LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced two new Inside Safe operations completed this week in South Los Angeles near a Special Education Center and in Koreatown in front of local small businesses. For photos and b-roll both operations click here. 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 urgency will not stop as we continue to house Angelenos living in tents and in RV’s and save lives,” said Mayor Bass. “Thank you to our partners in the City Council and our service providers for partnering with us to house people urgently and give neighborhoods their sidewalks back. We look forward to ongoing work in all neighborhoods across the city.”
The Mayor’s Office worked in partnership with Council President Maqueece Harris-Dawson to house Angelenos living in South Los Angeles.
"The sense of relief someone has when they are offered shelter is substantial,” said Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson. “Due to this operation, 19 people who were sleeping by the freeway underpass now have shelter and connections to resources. Thank you to Mayor Bass, her team, our partners in the County and State, and the City workers on the ground making this happen. This is the energy we need to take care of our people!"
The Mayor’s Office worked in partnership with Councilmember Heather Hutt to house Angelenos living in Koreatown.
“We are continuing the work to get Angelenos the services they need, taking steps forward in ending our homelessness crisis,” said Councilmember Heather Hutt. “I want to thank Mayor Bass for being an essential partner in getting our unhoused neighbors off the street and inside safely.”
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.