LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced an Inside Safe operation near the intersection of Sunset and Western in Hollywood in partnership with Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez. More than 20 Angelenos moved off the street and were brought inside from this week’s operation. Click here for photos and b-roll of the operation.
“For the first time in years, homelessness is down in Los Angeles thanks to urgent action at all levels of government,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “We must continue this work. I want to thank Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez for his continued collaboration to help L.A.’s most vulnerable communities.”
“The promising results from the recent Homeless Count shows that we need to push forward on what we know is working,” said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez. “With another successful Inside Safe operation completed in partnership with Mayor Bass, we are continuing to find urgent solutions to the biggest issue facing the city.”
Last month, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced the results of the 2024 Homeless Point-In-Time Count, which showed a decline in homelessness in the City of Los Angeles for the first time in six years and historic reductions in street homelessness. The 2024 count results saw a 17% increase in the number of people moved off the streets.
Since her first day in office when she declared an unprecedented emergency on the homelessness crisis, Mayor Karen Bass has driven change in how we address homelessness with new initiatives to bring people living in encampments inside. She has also worked to prevent people from losing their homes and to lock arms across all levels of government to move people inside and save lives and restore neighborhoods.
Key results from the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count:
Homelessness in the City of Los Angeles is down for the first time in six years
Unprecedented drop in street homelessness (10% decrease in the City of Los Angeles – the first double digit decrease in the last at least 9 years)
A decrease in makeshift shelters (38% decrease in the City of Los Angeles).
The number of people who moved into permanent housing is at an all time high.
In 2023, tent encampments came down in every council district, and thousands more Angelenos came inside than in 2022 thanks to action locking arms with the City Council, County and LAHSA. The Mayor has worked to improve services provided for unhoused Angelenos coming inside and has also been vocal about the need to make homelessness programs more cost effective as this urgent work continues.