From Day 1, Councilmember Padilla hit the ground running by building a strong team and advocating for more city funds to address homelessness in Council District 6 (CD 6). Within months of coming into office, one of her earliest achievements was to secure over $300,000 in funding to partner with Hope the Mission (HOPE) and deploy a multidisciplinary team that will provide outreach and persuade the unhoused suffering from substance use to accept detox and interim housing resources. With this multi-disciplinary team exclusive to CD 6, our office is partnering with one of the most respected and established organizations that has been tackling the homelessness crisis in the North East San Fernando Valley for quite some time. We are proud to have Hope the Mission’s multidisciplinary outreach team in CD 6, providing much-needed outreach and substance detox services seven days a week to help some of the most vulnerable and hardest to reach CD 6 residents experiencing homelessness. Council District 6 also has a dedicated Homelessness Response Team. Through this team, our office is able to forge strategic partnerships with key city departments, including the Office of Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. Sanitation and Environment Department (LASAN), the Department of Transportation (LADOT), the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), , and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) as well as with various local non-governmental organizations. Together with these entities, our Homelessness Response Team is actively engaged in conducting weekly CARE and CARE+ operations, which represent a targeted and multifaceted approach to address the challenges associated with homelessness in our community. In addition, the CD 6 team has worked closely with Mayor Karen Bass on the Inside Safe initiative aimed at moving Los Angeles forward with an urgent and strategic approach to confronting the homelessness crisis. Councilmember Padilla’s office continues to work with all partners to help bring urgent services and resources to people experiencing chronic homelessness. Our team is committed to working cohesively with constituents and stakeholders to develop and implement sensible solutions that make our communities safer, sanitary, and sustainable. Together we will continue to approach this issue with compassion and a steadfast dedication to collaborative, evidence-based solutions that address the root causes of homelessness.