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"Points west" by Frank Sinatra.
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Every now and then, in this city of innumerable wrongs,
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The powers that be get things right.
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Los Angeles has the ignominious distinction
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Of being the homeless capital of the nation,
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And skid row is ground zero of the crisis.
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So, I am pleased to announce
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That I am increasing the city's financial commitment to this area
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By $50 million.
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Every now and then,
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The words I write do not leap straight from this page to the ether.
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Instead, every now and then,