After nine hours of deliberation, the panel of 50 that must recommend how L.A. County should spend $355 million a year of new homeless funds faced an existential reckoning. It was the joke, not the bribe, that prevailed, earning Ansell more time to mold 50 perspectives into a single voice. It turned out that they see the task through many different lenses, and many wanted the chance to say so. There was Reba Stevens, representing the formerly homeless, repeatedly asking where was “lived experience” in the plan. In two previous meetings the group reached a consensus on a couple of strategies but left others on the table.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 17, 2017 09:56 UTC