LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis today announced the newest Inside Safe operation, which concluded today near the intersection of North Main Street and North Vignes Street near Downtown Los Angeles. More than 15 Angelenos were brought inside through this operation. This citywide, voluntary approach leads with housing and services and is one feature in a comprehensive strategy to confront the homelessness crisis. Click here to read more about Inside Safe.
“As we work to prevent people from falling into homelessness, we must also continue to urgently bring unhoused Angelenos inside,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “Inside Safe is one part of our comprehensive strategy, and today’s operation is another example of a strategy that is working and is helping thousands of Angelenos.”
This is the 37th Inside Safe operation in Los Angeles. The initiative is responsible for bringing more than 2,000 Angelenos inside. Mayor Bass is moving Los Angeles forward with an urgent and strategic approach to confronting the homelessness crisis, which includes declaring a state of emergency, taking action to dramatically accelerate and lowering the cost of building affordable and temporary housing, moving to maximize the use of City-owned property for temporary and permanent housing and cutting through red tape to move people into permanent housing.
"The consequences of rain for our most vulnerable unhoused neighbors can be devastating,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis. “To that end, I am grateful for today’s Inside Safe Operation near my Care First Village in Chinatown. Instead of leaving Angelenos experiencing homelessness to weather the cold outside via tents, cars, and RVs, Mayor Bass brought homeless service partners together to help provide them with interim housing placements. Thank you for confronting this crisis with urgency. Los Angeles County remains committed to this crucial effort.”
Inside Safe supports the following five goals:
Reduce the loss of life on our streets
Increase access to mental health and substance abuse treatment for those living in encampments
Eliminate street encampments
Promote long-term housing stability for people experiencing homelessness
Enhance the safety and hygiene of neighborhoods for all residents, businesses, and neighbors
Inside Safe is just one part of Mayor Bass’ comprehensive strategy to urgently confront the homelessness crisis. Mayor Bass announced in December that more than 3,000 people had been brought into permanent housing under Mayor Bass’ administration and that includes hundreds of people who moved to permanent housing from Inside Safe. More than 7,000 housing vouchers were provided, and more than 21,000 people came into interim housing during the same period. The administration is focused on housing more people and also building housing faster – with more than 10,000 units of affordable housing expedited in the City of Los Angeles.
Read the Inside Safe Executive Directive here.