A Unified Los Angeles: Mayor Bass to Set Tone for City to Take World Stage in State of the City Address

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LOS ANGELES - As Los Angeles prepares to enter the most extensive and exciting three-year period of major sporting events that any city in the world has ever experienced, Mayor Bass in her State of the City address will call for a unifying celebration of Los Angeles. She will also call for Angelenos to come together to stand up to those who seek to divide us and underestimate the strength of the city that we love: its people, neighborhoods, and cultures.

Key moments and quotes as planned for delivery are below:

"When the world looks at Los Angeles, they won't just see venues. They will see our values, the diversity of our people, the pride in our shared home, and all that our neighborhoods offer. Yes - the moment is big. Yes - the task is real. But we will be ready."

A Games for All

"Starting in June, in just 122 days, our city will host the Women's U.S. Open at Riviera Country Club in the Palisades. And just days after the U.S. Open, fans from across the globe will come to Los Angeles for the FIFA World Cup. And let me be clear: these moments will not belong only to those who can afford stadium seats. They will belong to all of us."

Mayor Bass will announce that the City will host free, accessible community celebrations in public parks across every Council District for the duration of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament. All 34 competition days will be broadcast on large, mobile LED trailers. Angelenos will be able to watch their favorite teams, participate in soccer clinics, and enjoy special food and cultural programming.

Mayor Bass will be introduced by Angel City Football Club (ACFC) Co-Founder and CEO Julie Uhrman, who will announce a partnership with the City as part of the Mayor's efforts to promote youth sports for the next generation of athletes, building on the legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games:

• ACFC is investing $3 million for a three-year initiative with the City of L.A. that will serve more than 45,000 girls and gender expansive youth across our city.

• The City's Department of Recreation and Parks will launch Golf for Girls clinics at public golf courses across Los Angeles during the U.S. Women's Open in June.

• Youth across Los Angeles are already benefiting from the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with more than one million enrollments in the City's PlayLA program, which offers free or low-cost youth sports programs at every Recreation and Parks facility thanks to a $160 million investment from LA28 and the International Olympic Committee.

Confronting the Homelessness Crisis

"Ending street homelessness and housing all Angelenos is one of the defining challenges of our time - one decades in the making, worsened by policy failures, bureaucratic barriers, and rigid thinking that never built a system capable of meeting the scale of the need. Since I became Mayor, we have moved with urgency. We broke down silos, challenged policies that kept people trapped on our streets, and began building a coordinated system with one clear goal: end street homelessness."

Under Mayor Bass, tens of thousands of affordable housing units have been accelerated and are in the pipeline, thousands of Angelenos have come inside, and permanent housing placements have reached an all-time high, leading to the City's first-ever consecutive year decrease in the number of people experiencing homelessness - including Veterans.

• Mayor Bass' Inside Safe program has resolved nearly 120 encampments and moved thousands of Angelenos into interim and permanent housing, with an 85 percent retention rate in permanent housing.

• As a result of Mayor Bass' advocacy at the federal level, Veterans no longer have to choose between their benefits and a place to live. Since its launch in 2025, Mayor Bass' House our Vets initiative has housed nearly 600 Veterans and will continue until there are zero unused vouchers in L.A.

• More than 42,000 units of affordable housing are in the pipeline under Mayor Bass' Executive Directive 1.

• More than $14 million in rental assistance will be provided for seniors and people with disabilities through ULA.

Making Los Angeles Shine

"I know, Los Angeles, we will be ready to welcome the world - for global sporting events, historic celebrations, and defining moments that will unfold on our streets, in our neighborhoods, and across this city we love."

• Mayor Bass is launching a Clean Corridors Initiative to accelerate beautification efforts along major city corridors - especially near watch party and activation sites - from trash pickup to graffiti removal and landscaping.

• This Saturday, Shine LA volunteers will focus efforts at Hansen Dam Recreation Center, which will also serve as an official Los Angeles World Cup 26 Fan Zone. Learn more here.

Unified Against Continued ICE Escalation

"During those long summer days, neighbors looked out for neighbors. Communities formed rapid-response networks. People stood together - to protect human beings they had never met. I felt so proud to be an Angeleno.

"While the National Guard has since left, the brutality of the raids has not. Raids continue every day in Los Angeles. And with them have come the devastating losses of life.

"Here in Los Angeles, Keith Porter - a 43-year-old father of two - was shot to death by an off-duty ICE officer. In Minneapolis, Renée Nicole Good - a 37-year-old poet, mother, and wife - was also shot to death during federal enforcement operations. Days later, Alex Pretti - a 37-year-old intensive care nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs - also shot to death.

"Staying silent or minimizing what is happening is not an option. This Administration does not care about safety. They do not care about order. And they certainly do not care about the law. This senseless death, lawlessness, and violence must end. And so must ICE's presence in Los Angeles."