A new government-run homeless camp in East Hollywood is coming under fire for not only its exorbitant cost but also from critics who claim city leaders once again missed the mark in addressing California’s homelessness crisis.

Los Angeles’s latest attempt at tackling the thorny issue is an idea that had been politically unpopular for decades but officials have now decided to embrace. Taking a page out of San Francisco’s playbook, Los Angeles has created a government-run tent encampment.