Overview
- Mayor Karen Bass announced the local emergency first declared in 2022 will terminate on Nov. 18, with Inside Safe continuing operations.
- Bass said the crisis persists and pledged to reinstate emergency authority if extraordinary powers are needed to sustain progress.
- The City Council voted Oct. 28 to have the city attorney draft an ordinance to codify Executive Directive 1, which speeds approvals for shelters and fully affordable housing.
- Councilmembers who pressed to end the emergency, including Tim McOsker, said returning to normal rules will restore public review and contract transparency.
- Officials cite two straight annual declines in homelessness and Inside Safe placements topping 5,000 into interim housing, though a RAND study found the count likely missed many unsheltered people in key neighborhoods.