(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
- President-elect Donald Trump has promised to erect tent cities to remove homeless people from America’s streets, alarming advocates.
- The public mood has shifted toward more punitive measures as the nation confronts a growing homelessness problem.
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she can work with Trump, even if she does not agree with all of his methods.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to arrest thousands of homeless people sleeping on American streets and move them to large tent cities on “inexpensive land,” one of several planks of his agenda that would upend a national strategy that focuses on finding people housing on a voluntary basis.
“We will use every tool, lever and authority to get the homeless off our streets,” Trump said in a video announcing his policy last year. “There is nothing compassionate about letting these individuals live in filth and squalor, rather than getting them the help that they need.”
Read the complete article at the Los Angeles Times, authored by Noah Bierman. The article was published Nov. 20, 2024.
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