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Posted in [PLANNING WATCH LA](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/planning-watch-la). ## [Mayor Bass: 6 Months and Housing for the Unhoused is Hard to Find](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/planning-watch-la/27102-mayor-bass-6-months-and-housing-for-the-unhoused-is-hard-to-find) PLANNING WATCH - Karen Bass has many things going for her at the six month mark in her four year term as Mayor of Los Angeles. She handily defeated… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/57/046h-572c0f85.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/planning-watch-la/27071-why-the-white-house-congressional-debt-deal-will-increase-homelessness)### [Why the White House-Congressional Debt Deal will Increase Homelessness](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/planning-watch-la/27071-why-the-white-house-congressional-debt-deal-will-increase-homelessness) Written by Dick Platkin on June 09 2023. 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