emergency will “sunset in six months   
   subject to being renewed. The setting of a specific time frame   
   allows for actions to be taken to make permanent, necessary   
   structural changes,” the declaration said.   
      
   She was flanked by county Board of Supervisors Chair Janice Hahn   
   and City Council President Paul Krekorian.   
      
   “This is a crisis that demands all our attention, our   
   cooperation and our resources,” Hahn said.   
      
   The emergency declaration requires City Council authorization   
   every 30 days and is expected to come before the council on   
   Tuesday. This consolidation of power will come at the expense of   
   the council, but Krekorian said he was excited to work with   
   Bass, with whom he served in the Legislature.   
      
   “One thing that a state of emergency in the city provides is   
   different procurement processes, for example. So it’d be much   
   easier for us to acquire housing or to acquire the pieces that   
   are needed and so forth,” Krekorian said Monday. “All of these   
   things will be subjected to council oversight, and there will be   
   a limited duration to it.”   
      
   Under Mayor Eric Garcetti, the city at one point declared a   
   “shelter crisis” but stopped short of declaring a state of   
   emergency on homelessness. Still, Garcetti’s moves helped speed   
   up the process of siting and building shelters throughout the   
   city.   
      
   This move by Bass goes much further.   
      
   The declaration would give her additional power to spend money   
   on facilities and services without going through a competitive   
   bidding process. Those expenditures would also not require   
   council approval.   
      
   Sarah Dusseault, who has worked on homelessness policy in the   
   city and county and helped Bass develop her strategy, explained   
   that only the mayor has the power to activate the emergency   
   operations center and also strip away some of the regulations   
   and approval processes that tend to slow down projects.   
      
   “An emergency declaration, per the charter, comes with enormous   
   local authority that does not exist short of a declaration,” she   
   said. “There’s this hunger among the City Council and city   
   departments around getting clear direction from the mayor, on   
   the most significant issue facing our city. ... There is no   
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)