LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez announced a new Inside Safe operation on Selma Avenue outside of Larchmont Charter School. Inside Safe is a citywide, voluntary, proactive housing-led strategy to bring people inside from tents and encampments, and to prevent encampments from returning. It is one feature in a comprehensive strategy to confront the homelessness crisis.
“We are working every day, across Los Angeles, to urgently confront the homelessness crisis. We will not let up,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “Inside Safe continues to bring people inside who were living on the streets and in encampments and help connect them with housing and services. I want to thank Councilmember Soto-Martinez for his strong partnership to bring Inside Safe to Hollywood and for supporting this year’s City budget, which makes our work possible. Thank you also Supervisor Horvath, LAHSA and our County partners who continue to lock arms with us. Together, we are helping people start new chapters of their lives.”
This is the 24th Inside Safe encampment operation throughout Los Angeles. The initiative is responsible for bringing more than 1,400 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 lower the cost of building affordable and temporary housing, and moving to maximize the use of City-owned property for temporary and permanent housing.
“Our homelessness team has been working to house people in this encampment for months, and this is yet another step forward in our efforts,” said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez. “Partnering with the Mayor’s office, service providers and our County partners to help even more people off the streets and on the path to permanent housing is exactly the type of work we city leaders should be doing.”
“From Hollywood to Chatsworth, the City and County of L.A. are partnering to bring our unhoused neighbors inside and to connect them with critical life-saving services,” said LA County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, Third District. “We are moving forward together with the urgency this humanitarian crisis deserves. The County will continue to join Mayor Bass, Councilmember Soto-Martinez, and all of our local leaders to implement lasting solutions to homelessness.”
Inside Safe supports the following five goals:
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Reduce the loss of life on our streets
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Increase access to mental health and substance abuse treatment for those living in encampments
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Eliminate street encampments
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Promote long-term housing stability for people experiencing homelessness
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Enhance the safety and hygiene of neighborhoods for all residents, businesses, and neighbors
Read the Inside Safe Executive Directive here.