EPISODE · Jan 20, 2026 · 20 MIN
LA County SLASHES $219M Homeless Funds RIGHT After Voters Hiked 1.1 Billion in Taxes
from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds
LA County just raised sales tax to fund $1.1 billion for homelessness—and now they're slashing $219 million from those same programs. You can't make this up. With 72,000 homeless people (nearly 10% of the entire U.S. homeless population), LA has perfected the art of building the homeless industrial complex and watching them come. We break down the budget crisis, the 46% increase in shelter bed costs (seriously, what are they buying?), and why cutting funding might actually reduce homelessness more than throwing billions at it. Plus, we compare LA's approach to Seattle's new socialist mayor who just cancelled encampment sweeps—because that worked so well during the pandemic, right? Spoiler alert: If you build it, they will come. If you don't... they'll migrate to the next city with better perks. Is this the most expensive failure in government history, or just another day in California? What do you think happens when the 2028 Olympics roll into town? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching taxpayer money disappear into the void, hit subscribe and let's keep exposing this madness together.
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LA County just raised sales tax to fund $1.1 billion for homelessness—and now they're slashing $219 million from those same programs. You can't make this up. With 72,000 homeless people (nearly 10% of the entire U.S. homeless population), LA has perfected the art of building the homeless industrial complex and watching them come. We break down the budget crisis, the 46% increase in shelter bed costs (seriously, what are they buying?), and why cutting funding might actually reduce homelessness more than throwing billions at it. Plus, we compare LA's approach to Seattle's new socialist mayor who just cancelled encampment sweeps—because that worked so well during the pandemic, right? Spoiler alert: If you build it, they will come. If you don't... they'll migrate to the next city with better perks. Is this the most expensive failure in government history, or just another day in California? What do you think happens when the 2028 Olympics roll into town? Drop your thoughts below, and if you're tired of watching taxpayer money disappear into the void, hit subscribe and let's keep exposing this madness together.
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LA County SLASHES $219M Homeless Funds RIGHT After Voters Hiked 1.1 Billion in Taxes
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