The count, which will take place on the evenings of Jan. 24-26, began in 2016 to provide Los Angeles County with analysis and trends of people experiencing homelessness. The count will encompass the 4,000 square miles in the county.
Volunteers will work in groups of four to count the number of unsheltered individuals, tents, vehicles and makeshift shelters in their census tract. The 2022 homeless count by LAHSA revealed 41,980 unhoused people in the city of Los Angeles, up 1.7% from 2020, and a 4.1% increase in the number of unhoused people in Los Angeles County.
“The annual Homeless Count helps us better understand the needs of our neighbors experiencing homelessness so that we can align our resources to best address those needs,” said Stephen David Simon, interim executive director of LAHSA. “We need thousands of people across the county to join us in January to ensure as accurate a count as possible.”
The count begins Jan. 24, 2023, and comes to the Antelope Valley on Jan. 26.
LAHSA officials said several improvements were made to next year’s count to “ensure that our region will have the most accurate estimate possible of people experiencing homelessness.”
The changes include using an app to record data. The application can be found at theycountwillyou.org.
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Formerly Homeless says
We could have had more than 700 beds in Lancaster if Wrecks used the $30 million to revamp the county facility on Ave I instead of giving a no bid contract to his pal to build a 140 bed brand new building that charges rent and is not much closer to resources. This is what happens when you control all the local politicians, boards, judges, churches, and business people.