Mayor Karen Bass delivered her first State of the City Address Monday, where she said Los Angeles still has work to do in fixing the homeless crisis, improving the LAPD and public safety and even in filling many vacant positions within city government.
"I am 127 days into my administration, and I cannot declare that the state of our city is where it needs to be," said Bass.
The mayor is required annually to publicly address the council on the state of the city before the release of the proposed city budget. Bass is expected to release her first budget proposal on Tuesday. "Tomorrow, I will release my first budget as mayor,'' she said. "Building on the success of Inside Safe, my budget includes a $250 million investment to scale Inside Safe citywide."
Bass said the current situation the city faces could cause the number of officers in the LAPD to drop below 9,000, which hasn't been the case since 2002. "By adding these resources and building more trust between communities and the department. We will better meet our priorities of reducing property crime, maintaining the downward trend in violent crime, and increasing homicide clearance rates," Bass said.
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