Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass launched an “Inside Safe” initiative Dec. 21 to place homeless individuals in hotels and motels, after declaring a state of emergency on the city’s homelessness when she took office last week.
The program does not include a plan to clear encampments through anti-camping ordinances or enforcement but, rather, will encourage people to move indoors and offer temporary housing through master leasing of nearby motels.
Bass said that the program is successful if there are fewer to no encampments left in the city within four years. She said she hopes this plan, along with the six-month state of emergency, which allows for additional resources from the state, will solve the problem….