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How much power does Mayor Garcetti have over housing and homelessness?

Jun. 20, 2019

Mayor Garcetti, June 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

There’s a recall drive against Mayor Eric Garcetti because of the homelessness crisis. Is he not acting with enough urgency, or are his hands tied by a sprawling bureaucracy?

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