LA Uses Homeless and COVID Crises to Justify Government Takeover of Rental Market

A woman calls for rent cancellation as a coalition of activist groups and labor unions participate in a May Day march for workers' and human rights in Los Angeles on May 1, 2021. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

The progressive mantra, as articulated by former Chicago mayor and Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, is, “You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” From the beginning, many such policymakers seized upon the COVID-19 pandemic crisis to implement new measures, mostly through “state of emergency” orders, which they could previously only dream about.