White House economists said Monday that police officers could be used as part of an intensifying effort to address a recent spike in homelessness, but they declined to offer more specifics as to what role law enforcement might play.
The comments were part of a White House report that formalized and escalated the administration’s push to address the spike in homelessness, particularly in California, which the Trump administration has largely blamed on Democrats.
The report was written by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and comes a day before President Trump is expected to visit California. A number of senior White House advisers visited California last week to study the increase in homelessness there, and they have spent months discussing what role the federal government could play to intervene. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is also expected to visit the state this week as part of the push.
View the complete September 16 article by Jeff Stein on The Washington Post website here.