More than 1,000 Angelenos have received eviction defense assistance through the We Are LA program at a new dedicated office in South Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass said Wednesday.

In June, The Mayor’s Fund, a nonprofit overseen by an independent board of directors, opened its first We Are LA casework office to help connect Angelenos who face or are at-risk of eviction with legal services and housing-related resources.

During a news conference Wednesday at the caseworker office, Bass and The Mayor’s Fund CEO Conway Collis highlighted the work being done at the site.

“Preventing people from falling into homelessness is key to our efforts in addressing this humanitarian crisis,” Bass said in a statement. “Results show that this program is working, and with a second consecutive decline in ho

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