{"id":52236,"date":"2022-09-08T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52236"},"modified":"2022-09-12T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:20:04","slug":"23-reduction-in-homelessness-in-13th-district-councilmember-mitch-ofarrell-statement-on-lahsa-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52236","title":{"rendered":"23% REDUCTION IN HOMELESSNESS IN 13TH DISTRICT: COUNCILMEMBER MITCH O\u2019FARRELL STATEMENT ON LAHSA COUNT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Though citywide homelessness is up 2%, 13th District leads most areas with significant reduction<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am encouraged that homelessness is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lahsa.org\/documents?id=6529-cd-13-pre-redistricting-hc2022-data-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.lahsa.org\/documents?id%3D6529-cd-13-pre-redistricting-hc2022-data-summary&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663092658945000&amp;usg=AOvVaw13zXbsakL2T9HACeGnlLrt\">down<\/a> significantly in my district. Though we still have work to do across Los Angeles, and though the size of encampments grew due to pandemic protocols, our success in reducing homelessness by 23% in the 13th District since 2020 proves that our comprehensive approach works. We\u2019re building more affordable and supportive housing than almost anywhere in the city. We have more interim housing than most areas. We\u2019ve invested in supplemental outreach services. We\u2019ve put in place robust tenant protections and created rental relief. We\u2019ve converted existing building stock into housing, and are even building affordable housing on what used to be a City-owned surface parking lot. On top of that, we\u2019ve pioneered the City\u2019s first-ever model of unarmed crisis response, diverting non-violent calls regarding homelessness away from police and to service providers instead. That approach has been so successful that we\u2019re now working on taking it citywide. I want to thank every service provider, every outreach worker, every volunteer, and every thoughtful, caring Angeleno who\u2019s stepped forward to be part of our collective solution. The city still has a way to go. But our approach in the 13th District works, and the numbers prove it. Let\u2019s replicate this across Los Angeles.\u201d \u2014Councilmember Mitch O\u2019Farrell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though citywide homelessness is up 2%,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52237,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52236\/revisions\/52237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}