Ending Homelessness in the West Valley
Los Angeles has spent years and enormous sums of money on homelessness with almost nothing to show for it. As a community, we get what we tolerate, and the people of CD3 have made their message clear. They are done accepting tents blocking sidewalks, needles and filth in our alleyways, and RVs being used for crime. Letting people suffer on our streets is not compassionate, and the current approach has failed the housed and unhoused alike. Here is my plan to change that.
Priorities in the Plan
The Path Forward
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Accountability and Transparency
On my first day in office, I will create a CD3 Chief Homelessness & Housing Solutions Officer, one person with the sole responsibility of overseeing our district's homeless efforts and answering for the results. We will also launch a public CD3 Unhoused Dashboard that tracks encampments, response times, available beds, contractor costs per client, and neighborhood complaints. Every decision we make will be driven by the data we collect, and the community will be able to see exactly where things stand on any given day.
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Zero Tolerance for Encampments, Real Help for People
Zero tolerance for encampments does not mean zero tolerance for people who need help. Every encampment in CD3 should expect a visit from our Homeless & Housing Team within 24 hours, offering shelter and wraparound services, including mental health and addiction treatment. When an individual refuses that help, we will pursue every legal avenue to clear the encampment and give our streets, sidewalks, and neighborhoods back to the community. Our goal is simple: zero encampments in CD3.
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Service Providers That Deliver
The City works with well over 100 providers, most with no accountability, no real oversight, and costs that vary wildly. We have all seen the headlines about money meant for the homeless disappearing. CD3 will work with the fewest, best providers possible, all overseen by our Housing Officer and held to a proven record of moving people off the street and into permanent housing at a responsible cost. Being a good neighbor to the surrounding community will be one of the outcomes we measure.
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Investing in Our Youth and Our Seniors
Investing in young people is at the heart of my agenda. I will consolidate and expand youth programs that build skills and create opportunity, provide emergency rental assistance to foster youth and families with children, and make sure at-risk youth are folded into these programs before they ever end up on the street. Our seniors deserve the same commitment. Older adults are the fastest-growing group of unhoused Angelenos, with the 65-and-over population up more than 17 percent in a single year. I will expand rental assistance and aging-in-place support, partnering with local organizations like OneGeneration and the Guadalupe Community Center to keep seniors safely in their homes.
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Put the Responsibility Where It Belongs
Housing and human services are the County's legal responsibility, not the City's, and the County's budget is nearly four times larger. Los Angeles cannot keep doing the County's job while our own streets, parks, and public safety go underfunded. I will hold the County accountable for meeting its obligations so that City dollars go where our Charter requires: police and public safety, fire protection, infrastructure, and our parks and libraries. Until that happens, CD3 will set the example for the rest of the city on how to help our most vulnerable the right way.
