In her first State of the City speech, Mayor Karen Bass announced a dramatic expansion of her signature program to move homeless people indoors, while also pledging to transform the city into “a new L.A.”
Bass said she intends to propose $250 million for Inside Safe, which moves unhoused residents off sidewalks and into hotel and motel rooms, as part of a $1.3 billion investment in housing and homelessness programs — an amount she called “unprecedented,” according to a prepared copy of her speech, which began just after 6 p.m. Monday.
The mayor’s full spending plan, which will cover the year that starts July 1 and still requires city council approval, will be unveiled Tuesday morning.
