Mayor Karen Bass is preparing to launch a new program to address homelessness in L.A. where teams will be moving homeless people from tent encampments into hotels and motels.
Outreach teams are set to begin work on moving homeless people from encampments into hotels and motels starting Tuesday under Mayor Karen Bass' new "Inside Safe" plan.Mayor Karen Bass is preparing to launch a new program to address homelessness in Los Angeles where teams will be moving homeless people from tent encampments into hotels and motels.The plan, which Bass said will cost under $100 million, will be to use master leasing with motels to place the homeless.
Bass has said she intends to get over 17,000 homeless people into housing in her first year through a mix of interim and permanent facilities. An estimated 40,000 people are homeless in L.A., a city of nearly 4 million. The mayor's office did not provide on Sunday details of the housing program, including what it would cost and where the money would come from.
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