Dear Friend, 

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Ahead of my first year anniversary on December 12th, I’m criss-crossing Los Angeles highlighting work we’ve accomplished on homelessness, safety, business, climate and city services. 

Yesterday, I focused on work we’ve done to open Los Angeles for business and made the exciting announcement that Banc of California would be relocating their headquarters to Los Angeles! Throughout the day, I spoke with business leaders in the Valley, Leimert Park and Highland Park to hear how in our second year, City Hall can continue to be responsive to the needs of the business community.

Today, we focused on homelessness and housing. Since the first day when I declared a state of emergency, we have confronted the homelessness crisis with absolute urgency. We have brought thousands inside and will continue to improve our operations to reduce the amount of people who have fallen back into homelessness and better protect those who are housed but potentially on the verge. 

Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve accomplished: 

• We’re housing Angelenos urgently: According to data from intergovernmental agencies, more than 21,000 Angelenos have come inside as of November 30, 2023, which is thousands more than last year.

• We’re building more housing, faster: accelerated the review of more than 9,000 affordable housing units. ED 1 has cut through red tape at City Hall – what used to take 6-9 months to get permits now only takes an average of 45 days.  

• Locking arms to deliver for Los Angeles: We have fostered a new era of cooperation and collaboration to address the number one issue facing our region with local, state and federal partners as well as intergovernmental agencies.

We will continue our new work, as a unified city, locking arms with our partners to bring as many Angelenos inside as possible and connect them to services and support. It’s a new day in Los Angeles and our momentum will not stop.

Sincerely,


Karen Bass
Mayor of Los Angeles

P.S. I wanted to make sure you saw Monday and Tuesday’s announcements as the Mayor continues her tour recapping accomplishments from her first year in office. Read more here:

• Banc of California to Relocate to Los Angeles As Mayor Bass Highlights Efforts To Help Businesses Open, Thrive and Expand in First Year: Announced the Banc of California was relocating to Los Angeles and highlighted success supporting businesses open, thrive and expand.

• Mayor Bass Highlights Steps Towards Building a Greener Los Angeles During First Year in Office: Hundreds of millions of dollars secured through locked arms approach as Los Angeles continues to urgently lead on climate  

• Mayor Bass Expands and Improves City Services During First Year, Highlights Increased Service Fulfillments, Thousands of City Hires and Improved Metro Ridership: More than 2,500 Angelenos have been hired to join the City family, Los Angeles delivered 100,000 more services this year than last year, and Metro ridership has increased every month of 2023