CA inaugurates new mayors as they prepare to work on the homeless crisis
Los Angeles has sworn in its new mayor, Karen Bass, and here in the Bay Area, Oakland and San Jose are getting ready to inaugurate theirs.
There’s no debate about the biggest challenge facing California’s new big city mayors, it’s homelessness, and what to do about the terrible situation on the streets.
Mayor Bass vowed in her inaugural address to take on homelessness and get people off the streets and into supportive housing. But we’ve heard that from California mayors for decades, going back to Willie Brown in San Francisco and of course Gavin Newsom as both mayor and governor, and Karen Bass’ predecessor in LA, Eric Garcetti. So what can we really expect from these mayors, and how should they adjust their approach?
For more KCBS Radio's Bret Thurston, Bret Burkhart, and Doug Sovern spoke with Antonia Hernandez, President and CEO of the California Community Foundation, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles that addresses the needs of marginalized communities.