{"id":7738,"date":"2026-04-09T00:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/28-olympic-tickets-laist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:29:42","slug":"28-olympic-tickets-laist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/28-olympic-tickets-laist\/","title":{"rendered":"$28 Olympic tickets &#8211; LAist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download our app for the optimal streaming experience<br \/><b>Topline:<\/b><br \/><b>What did he say about prices? <\/b>He defended the ticket prices \u2014 the majority of which are more than $100 and can go as high as $5,500. Each ticket also includes a 24% service fee. <br \/><b>The reaction is strong: <\/b>Not everyone in Southern California agrees. After the cheapest tickets sold out quickly in the locals-only sale that wraps Wednesday, many Angelenos wondered if they&#8217;d missed their chance to get affordable seats at Olympic competitions and said they felt priced out of the Games before they&#8217;d even arrived in Los Angeles.<br \/><b>Read on&#8230; <\/b>for more about the upcoming drops and the coveted Olympic tickets.<br \/>LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover on Wednesday responded to the outcry over tickets for the Olympics, saying the average price was &#8220;accessible&#8221; and that more $28 tickets would be available in later drops.<br \/>He also defended the prices, the majority of which are more than $100 and can go as high as $5,500. Each ticket includes <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/olympics-tickets-have-a-24-service-fee-and-its-raising-eyebrows-among-angelenos\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                                ><u>a 24% service fee<\/u><\/a>.<br \/>&#8220;The average ticket price is under $200,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s an accessible ticket.&#8221;<br \/>Not everyone in Southern California agrees. After the cheapest tickets sold out quickly in the locals-only sale that wraps Wednesday, many Angelenos wondered if they&#8217;d missed their chance to get affordable seats at Olympic competitions and said <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/why-are-olympics-tickets-so-expensive\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                                ><u>they felt priced out of the Games before they&#8217;d even arrived in Los Angeles<\/u><\/a>.<br \/>Hoover pushed back against that idea, saying ticket sales were critical to paying for the Games, which could end up costing taxpayers if they&#8217;re not delivered within budget.<br \/>&#8220;\u200aThese are the biggest games in Olympic history. And so in order for us to be able to deliver a fiscally responsible, as well as a safe and secure Games, our ticket prices start at $28 and offer a range of pricing for everybody,&#8221; Hoover said. &#8220;You may get on the website and you&#8217;re not gonna necessarily find the ticket at your price in this drop. There&#8217;ll be more drops coming.&#8221;<br \/>What&#8217;s unclear is how many $28 tickets, or tickets under $100, will be made available in future sales, including the general sale that launches Thursday.<br \/>LA28 has avoided sharing exact numbers and prices, outside the promise to make at least 1 million tickets available for $28.<br \/>The cost of tickets could get even more expensive in future sales. When LAist asked if Olympics organizers would use dynamic pricing, where sellers can adjust prices based on demand, Hoover didn&#8217;t rule it out.<br \/>&#8220;\u200aWe&#8217;re not using dynamic pricing in this round of ticket drops,&#8221; Hoover said. &#8220;We may adjust it in the future.&#8221;<br \/>Another way people in Southern California can participate in the Olympics will be to volunteer. But it appears there will be fierce competition for those slots, too. Hoover said Wednesday that he estimated needing 60,000 volunteers and that more than a quarter million people had signed up. That includes some 50,000 locals.<br \/><b>Injured flipper: <\/b>The 240-pound turtle was taken to the aquarium in January after being found entangled in fishing line and rope in the San Gabriel River. Meatloaf is as wide as a manhole cover and several times the size of the facility\u2019s former tenant, <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/climate-environment\/porkchop-the-sea-turtle-goes-home\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                                >Porkchop<\/a>. Right now, Meatloaf\u2019s swollen flipper is more than twice the size it should be. If Meatloaf\u2019s fluid buildup, called edema, persists, the turtle likely will require reconstructive surgery.  <br \/><b>Sea turtles of the San Gabriel River: <\/b>Green sea turtles like Meatloaf can grow up to five feet long and weigh 500 pounds. They typically have tropical haunts \u2014 sandy beaches along the Mexican coast where they lay eggs. But in recent decades, the chunky oddballs have continued to wander upstream, usually in search of food, toward the San Gabriel River\u2019s mouth in Long Beach. Aquarium officials say there can be a dozen to nearly 100 turtles in the river at a time.<br \/>The Aquarium of the Pacific is putting out a call for donations to raise $50,000 for a surgery to save the front flipper of its newest green sea turtle, Meatloaf.<br \/>The 240-pound turtle was taken to the aquarium in January after being found entangled in fishing line and rope in the San Gabriel River.<br \/>For two months, she has undergone rehabilitation and several surgeries to nurse her front-right flipper back to health. Dr. Lance Adams, the aquarium\u2019s director of veterinary services, said the plan is to keep Meatloaf for at least another six months as they redress her wounds.<br \/>Wide as a manhole cover and several times the size of the facility\u2019s former tenant, Porkchop, Meatloaf is the latest ward at the aquarium\u2019s <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/long-beach-aquarium-doubles-the-size-of-its-sea-turtle-rehab-center\/\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       >newly expanded turtle rehabilitation center<\/a> \u2014 one of two able to care for them in Southern California.<br \/>Right now, Meatloaf\u2019s swollen flipper is more than twice the size it should be. Adams said aquarium staff repeatedly have cleaned out the wound and used a number of methods to drain it. Past surgeries were done to remove scar tissue that had built up.<br \/>But Meatloaf\u2019s fluid buildup, called edema, persists and likely will require reconstructive surgery. It\u2019s hard to tell, Adams said, as turtles are slow to heal.<br \/>Turtles tended to at the aquarium include loggerheads, leatherbacks, ridleys and green sea turtles, which arrive on the coast and warmer waters each summer to mate, nest and battle natural and human-made threats: speedboats, water skiers, baited hooks, urban runoff, tons of garbage and harassment.<br \/>Green sea turtles like Meatloaf can grow up to five feet long and weigh 500 pounds. They typically have tropical haunts \u2014 sandy beaches along the Mexican coast where they lay eggs.<br \/>But in recent decades, the chunky oddballs have continued to wander upstream, usually in search of food, toward the San Gabriel River\u2019s mouth in Long Beach. Aquarium officials say there can be a dozen to nearly 100 turtles in the river at a time.<br \/>They eat almost anything they can clamp their mouths on, including snails, eel grass and \u2014 to the ire of scientists \u2014 rotting garbage along the waterway floor.<br \/>It\u2019s an unfortunate circumstance that volunteers with the aquarium\u2019s Southern California Sea Turtle Monitoring community science program see on a weekly basis.<br \/>But it\u2019s not all bad. Adams said workers have seen their <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/porkchop-the-3-flippered-seat-turtle-goes-home\/\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       >most recent graduate, Porkchop<\/a>, at least three times since the three-flipped turtle left their waters and ventured out on her own.<br \/>Each time, they\u2019re sure to say hello.<br \/><b>Topline: <\/b><br \/><b>The backstory:<\/b> Jonathan Caravello is a philosophy lecturer in Cal State Channel Islands\u2019 math and data science department. Last summer, Caravello was arrested while protesting a <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/protesters-and-federal-agents-clash-during-raid-at-camarillo-farm\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                                ><u>raid at a licensed cannabis farm<\/u><\/a> in Ventura County. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in federal prison.<br \/><b>What the government says: <\/b>The federal government says agents were executing a search warrant at the farm, in search of evidence of unlawful employment. In his opening statements Wednesday, assistant U.S. attorney Roger Hsieh said agents deployed tear gas because protesters were obstructing traffic on a two-lane road. Hsieh said Caravello picked up a canister agents deployed and threw it back at them.<br \/><b>What Caravello\u2019s legal team says:<\/b> Caravello&#8217;s legal team, led by attorney Knut Johnson, said the lecturer did not hurt anyone and shared a video showing federal vehicles making their way across the road. The defense also says Caravello picked up and threw the canister as far as he could \u2014 past the agents \u2014 to keep protesters safe from harm.<br \/><b>What&#8217;s next: <\/b>Judge Cynthia Valenzuela said she expects the trial to take up to four days.<br \/><b>Topline:<\/b><br \/><b>What the numbers show:<\/b> Last year, Boyle Heights was the sixth-most ticketed community among the city\u2019s 114 neighborhoods, receiving a total of 60,695 citations, an average of 5,057 per month.<br \/><b>Boyle Heights hot spots:<\/b> The most ticketed location in Boyle Heights is Cesar Chavez Avenue and Chicago Street, where 1,070 tickets were dispensed for illegally parking in a bus lane, a $293 infraction.<br \/><b>Read on&#8230; <\/b>for a deeper look at parking tickets in Boyle Heights.<br \/><i>This <\/i><a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/thelalocal.org\/neighborhoods\/boyle-heights\/parking-tickets-spike\/\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><i>story<\/i><\/a><i> first appeared on <\/i><a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/thelalocal.org\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><i>The LA Local<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><br \/>Boyle Heights residents have seen it all when it comes to finding a place to park: cars in the red, blocked driveways, double parking and even <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/62794601301\/permalink\/10163014277276302\/?mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;_rdr\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       >people sitting in lawn chairs<\/a> to save a spot. At times, disputes over parking spots have escalated into arguments between neighbors.&nbsp;<br \/>The longstanding struggle for parking in the neighborhood only seems to be getting worse as more developments go up across the city \u2014 often with limited parking \u2014 and multi-generational households share space. Many people have memorized their block\u2019s street sweeping schedules and no-parking zones to avoid a ticket.&nbsp;<br \/>That frustration is showing up in the data.<br \/>Parking tickets in Boyle Heights have increased at a rate much higher than the city of Los Angeles as a whole, making it one of L.A.\u2019s most ticketed neighborhoods, according to an analysis of city data by Crosstown. Residents say they aren\u2019t sure what could help remedy the issue but acknowledged that multiple parking tickets feel even heavier as gas and grocery prices rise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Boyle Heights was the sixth-most ticketed community among the city\u2019s 114 neighborhoods, receiving a total of 60,695 citations, an average of 5,057 per month.&nbsp;<br \/>Between 2023 and 2025, the number of parking tickets handed out across the city of Los Angeles increased by 4.9%. In Boyle Heights, however, the rise was more than three times that \u2014 the 60,695 citations dispensed in 2025 was 17.6% more than two years prior, the <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/xtown.la\/\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       >Crosstown<\/a> analysis of public <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/data.lacity.org\/Transportation\/Parking-Citations\/4f5p-udkv\/about_data\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       >parking citation<\/a> data shows.&nbsp;<br \/>That is likely an undercount, as city citation data is not available after Dec. 14, 2025 (the Los Angeles Department of Transportation was unable to identify why this happened or when it will be fixed). Even so, the increase in Boyle Heights surpasses that in some other frequently ticketed neighborhoods. Van Nuys registered an increase of 4.5% during that time, while citations in Hollywood fell by 9.6%.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Some areas suffered even sharper rises: Tickets in downtown and Koreatown rose 21% and 33.5%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><i>Neighborhoods ranked by number of tickets in 2025. Count is 2025 through Dec. 14.<\/i><br \/>Source: LADOT Parking Citations dataset.<br \/>Courtesy of Crosstown<br \/>Hernan Gabriel, who has lived in Boyle Heights for 10 years, said parking hasn\u2019t always been easy, but tickets have been part of his routine.&nbsp;<br \/>On a recent afternoon, he stood outside his home near Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Chicago Street, keeping an eye on the time before street sweeping restrictions began.<br \/>\u201cThis is my first ticket of the year,\u201d Gabriel said, as he pulled a $73 parking ticket from the dashboard of his truck that he received in February.<br \/>But it hasn\u2019t been his only one. In 2023, he racked up over $2,800 in parking tickets while working deliveries downtown.<br \/>\u201cSince I received those tickets, I\u2019ve been paying closer attention,\u201d Gabriel said. While he has access to a parking spot at his home, many of his neighbors don\u2019t.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not only are tickets increasing in Boyle Heights, but residents are being cited at higher rates than in much of the city.&nbsp;<br \/>People in the neighborhood of roughly 81,000 residents received 60,695 citations last year \u2014 about 0.75 tickets per resident.&nbsp;<br \/>Citywide, the rate is significantly lower: 0.48 citations per resident, based on 1.87 million tickets issued across Los Angeles.&nbsp;<br \/>The types of violations also mirror city trends but at higher concentrations.<br \/>Approximately one of every four tickets written in Boyle Heights is for parking in a street sweeping zone \u2014 a $73 infraction. Last year, 16,776 such tickets were issued.<br \/>The city\u2019s Bureau of Street Services has an automated system for reminder notices; <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/streets.lacity.gov\/services\/street-sweeping\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       >register your address<\/a> to receive text messages 24 and 48 hours before street sweepers hit your block.<br \/>The second-most frequent infraction is parking in a red zone \u2014 a $93 hit. In Boyle Heights, these made up 20.9% of the community\u2019s total, well above the citywide rate of 12.4%.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Stephanie Sanchez, a lifelong Boyle Heights resident, has gotten used to the struggle of looking for a spot and avoiding parking tickets.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s expensive,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve noticed people from a couple blocks away coming to park here or people who live here going a couple blocks away just to park because it is so cramped.\u201d<br \/>Last year, Sanchez received five parking tickets totaling over $350.&nbsp;<br \/>\u201c[I could] buy more groceries, lots of things for my day-to-day living. It would help with gas because gas is ridiculous right now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) said the number of citations issued across L.A. is a \u201cdirect result of posted restrictions, driver behavior, and officer staffing.\u201d According to the department, of the 502 traffic officers deployed citywide, 115 serve the Central Division, with 24 officers specifically assigned to Boyle Heights.<br \/>In response to community concerns regarding street congestion and parking, LADOT said in a statement, \u201cstreet improvements require identifying specific locations and coordinating between multiple City departments. LADOT remains committed to collaborative solutions that address the needs of every neighborhood.\u201d<br \/>A spokesperson from Councilmember Ysabel Jurado\u2019s office echoed the community\u2019s sentiment about parking issues in the neighborhood and said Jurado is looking into addressing them.<\/p>\n<p>The most ticketed location in Boyle Heights is Cesar Chavez Avenue and Chicago Street, where 1,070 tickets were dispensed for illegally parking in a bus lane, a $293 infraction.&nbsp;<br \/>Just south is the neighborhood\u2019s second-most ticketed location. A 76-space public parking lot at 249 Chicago St. produced 669 citations in 2025. Most were for an expired meter.<br \/>On the stretch of Cesar Chavez between Boyle Avenue and Fickett Street, more than 3,200 bus-lane parking tickets were given out. On a recent visit to the area, there were no easily visible signs warning about bus zone infractions.<\/p>\n<p><i>Through Dec. 14, 2025<\/i><br \/>Source: LADOT Parking Citations dataset<br \/>Courtesy of Crosstown LA<\/p>\n<p>For many residents, solutions feel limited while the problem gets worse.&nbsp;<br \/>Maria Solis and Orlando Cervantes have lived in Boyle Heights for 30 years and said finding a spot to park in their neighborhood is harder than ever before. After 5 p.m., it is nearly impossible, Cervantes said.&nbsp;<br \/>They suggested limiting how many cars a single person can have.&nbsp;<br \/>Another more obvious solution would be for the city to create more parking lots but that comes with its own problems. \u201cThe more parking there is, the more cars you will see,\u201d Solis said.<br \/>Sanchez echoed that concern.&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cTheres no space to even create like a parking lot, even then I feel like that would be expensive to pay for a spot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Topline:<\/b><br \/><b>Alternatives to Inside Safe: <\/b>Raman proposes scaling back Inside Safe and redirecting dollars to more cost-effective programs. The average Inside Safe bed, usually a hotel room, costs the city more than $225 a night, compared to an average nightly cost of about $86 at other shelter options. Raman calls for expanding shared housing, modular units and a new strategy for the 6,500 people living in cars and RVs.<br \/><b>A city-run system: <\/b>L.A. currently funnels about $300 million in annual homelessness funding through the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, or LAHSA. Raman wants the city to prepare to take over those contracts directly, calling LAHSA scandal-plagued and potentially on the verge of shuttering.<br \/><b>Bass campaign responds: <\/b>A Bass spokesperson said Raman had supported Inside Safe funding as a council member and called her plan unrealistic.<br \/><b>Read on&#8230; <\/b>for more on the various campaign platforms.<br \/>Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman \u2014 who is also a sitting L.A. City Council member \u2014 unveiled a homelessness policy platform Tuesday that calls for the city to prepare for a breakup with the region\u2019s troubled lead homelessness agency and to scale back Mayor Karen Bass&#8217; signature Inside Safe motel program. <br \/>In Raman\u2019s new homelessness <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/www.nithyaforthecity.com\/#the-platform\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>policy platform<\/u><\/a>, she vowed to build an effective homelessness response system in the city, arguing it\u2019s something that hasn\u2019t existed during her five years as a city official.<br \/>\u201c\u200aOne of the most persistent challenges with homelessness is that no one is in charge at City Hall,\u201d Raman told LAist. \u201c\u200aThere is no centralized management or oversight over our homelessness response system at the city. What we have is a patchwork of programs that have very different outcomes and hugely differential costs.\u201d<br \/>Raman, who represents Council District 4 stretching from Silver Lake to Reseda, argues only the Mayor\u2019s Office has the authority to fix that fragmentation and deliver transparency.<br \/>She is among 13 candidates challenging Bass in the race for L.A. mayor in the June primary. <br \/>Homelessness is one of the top issues in the mayoral race. Los Angeles is home to nearly 44,000 unhoused residents and budgets about $1 billion a year for homelessness. <br \/>In response to Raman\u2019s announcement, a spokesperson from Bass\u2019 campaign defended the incumbent mayor\u2019s homelessness strategy and noted Raman had supported it.<br \/>\u201cCouncilmember Raman has been on the City Council since 2020 and is Chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee, and frankly the most success she has achieved is voting yes on Inside Safe,\u201d Alex Stack said in a statement. <br \/>Bass introduced Inside Safe through an <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/mayor.lacity.gov\/news\/mayor-bass-signs-executive-directive-launching-inside-safe-changing-citys-encampment-approach#:~:text=Inside%20Safe%20will%20assess%20street,INTRODUCTION\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>executive order<\/u><\/a>, with a goal of moving more unhoused residents from encampments into temporary shelter. Raman later voted with the L.A. City Council 13-1 to accept Bass\u2019 2023-24 budget, which included $250 million for the program.<br \/>Raman argues that L.A. should shift spending away from expensive motel-based programs like Inside Safe, toward lower-cost interventions like short-term rental vouchers and shared housing. <br \/>\u201cWhat I&#8217;m proposing is to look across our shelter beds and really investing in what works and stretching every dollar as far as possible at a time when the Trump administration is about to cut funds for homelessness response here in Los Angeles significantly,\u201d Raman told LAist. <br \/>The Bass campaign criticized Raman\u2019s plan as impractical.<br \/>\u201cThe campaign plan she threw out there relies on private landlords turning over apartments to people living in tents \u2014 it&#8217;s unrealistic and would increase homelessness,\u201d Stack said. <br \/>The campaigns for other candidates, including Spencer Pratt, Rae Huang and Adam Miller, did not respond to requests on Tuesday. Each includes some homelessness policy proposals on their campaign websites.<br \/>Raman\u2019s proposal took aim at Inside Safe, a city program designed to clear tent and vehicle encampments and move people into shelter, primarily hotel rooms. <br \/>The city of L.A. has spent more than $300 million on Inside Safe over the past few years. During that time, the program has moved more than 5,800 unhoused people indoors, according to the <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/mayor.lacity.gov\/InsideSafe\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>Mayor\u2019s Office<\/u><\/a>. Official data shows 40% of those people later returned to the street, as highlighted in a recent <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-04-05\/under-la-mayors-300-million-homeless-program-40-have-returned-to-street\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>L.A. Times report<\/u><\/a>. <br \/>The average Inside Safe bed, usually a hotel room, costs the city more than $225 a night, compared to an average nightly cost of about $86 at other shelter or \u201cinterim housing\u201d options, <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/cityclerk.lacity.org\/onlinedocs\/2023\/23-1022-S18_MISC_02-4-26.pdf\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>according to<\/u><\/a> the Office of the City Administrative Officer. <br \/>Raman called Inside Safe \u201cthe most expensive temporary housing intervention in the city by far,\u201d estimating the program costs the city about $85,000 per motel room annually. <br \/>For the same money, the city could rent three apartments and provide services through its Time Limited Subsidy Program, she said. <br \/>That rental subsidy program costs about $24,000 annually per household, according to the Office of the <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/cityclerk.lacity.org\/onlinedocs\/2023\/23-1022-S16_rpt_cao_06-12-25.pdf\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>City Administrative Officer<\/u><\/a>. <br \/>Since Bass took office, L.A.\u2019s overall homeless population estimates have declined by about 5%. The \u201cunsheltered\u201d population \u2014 those who live outside in tents or vehicles, instead of in homeless shelters or similar facilities \u2014 declined even more during that period, as Inside Safe moved more Angelenos living on the streets into hotel rooms and other shelters. <br \/>Bass\u2019s campaign defended her approach. <br \/>\u201cMayor Bass launched L.A.&#8217;s first-ever comprehensive street homelessness strategy, driving street homelessness down nearly 18 percent, posting the first-ever consecutive-year decline in overall homelessness and achieving the first decline in homeless mortality since records have been kept,\u201d Stack said.<br \/>As a candidate for City Council in 2020, Raman\u2019s homelessness platform had called for eliminating \u201cpolicies that criminalize people who are unhoused,\u201d including sweeps of unhoused encampments led by the LAPD and sanitation workers.<br \/>Raman\u2019s 2026 mayoral homelessness platform calls for \u201cmaintaining\u201d the city\u2019s \u201ccapacity for encampment resolution.\u201d<br \/>&#8220;My approach to homelessness in my district would be exactly what I would be doing citywide, which is trying to ensure that we are using every single dollar and resource that we have to move people indoors as quickly as possible,&#8221; Raman told LAist. <br \/>The L.A. City Council has been<a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/housing-homelessness\/la-weighs-pulling-homelessness-funds-from-lahsa\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u> considering<\/u><\/a> whether to redirect about $300 million in annual homelessness funding away from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and, if so, whether to put the funds under city or county oversight.<br \/>As chair of the L.A. City Council\u2019s Housing and Homelessness Committee, Raman is expected to preside over that committee&#8217;s final discussion on the issue, before it issues a recommendation and sends the issue to the full council for a vote. <br \/>Last year, L.A. County officials voted to move hundreds of millions away from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and administer the funds itself through a new county homelessness department. That funding shift begins July 1. <br \/>Bass has <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/top-la-officials-spar-over-who-should-oversee-citys-homelessness-spending-lahsa-twilight-zone\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>publicly clashed<\/u><\/a> with county leaders about their decision. She\u2019s also said the city should be cautious about following suit. <br \/>\u201cWithdrawing from LAHSA too quickly, without a plan and without the capacity, will no doubt cause unintended consequences that will leave more Angelenos to die on our streets,\u201d Bass said in a statement last month.<br \/>Raman said her mayoral platform sets a framework for moving hundreds of millions in city homelessness contracts away from LAHSA. <br \/>\u201cThe city needs to be prepared to make significant changes including taking on direct contracting for some funds and potentially contracting directly with the county,\u201d Raman told LAist. \u201cThe biggest challenge right now is that, despite my efforts, the city still doesn&#8217;t have the capacity to manage this transition effectively.\u201d<br \/>That\u2019s what her plan is designed to build, Raman said.<br \/>Raman\u2019s platform describes LAHSA as \u201cplagued with scandal\u201d and \u201cmay be on the verge of shuttering.\u201d <br \/>Bass and Raman both point to the city\u2019s Bureau of Homelessness Oversight, created last year within the Los Angeles Housing Department, which they say can help deliver accountability and oversight if scaled up. <br \/>According to Raman, that bureau has not yet hired a single person, but it is doing some data work using consultants via a private grant. <br \/>Raman criticized the current city approach to the 6,500 people living in cars and RVs as &#8220;haphazard&#8221; and &#8220;ineffective, vowing to develop a clearer strategy.<br \/>Raman wants more street medicine teams \u2014 funded through Medi-CAL reimbursements \u2014 to meet health needs in encampments. <br \/>She also proposes a citywide unarmed crisis response team to respond to mental health and substance use calls.<br \/>Spencer Pratt, a former reality television personality who lost his home in last year\u2019s Palisades Fire, urges a \u201ctreatment-first\u201d approach to homelessness, according to his <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/mayorpratt.com\/#the-issues\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>campaign website<\/u><\/a>.<br \/>\u201cFor years, the Homeless Industrial Complex has prioritized process over outcomes, warehousing over treatment, and press releases over results,\u201d the site states. <br \/>His approach would redirect resources to mental health care, drug treatment and stabilization services, according to campaign material. <br \/>The Rev. Rae Huang, a community organizer and Presbyterian minister running to the left of Raman, has proposed a new \u201cMayor\u2019s Office of Housing For All\u201d to coordinate housing and homelessness efforts in the city. <br \/>On her <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/www.raeforla.com\/housing-for-all\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>campaign website<\/u><\/a>, Huang promises to build more permanent supportive housing and to end \u201csweeps\u201d or city cleanups of tent encampments. <br \/>Candidate Adam Miller is a tech entrepreneur who founded Better Angels LA, a nonprofit that distributes small loans to families facing eviction. <br \/>Miller\u2019s <a class=\"Link\"                                       href=\"https:\/\/votemiller.com\/what\/homelessness\"           target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"                                       ><u>campaign platform<\/u><\/a> lists a range of proposals for L.A.\u2019s homelessness system, including 50 more tiny home village sites, more enforcement of anti-camping laws and a better tech system for managing shelter bed reservations. <br \/>If no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the June Primary Election, the top two vote-getters will face off in a November runoff.<br \/>LAist is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that is also home to L.A.\u2019s largest NPR station broadcasting at 89.3 FM. 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