Overview
- Mayor Karen Bass delivered the speech Monday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, billing it as the first of two addresses, with a budget-focused follow‑up set for April.
- She unveiled a Clean Corridors initiative to speed trash pickup, graffiti removal and landscaping on major routes, with a promised crackdown on illegal dumping before global events.
- Los Angeles will host free FIFA World Cup community celebrations and watch parties in parks across every council district, as SoFi Stadium prepares for eight tournament matches.
- Angel City FC announced a $3 million, three‑year investment for youth sports citywide, and the city will run Golf for Girls clinics tied to the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera.
- Bass cited Inside Safe’s work resolving about 120 encampments and moving thousands into housing, reported 400 Palisades homes under construction with a Sacramento push planned, and urged an end to ICE operations in the city after recent raids and fatal encounters.