Overview
- Delivering the Feb. 2 speech at Exposition Park, Mayor Karen Bass framed Los Angeles’ next three years around the 2026 World Cup, 2027 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympics.
- She announced the Clean Corridors initiative to speed trash pickup, graffiti removal, landscaping and enforcement against illegal dumping on major routes.
- To broaden access to the World Cup, the city will host free watch parties in parks across every council district, and Angel City FC will invest $3 million over three years to support youth sports for more than 45,000 participants.
- Bass said nearly 120 encampments have been addressed through Inside Safe, claimed thousands have moved into permanent housing, and pledged $14 million in rental assistance for seniors and people with disabilities.
- She called for ICE to leave Los Angeles while denouncing recent federal raids and citing the Keith Porter shooting, and she timed this first of two addresses as her reelection campaign and the candidate filing period get underway.