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Over the past two years, we have moved forward in unprecedented ways as we worked to confront challenges decades in the making here in Los Angeles.

We reduced homelessness for the first time in years and are continuing urgent efforts to bring Angelenos inside.

Homicides are down more than 25% and applications to join LAPD are at a 4 year high.

The Organized Retail Task Force has made hundreds of arrests this year and recovered tens of millions of dollars worth of goods stolen from Los Angeles businesses.

We are changing the way city services are delivered and provided thousands more services this year than 2023 and 2022. That means more graffiti removal and waste pick ups all throughout L.A.

We made it easier for businesses to thrive and are taking the lead in protecting our environment.

Through all this progress, there is absolutely still work to do. We must continue to bring Angelenos inside urgently and bring the cost of housing down. We also have to make L.A. safer and continue supporting our businesses and key industries that help L.A. thrive.

In the coming year, we will continue these efforts—and I look forward to working together as we move L.A. forward in a new direction.

Karen Bass
Mayor

Urgently Housing Angelenos, At An Unprecedented Rate

It's clear that we still have more work to do to reduce homelessness—but there’s been major progress in the past two years.

Following the annual Point-In-Time Count results, Los Angeles saw its first decline in homelessness in six YEARS.

That’s because we have made it a priority to SAVE lives.

The impact is major with unhoused Angelenos coming inside at an unprecedented rate and more housing being built every day:

More than 23,000 Angelenos moved into temporary housing – thousands more than the year before Mayor Bass took office.
Permanent housing move-ins have nearly doubled compared to 2022.
A first-of-its-kind partnership was launched to save taxpayers millions and open housing faster.
Project application wait times dropped by 75% following the streamlining of city processes. More than 25,000 units of affordable housing are being accelerated.
Regulatory fixes and the elimination of red tape have directly contributed to more than 1,000 Angelenos coming inside this year.

Making Los Angeles Safer

Urgent work continues at City Hall to support our LAPD, LAFD and implement community-based proven strategies to combat crime across Los Angeles.

Here's some of our progress:

LAPD has reported a more than 25% drop in homicides and victims shot citywide along with a more than 50% decrease in gang-related homicides following LAPD-led initiatives and community-based strategies to make Los Angeles safer.
Hundreds of arrests have been made and over $66 million in stolen merchandise has been recovered by the Organized Retail Crime Task Force to address retail theft in Los Angeles.
The LAPD experienced a four-year-high of applications.
LAFD’s health and safety response capability was expanded through the addition of Fast Response Vehicles to free up larger trucks and engines to respond to larger fires.
LAFD always stands at the ready to support the region as exemplified today responding to the Franklin Fire in Malibu and deploying nationwide to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
The Mayor and Chief McDonnell pledged continued action in the new year to prioritize safety including burglaries, motor vehicle thefts and robberies continue.

Supporting Our Business Community

Small and local businesses fuel our economy. Thousands of businesses have been supported with City resources as well as assistance through streamlined processes and focused customer service:

The Al Fresco Outdoor Dining Program application has been extended for business owners with a temporary permit.
Businesses secured more than $18 million in financial assistance with help from the CIty.
More than 5,000 entrepreneurs and small business owners attended City Small Business Summits to access resources, information and support to succeed.
The review of more than 2,000 mixed-income housing units are being streamlined.
New City policies were adopted to spur more than 400,000 units of new housing and adaptive reuse, as well as commercial development in Downtown L.A., Hollywood and across the city.

Combatting Climate Change

Los Angeles is leading with sustainability efforts to make Los Angeles greener and livable for generations to come.

The City of L.A. reached its goal set in 2019 of creating more than 100,000 green jobs by the end of 2025 more than one year early.
Los Angeles has the most EV charging stations in the country. Nearly 16,000 EV chargers have been installed over the past two years, a 77% increase in the city’s available charging infrastructure.
250,000 homes in Los Angeles are now powered by clean energy through the Eland Solar & Storage Center, a large-scale solar installation and battery storage system that opened this year.

Millions of City Services Provided

More city services have been completed than last year and momentum to clean Los Angeles continues:

Tens of thousands more city services were delivered this year than 2023 and 2022.
Metro ridership has increased every single month the Mayor has served in office.
Record crossing guard deployment, 250 speed humps, 450 School Slow Zones, and more than 180 quick build intersection improvements have been installed near schools in the city.
More than 200 solar street lights were installed in the Valley, along the L.A. River and in other neighborhoods throughout L.A.

The work continues

We have much more work to do, but what we’ve achieved over the last two years shows we are moving L.A. in a new direction.

Forward

Los Angeles Mayor's Office

200 N Spring St

Los Angeles, CA 90012

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