LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass announced that her Office’s new Inside Safe initiative is underway for people living in encampments near the intersection of West 87th Street and Western Avenue and near the intersection of Culver Boulevard and South Slauson Avenue. People have accepted housing at both sites – first in motel rooms where services and case management leading to permanent supportive housing are offered.

LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued the following statement: 

Tonight, we saw ferocious violence from an out of control herd. We saw a sickening disregard for humanity as they left Tyre just lying there.  No words can express the chilling familiarity of a Black man crying out for his mother as he is beaten to death by officers of the law who are sworn to protect us.

LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass; Supervisor Janice Hahn, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Supervisor and LAHSA Commissioner Lindsey Horvath; and LAHSA Commission Chair Wendy Greuel today lauded the selection of  Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Ph.D. as the new CEO of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). They gathered with Dr. Adams Kellum and other LAHSA commissioners at a press conference at City Hall following the LAHSA Commission’s unanimous vote to select Dr. Adams Kellum at its 8 a.m. meeting today.

LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, January 24, Mayor Karen Bass will join elected officials and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) leadership to kick off the annual Point-In-Time count, which provides a snapshot of how many people are experiencing homelessness across the City and County. As LAHSA seeks more volunteers to help with the 8,000 shifts required for the count, Mayor Bass is calling on Angelenos to join in the effort. 

LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued the following statement:

“I have grave concerns about the deeply disturbing tapes that were released today. My heart goes out to the families and loved ones who are mourning the loss of Takar Smith, Keenan Anderson and Oscar Sanchez.

County Action Follows Mayor Bass' Emergency Declaration on Day One of her Administration

VENICE – Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Traci Park today announced that the Mayor’s new Inside Safe initiative is underway in Venice. Outreach has begun to people living in encampments surrounding the A Bridge Home site at the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Pacific Avenue, and people have already accepted housing. Inside Safe is a new, citywide, proactive housing-led strategy to bring people inside from tents and encampments for good, and to prevent encampments from returning. 

LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today signed an Executive Directive launching Inside Safe, Los Angeles’ citywide proactive housing-led strategy to bring people inside from tents and encampments for good, and to prevent encampments from returning.