This is what it takes for Los Angeles to clear a homeless encampment

For a while during the runup to the elections last month, it looked as if former Republican real estate developer Rick Caruso might pull off a miracle and defeat Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass to become the next Mayor of Los Angeles. In the end, Bass squeaked out a six-point victory and will be inaugurated as the first female Mayor in the city’s history. Out on the campaign trail, Bass made a point of repeatedly promising to tackle the city’s endemic homelessness crisis. Not coincidentally, a large group of homeless people have been living in an encampment that activists set up right next to City Hall earlier this year, trying to draw the attention of the Mayor and the City Council to the problem. That wouldn’t make for very good visuals for the new Mayor’s inauguration, however, so the city leaped into action by packing them all up in buses on Thursday and shipping them elsewhere. (CBS Los Angeles)Read More