洛杉矶市长 Karen Bass 承认无家可归治理失误：应更早改造体系，主张市府自建独立系统
位于加州洛杉矶县的洛杉矶市，现任市长 Karen Bass 在 11 月 3 日市长决选投票前接受 ABC7（Eyewitness News）专访时公开承认，她在第一任期的无家可归治理上犯有失误：她本应更早推动改造整个无家可归服务体系，而不是先试图改革现行体系；她现在认为，洛杉矶需要一套全新的、由市政府自己掌控的独立系统。
这场直播专访于 10 月 26 日播出，由 ABC7 政治记者 Josh Haskell 提问。当 Haskell 问她，在无家可归问题上、特别是涉及洛杉矶无家可归服务局（Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority，LAHSA）时，如果可以重来会有什么不同，Bass 回答：「我本可以做得更好的一件事，是更早着手改造这个体系。我原先希望它能被改革过来。现在，我认为我们需要一套全新的体系。」她说，她会更早推动洛杉矶建立自己的独立系统、由市府掌控：「我认为纳税人并不知道，我们为无家可归者建的那些住房里，有许多床位被洛杉矶市以外的人占用了，因为那套系统是县里在管。」
Bass 还提到 2025 年 1 月 Palisades 山火期间她身在海外一事，称她第一任期的头号重点始终是「让人们离开街道」。她同时列举寻求连任的政绩，包括筹备 2028 年奥运会、犯罪率下降、新住房单元陆续建成，称洛杉矶的前景光明。被问到是否担心在决选中落败时，她表示，没有哪位候选人会不担心自己能否胜选，她上一次选举时同样担心过。
专访中，Bass 还抨击决选对手、市议员 Nithya Raman 在警察局长去留问题上立场反复，称 Raman 对撤换洛杉矶市警察局长 Jim McDonnell 的时间表一变再变：「她隔一天就换一个立场。最近一次是说，她上任第一天就启动撤换程序；后来又说 2030 年，再后来又说，也许还要晚一点。」Bass 说，当被问到打算用谁替换 McDonnell 时，Raman 答不上来。她还反驳市府濒临破产的说法，称开支决定须经市议会批准，并批评 Raman 在警察薪酬与招募问题上的投票记录。Raman 此前已确认，若当选将更换警察局长，并批评 Bass 的「Inside Safe」计划耗资数以亿计美元、缺乏审计与问责。
Bass 这番表态的数日前，前白宫新闻秘书 Karoline Leavitt 于 10 月 23 日在 HBO 节目《与 Bill Maher 的实时对话》（Real Time with Bill Maher）中公开向加州州长 Gavin Newsom 与 Bass 喊话。据《纽约邮报》报道，Leavitt 以华盛顿特区市长与特朗普合作的例子称：「无家可归清理了，犯罪也清理了，城市很漂亮。我在那里住了两年。」她接着说：「也许你们的州长应该打个电话，也许你们的市长也应该打个电话，加州就会好看得多。」纽森的顾问 Izzy Gardon 随后在社交平台 X 上回击称，纽森 2025 年 2 月曾在白宫椭圆形办公室与特朗普会面 90 分钟商谈灾后援助，而特朗普其后未经州长同意便把加州国民警卫队联邦化、向洛杉矶部署 4,700 名军人。
LAHSA 是洛杉矶市与洛杉矶县 1993 年合设的联合权力机构，长期统筹全区的无家可归服务，并代表洛杉矶连续照护机构申请联邦资金。2026 年 6 月 11 日，美国住房与城市发展部（U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development，HUD）以财务管理、内部控制、拨款监管与利益冲突政策涉嫌失当为由，暂停 LAHSA 参与联邦项目的资格，牵涉约 2.39 亿美元联邦资金，关系到全区 85 个城市逾 1.1 万名无家可归者的住房与服务。LAHSA 于 6 月 29 日起诉特朗普政府；联邦地区法官 David O. Carter 于 8 月 13 日发布初步禁令，叫停这一暂停；9 月 24 日，联邦第九巡回上诉法院大体驳回 HUD 暂缓执行禁令的请求。今年 10 月，洛杉矶连续照护机构表决指定洛杉矶县接替 LAHSA，出任联邦资金协作申请方并负责年度无家可归者统计；10 月 27 日，Bass 宣布市县达成初步协议，市府将把无家可归者直接安置进市资助住房并取得相应的数据权限，与她在专访中主张的「由市府掌控」是同一方向。
最新年度统计显示，洛杉矶市无家可归人数在连续两年下降后回升，2026 年增幅为 3.4%，市内露宿者约 2.9 万人。本周公布的加州大学伯克利分校政府研究所与《洛杉矶时报》联合民调显示，Bass 与 Raman 在决选中的支持率同为 40%，19% 的可能投票选民尚未决定；受访选民把减少无家可归者营地列为下任市长的首要任务，占 43%。Bass 在谈到自己的支持率时表示：「这四年里，我犯过错误，但我们已经为走向未来打下了非常坚实的基础。」11 月 3 日，洛杉矶选民将在 Bass 与 Raman 之间选出下一任市长。
关联：HUD暂停LAHSA联邦拨款资格：监察长立案调查涉欺诈与管理不善，约2.39亿美元申请受阻
关联：众议院无家可归资金听证：Bass称日程冲突拒绝出席作证，小组主席称传票选项不排除
关联：洛杉矶无家可归拨款诉讼时间线：LAHSA起诉联邦政府、法院下初步禁令，第九巡回大体驳回HUD暂缓动议
关联：家附近的流浪汉越来越多了——来美26年，我看到的美国一角
关联：住房与城市发展部与俄勒冈州 Multnomah 县达成自愿合规协议：无家可归服务不得按种族国籍分配
关联：洛杉矶市长选战：Raman 称法律专家确认其当选后可就好莱坞措施投票，Bass 阵营反驳
关联：加州「烂尾账本」走红华人社群：高铁、911、无家可归者拨款，逐项对照官方记录
关联：洛杉矶无家可归者现状：2026年统计结束两年下降，市内露宿者增至约2.9万人，市县治理权今天表决
关联：洛杉矶市与县达成初步协议：市府将直接安排无家可归者入住市资助住房
关联：特朗普签署无家可归行政令：清理街头营地、扩大民事收治，联邦拨款优先给执法城市
来源：GSM·美国
LA Mayor Karen Bass Admits Mistakes on Homelessness: Says She Should Have Transformed the System Earlier, Now Backs a New City-Run System
In Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, in an interview with ABC7 (Eyewitness News) ahead of the November 3 mayoral runoff, publicly acknowledged that she made mistakes on homelessness in her first term: she said she should have pushed to transform the entire homeless services system earlier instead of first trying to reform the existing one, and that she now believes Los Angeles needs an entirely new system, run independently by the city itself.
The live interview aired on October 26, conducted by ABC7 political reporter Josh Haskell. When Haskell asked what she would have done differently on homelessness, specifically in terms of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), Bass replied: "One of the things that I could have done better is paid attention to transforming the system earlier. I was hoping it could be reformed. Now, I believe we need to have an entirely new system." She said she would have pushed earlier for Los Angeles to have its own independent system under city control: "I don't think that taxpayers are aware that the building for homelessness that we have done, that many of those beds are occupied by people outside the city of Los Angeles because the county controls that."
Bass also addressed her absence overseas during the January 2025 Palisades fire, saying her number one focus in her first term was "getting people off the streets." She cited her case for a second term, including preparations for the 2028 Olympics, a decline in crime and new housing units coming online, and said the future of Los Angeles looks bright. Asked whether she was concerned she could lose the runoff, she said she did not know a candidate who is not concerned about winning an election, and that she had been worried in her last election too.
In the interview, Bass also attacked her runoff opponent, Councilmember Nithya Raman, over her shifting timeline for removing Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell. "She changes her position every other day. But the latest one was - she would begin the process to remove him on day one. Then she said 2030, then she said, well, you know, maybe a little later," Bass said, adding that when Raman was asked who she would replace McDonnell with, she had no answer. Bass also rejected claims that the city faced bankruptcy, saying spending decisions require City Council approval, and criticized Raman's voting record on police pay and recruitment. Raman has confirmed she would replace the police chief if elected, and has criticized Bass's "Inside Safe" program as costing hundreds of millions of dollars without audits or accountability.
Bass's remarks came days after former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" on October 23, publicly challenged California Governor Gavin Newsom and Bass. According to the New York Post, Leavitt pointed to Washington, D.C., where the mayor has worked with President Donald Trump: "Cleaned up the homelessness, cleaned up the crime, the city is beautiful. I've lived there the past two years." She added: "Maybe your governor should call, maybe your mayor here should call, and California would look a lot better." Newsom adviser Izzy Gardon fired back on X, noting that Newsom spent 90 minutes with Trump in the Oval Office in February 2025 seeking disaster aid, and that Trump later federalized the California National Guard without the governor's consent and deployed 4,700 troops to Los Angeles.
LAHSA is a joint powers authority created by the city and county of Los Angeles in 1993; it has long coordinated homelessness services across the region and applies for federal funds on behalf of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care. On June 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suspended LAHSA from federal programs, citing alleged failures in financial management, internal controls, grant oversight and conflict-of-interest policies. About $239 million in federal funding was at stake, affecting housing and services for more than 11,000 people in 85 cities across the region. LAHSA sued the Trump administration on June 29; U.S. District Judge David O. Carter issued a preliminary injunction halting the suspension on August 13; and on September 24 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit largely denied HUD's request to stay the injunction. In October, the Los Angeles Continuum of Care voted to designate Los Angeles County to replace LAHSA as the collaborative applicant for federal funds and to lead the annual point-in-time count. On October 27, Bass announced a tentative city-county agreement under which the city will place homeless people directly into city-funded housing and gain corresponding access to data - the same direction as the city control she advocated in the interview.
The latest annual count showed homelessness in the city of Los Angeles rising again after two years of declines, up 3.4% in 2026, with about 29,000 people unsheltered in the city. A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times, released this week, showed Bass and Raman tied at 40% each among likely voters, with 19% undecided; reducing homeless encampments was voters' top priority for the next mayor, at 43%. Addressing her standing in the poll, Bass said: "In my four years, I have made mistakes, but we have laid a very strong foundation to go into the future." On November 3, Los Angeles voters will choose between Bass and Raman as the city's next mayor.
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Related: HUD Announces Voluntary Compliance Agreement With Multnomah County, Oregon
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：洛杉矶市长 Karen Bass 在市政厅出席活动（2026 年资料图）。洛杉矶市长办公室官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Mayor Karen Bass at a City Hall event (2026 file photo). Official photo from the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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