Live: LA Mayor Bass' first State of the City address
Bass will deliver the address from City Hall at 5:30 p.m. The mayor is expected to discuss issues such as the homelessness crisis, public safety and ways to move the city forward.
Under the Los Angeles City Charter, the mayor is required to publicly address the council on the state of the city ever year before the release of the proposed budget,'' Mayor Bass' office posted on Twitter.
Bass recently announced her administration housed approximately 4,000 Angelenos through a collaborative effort -- and of that number, 1,000 Angelenos were housed through her Inside Safe initiative. "My top priority from day one to day 100 of my administration has been confronting the homelessness crisis with the urgency it requires, and that won't stop,'' Bass said in a statement.Together, we will work to make Los Angeles safer and more livable in every neighborhood.''
The mayor laid out several public safety priorities such as bolstering the Los Angeles Police Department, supporting training for officers to respond to mental health crises, and expand non-punitive strategies that reduce crime.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
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