“LA Dedicates $1 Billion To Fight Homelessness”

This headline from a couple of weeks ago is a straight-up lie from NPR. LA might have ‘proposed’ that money in a budget. They might have ‘planned’ to spend it, someday.

A judge took one look at their ‘plan’ and said, fine. You’re finally serious? Good. Put the billion dollars in an escrow account today, and I’ll make sure you spend it how you say you want to–and you’ll put a roof over the head of every homeless person in the city by October, too, sooner for the women and children.

Oh, the city fathers and powers-that-be in LA didn’t like that one bit.

They’re paying lawyers with taxpayer money to fight the judge’s ruling.

How dare he hold us to our word after a hundred years of neglect, cop raids, and business as usual!?

Let us pray.

Over a hundred homeless people die on the street in LA every month.

Maybe just maybe this will turn out to be a win. In one American city, finally. For a small segment of the mass victims of inequality in this rapacious and inhuman system. A tiny win, but I for one will croak out a cheer.

JD puts it all into perspective and context nicely in 10 minutes of commentary.