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ALT The agencies use different data systems, and even different Google spreadsheets, to produce their reports and often have different bureaus within them managing different housing programs
ALT For example, a senior director for Bass told the interviewers that the Inside Safe program uses an internal Google spreadsheet to manage its occupancy records and does not have access to the Homeless Management Information System, the countywide database that tracks street contacts with homeless people and housing placements.
ALT The Bass campaign has amplified Park’s remarks and leaned into the newfound friendliness from her critics. “Working alongside local leaders like Councilmember Traci Park and Rick Caruso, Mayor Bass has delivered tremendous progress in the Palisades,” campaign spokesperson Alex Stack said, citing the reopening of schools and businesses and home permitting. The mayor’s campaign manager told POLITICO this month that they intended to deploy Park as a “surrogate” to reach Pratt supporters. That was a bridge too far for Park, who is the only member of the City Council — aside from Raman — not to endorse Bass. Park reiterated her shots at Raman in a statement to POLITICO but added that she wasn’t anyone’s surrogate. “As an LA resident and councilmember, I have deep concerns about the leadership and effectiveness of both candidates,” Park said.
ALT Screenshot of Economist headline on developers learning to love Mamdani
ALT Nelson declined to say how much money SRO Housing needs to remain afloat. But she said some of the problems hurting the organization’s finances are bureaucratic. In the May meeting, Nelson said she complained of being unable to open a new, 81-unit affordable housing development outside Skid Row because the city-owned utility had yet to provide electricity. And, in early 2023, SRO Housing received $45 million in state dollars to rehabilitate three of its older buildings in Skid Row. Today, construction is complete, but 130 of the renovated units remain empty, she said. Nelson attributed SRO Housing’s vacancy problems to regional housing officials who are responsible for matching prospective tenants to its buildings.
