"This isn't about whether a model is working now. It is about whether we have the resources to actually fuel that model to success."
"You can't clean or arrest your way out of homelessness."
"I think that if I could have a wish that would not cause me to find my way to the gates of hell, it would be that the President could live one day on Skid Row."
"Does that come from Federal funding or from Measure H?"
"Chairwoman Waters' H.R. 1856 exemplifies the sort of bold, major action we need from the Federal Government."
"California was shortchanged."
"African Americans were blocked out of home ownership through those programs, and the wealth-building of the 20th Century that occurred left African-American households with one-tenth of the wealth of ..."
"We cannot address homelessness without simultaneously addressing structural and institutional racism in America."
"That is an extraordinary number of extremely low-income people hanging on by their fingertips."
"However, much more needs to be done, including passing legislation like the Ending Homelessness Act into law at the Federal level."
"We need a bold and comprehensive response at the Federal, State, and local level to address the homelessness crisis."