L.A. mayor takes credit for moving 14,000 homeless people off the streets
L.A. mayor takes credit for moving 14,000 homeless people off the streets
About 4,300 acquired permanent housing. The rest were placed in interim housing.
Some of the key points:
About 30%, or 4,332, acquired permanent housing.
Of those in permanent housing, about a third moved into new housing units, with the rest using subsidies to obtain rental units.
Since Bass took office in mid-December with a promise to house 17,000 people in her first year, homelessness has been at the forefront of her agenda.
Bass said her executive directive to cut red tape had streamlined the processing of more than 8,000 units of new housing in 456 projects that are in the development pipeline.
She said approvals are now being obtained in 37 days as opposed to six months.