Rise in LA homelessness sparks feud between mayoral candidates
- On Friday, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released the 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, showing the unhoused population rose 3.4% to 45,194, with unsheltered homelessness increasing nearly 8% for the first time in two years.
- Mayor Karen Bass defended her administration's record, citing an 11% reduction in unsheltered homelessness since 2023, while attributing the recent uptick to federal funding cuts and inadequate county services hampering the city's response.
- City Councilmember Nithya Raman criticized the results as "a failure of leadership," pointing to a 49% decrease in unsheltered homelessness within her Fourth Council District as a potential citywide model.
- A Los Angeles Times analysis found about 41% of Inside Safe participants returned to homelessness in the nearly four years since the program began, fueling criticism that the city's $250 million investment lacks long-term results.
- Competing for voter support in the November election, Bass and Raman are framing the data to their political advantage, making homelessness a central issue in the mayoral runoff.
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Los Angeles Mayoral Candidates Respond to Rise in Homelessness
LOS ANGELES—Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger in the Nov. 3 election, Councilmember Nithya Raman, criticized one another on July 24 over the increase in homelessness in Los Angeles. Homelessness increased by 3.4 percent in the city to an estimated 45,194 people, and unsheltered homelessness also rose by nearly 8 percent, according to figures from the 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The data showed the first increase in the unhoused po…
Karen Bass Tries to Blame Trump for Rising Number of Homeless in Los Angeles
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