Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "We will use every tool, lever and authority to get the homeless off our streets," Trump said in a video announcing his policy last year.
46% : But homeless experts and advocates who have reviewed public statements from Trump and his closest advisors and donors have identified a number of possible changes.
46% : Trump floated a similar proposal to Los Angeles during his first term, including the use of federal land for temporary homeless shelters.
45% : Trump said at a rally in Uniondale, N.Y., in September.
40% : It's unclear whether Trump could actually accomplish this part of his plan without local and state cooperation.
34% : Trump has not yet chosen a housing secretary and his transition team's statement to The Times did not answer specific questions about his plans.
33% : But Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who is trying to combat one of the nation's largest homelessness crises, said she is eager to work with the incoming administration, and believes she and Trump can find common ground in housing the city's estimated 46,000 homeless people.
33% : Federal park police can arrest people on federal lands but Trump would probably need city and county police to enforce camping bans in most areas of the country.
33% : But homeless advocates worry Trump could cut programs, including housing vouchers that supply California with about $5.6 billion a year to place low-income people into homes, or Medicaid, which funds some housing programs that include social services.
27% : Rabinowitz predicted that Trump would probably start building tent cities in more conservative states such as Florida, which passed a statewide camping ban that took effect in October.
26% : Trump, whose Republican Party will control both the House and Senate in January, has said that he will seek a national ban on urban camping.
25% : Trump campaigned in large part on the idea that cities have become chaotic and unruly and that he could impose more order by cracking down on homeless encampments and open drug use.
23% : They argue that focusing on housing people regardless of their sobriety status has led to successes, like a recent drop in veteran homelessness, that would be undermined if Trump reverses course.

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