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That's according to an exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest results of the point-in-time count, a federally mandated census that requires counties to tally their unhoused residents over the ...
In 2024, LACAN organizer Adam Smith criticized Los Angeles' prioritization of criminalization over addressing homelessness, citing the failure of policies like LAMC 41.18, which resulted in belongings of unhoused residents being confiscated without adequate housing or shelter alternatives, as revealed in a recent LACAN survey of 100 individuals.
In 2007–2023, California experienced higher increases in the number of people experiencing homelessness than any other state. [1]: 9 Between 2010 and 2020, the number of people experiencing homelessness in California increased by 31%, while nationwide the number fell by 18%. [9]
Project Roomkey demonstrated an effective collaboration between public and private entities. This method is increasingly popular in the public health sector. [46] There were disparities in program accessibility, with a majority of participants being white, despite people of color forming a significant unhoused population.
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass vowed to house thousands of people in her first year in office to reverse the city’s homelessness epidemic. She’s gotten thousands off the street, but unhoused ...
More than 180,000 people live without housing in California, representing nearly a third of the U.S. homeless population, and the majority live outside, according to the U.S. Department of Housing ...
In 2017, California had an oversized share of the nation's homeless: 22%, for a state whose residents make up only 12% of the country's total population. The California State Auditor found in their April 2018 report Homelessness in California, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development noted that "California had about 134,000 ...
Roughly 1% of the unhoused population lived in rural Madera County. Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig added at the news conference that there had been a 9% reduction in homelessness in rural ...