To the editor: When the City Council of Los Angeles opposed bill 827 of the Senate in 2018, the average rental of a two bedroom room It was $ 1,663 And there was 31,285 homeless people In the City.
When the City Council opposed to the Senate bill 50 in 2019, the average two bedroom rental was $ 1,791 and there were 35,550 homeless people in the City.
The City Council opposed bill 79 of the Senate this week (“The densest housing near the transit stops? The City Council opposes the state law project,” August 20). The average two bedroom rental is $ 2,625 and there are currently 43,699 homeless people in the City.
Los Angeles have opposed each important bill that would build homes in crucial areas and reduce the number of homeless people in our city. And now have The members of the Katy Yaroslavsky Council, Monica Rodríguez, Traci Park, Imelda Padilla, Tim Mcosker, John Lee, Ysabel Jurado and Heather Hutt and Mayor Karen Bass will be guilty of the inevitable rentals and the inevitable continuous increase in the lack of housing to follow.
These council members and the mayor have shown that they cannot solve the housing problem of the on their own. This is exactly the reason why the State needs to avoid local control of them and other cities such as Los Angeles.
Josh Albrektson, South Pasadena
