Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she will declare a state of emergency on homelessness on her first day in office.
, she added:"If we come together and focus on solutions rather than jurisdictions, on linking arms rather than pointing fingers, we will save lives in our our city. That is my mission as your mayor."
Bass did not reveal the specifics of the emergency order, but she recently pledged to find interim or permanent housing for 17,000 people in her first year in office. More than 69,000 people are experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, according to a report from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority in September.
Karen Bass speaks after being sworn in as the Mayor of Los Angeles by Vice President Kamala Harris during her inauguration at LA Live in Los Angeles, California, on December 11, 2022. She is set to declare a state of emergency on homelessness.In a speech last month, Bass said she would marshal"all of the resources, all of the skills, the knowledge, the talent of the city" to get homeless people into housing.
Her emergency order's goal is for the mayor to centralize power and authority in responding to the homelessness crisis, the
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