Inside Safe Operation in North Hollywood Brings More Angelenos Inside

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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced another Inside Safe operation today that brought more Angelenos inside and moved more RVs from across multiple neighborhoods in North Hollywood. Today's operation was in partnership with Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Photos and broll available here.

Today's Inside Safe operation comes after Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2525, which is sponsored by Mayor Karen Bass to move RVs out of neighborhoods and bring more unhoused Angelenos inside. It will reduce homelessness by allowing the City to lease property from the California Department of Transportation(Caltrans) at a reduced rate to store recreational vehicles (RVs) while the unhoused Angelenos receive housing and services through the Inside Safe program.

"We will not stop in our efforts to bring unhoused Angelenos inside throughout the region," said Mayor Karen Bass."This effort is proof that our continued collaboration and comprehensive strategy is working. Homelessness is down in the city for the first time in years and the work continues."

"Over the years, my staff has had considerable success in moving people from the street to safer shelter, but the encampment on Strathern remained an especially difficult situation," said Councilmember Paul Krekorian. "I am grateful for the partnership of the Mayor's office, LAHSA, LAPD and the Department of Sanitation for today's operation. We serve the interests of the larger community as well as those in need when people move from the hazards of the street to safety indoors."

Since her first day in office when 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.

Tent encampments have come down in every council district, and thousands more Angelenos came inside than in 2022 thanks to action locking arms with the City Council, County and LAHSA. The mayor has worked to improve services provided for unhoused Angelenos coming inside and has also been vocal about the need to make homelessness programs more cost effective as this urgent work continues.