CARE/CARE+ Teams
On October 1, 2019, LASAN’s LSD launched the Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement (CARE/CARE+) program providing CARE and CARE+ teams for immediate, dedicated service deployed regionally to ensure the highest level of service. These teams conduct citywide encampment clean-ups along with trash, litter/debris, and health hazard and/or safety hazard removal on the City's public rights-of-way. The primary mission of the CARE and CARE+ teams is to deliver services to the individuals experiencing homelessness within their service areas.
The CARE+ Teams are deployed across three main assignments:
- CARE/CARE+ service for A Bridge Home Special Enforcement Cleaning Zones (ABH SECZs)
- CARE+ service for Citywide Services
- CARE+ service for Focused Service Zones (FSZ): Operation Healthy Streets Skid Row/Venice Beach (OHS), Downtown LA (DTLA), and Grand Ave/110 Fwy Corridor (Grand Ave)
CARE+ teams assigned to ABH SECZs provide full comprehensive cleanings including the identification, documentation, and removal of line-of-sight health and/or safety hazards, the removal of trash, litter, and debris, and the power washing of public rights-of-way to ensure fully sanitized areas for public safety. Additionally, the CARE teams assigned to ABH SECZs provide L.A.M.C. 56.11 compliance, spot cleaning services, health hazard and/or safety hazard identification, documentation, and removal, trash, litter, and debris removal. The CARE teams provide day-to-day maintenance to achieve safe and clean public rights-of-way.
LSD also provides comprehensive teams dedicated to specific high-need regions that require consistent, recurring, and dedicated services. In addition to the existing OHS Skid Row and Venice areas, these Focused Service Zones (FSZ) include the Grand and Flower Avenue Corridor and Downtown LA where teams operate 5 days a week.
