Karen Bass: ““I’m heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted,””

“I sure as heck wouldn’t have gone.”

“I am so profoundly sorry that I was not in my city when my city needed me.”

Bass stresses the city has cleared dozens of encampments and brought thousands of people into shelter, but data show nearly half of them dropped out of the system and presumably returned to the streets.

I have called councilmember Nithya Raman to congratulate her on her victory, and I have committed to ensuring a smooth and seamless transition.