An Unnecessary Calamity of Homelessness
Destitution is a well-known calamity that affects every person worldwide, whether people know it affects them or not. Moreover, being homeless is a commonly overlooked or disregarded situation in today’s society. As a result, the severe issues that have arisen from this problem have turned out to be blindsiding. The CNN article, “Los Angeles declares ‘state of emergency’ on homelessness,” informs readers about the increasing threat of people becoming homeless due to the current cost of housing, lack of established shelters, and the number of people living on the city’s streets. Though the CNN article provides readers with evidence of Los Angeles’ economic crisis, the advertisement by Raising The Roof …show more content…
Then the author continues on to quote the mayor and states the mayor is working to move people off the streets. Starting off with these facts, the author uses the credibility of the council, the mayor, and the statistics to further explain how dire the situation in Los Angeles is; showing how much work it is going to take to resolve the situation. Furthermore, the author gains the attention of the audience, using official sources, to prove just how much poverty has spread through the city and how much effort and money will be needed at this point. These authoritative or expert sources make the audience see the accuracy of the article, which makes the audience aware of the problem of homelessness that is …show more content…
Using this transition, the article begins to explain the plans that earlier sources are doing to solve the impoverishment in Los Angeles. In an interview with Council member Mike Bonin, the author of the article informs readers of the process to make housing more affordable, create more operable shelters, and “’safe parking programs.’” The article then reiterates how the council is calling for $100 million for funding and states that Mayor Garcetti is taking it a step further by asking for $100 million every year. Addressing the fact that the funding rate will quickly grow to $13 million, the article reiterates how grand the problem is and makes it clear that this problem could have been stopped earlier. The factual article then ends with a quote from the mayor, basically saying that the homelessness needs to end so everyone can “’live up to the best of our ideals.’” However, the article just informs readers of the problem in Los Angeles and says people need to be helped off the streets to increase better living and people’s ideals, which only provides a dry and narrow perspective on the horrible
Destitution is a well-known calamity that affects every person worldwide, whether people know it affects them or not. Moreover, being homeless is a commonly overlooked or disregarded situation in today’s society. As a result, the severe issues that have arisen from this problem have turned out to be blindsiding. The CNN article, “Los Angeles declares ‘state of emergency’ on homelessness,” informs readers about the increasing threat of people becoming homeless due to the current cost of housing, lack of established shelters, and the number of people living on the city’s streets. Though the CNN article provides readers with evidence of Los Angeles’ economic crisis, the advertisement by Raising The Roof …show more content…
Then the author continues on to quote the mayor and states the mayor is working to move people off the streets. Starting off with these facts, the author uses the credibility of the council, the mayor, and the statistics to further explain how dire the situation in Los Angeles is; showing how much work it is going to take to resolve the situation. Furthermore, the author gains the attention of the audience, using official sources, to prove just how much poverty has spread through the city and how much effort and money will be needed at this point. These authoritative or expert sources make the audience see the accuracy of the article, which makes the audience aware of the problem of homelessness that is …show more content…
Using this transition, the article begins to explain the plans that earlier sources are doing to solve the impoverishment in Los Angeles. In an interview with Council member Mike Bonin, the author of the article informs readers of the process to make housing more affordable, create more operable shelters, and “’safe parking programs.’” The article then reiterates how the council is calling for $100 million for funding and states that Mayor Garcetti is taking it a step further by asking for $100 million every year. Addressing the fact that the funding rate will quickly grow to $13 million, the article reiterates how grand the problem is and makes it clear that this problem could have been stopped earlier. The factual article then ends with a quote from the mayor, basically saying that the homelessness needs to end so everyone can “’live up to the best of our ideals.’” However, the article just informs readers of the problem in Los Angeles and says people need to be helped off the streets to increase better living and people’s ideals, which only provides a dry and narrow perspective on the horrible