Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass vowed to house thousands of people in her first year in office to reverse the city’s homelessness epidemic. She’s gotten thousands off the street, but unhoused people said it’s come at the cost of violent police sweeps and shoddy housing in bed bug-ridden motels. Josh Marcus reports.
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass vowed to house thousands of people in her first year in office to reverse the city’s homelessness epidemic. She’s gotten thousands off the street, but unhoused people said it’s come at the cost of violent police sweeps and shoddy housing in bed bug-ridden motels. Josh Marcus reports.
Now that tuberculosis has been linked genetically to a gambling casino in Contra Costa County, health officials said the next step is to make sure that those who were exposed to it get checked out. That may be easier said than done.