Wave Staff Report
HOLLYWOOD — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced the completion of an Inside Safe operation on Hollywood Boulevard in partnership with Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez and county Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath.
More than 35 Angelenos moved off the street and were brought inside during the operation.
“Our work to bring more people inside is even more urgent during these hot summer months when risks of heat exposure increase,” Bass said. “People are safer when they are inside and no longer living on the streets.
“We are scaling our efforts and working to lock arms with all 88 cities in the county to work in partnership and collaborate to house people across multiple jurisdictions. We are continuing to move L.A. in a new direction.”
Horvath spoke about the partnership between the county and the city.
“Our partnership in unified emergency response housed nearly 28,000 people last year across the county —more than any other year,” Horvath said. “The momentum continues in Hollywood where our [county] Department of Mental Health and Homeless Initiative are part of today’s operation, with countless lives improved.
“Combined with the county’s Pathway Home program, Inside Safe brings unprecedented partnership and meaningful results to encampment resolution in Los Angeles — and we are just getting started.”
Soto-Martinez said the encampment on Hollywood Boulevard was the largest single homeless encampment in the Hollywood area.
“Our collaboration with Mayor Bass and the community is proving that we can turn around the homelessness crisis and transform Hollywood,” he said.
Since her first day in office when she declared an unprecedented emergency on the homelessness crisis, Bass has driven change in how he city and county 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.
