{"id":343017,"date":"2026-06-02T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343017\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:56:15","slug":"kennedy-california-voters-ready-for-change-amid-homelessness-drug-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343017\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy: California voters ready for change amid homelessness, drug crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek\">Kennedy discusses the dire situation in Los Angeles, California, highlighting the extensive homelessness, rampant drug abuse and the ongoing struggle to rebuild after the Palisades Fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dek long-dek\">Kennedy delivers powerful commentary on Los Angeles&#8217;s decline, emphasizing the homelessness crisis, rampant drug abuse and slow rebuilding efforts after devastating fires. She highlights citizens&#8217; immense frustration, trauma, and displacement, arguing that voters are ready for significant change. Kennedy points out the stark contrast between public sentiment and the priorities of current progressive leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kennedy discusses the dire situation in Los Angeles, California, highlighting the extensive homelessness, rampant drug abuse and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[118814,7,9,8,14019,118813,5050],"class_list":["post-343017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-breaking-news-videos","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-fox-news","tag-news-videos","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}