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Politics tamfitronics Politics / August 2, 2024Mayor Karen Bass’s administration has failed to live up to its own affordable-housing ambitions. A homeless encampment under a bridge in downtown Los Angeles on July 26.(Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP)When Karen Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles, it seemed that the city’s shameful neglect of its housing crisis would finally end. Bass, after all, is a progressive, and she staked much of her political capital during her mayoral campaign on a pledge to tackle the interconnected crises of homelessness and a dearth of affordable or supportive housing in the sprawling city.Two years on, the promise is unfulfilled, and what progress has been made, through Bass-backed programs such as Inside Safe, which has moved thousands of people from the streets into motels, is now at risk...