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Steve Hilton campaigns at notorious Los Angeles park over homelessness

The Republican candidate used the Los Angeles stop to argue that harm reduction programs prolong addiction; the Post's report offers no detail on any plan.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 8:51 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Gage Skidmore · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Steve Hilton — Photo: Gage Skidmore · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “California’s homeless problem laid bare as Steve Hilton campaigns at notorious crime-filled park”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 8:51 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Steve Hilton, Los Angeles, California.
BBN covered this story before: Raman and Bass clash in final Los Angeles mayoral debate (October 14).

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New York PostCalifornia’s homeless problem laid bare as Steve Hilton campaigns at notorious crime-filled park

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRepublican candidate Steve Hilton campaigned at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, according to the New York Post, which describes the park as notorious and crime-filled.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Post says he argued that so-called harm reduction programs prolong addiction rather than help people escape it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is the claim, and the report gives us nothing more on it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo he's saying harm reduction programs don't work. That's one way to campaign. Just show up somewhere with problems and declare you've got the answer.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA vision board.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEverybody needs a place that inspires them to speak.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMine is a hot yoga studio in Burbank, and I once cried there for forty minutes about a podcast review.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Post piece is about a candidate and a park.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is not about your podcast, and the report doesn't say what he plans to do next.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWell, if his whole pitch is that current policies have failed, he could've picked literally any other park in California and made the same speech.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair point. But the New York Post didn't report what his alternative approach actually is, so we're just left with the criticism.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGrowth.