In a concerted citywide initiative dubbed Inside Safe, more than 65 homeless individuals in Los Angeles have been transitioned off the streets and into shelters, according to a release from the mayor's office. Echo Park, Hollywood, South L.A., and several other neighborhoods witnessed the active engagement of the Inside Safe Field Intervention Team, a crew tasked with the ongoing assessment of previous operation sites, the nurturing of relationships, and the provision of supportive services, aligning resources to facilitate housing for the unhoused.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has been at the helm since December 2022, noted a notable decrease in homelessness under her tenure, marking "the first time in City history" Los Angeles has seen a consecutive yearly decline in its homeless population, and the Inside Safe program is part of the broader effort that has included interventions in more than half of L.A.'s Council Districts as it strives to reject the status quo of leaving people stranded until permanent housing becomes available, Bass accentuated, "This week, Inside Safe brought Angelenos inside from more than half of the City’s Council Districts." The latest figures from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, as designed by the University of Southern California and executed in line with the standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, signalize a 17.5% reduction in street homelessness since before Mayor Bass took office.
The 2025 Annual Homeless Count further revealed the largest two-year decline recorded since the Point in Time Count's inception in 2005, witnessing a street homelessness drop of 17.5% and a dip in makeshift shelters, tents, vehicles, and encampments, down 13.5%. Alongside these metrics, permanent housing placements in the City of Los Angeles have reached new pinnacles.
Mayor Bass, in tackling the humanitarian crisis on the street, has simultaneously expedited permanent housing projects and the dismantling of tent encampments in every council district, boasting thousands more Angelenos sheltered than the year preceding her tenure resulting from joint efforts with the City Council, County, and LAHSA in the battle Bass streamlined services for the incoming sheltered homeless, and she amplifies her call for more cost-effective measures in these ongoing programmes, "Tent encampments have come down in every council district, and thousands more Angelenos have come inside than the year before I took office thanks to action locking arms with the City Council, County and LAHSA," she added.
