Mayor Karen Bass believes that the streets of Los Angeles are now “safer than they’ve been since the 1950s.” Bass supported this claim during an interview with KBLA radio host Dominique Diprima, who suggested that Los Angeles may actually be a safer place than the media lets on. “Reality is our streets are safer than they’ve been since … What? The 1950s?” said Diprima. Bass agreed. “Yeah!” said Bass. “And gang homicide is down — and by the way, most of the homicides are gang related. It’s down to 1960 levels.”
