Commentary
Every official in California claims to be working on solving the housing and homelessness crises. New Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass campaigned to “bring leadership, accountability and action to dramatically reduce homelessness and end street encampments in Los Angeles.” Upon taking office, she “declared a State of Emergency on homelessness.”
But we keep finding instances of why housing costs so much in the first place: bad policies that discourage building new housing.
A new one: Last November city voters passed Measure ULA, which Ms. Bass opposed, to fund housing for the homeless. It came shortly after Measure HHH was passed in 2016, providing $1.2 billion in homeless housing bonds paid for by boosting property taxes….