UCLA Luskin Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning Michael Lens commented in an LAist story on measures meant to address homelessness efforts in Los Angeles County. Measure H, approved by voters in 2017, has a sunset date in 2027, while Measure A, on this November’s ballot, would include a half-cent sales tax intended to continue addressing homelessness. “A lot of people look around and say, ‘What has this money necessarily done for us?’” Lens said, but he noted that voters might also conclude that the crisis could be much worse if not for Measure H. In a CalMatters article by Jim Newton of UCLA’s Blueprint magazine, Lens said that whether voters can be sure that investments like Measure A will pay off is “a bit of a leap of faith.” In the same article, Zev Yaroslavsky, longtime public servant and director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin, said the measure will serve as a referendum on progress achieved so far, warning, “This may be the last shot.”