Garcetti Budgets for Homelessness, Climate Change in Final State of the City Address

Garcetti Budgets for Homelessness, Climate Change in Final State of the City Address
Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti speaks at a V.A. facility in Los Angeles on Sept. 29, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Micaela Ricaforte
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LOS ANGELES—In his final State of the City address at the soon-to-be-completed Sixth Street Bridge in Downtown Los Angeles, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti highlighted some of the programs and investments for the upcoming fiscal year—with a special focus on public safety, climate change, and housing shortage, plus a $1 billion investment into addressing homelessness.

“My goal is to hand over a city budget next week that is stronger than ever, an infrastructure program unequaled in America, and a pathway to house our people and save our planet with the urgency that this moment demands,” said Garcetti, who terms out at the end of this year with a pending confirmation for his nomination as the U.S. ambassador to India by President Joe Biden.