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More than 75,000 people were homeless on any given night across Los Angeles County, according to a tally at the start of the year. About 45,252 were within the city of Los Angeles, where ...
The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance regulating encampments in 2022, which allowed “camping by necessity” in permitted areas when sufficient shelter space was unavailable.
Garrett Miller, president of the Los Angeles County Public Defenders Union, panned the order, saying Newsom should focus on providing more housing for the state's homeless population, not "violent ...
A homeless person in Los Angeles sleeps on the street, 2010. According to a 2019 Los Angeles Times poll, 95% of voters called homelessness a serious or very serious problem in the city, more than for any other issue. [93] L.A. County officials reported that in 2019 there were over 39,000 homeless people in the city. [94]
In a report released in June 2024, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) found that LA Municipal Code 41.18, which allows for encampment removal in certain areas, isn't effective at ...
Signage for a 41.18 Special Enforcement Zone in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles. A homeless encampment sweep (or "clean-up") is the forced displacement of homeless encampments on public property and the removal of both unhoused individuals and their property from that area. Tactics vary between cities, suburbs and rural areas as to how much notice ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) helped clear a homeless encampment in Los Angeles on Thursday while threatening to take away state funding from the state’s counties that do not do more to curb ...
Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017