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The previously entrenched encampment was the site of violence and dangerous fires in recent years and is now being safely cleared by City crews. Photos and b-roll will be available here.
“The cost of leaving people to live in these dangerous conditions is just too high: people die on the street each day, businesses lose customers, children cannot safely walk to school, and accidental fires put everyone in danger,” said Mayor Bass.
“We cannot accept Angelenos living on the street in dangerous conditions while permanent housing is being built. Today, Inside Safe helped more than 30 people come into safe housing from squalid tents – this is an important step forward on the road to stability. Through Inside Safe, street homelessness has declined two years in a row. We cannot allow people with misguided intentions that wish to keep people on the streets to halt this work, which saves lives and restores neighborhoods.”