Urgency Continues: Angelenos Brought Inside from Transit Hub In Valley

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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced today that more Angelenos who were living in tents have come inside. This operation, which occurred near the Warner Center transit hub, is a part of continued urgent efforts to bring thousands of people off the streets.

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"People are safer when they are inside and no longer living on the streets," said Mayor Bass. "Our urgent work is continuing in every corner of the City to save lives by bringing people inside from the streets and into interim housing. The summer months present a new urgency that demands we accelerate our efforts and expand our capacity for interim housing. Our approach will be to work in partnership with all 88 cities in LA County and collaborate to house people across multiple jurisdictions. We've brought thousands of Angelenos inside through sustained efforts to address this crisis and we will continue this work with our partners as we break the cycle of homelessness in L.A."

"I appreciate Mayor Bass and Inside Safe for continuing to help get the unhoused community at this location into life-saving housing," said Councilmember Blumenfield. "With the extreme heat we have been facing in the West Valley, it's imperative to keep moving forward together to get as many people as possible off the streets."

Since her first day in officewhen 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.