LOS ANGELES—At a private meeting with Los Angeles County officials on May 15, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the county’s “impressive” approach to tackling an unprecedented and deeply intertwined mental health, addiction, and homelessness crisis.
“I wanted to come here because this is the biggest system in the country, and it has the reputation of doing things really well—and I can see why. This is an extraordinary caliber,” Kennedy told a small group of public health officials and community partners at the close of an hour-long meeting at the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration.
