Los Angeles recruits up to 6K volunteers to count city's homeless population as crisis worsens

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Since 2015, homelessness has increased by 70% in Los Angeles County
and 80% in the city

"Los Angeles County is recruiting up to 6,000 volunteers to count
homeless people around the city. The effort began Tuesday night and
is expected to take three days, officials said. The Los Angeles
Homeless Services Authority-led street tally helps the county
government’s efforts to tackle a homeless crisis, which has crippled
the city with tens of thousands of people living on the streets,
living in cars, tents and makeshift street shelters. These temporary
homes have proliferated on sidewalks and in parks and other
community areas. The so-called \"point-in-time\" count aims to
estimate how many people are unhoused and what financial or medical
services they may require for potential mental health conditions or
from drug addiction. This count comes as California residents have
grown increasingly frustrated over lawmakers’ failure to deter the
surging homeless population. Since 2015, homelessness has increased
by 70% in Los Angeles County and 80% in the city. CALIFORNIA’S NEXT
CRISIS? EXPERTS RACE TO SOLVE EXPLOSION IN LOS ANGELES STRAY CAT
POPULATION In 2023, officials reported more than 75,500 people were
homeless on any given night in LA County, a 9% rise from a year
earlier, and about 46,200 within the city of Los Angeles. Los
Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, kicked off the count Tuesday
night in the North Hollywood neighborhood of LA’s San Fernando
Valley. \"Homelessness is an emergency, and it will take all of us
working together to confront this emergency,\" Bass said in a
statement, calling the count \"an important tool to confront the
homelessness crisis.\" CITY OF LOS ANGELES HOMELESS POPULATION
INCREASED BY 10% DESPITE MILLIONS SPENT TO ADDRESS ISSUE, FIGURES
SHOW Bass declared a state of emergency on homelessness on her first
day in office in Dec. 2022. She has announced that over 21,000
unhoused people were moved into leased hotels or other temporary
shelter throughout 2023. The city has also cleared out street
encampments and has additional housing projects planned, she said
last month. The LA County homeless annual tally is mandated by the
federal government for Los Angeles and other cities to qualify for
certain federal funding. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP&nbsp;
Its results are expected to be released in late spring or early
summer. The Associated Press contributed to this report.",

https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-recruits-volunteers-count-
citys-homeless-population-crisis-worsens

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-recruits-volunteers-count-citys-
homeless-population-crisis-worsens

Los Angeles County is recruiting up to 6,000 volunteers to count homeless
people around the city. The effort began Tuesday night and is expected to
take three days, officials said.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority-led street tally helps the
county government’s efforts to tackle a homeless crisis, which has
crippled the city with tens of thousands of people living on the streets,
living in cars, tents and makeshift street shelters. These temporary homes
have proliferated on sidewalks and in parks and other community areas.

The so-called "point-in-time" count aims to estimate how many people are
unhoused and what financial or medical services they may require for
potential mental health conditions or from drug addiction.

This count comes as California residents have grown increasingly
frustrated over lawmakers’ failure to deter the surging homeless
population. Since 2015, homelessness has increased by 70% in Los Angeles
County and 80% in the city.

In 2023, officials reported more than 75,500 people were homeless on any
given night in LA County, a 9% rise from a year earlier, and about 46,200
within the city of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, kicked off the count Tuesday
night in the North Hollywood neighborhood of LA’s San Fernando Valley.

"Homelessness is an emergency, and it will take all of us working together
to confront this emergency," Bass said in a statement, calling the count
"an important tool to confront the homelessness crisis."

CITY OF LOS ANGELES HOMELESS POPULATION INCREASED BY 10% DESPITE MILLIONS
SPENT TO ADDRESS ISSUE, FIGURES SHOW

Bass declared a state of emergency on homelessness on her first day in
office in Dec. 2022.

She has announced that over 21,000 unhoused people were moved into leased
hotels or other temporary shelter throughout 2023. The city has also
cleared out street encampments and has additional housing projects
planned, she said last month.

The LA County homeless annual tally is mandated by the federal government
for Los Angeles and other cities to qualify for certain federal funding.

Its results are expected to be released in late spring or early summer.

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