LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass today helped address two encampments that have existed in Historic Filipinotown for years through an Inside Safe operation that housed more than 25 people. See photos and broll from today’s operation here.
Today’s Inside Safe operation follows Tuesday’s operation in Downtown L.A.’s entertainment center including L.A. LIVE and surrounding attractions. Last week, the Mayor’s Office housed Angelenos living in tent encampments in the Koreatown and Westlake communities. 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.
“Angelenos have come inside from more than 60 encampments across the city,” said Mayor Bass. “No one deserves to live on the streets or live near an encampment. I want to thank Councilman Soto-Martinez for his collaboration to address this crisis head on.”
"Thanks to our coordination with Mayor Bass, and trusted service providers, dozens of unhoused Angelenos will sleep tonight with a roof over their head and a bed of their own,” said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez. “Because of our care-focused approach, every resident from this encampment accepted services and they're now moving toward permanent housing."
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.