LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced an Inside Safe operation near the intersection of 7th St and Serrano Ave in partnership with Councilwoman Heather Hutt. Click here for photos and b-roll of today's operation. More than 3,000 Angelenos have come inside thus far through Inside Safe and homelessness has decreased in Los Angeles for the first time in years.
“Our Inside Safe team has brought thousands off the streets and into housing, and we are not slowing down,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “Working in lockstep with our partners in the County as well as the service providers and Councilmembers across every district, Inside Safe is saving lives each and every day, and the work continues.”
“Our office is committed to housing our unhoused neighbors and making our community a safer place to live. Thanks to today's Inside Safe operation, we were able to do just that, and get more people off the street. I applaud Mayor Bass’ tireless efforts to defeat our City’s homelessness crisis, and look forward to continuing our efforts to find efficient housing and resources for the people of Council District 10 and across Los Angeles," said Councilwoman Heather Hutt (CD10).
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.
Tent encampments have come 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.