To the editor: I can’t bear in mind the precise date — was it 2016 or possibly 2017 — after I learn in The Occasions concerning the billions of {dollars} wanted to construct the brand new soccer stadium in Inglewood, whereas the town and county had been scraping collectively a whole bunch of tens of millions of {dollars} to attempt to finish homelessness. (“The under-the-radar proposal to finish homelessness in Los Angeles for $20 billion,” Sept. 13)
On the time, the help organizations the place I labored in Los Angeles had been nonetheless struggling to satisfy the elevated wants of individuals within the post-housing bubble. Billions appeared a lot tougher to boost than tens of millions, however we might predict what would occur.
What grew to become SoFi Stadium was in-built just a few years, and at this time the seats are full of followers, whereas now we’re asking if $20.4 billion might finish homelessness as folks stay on the streets of Los Angeles.
Because the outdated proverb says, “The place there’s a will, there’s a approach.”
Kristin Barberia, Tucson, Ariz.
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To the editor: Drawback solved, slam dunk, simple as pie, little one’s play.
Are you listening, Jeff Bezos, Invoice Gates and Larry Ellison? I received’t even waste my breath with an Elon Musk utterance right here.
This works out to the paltry sum of $6.6 billion every to finish homelessness in Los Angeles. Simply do it, and your legacies can be safe.
However not so quick. Don’t put these checkbooks away simply but — in the event you’ve received a second, can we take a fast have a look at the subsequent disaster confronting and confounding this world.
Mark Richardson, Encinitas
