To the editor: When the Los Angeles Metropolis Council opposed Senate Invoice 827 in 2018, the typical lease for a two-bedroom was $1,663 and there have been 31,285 homeless folks in L.A. metropolis.
When the Metropolis Council opposed Senate Invoice 50 in 2019, the typical lease for a two-bedroom was $1,791 and there have been 35,550 homeless folks in L.A. metropolis.
The Metropolis Council opposed Senate Invoice 79 this week (“Denser housing close to transit stops? L.A. Metropolis Council opposes state invoice,” Aug. 20). The typical lease for a two-bedroom is $2,625 and there are at present 43,699 homeless folks in L.A. metropolis.
Los Angeles has opposed each main invoice that might construct housing in essential areas and reduce the variety of homeless folks in our metropolis. And now we have now Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky, Monica Rodriguez, Traci Park, Imelda Padilla, Tim McOsker, John Lee, Ysabel Jurado and Heather Hutt and Mayor Karen Bass responsible for rising rents and the inevitable persevering with rise of homelessness to observe.
These council members and the mayor have proven that they can not repair L.A.’s housing downside on their very own. That is precisely why the state must preempt native management from them and different cities like Los Angeles.
Josh Albrektson, South Pasadena
