Verdict: Broken
House 15,000 unhoused people during her first year in office as the city's top priority.
Karen BassMayor, Los Angeles·September 1, 2022
Source: Campaign platform [link]
HousingMeasurable
What was promised
Metric: Number of unhoused people housed
Target: 15,000 in year one
Deadline: December 2023
What actually happened
Result: 5,496 brought inside; 1,321 to permanent housing by end of 2024
Bass launched Inside Safe, which conducted 117 operations and brought 5,496 people in from the streets by end of 2024. Of those, only 1,321 made it to permanent housing. The program spent $300 million since 2022, and an LA Times investigation found 40% of those initially sheltered returned to homelessness. The 15,000-in-one-year target was never close to being met.
Data sources: LA Mayor's Office, Los Angeles Times investigation
Verdict: Broken
This promise was clearly not met. The target was missed by a significant margin or the commitment was abandoned.
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