When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took office two years ago, her first action was declaring a state of emergency on homelessness. Bass was crisscrossing the city this week, highlighting her office's work on the issue.
Anabel MunozWhen Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took office two years ago, her first action was declaring a state of emergency on homelessness. Bass was crisscrossing the city this week, highlighting her office's work on the issue.When L.A. Mayor Karen Bass took office two years ago, her first action was declaring a state of emergency on homelessness. Bass was crisscrossing the city this week, highlighting her office's work on the issue.
There were roughly 45,000 unhoused people, according to the city's point-in-time homeless count in January of 2024.Monday's news conference was at the site of the a first-of-its-kind affordable housing project under the mayor's LA4LA initiative. "This entire building would have likely been market-rate housing. Well, that's unacceptable to me, unacceptable to the people you see standing up here with me," said Bass.
According to data from the mayor's office, over the last three years there's been a 38% increase in the number of people placed into temporary or permanent shelter.
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