INTRO: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) and other city officials providing an update on the latest crime data on Monday. Mayor Bass says crime is down across the city, with homicides dropping by 47 percent compared to the fall of 20-22, and the number of shooting victims decreasing by 50-percent. She attributes that in part to the creation of the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety.
ACK: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D)
TAG: Mayor Bass says this has also caused gang-related violence throughout Los Angeles to drop by 50-percent since 20-22.
KEYWORD: Crime, Legal, Politics
