LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Mayor Karen Bass Tuesday lifted her declaration of a local emergency on homelessness, saying that while the crisis persists, the city now has the tools in place to continue urgent action without the temporary order she signed on her first day in office.
In a memo to the City Council, the mayor reiterated that if at any point “extraordinary authority” is needed to maintain or accelerate progress on homelessness, she would not hesitate to reinstate the declaration.
Her decision came at a time when council members have discussed steps to phase out her emergency declaration…