The owner of a construction and electrical company blasted the Democrats he said he voted for after a group of at least 10 thieves broke into his business early Wednesday morning. 
During an interview on Fox 11 Los Angeles, Ryan Baggaley — the owner of Delta Construction and Electric Co. — called out L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and President Joe Biden for failing to protect business owners like himself from an increasing amount of break-ins. 
“This whole strip has been broken into, our neighbors have been broken into four times, these guys just got broken into two months ago,” Baggaley said, pointing across the street. “What are we supposed to do? We’re a small construction company.” 
Following the burglary, the L.A. business owner slammed the Democrats he voted for as his neighborhood is victimized by more robberies. 
“I voted for Karen Bass. I voted for Biden. I voted for Gavin Newsom. I’m sick of it,” Baggaley said. “At some point you have to give me a reason to vote for you again.”
“We just do our jobs, make a living, help our employees make a good living, and move on, but it’s really freaking difficult to survive,” Baggaley added. 
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Another brazen break-in caught on camera. Another L.A. business owner fed up:
“I voted for Karen Bass. I voted for Biden. I voted for Gavin Newsom. I’m sick of it. At some point you have to give me a reason to vote for you again.”<a href="https://twitter.com/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/EKGtDE5rb6">pic.twitter.com/EKGtDE5rb6</a>
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Surveillance footage from cameras used by Baggaley’s business captured between 10 and 15 thieves smashing through his gate with a car before breaking into the Delta Construction and Electric Co. building and taking anything they could get their hands on. Baggaley told Fox 11 that the Kia Soul used by the thieves to break through his company’s gate was stolen from an LAPD impound yard and police recognized it from a chalk mark on the vehicle’s window.
Among the items stolen by the thieves were music equipment Baggaley and his brother, who used to be a part of a band, stored in the building. Baggaley estimated that the burglars stole and damaged thousands of dollars worth of equipment and tools. 
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The business owner said that he was notified of the break-in by his Ring system and he rushed to his business, telling his wife to call the police. But officers didn’t respond to the burglary for two hours, according to Baggaley.
“They’re saying, ‘We don’t have anyone in the area,’” he <a href="https://ktla.com/news/la-co-business-owner-frustrated-at-repeated-break-ins/">told</a> KTLA 5. “We’re like, ‘Now it’s been 15 minutes, then it’s 20 minutes and they’re still not here.&#8217; It just kept going and they didn’t respond for two hours.”
In August, Los Angeles launched a task force committed to combatting retail theft and robberies carried out by large groups of thieves. At the time, Bass said the recent spree of organized theft in L.A. was “unacceptable.” 
“These are not victimless crimes,” said Bass, adding, that the task force will “aggressively investigate” these incidents and hold the perpetrators “fully accountable.”

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L.A. Business Owner Victimized By Gang Of Thieves Goes Off On Dems He Voted For: ‘I’m Sick Of It’

L.A. Business Owner Victimized By Gang Of Thieves Goes Off On Dems He Voted For: 'I’m Sick Of It'

California

Crime

Gavin Newsom

Joe Biden

Karen Bass

Los Angeles

Robbery

U.S.

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-freeway-closed-indefinitely-after-massive-fire-compromises-structure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive fire</a> that erupted under the I-10 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles last weekend — disrupting commutes for hundreds of thousands of residents — was likely caused by arson.
&#8220;Arson appears to be the likely ignition for this fire,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/arson-determined-likely-cause-of-10-freeway-fire-in-downtown-la/3267475/#:~:text=Gov.%20Gavin%20Newsom%20announced%20Monday,to%20put%20out%20the%20flames." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, according to NBC. &#8220;That ignition (point and cause) was determined with precision by the fire marshal, Cal Fire, and their teams.&#8221;
Newsom reportedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/there-was-malice-intent-governor-newsom-addresses-cause-of-massive-fire-under-i-10-freeway-in-downtown-la/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Cal Fire investigators completed the initial probe and determined &#8220;there was malice intent&#8221; and &#8220;that it was arson and that it was done and set intentionally.&#8221;
&#8220;The determination of who was responsible is an investigation that is ongoing,&#8221; he said.
Authorities have not identified a suspect or suspects connected to the possible cause of the inferno, but the governor noted the fire started below the freeway within the fence line of a storage facility filled with pallets, trailers, and vehicles.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze started around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday under Interstate 10 and quickly spread through the storage facility. Authorities said the flames engulfed both sides of 14th Street underneath the portion of the freeway, melted steel guardrails, and damaged a number of firetrucks.
LAFD authorities said 164 firefighters battled the flames through the night to extinguish the fire and defend three nearby commercial buildings from damage.
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said at a news conference Sunday, &#8220;Wind pushed the heat and the flames under the freeway, and across the street ignited a secondary storage yard.&#8221;
Crowley reportedly said the fire covered about 80,000 square feet and that crews extinguished much of the blaze in less than three hours. No injuries were reported.
David Ortiz, public information officer for LAFD, <a href="https://www.smobserved.com/story/2023/11/13/news/fire-at-homeless-encampment-under-santa-monica-freeway-closes-the-main-east-west-highway-in-los-angeles-county-for-3-months/7919.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said a large homeless encampment with tents and RVs dwelled underneath the freeway. Many L.A. residents have speculated online that the fire likely started in the homeless encampment.
Mayor Karen Bass reportedly said there was no initial information to suggest a link between the fire and the homeless population in the area but noted that 16 individuals living in the immediate vicinity of the fire had been provided housing.
&#8220;There is no reason to assume the origin of this fire &#8230; is because there were unhoused individuals nearby,&#8221; Bass said.
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Bass said during a news conference on Sunday that the structural damage &#8220;calls for the same urgency and effort&#8221; as the 1994 Northridge earthquake when I-10 sustained extensive damage but reopened in about three months.
&#8220;For those of you that remember the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Caltrans worked around the clock to complete emergency repairs to the freeways,&#8221; said Bass.
Newsom declared a state of emergency after the massive fire erupted beneath the major freeway — closing the thoroughfare&#8217;s now compromised structure indefinitely and impacting hundreds of thousands of commuters.
Local media reported that the portion of the freeway between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue — about a seven-mile stretch of road — will remain closed indefinitely, creating a traffic nightmare for an estimated 300,000 commuters.
According to reports, initial testing results on the structural integrity of the freeway came back better than expected. Officials said roughly 100 support columns were damaged, including roughly 10 that were severely damaged.
Although some officials <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1724468733954146788" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it&#8217;s still too early to determine when commuters will be safe to drive on the road again, Newsom said on Tuesday they expect the freeway to reopen to traffic in 3-5 weeks while the state works 24 hours a day, seven days a week to repair the damages.

Large Fire Along L.A.’s I-10 Brings Transportation Crisis To Already Traffic Laden L.A.

Newsom Says Arson Likely Started Massive Fire Under L.A. Freeway

Newsom Says Arson Likely Started Massive Fire Under L.A. Freeway: Reports

Arson

Fire

General

Homeless

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over the weekend after a massive fire reportedly erupted at a homeless encampment beneath a major freeway near downtown Los Angeles — closing the thoroughfare&#8217;s now compromised structure indefinitely and impacting hundreds of thousands of commuters.
&#8220;The state is mobilizing resources and taking steps to ensure any necessary repairs are completed as soon as possible to minimize the impact on those traveling in and around Los Angeles,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/11/11/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-los-angeles-county-due-to-i-10-freeway-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news release.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze started around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday under Interstate 10 and quickly spread to a storage facility filled with pallets, trailers, and vehicles. Authorities <a href="https://www.lafd.org/news/storage-yard-blaze-downtown-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the flames engulfed both sides of 14th Street underneath the portion of the freeway, melted steel guardrails, and damaged a number of firetrucks.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Both directions of the 10 Freeway near Alameda in Downtown Los Angeles are shutdown following a massive pallet fire. <a href="https://twitter.com/LAFD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAFD</a> on scene. CALTRANS is determining if the structural integrity of the freeway has been compromised. 
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&#8220;The real problem is what lies underneath, that&#8217;s the bridge deck — that&#8217;s the primary focus now of our investigation,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://laist.com/news/transportation/the-10-is-closed-downtown-due-to-huge-pallet-yard-fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a press conference. &#8220;We believe a lot of that did burn, how that may have impacted that structure.&#8221;
LAFD authorities said 164 firefighters battled the flames through the night to extinguish the fire and defend three nearby commercial buildings from damage.
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said at a news conference Sunday <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/12/us/i-10-freeway-fire-closure/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by CNN that &#8220;wind pushed the heat and the flames under the freeway, and across the street ignited a secondary storage yard.&#8221;
Crowley reportedly said the fire covered about 80,000 square feet and that crews extinguished much of the blaze in less than three hours. No injuries were reported.
David Ortiz, public information officer for LAFD, reportedly <a href="https://www.smobserved.com/story/2023/11/13/news/fire-at-homeless-encampment-under-santa-monica-freeway-closes-the-main-east-west-highway-in-los-angeles-county-for-3-months/7919.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a large homeless encampment with tents and RV&#8217;s dwelled underneath the freeway where the fire started.
A street vendor nearby told NBC he heard &#8220;many explosions&#8221; before and during the freeway inferno.
Although officials say the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, many residents have speculated online that it likely started in the homeless encampment.
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Everyone is trying to ignore the massive homeless encampment under the 10 Freeway before the major “debris fire” that happened this weekend <a href="https://t.co/jQCqfsAvRW">https://t.co/jQCqfsAvRW</a> <a href="https://t.co/VQljzKViqr">pic.twitter.com/VQljzKViqr</a>
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Local media <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/expect-delays-what-l-a-commuters-need-to-know-after-fire-closes-i-10-downtown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the portion of the freeway between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue — about a seven-mile stretch of road — will remain closed indefinitely, creating a traffic nightmare for an estimated 300,000 commuters.
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference on Sunday that city officials do not have a timeline for when the freeway could reopen and that the structural damage &#8220;calls for the same urgency and effort&#8221; as the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
&#8220;For those of you that remember the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Caltrans worked around the clock to complete emergency repairs to the freeways,&#8221; said Bass. &#8220;And this structural damage calls for the same level of urgency and effort.&#8221;
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&#8220;Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no reason to think that this is going to be over in a couple of days,&#8221; Bass added. &#8220;We cannot give you an estimate of time right now.&#8221;
Bass also asked employers in downtown Los Angeles to suggest their employees work from home.
It&#8217;s still being determined how long the interstate will remain closed, but some officials estimate it could take up to 12 weeks while the California Department of Transportation (CALTrans) repairs the damaged bridge.
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Last night I toured the damage to the 10 freeway. We will work with absolute urgency to get it back up and running. I’ll be providing an update for Angelenos with state leaders later this morning — stay tuned. <a href="https://t.co/eburVQkMJh">pic.twitter.com/eburVQkMJh</a>
&mdash; Karen Bass (@KarenBassLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenBassLA/status/1723770903094284672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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10 fwy downtown shut down due to fire.

L.A. Freeway Closed Indefinitely After Massive Fire Compromises Structure

Homelessness

Democrat mayors of five major cities sent a letter to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> last week requesting a meeting to discuss the mass influx of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> into their cities.
Mayors Eric Adams of New York City, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, Mike Johnston of Denver, and Sylvester Turner of Houston <a href="https://denvergov.org/files/assets/public/v/1/mayor/documents/mayors-letter-to-biden-congressional-leadership_oct2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Biden on October 28 asking for additional federal funding and expedited approval for illegal migrants to begin working in their cities.
The mayors began the letter, first obtained by the Associated Press, by thanking Biden for previously allocated $1.4 billion in funds for food and shelter and by approving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-to-allow-hundreds-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-to-stay-and-work-in-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">work authorization</a> for illegal migrants from Venezuela. 
“While these courageous actions represent critical first steps, we believe additional action is needed and believe as the Mayors leading many of our most affected cities we can be helpful partners in identifying solutions. To address this crisis without further delay, we are requesting an urgent meeting with you to directly discuss ways we can work with your administration to avoid large numbers of additional asylum seekers being brought to our cities with little to no coordination, support, or resources,” the mayors wrote. 
Busloads of migrants who illegally crossed into Texas have been sent by Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> (R-TX) to New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, places that have branded themselves as &#8220;sanctuary cities.&#8221; The influx has cost the cities hundreds of millions of dollars, and municipal officials have struggled to find places for the migrants to stay.
“Cities have historically absorbed and integrated new migrants with success, but the challenges brought by the new border arrivals are due not only to the high numbers but also the diversity of nationalities, the large share arriving as families, and the overwhelming number who seek asylum,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;Given the impact this crisis has had — and continues to have — on state and local budgets we respectfully advocate for additional funding.” 
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The Democrats said they wanted an additional $5 billion in federal funding to help manage the crisis.
They also asked Biden to ease work authorization requirements and speed up the adjudication for those claiming asylum in the U.S. 
While the mayors did not ask for more security at the border, they requested Biden “adopt a collaborative federal approach around coordinated entry” into the country. 
“The federal government and nonprofit partners — not the governors of the states at which recent migrants arrive — must coordinate the geographic movements of recent arrivals,” the mayors wrote. 
Border crossings have surged under Biden, with millions of foreign nationals unlawfully entering the U.S. from all over the world.

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Democrat Mayors Request ‘Urgent Meeting’ With Biden Over Influx Of Illegal Immigrants Into Their Cities

Border Crisis

Brandon Johnson

Chicago

Denver

Eric Adams

Greg Abbott

Houston

Illegal Immigration

Immigration

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says her city welcomes illegal aliens, yet she admits she is afraid they could be airlifted into her city by the planeload at any moment.
On Thursday, Bass — the mayor of a soon-to-be Sanctuary City —<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/15/axios-events-karen-bass-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> stated</a>, &#8220;We live in a city that welcomes immigrants, and so I think we have been able to handle it, but I am fearful that any day, planes could start coming.&#8221;
Bass was referring to busloads and planes of illegal aliens sent by Governors Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to liberal cities and districts in recent years. What Bass, and other liberals, neglect is that the Biden administration has shipped illegal immigrants around the country as well via taxpayer-funded flights, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aircraft-records-reveal-secret-migrant-flights-across-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exposed</a> by The Daily Wire.
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LA Mayor Karen Bass welcomed the idea of her city being known as a Sanctuary City. Now she&#39;s terrified. 
&quot;I am fearful that any day planes with migrants could start coming.&quot; 
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Bass&#8217; comments come weeks after she<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/la-mayor-illegal-aliens-arent-invited-to-our-soon-to-be-sanctuary-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> said</a>, “L.A. has not extended an invitation asking for people to come.&#8221; It should be noted that the Democratic mayor and other elected officials did indeed offer an inviting hand earlier this year when Abbott began sending illegal aliens to their city.
“Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives,” Bass <a href="https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/mayor-bass-issues-statement-regarding-arrival-migrants-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the first busload came to L.A. “We are a city that seeks to treat all people with dignity and compassion and we will continue to work closely with non-profit organizations, including the L.A. Welcomes Collective, as well as with our County, State, and Federal partners.”
On Thursday, the mayor claimed that the transportation of the foreign nationals was politically motivated.
&#8220;What they&#8217;re trying to do is destabilize cities,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the narrative that these are Democratic-run cities and that we don&#8217;t know how to govern and that everything is chaotic here.&#8221;
Of course, conservative officials are sending illegal immigrants to these cities because they either declared themselves to be &#8220;sanctuaries&#8221; and/or overwhelmingly voted for President Joe Biden — whose policies have proven that the Left doesn&#8217;t &#8220;know how to govern and that everything is chaotic&#8221; at the border — to steal a phrase from the mayor. Democrat cities had already had the reputation of being a disorganized and dangerous mess long before Abbott ever started sending the buses.
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The sad part is that if Bass truly wanted to stop this problem, she would convince the Biden administration to deport the illegal aliens, build a wall, and implement other security measures. Bass&#8217; party colleagues on the other side of the country have no interest in doing that.
Instead, the Left&#8217;s solution to this crisis is more federal funding and freebies offered. Now, it looks like their voters know that isn&#8217;t going to solve anything. On Friday, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) heard that message loud and clear as residents of the Big Apple shouted her and other New York City Democrats down.
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Wow! New Yorkers are MAD at their failed Democrat leaders. 
AOC gets shouted down by protestors angry over illegal immigrant crisis ravaging the city:
“Close the border!!”<a href="https://t.co/yvMWMGivml">pic.twitter.com/yvMWMGivml</a>
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As readers can hear, the voters&#8217; desire was loud and clear: Close the border, send them home. 
The mayor of Los Angeles needs to hear that message as well. But, the American people are all too wise to think that elected officials will actually listen and follow through on doing what&#8217;s necessary to secure the border.
And so, the protests will fall on deaf ears, the border will remain open, and it seems likely the buses and the planes will continue.
Bass and her ilk have nobody to blame but themselves — they voted for and continue to support the policies and politicians that created this situation in the first place.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Mayor-elect Karen Bass

L.A. Mayor Says City ‘Welcomes Immigrants’ But She’s ‘Fearful’ Planes Of Illegal Aliens Will Start Coming ‘Any Day’

LA Mayor Says City 'Welcomes Immigrants' But She's 'Fearful' Planes Of Illegal Aliens Will Start Coming 'Any Day'

Politics

A little over two months ago, the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-city-council-discusses-sanctuary-city-status-for-immigrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles City Council</a> voted to officially become a &#8220;Sanctuary City&#8221; in the &#8220;Sanctuary State&#8221; of California. Now, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass (D) is saying that illegal aliens aren&#8217;t invited to the City of Angeles — in stark contrast to her prior statements.
Bass&#8217; newfound opposition comes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott has spent months busing illegal immigrants to L.A.
&#8220;L.A. has not extended an invitation asking for people to come,&#8221; Bass told Fox L.A. anchor Marla Tellez. &#8220;This is a political act.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> 10th bus from Texas arrives in Los Angeles carrying 39 migrants, including 12 families + 21 children
The 10th bus comes 5 days after the last
Earlier this week, <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorOfLA</a> told me &quot;LA has not extended an invitation asking for people to come. This is a political act&quot;
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At first, Bass was receptive to the newcomers and her Democratic colleagues rallied to prove Abbott wrong; L.A. would welcome these migrants, contrary to the Texas governor&#8217;s gambit, they argued.
“Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives,&#8221; Bass <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=We+are+a+city+that+seeks+to+treat+all+people+with+dignity+and+compassion+and+we+will+continue+to+work+closely+with+non-profit+organizations%2C+including+the+L.A.+Welcomes+Collective%2C+as+well+as+with+our+County%2C+State+and+Federal+partners.&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;oq=We+are+a+city+that+seeks+to+treat+all+people+with+dignity+and+compassion+and+we+will+continue+to+work+closely+with+non-profit+organizations%2C+including+the+L.A.+Welcomes+Collective%2C+as+well+as+with+our+County%2C+State+and+Federal+partners.&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.535j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in June. &#8220;We are a city that seeks to treat all people with dignity and compassion and we will continue to work closely with non-profit organizations, including the L.A. Welcomes Collective, as well as with our County, State and Federal partners.&#8221;
LA Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez even said point blank that Abbott&#8217;s actions were the motivating factor behind fighting for sanctuary status and one that welcomes all people.
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“These dangerous actions from far-right, weak-minded politicians who rely on stunts instead of actual leadership are exactly why we’re fighting to make L.A. a sanctuary city,” Hernandez said. “L.A. was built by immigrants and it thrives because of immigrants. We will continue to be a place that values and dignifies all human life, no matter who they are or where they come from.”
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LA was built by immigrants and it thrives because of immigrants. We will continue to be a place that values and dignifies all human life, no matter who they are or where they come from. LA is for all.
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That sounds like a pretty open-ended invite.
On June 9, the LA Council officially passed an ordinance granting Hernandez&#8217;s request. Now, all they&#8217;re waiting on to officially become a sanctuary is effectively some paperwork.
It seems Bass better put the kibosh on that, or she can expect a lot more illegal aliens to arrive &#8212; or she can join the GOP and pressure federally-elected Democrats to finally secure the border. The choice is hers.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 17: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass announces establishing a task force to investigate, apprehend and prosecute suspects who have committed retail theft as businesses grapple with an uptick of smash-and-grabs in recent weeks a press conference held at City Hall in Los Angeles, CA.

LA Mayor: Illegal Aliens Aren’t Invited To Our Soon-To-Be Sanctuary City

LA Mayor: Illegal Aliens Aren't Invited To Our Soon-To-Be Sanctuary City

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A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> task force launched this week has arrested 11 people in connection with recent organized smash-and-grab robberies involving large groups of thieves, authorities said.
The nearly one dozen suspects arrested by the Organized Retail Crimes Task Force include at least one who was allegedly involved in recent smash-and-grab robberies at a Nordstrom and an Yves Saint Laurent store.
The task force, which was announced Thursday by Mayor Karen Bass, the LAPD, and several other law enforcement agencies, follows a chaotic week that saw two smash-and-grab robberies by large groups in the Los Angeles area.
Over the weekend, a mob of nearly 50 people in hoodies and masks stole up to $100,000 in luxury merchandise from a Nordstrom in Los Angeles. The thieves also attacked security guards with bear mace.
Last week, another group of 30 to 40 thieves robbed an Yves Saint Laurent store in southern California in broad daylight, absconding with an estimated $300,000 worth of merchandise, police said. The brazen smash-and-grab robbery was caught on video just before 5 p.m. The store is located at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, just north of Los Angeles.
<a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/video-shows-wild-scene-at-americana-as-thieves-ransack-yves-saint-laurent-store/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Footage</a> from the Yves Saint Laurent incident shows over a dozen people mostly dressed in dark clothes, hoods, and masks dashing into the store and running out again, their arms full of the expensive merchandise.
Police said Thursday that they had <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/los-angeles-moves-crack-down-retail-theft-epidemic-task-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> the first suspect in the Yves Saint Laurent robbery. A 23-year-old man was charged with organized retail theft, burglary, grand theft, and conspiracy.
Detectives on the new task force were investigating nine cases involving organized retail crimes. The 11 arrests were related to four of those cases.
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Those four cases involve crimes at the Nordstrom store, the Yves Saint Laurent store in Glendale, a Versace store in Los Angeles, and a Warehouse Shoe Store in Highland Park, the LAPD said.
&#8220;Many of these retail theft cases have adopted linkage to other retail crimes which occurred in neighboring cities,&#8221; the LAPD <a href="https://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/organized-retail-crime-taskforce-arrests-nr23259ne/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday in a statement.
The investigations by the task force remain ongoing.
“What we’ve seen over just the past week in the City of Los Angeles and in surrounding regions is unacceptable, which is why today we are here announcing action,” Mayor Karen Bass <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-launches-task-force-to-combat-smash-and-grab-robberies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> when she announced the task force alongside law enforcement agencies.
“These are not victimless crimes – especially in the case where Angelenos were attacked – through force or fear – as they did their jobs or ran errands,” she said, adding that the task force will “aggressively investigate” these incidents and hold the perpetrators “fully accountable.”
Los Angeles has been plagued by rampant retail and personal theft in recent months.
Most types of violent crime are down in Los Angeles except theft, which is up 15% to more than 20,409 thefts compared to this time last year, <a href="https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/cityprof.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data.
Since the fall of 2021, Los Angeles County has seen at least 170 organized retail thefts, including the smash-and-grab trend, <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/los-angeles-moves-crack-down-retail-theft-epidemic-task-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.
Late last month, police <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/california-jewelry-store-smash-grab-robbers-snatched-900000-merchandise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> another group of masked thieves stole $900,000 worth of merchandise from a jewelry store in Irvine just south of Los Angeles and Glendale.

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Los Angeles Crime Task Force Arrests 11 Linked To Smash And Grab Robberies

Video captured dozens of masked and hooded suspects ransacking a Los Angeles Nordstrom department store on Saturday in a brazen smash-and-grab heist, stealing up to $100,000 in merchandise, according to reports.
Between 30-50 people stormed out of Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park around 4:00 p.m. after taking clothes, handbags, and other expensive accessories, Los Angeles Police Department told <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/woodland-hills-topanga-mall-nordstrom-flash-mob-robbery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local media</a>.
“To criminals, it is just property taken,” <a href="https://twitter.com/LAPDPIO/status/1690588157375664128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the police department said on social media</a>. “To those who live in the area and patronize the Topanga Mall it is a loss of feeling safe.”
Police <a href="https://abc7.com/topanga-nordstrom-robbery-smash-and-grab-southern-california-la-video/13640093/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said a security guard was sprayed with Mace, pepper spray, or bear spray, likely by a suspect within the mob of thieves who eventually escaped in several vehicles, including a BMW and Lexus.
“The LAPD will exhaust all efforts to bring those responsible into custody and seek criminal prosecution,” police added.
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Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass called on authorities to hold the suspected thieves accountable.
“What happened today at the Nordstrom in the Topanga Mall is absolutely unacceptable,” Bass said in a <a href="https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/mayor-bass-issues-statement-following-theft-topanga-mall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>. “Those who committed these acts and acts like it in neighboring areas must be held accountable. The Los Angeles Police Department will continue to work to not only find those responsible for this incident but to prevent these attacks on retailers from happening in the future.”
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The weekend robbery scene marks the latest example of lawless behavior running rampant under Democrat control in California. In 2014, California voters approved <a href="https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Prop47FAQs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prop 47</a>, which reduced the penalty for shoplifters who steal up to $950 worth of merchandise to a misdemeanor. Shoplifters could face up to six months in county jail and a fine of up to $1,000 if prosecuted.
Last weekend, law enforcement in nearby Glendale reported a “flash mob” of at least 30 suspects stole $300,000 of merchandise from an Yves Saint Laurent store at a high-end mall owned by Rick Caruso, who ran against Bass as a Republican in the 2022 L.A. mayoral race. He said the mall would reward up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects who committed this crime, Glendale police said.

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WATCH: Dozens Ransack Los Angeles Nordstorm In $100,000 Smash-And-Grab Heist

Watch: Los Angeles Nordstorm Ransacked By Dozens In Smash-And-Grab Heist

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Thousands of Los Angeles city workers plan to halt municipal operations for at least 24 hours on Tuesday after they say city administrators fell short of addressing employee resources and hiring more staff.
SEIU Local 721, which represents more than 98,000 county and city employees across Southern California, announced last weekend it plans to protest city management and other &#8220;unfair labor practices restricting employee and union rights,&#8221; according to a statement from union officials reported by ABC7.  At least 11,000 plan to participate in the one-day strike.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to shut down the city of Los Angeles,&#8221; David Green, SEIU Local 721 executive director and president, told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/06/over-11000-la-workers-plan-strike-hoping-shut-down-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;The message we&#8217;re sending is that our workers are just fed up. They&#8217;ve reached a breaking point. And we need these folks in the city to come back to the table for the good of the city.&#8221;
Green reportedly told City News Service the protest would include more than 30 strike lines made up of sanitation workers, mechanics, traffic officers, engineers, and others. He added to The Post the move comes after &#8220;bad faith bargaining&#8221; by city officials.
&#8220;Sanitation alone has over 900 vacancies,&#8221; Green said. &#8220;Unfortunately, some of the people that work in City Hall are these out-of-touch administrators. And we&#8217;ve been sounding the alarm for years. So we&#8217;re saying, come back to the table.&#8221;
&#8220;We are going to be throughout the entire city striking to send a message that the city&#8217;s broken the law,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They need to come back to the table, they need to fill these vacancies, and they need to listen to the concerns of the public.&#8221;
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Green said that Los Angeles residents could experience a lack of services — from trash pickup to Los Angeles Airport security — on Tuesday. The union expects picket lines to start forming around 4:00 a.m. and workers to meet at City Hall for a march and rally at 11:00 a.m.
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass told ABC7 on Saturday that city workers are vital to the local economy, and officials were available to negotiate.
&#8220;They deserve fair contracts and we have been bargaining in good faith with SEIU 721 since January,&#8221; said Bass. &#8220;The City will always be available to make progress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.&#8221;
A historic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/studios-load-up-on-ai-specialists-as-actors-writers-remain-on-picket-line" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strike</a> involving Hollywood actors and writers has also dragged into its second month.

Presser at LAC+USC Medical Center. Two bargaining units of SEIU Local 721 representing roughly 7,000 frontline employees, including nurses and nurse practitioners, are announcing plans at a press conference for a three-day strike beginning on June 1st. Th

Thousands Of Los Angeles City Workers To Strike, Vow To ‘Shut City Down’

Thousands Of Los Angeles Union Workers Vow To 'Shut City Down' In Planned Strike

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A bus carrying 41 illegal immigrants arrived in the self-described sanctuary city of Los Angeles on Saturday from the Lone Star State, the second in three weeks, according to multiple <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-01/a-bus-carrying-48-migrants-from-texas-will-arrive-in-l-a-today" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>. 
The 41 migrants were from Colombia, Belize, Cuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, and Guatemala. Officials said they were dropped off downtown at Union Station at 12:40 p.m. and subsequently taken to St. Anthony’s Croatian Church where they received a legal briefing and were welcomed by the L.A. Welcomes Collective, a local coalition of nonprofits and activist groups. It is not clear who organized the bus trip, but Governors Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have recently acknowledged sending illegal immigrants to California. 
&#8220;We are still putting together all the details about this group of asylum seekers on the Brownsville bus, but if Los Angeles is their last destination, we will ensure this is the place where they get a genuine and humane reception,&#8221; the executive director of The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Angelica Salas, <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/migrants-texas-los-angeles-july-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass says the city began working with the Welcome Collective and government departments to prepare for the bus’s arrival when officials learned of its journey but insists her office was never formally informed. Bass <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1675320591631650816" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> on Saturday that L.A. “believes in treating everyone with respect and dignity and will do so.” 
The illegal immigrants, including 11 children, boarded the bus voluntarily in Brownsville, Texas, after being paroled by the Border Patrol, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-01/a-bus-carrying-48-migrants-from-texas-will-arrive-in-l-a-today" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
In early June, the L.A. City Council voted to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-city-council-discusses-sanctuary-city-status-for-immigrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">codify</a> existing policies making L.A. a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants. That motion also prohibited city resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement, the L.A. Times reported. The state of California was already considered a sanctuary state. 
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On June 14, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott sent a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abbott-targets-another-self-described-sanctuary-city-with-bused-illegal-immigrants-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bus</a> of approximately 40 illegal immigrants to L.A., prompting condemnation from Bass. At the time, Abbott cited the city’s status as a “sanctuary.&#8221;
“Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico because of President Biden’s refusal to secure the border,” Abbott <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1669128242228260869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1669128242228260869%7Ctwgr%5Eef1992983eb6fd0c390e0fed9f396e4eab08c88d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fabbott-targets-another-self-described-sanctuary-city-with-bused-illegal-immigrants-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city status,” the governor said, pressuring Biden to begin to “do his job” to secure the border. 
The Texas governor has sent illegal immigrants to other sanctuary cities in the past, including Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Denver. Since April 2022, Abbott has sent roughly 22,000 illegal immigrants to other areas, the L.A. Times reports.

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Another Bus From Texas Transports Dozens Of Illegal Immigrants To Los Angeles

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> Mayor Karen Bass is trying to “diversify” the LAPD, and she wants to make it easier for recruits who fail to qualify for training to make the grade in order to do so.
A summary of Bass’  public safety goals indicates Bass wants to remove “obstacles,” while one provision of her program states a deputy mayor will work with a “third party” to &#8220;evaluate the personnel process and identify obstacles to entry for recruits who fail to qualify for training,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-mayor-bass-calls-root-out-right-wing-extremist-police-signals-lowering-bar-new-recruits">reported</a>. Recommendations for getting rid of said obstacles will get special consideration if they relate to “ethnic groups disproportionately left out of new officer training.”
“We think that particular provision or that goal or that idea is dangerous,” Tom Saggau, the spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said, adding, “If you have police officers that can&#8217;t make minimum qualifications or attained minimum standards, for instance, there are recruits that have been in the academy that just can&#8217;t score the minimum requirements for a physical fitness test. One hundred is the maximum score, 50 is acceptable. There are folks that are scoring under 10. That&#8217;s just dangerous.”
The provision states that recommendations to remove any obstacles will be taken into consideration, especially with those related to &#8220;ethnic groups disproportionately left out of new officer training.&#8221;
Saggau noted that recruits failing training might not “possess the mental fitness or the physical fitness ability to be a police officer.”
“That&#8217;s just a recipe for disaster,” he declared. “So we think lowering standards is a dangerous precedent.”
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Bass <a href="https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/mayor-karen-bass-turns-to-chapter-two-the-lapd/">stated</a> last week at a graduation at the Police Academy, “As your mayor, I want you to know I have committed to ensuring that you have the tools and the resources you need to be effective, and that includes making sure graduations like these have more graduates in those seats. I have committed to hiring more officers.”
When in Congress, Bass authored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which intended to give funds to the NAACP, ACLU, and National Urban League in order to study “management and operations standards for law enforcement agencies, including standards relating to administrative due process, residency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of force, racial profiling, early warning and intervention systems, youth justice, school safety&#8230;”
That act also assumed that a disparate impact by race or sex among traffic stops by policemen would be considered evidence of racial profiling.

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L.A. Mayor Wants To Lower Standards To Help Diversify LAPD

LA Mayor Wants To Lower Standards To Help Diversify LAPD

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a> Mayor Karen Bass said over the weekend that she wants to eliminate the homeless encampments that are plaguing the city&#8217;s streets through the state of emergency that she declared on her first day in office.
Bass made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-december-18-2022-n1302029">&#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;</a> with host Chuck Todd.
Bass claimed that 95% of the city&#8217;s 40,000 homeless people would accept taxpayer-funded public housing if it was offered to them.
When asked by Todd if she would allow LAPD and sanitation officers to continue doing sweeps of the encampments, she said, &#8220;no&#8221; and that she wanted to put the homeless people into hotels.
&#8220;No, these are not sweeps at all. This is getting people to move on their own, but then after the person leaves sanitation is absolutely going to have to be there,&#8221; she said. &#8220;No question about it. But this is not coercing people. This is not ticketing people or incarcerating people. This is moving people from tents to hotels or motels.&#8221;
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<blockquote>CHUCK TODD: And joining me now from Los Angeles is the former member of Congress and VP short-lister to Joe Biden, by the way, the new mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass. Mayor Bass, congratulations and welcome back to Meet The Press.
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Thank you. Thanks for having me on.
CHUCK TODD: I want to start with what&#8217;s going to be different this time. And what I mean by this time is, in 2015 — this was pre-pandemic, obviously — Eric Garcetti declared a version of a state of emergency. Not quite the same as what you declared. Yours is a bit more comprehensive. But it freed up $100 million and tried to tackle the homeless problem that he was dealing with back in 2015. It didn&#8217;t work. What&#8217;s going to make what you&#8217;re doing more successful than what Mayor Garcetti attempted to do?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, I think a few things. First of all, it&#8217;s not just about the money. Of course money is needed, but it&#8217;s really about the arcane bureaucratic process. You talk to developers and it&#8217;s just so difficult to get anything done. So when I declared a state of emergency and issued following executive directives, it basically allows the process to be centralized. It allows time certain for building. Chuck, the other day I did a press conference on a piece of land where the builder had been working for 16 years and had just finally broken ground. So it&#8217;s about bursting past the bureaucratic maze and developers having no idea when approvals will be done. So now I&#8217;m requiring that approvals and the process be moved within 30 to 60 days.
CHUCK TODD: There&#8217;s a few issues that people run into all the time when it comes to dealing with the homeless in the city. The biggest one is, What do you do about people that don&#8217;t want to leave, that don&#8217;t want to move, that don&#8217;t want to go into shelters?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, you know, what we have found in the community organizations that we&#8217;re bringing in to do this work is that you can get 95% of the people housed. People will go. It takes a while. You have to do outreach. And what the community programs do is that they work with people who were formerly unhoused. People are unhoused for a variety of different reasons. Some are profoundly mentally ill. Some are profoundly addicted. You have to address the reasons why they wound up unhoused while you house them. So we&#8217;re going to launch a program on Tuesday called Inside Safe, which is going to address the people that are in the tents. Now, it&#8217;s not going to address everybody, but it is going to address, hopefully, a significant number. But we&#8217;re going to put them in motels and hotels immediately. It&#8217;s interesting: it&#8217;s lessons that were learned from the pandemic. Some community organizations have been trying to get the city to master lease out entire hotels and motels for years.
CHUCK TODD: Are you still going to allow LAPD and sanitation officers to do these sweeps of encampments?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: No, these are not sweeps at all. This is getting people to move on their own, but then after the person leaves sanitation is absolutely going to have to be there. No question about it. But this is not coercing people. This is not ticketing people or incarcerating people. This is moving people from tents to hotels or motels.
CHUCK TODD: We know some of this is a — that you&#8217;ve run across quite a bit of mental health challenges here with the homeless population. Mayor Adams, in New York City, is talking about, you know, temporary institutions to help those with mental health problems. You know, do you think we need to bring some institutions like that into play to help you in Los Angeles?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, let me just say that one of our challenges in LA is the division between the city and the county. The county provides the services. We&#8217;re doing this process jointly, so we know that the people on the streets — again, there&#8217;s not enough services, but there will be some. But in the state of California the legislature passed something too that says if somebody is profoundly mentally ill, you know, they can be hospitalized.
CHUCK TODD: I&#8217;m curious, you talk about the issues you have with developers. The biggest issue the city sometimes has when it comes to tackling these housing issues are these homeowners associations. They&#8217;re extraordinarily litigious and extraordinarily powerful. Does your emergency declaration give you any more authority in dealing with these powerful institutions or not?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, it does give me more authority to do that. But I do think that there&#8217;s a way to get neighborhoods to cooperate. You know, this problem is so severe in our city. I mean, literally five people a day die on our streets. It&#8217;s so severe that I think that some of the resistance that we&#8217;ve experienced in the past, I&#8217;m hoping will be softened. So there&#8217;s some neighborhoods that want buildings to be built in certain areas, but it is still within their general neighborhood. You cannot address 40,000 people without building housing everywhere. You can&#8217;t just build all of the housing in the low-income areas that are already severely overcrowded.
CHUCK TODD: All right. Before I let you go, give me a metric by which you should be judged in four years on the homeless situation. Is it the number of people on the streets? Number of tent encampments? What&#8217;s a fair way to judge your success or failure?
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Well, a fair way to judge it would be encampments should be significantly down if not eliminated, and there should be housing being built, underway, at a much more rapid pace. And there should not be 40,000 people who are unhoused, that&#8217;s for sure.
CHUCK TODD: Mayor Karen Bass, appreciate you getting up super early out on the West Coast to share your perspective with us. Good luck. Congratulations. And we&#8217;ll be following your progress.
MAYOR KAREN BASS: Thank you.</blockquote>
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