By Ruben Vives
South L.A. has been a rare bright spot amid the city’s homelessness crisis.
While homelessness increased in other parts of the city, South L.A. had 10% fewer unhoused people than the previous year, according to the annual point-in-time count conducted last January.
Officials and service providers attributed the drop to the hard work they have put in for years coming to fruition, with the help of funding infusions, in an area where most residents are Latino or Black and many live below the poverty line.
While Inside Safe has cleared long-standing encampments, most who lived in them are still in temporary housing or are back on the street. The problem remains vast, with nearly 13,000 unhoused people in South L.A., according to the point-in-time count.
Bass took office in December 2022, so the progress made by Inside Safe isn’t reflected in the 10% drop from the point-in-time count. But her supporters say the program, as well as her sense of urgency on homelessness, is setting up South L.A. for more success.
Source: L.A. Times
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Hard work coming to fruition? Man, either they are really that arrogant or people are really that dumb. Nobody finds it interesting how homelessness is down in South l.a. but up in surrounding areas? Could it possibly be that they are just shuffling people around? Yeah they took them from one place and dispersed them to these surrounding areas in which it’s risen? Or is everyone just gonna believe what they are told just bcuz it’s coming from the mayor and city counsel members? Might as well just hire Tiffany Henyard since y’all like giving your money away and shutting up about it.