California’s homeless woes stem from the fact that most Democrats don’t want to clear homeless encampments. That includes Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Bass and other Los Angeles Democrats oppose Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) order for cities and localities to clear homeless encampments. Bass said that she doesn’t think clearing homeless encampments “is ultimately a solution to homelessness.” Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Lindsey Horvath said “The criminalization of homelessness and poverty is dangerous.”