On Tuesday, Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, presented her inaugural city budget, which includes provisions to address the homelessness crisis, boost mental health services, and bolster LAPD recruitment. The budget allocates almost $1.3 billion to combat homelessness.
Paul Scrivano, the owner of the Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks outside of Los Angeles, is a long-time critic of the city council. Joining Larry Elder, he argues that politicians and city officials are more interested in maintaining funding for homeless services than actually solving the problem. “This is nothing but a money grab to give to her unions to give to her homeless 501(c)(3),” Scrivano says….