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Caruso Pushes Back on Mayor’s Call for Wealthy Angelenos to Fund Homeless Housing

The developer, who lost to Bass in 2022, said billions in taxpayer dollars spent on homelessness has amounted to a ‘blank check’ for failing programs.
Caruso Pushes Back on Mayor’s Call for Wealthy Angelenos to Fund Homeless Housing
Los Angeles Democratic mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, center, tours the construction site of the Sun Commons affordable housing development in North Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Beige Luciano-Adams
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In shades of Los Angeles’s 2022 mayoral campaign, billionaire developer and former candidate Rick Caruso took to X April 19 to challenge what has emerged as the highlight of Mayor Karen Bass’s recent State of the City speech.

In her address at City Hall on April 17, Ms. Bass called on wealthy Angelenos to help move embattled homelessness programs forward.

Beige Luciano-Adams
Beige Luciano-Adams
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Beige Luciano-Adams is an investigative reporter covering Los Angeles and statewide issues in California. She has covered politics, arts, culture, and social issues for a variety of outlets, including LA Weekly and MediaNews Group publications. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X: https://twitter.com/LucianoBeige
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