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Action completed
The mayor's 100-day report records creation of the office and transfer of the GRYD program into it.
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Karen Ruth Bass: Create an Office of Community Safety separate from the Police Department.
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Create an Office of Community Safety separate from the Police Department.
institution creationMayor of Los Angeles
AS OF MAR 22, 2023
The documented commitment
What the source records
“I would like to start an office of community safety - which is separate from the police department”
Karen Bass
Open commitment source ↗Chronology
Commitment → public action
- Commitment stated
Bass described a separate community-safety office in a recorded editorial-board interview.
“I would like to start an office of community safety - which is separate from the police department”
Inspect source ↗ - Office established
The administration's 100-day report says the office was established and GRYD was moved into it.
“The Mayor established the Mayor's Office of Community Safety”
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