. That’s only a fourth of the number needed to house all those who are eligible.
County officials say that housing more than 3,700 people in three months has been an “unprecedented” achievement and that they are not giving up on the goal. For three years, Wendy Brown slept against the wall of the Cadillac Hotel, a funky 1914 beach inn in Venice once home to Jim Morrison and Charlie Chaplin. Here, tourists would pay up to $240 a night to mingle with B-boy dancers, bikini-clad skateboarders and artists steps away on the boardwalk.
Gov. Gavin Newsom launched Project Roomkey in early April with a statewide goal of leasing 15,000 rooms in hotels and motels that had lost business because of the coronavirus. The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to pay 75% of the cost, and Newsom put in $150 million of state money. After setting up 35 hotels, the Homeless Services Authority is facing a limit on its capacity, interim Executive Director Heidi Marston said.
Oh another failure dealing with the homeless problem? It’s almost as if the city doesn’t want the problem to go away.
Yeah, major surprise there . . .
Because the city council sucks and does nothing!
But they forcing everybody to wear masks? Copy that.
Did they lose track of 100s of unit again?
Can the hotel owners sue the city now to recoup their losses?