The number of homeless people in the City of Angels has increased another 10% year-over-year, to an estimated 46,260 people, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s annual homeless count.
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LAHSA’s 2023 homeless count report, released Thursday, June 29, showed that more than 60% of the region’s homeless population reside within the city of Los Angeles. Countywide, the number of homeless people in this year’s count was 75,518, up 9% from the prior year.
“The results are definitely disappointing, with all the hard work and all of the investment, but they’re not surprising,” said Va Lecia Adams Kellum, executive director of LAHSA, during a briefing with reporters.
“People remain in a situation of vulnerability where they’re falling into homelessness faster than we can house them,” she said.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the data shows the crisis the city faces. “The challenge before us is vast, but we will continue to work with urgency to bring Angelenos inside. … We must sustain our momentum by locking arms with leaders at every level of government as we confront this crisis as the emergency that it is. Lives depend on it,” she said in a statement.
The 2023 count suggests that the most significant increases in the city are on the greater Westside, in and around the Harbor Area, and eastern communities, while the largest drop was seen in and around South L.A.
LAHSA’s homeless count was conducted over three days in January and represents a point-in-time snapshot of the homelessness crisis throughout Los Angeles County.
This year’s count suggests that within the city of L.A., the number of homeless individuals living in shelters has remained relatively stable, increasing 0.4% to 13,580. But the number of unsheltered homeless people has soared 15%, to 32,680.
The count was conducted just weeks after Bass took office and launched Inside Safe, her signature…
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