Rick Caruso is a businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist. He is the owner and executive chairman of Caruso, one of the largest privately held real estate companies in the world, and founder of Steadfast LA: a nonprofit focused on private-sector involvement in rebuilding wildfire-affected communities.
Half of the homeless population has mental health issues.
The cost of building units by the government is $800,000 each, while nonprofits are building them for about $300,000 each.
L.A. County's tax called HHH was supposed to build 10,000 units, but only about 1,000 units were built over 10 years.
The homeless problem in L.A. continues to grow, with at least 70,000 people affected.
Bureaucrats working for the department of homelessness are making a quarter million dollars a year with no incentive to improve the situation.
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It is a terrible time for Los Angeles.
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