And for Garcetti's part, he will need to marshal all his political will and capital for this issue for as long as he's still serving. That means going to neighborhoods and telling people why they should stop fighting the proposed housing development for 60 homeless people down the block, why the development can't be moved to another neighborhood and why the number of residents can't be dropped to five. We can have homeless people on our streets or we can have them in apartment buildings down the street. Those are the choices. They are not going to be bused to the Antelope Valley or Arizona or any other place Los Angeles residents think would be better than their own neighborhoods.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 22, 2018 11:03 UTC