Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s Office of Community Safety was created in 2023 to prevent crime and violence through community-based strategies that impact the social and economic conditions that drive community harm. The Office supports Civilian Crisis Response and Community Violence Intervention Programs, including civilian first responders, violence intervention, re-entry services, youth diversion programs, and capacity-building programs for non-profit organizations working to address community safety.
The GRYD program was established in 2007 to coordinate city-funded gang prevention and violence intervention programming using a comprehensive strategy. The Mayor’s Office contracts with community-based service providers for the delivery of services in 23 GRYD Zones, and it annually hosts two city-wide violence reduction programs, Summer Night Lights, in 42 sites across the City of Los Angeles, and Fall Friday Nights. In 2024, Summer Night Lights had more than 100,000 participants.
GRYD also partners with the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide safe passage and intervention programming on school campuses, and the Los Angeles County Probation Department to provide case management and re-entry services in juvenile facilities. In 2024, GRYD contributed to a 44% decline in gang-related homicides across GRYD zones in the City of Los Angeles.