Karen Bass: “It is outrageous and un-American that we have federal armed vehicles in our parks when nothing is going on in the parks.”

People who experience behavioral or mental health crises often do not receive the proper care they desperately need. Without it, they can deteriorate into behavior that can result in severe injury or death.

I directed city departments to halt plans to rebuild the warehouse until the health and safety of the community are protected.

Too often, those requests have been met with delayed communication, limited transparency, and insufficient public engagement.

Residents, public agencies and elected officials have repeatedly sought timely information regarding the cleanup, remediation, environmental monitoring and recovery.