LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today announced that her Inside Safe program brought more Angelenos inside from a longstanding encampment in a residential neighborhood near Koreatown. The encampment had been entrenched in the community for years. Today’s operation was a focused, coordinated effort with Council District 10 to provide life-saving services and housing, while restoring the neighborhood for residents.
“We are building on the progress we’ve made in bringing Angelenos inside to safety and dignity,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “Through Inside Safe, we are continuing to prove that when local problems are confronted with long-term care and community-wide investments, lives are saved. Today’s encampment resolution marks the City’s deep commitment to tackling the homelessness issue with the urgency and compassion it deserves – and a reminder of the real change happening across Los Angeles, one person, one block, and one neighborhood at a time.”
“I am grateful for the Mayor’s partnership in securing safe housing for our unhoused neighbors,” said Councilmember Heather Hutt. “Inside Safe is driving real, tangible change in our city, delivering critical help and resources to those who need it most while ensuring that locations in CD10 stay clear and aren’t reoccupied.”
Earlier this week, Mayor Bass lifted the official declaration of a State of Emergency on homelessness. That declaration allowed the City the authority to take bold and swift action to upend the failed status quo, launching Inside Safe, creating interim housing and coordinated service solutions, and resulting in Los Angeles’ first ever two consecutive years of reduction in homelessness, including a 17-percent drop in street homelessness. While the homelessness crisis persists, the permanent tools created under the declaration are now in place, allowing Mayor Bass to continue leading unprecedented, urgent action to bring people inside and to restore neighborhoods without the temporary declaration.
Each time someone moves from an encampment into housing, it’s more than a statistic – it’s a life changed. The Mayor’s Inside Safe program has conducted over 100 encampment resolutions across the city, helping bring inside thousands in the process. This comprehensive approach to homelessness also focuses on preventing Angelenos from falling into homelessness in the first place. Mayor Bass has taken the following actions to continue supporting Angelenos:
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Accelerating the building of more than 30,000 affordable housing units.
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Implementing a research-proven anti-eviction program through the Mayor’s Fund, preventing Angelenos from falling into homelessness.
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Advancing innovative housing solutions through LA4LA, expanding the ability to build housing on City land.
