LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass today will travel to Washington, DC to advance a unified national homelessness agenda with mayors from across the country as well as discuss safety, infrastructure and climate improvements. Mayor Bass will also meet with White House officials and Members of Congress as she continues to advocate for resources for Los Angeles.
“Mayors are on the front lines of the homelessness crisis in our cities each and every day, and in order to create tangible solutions, we must come together around common issues that our cities face and continue to make national change,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “During this trip, we will continue to build momentum around a national unified strategy to address homelessness and advance key priorities for Angelenos such as safety, infrastructure quality, climate protection and preparedness for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Games.”
During the conference, Mayor Bass will:
Convene the U.S. Conference of Mayors Homelessness Task Force to establish a path forward on national policy and advocacy and harness the power of Mayors across the nation to further collaborate on federal legislative, regulatory and budgetary action. Participants will include Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix; Va Lecia Adams Kellum, CEO, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority; Anthony Love, Principal Advisor and Director of Community Engagement, Veteran Health Administration Homeless Programs; Jeff Olivet, Executive Director, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness; Richard Cho, Senior Advisor for Housing and Services at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Philip Mangano, President and CEO of The American Roundtable to Abolish Homelessness. This meeting will build on work done last November when Los Angeles hosted a national convening on homelessness for the U.S. Conference of Mayors that raised momentum on this issue by building on a national strategy to combat homelessness;
Meet with United States Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge to thank her for the Biden administration’s strong support to confront the homelessness crisis and discuss pathways forward to continue urgent work in Los Angeles to bring unhoused Angelenos inside;
Help mobilize hundreds of thousands of Americans to participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Point-in-Time (PIT) count by co-hosting a press conference with other members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Homelessness Task Force;
Meet with the United States Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su to thank her for her work to help resolve labor negotiations at our Port and discuss ways to continue to improve working conditions for Angelenos;
Discuss ways to advance Los Angeles’s ambitious goals including reaching the goal of 100% clean energy by 2035;
Further prepare the Los Angeles region for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Games by meeting with FIFA host city mayors and receiving a briefing regarding the event; and
Join other mayors at the White House for a conversation with administration officials and remarks by President Joe Biden.
Mayor Bass will provide brief remarks at the Opening Plenary Luncheon. She will also be honored at the Latino Leaders Network 39th Tribute to Mayors Dinner where she will receive the Antonio Villaraigosa Leadership Award.