Weeks after the Inside Safe program focused on the streets around El Pueblo, the area still has about two dozen tents. Other areas face similar issues.
Bass hits back at homeless advocates criticizing Inside Safe, plus more on the week that was at L.A. City Hall.
Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe initiative targeted the streets around the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument in April. A month later, at least three dozen tents can be found in the area., telling City Council members the Inside Safe program had encountered drug addiction, serious mental health issues, criminal activity and “housing-resistant individuals” in that part of the city.
In an interview last week, Bass said the Inside Safe program has faced an “intense” set of problems, particularly drug addiction, both at El Pueblo and on the streets that abut the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles. Those locations have made up three of the last four Inside Safe operations. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signs the city budget, which provides $1.3 billion for programs to address homelessness.
At the same time, De León designated some stretches of sidewalk near El Pueblo as “41.18 zones,” named for the section of the Municipal Code that prohibits camping in locations chosen by the City Council. Homeless advocatesthe new 41.18 zones, saying they criminalized poverty. Some branded the L.A. Grand and Solis Village, which require their inhabitants to follow certain rules, as “carceral,” or prison-like.
A year and a half later, the Inside Safe team has not changed his mind. Even though the L.A. Grand no longer has a curfew, Philip said he still has no interest in going there. The mayor said her team will be looking at the rules at Inside Safe’s hotels and motels, developing “consistent standards” for each location.
“We can house the homeless and clean up the area incessantly, but if L.A. County does not step up and provide the mental health and addiction services that are so urgently needed, it will be a never-ending story,” he said.
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