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Inside Safe, ADUs and LAPD Meet the Metrics Test
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 · 7 min
Inside Safe’s motel-to-housing pipeline, L.A.’s ADU code, and a RAND assessment of LAPD all point to one City Hall test: reform only matters if outcomes, permits, and public-safety capacity can actually be measured.
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Inside Safe’s motel-to-housing pipeline, L.A.’s ADU code, and a RAND assessment of LAPD all point to one City Hall test: reform only matters if outcomes, permits, and public-safety capacity can actually be measured.
In this episode
- Step Back — When Mayor Bass says Inside Safe has moved thousands of people indoors and nearly doubled permanent housing move-ins, what should we actually count as a successful outcome — a night in a motel, a signed lease, staying housed six months later — and does L.A. publish enough data to tell the difference?
Background sources
- L.A.’s $300 Million Homeless Program Sees Many Return to the Streets — Governing
- 40 percent of people helped by Los Angeles mayor’s $300M homeless project have returned to the streets, report finds | The Independent — The Independent
- CNN Anchor Grills LA's Karen Bass on $300 Million 'Failure' — Zachary Leeman
- More than 250 tax-funded LA apartments sit empty under key Mayor Bass homelessness strategy | LAist — LAist
- Opinion | Bass got some of LA's homeless people indoors — Jim Newton
- New report questions LA's Inside Safe program results — Spectrumlocalnews
- [PDF] ordinance no. - City Clerk - City of Los Angeles
ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance amending Sections 12.03, 12.22 and 12.33, and repealing portions of Section 12.24, of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for the purpose of regulating Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units in accordance with State law. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section. 1. The following definitions are added to Section…
- [PDF] Organizational Assessment of the Los Angeles Police Department — RAND Corporation
Research Report Organizational Assessment of the Los Angeles Police Department Richard H. Donohue, Samuel Peterson, Bob Harrison, Shawn L. Hill, Danielle Sobol, Alejandro Roa Contreras RAND Justice Policy Program PR-A3827-1 June 2025 Prepared for the Los Angeles Police Foundation and the Los Angeles Police Department RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research…