City Controller Kenneth Mejia released a map Thursday detailing the number of deaths among the unhoused community within Los Angeles during 2023.
The findings, based on data obtained from the LA County Medical-Examiner Coroner, showed that in 2023 there were a total of 900 deaths of those experiencing homelessness in the City of LA.Of those deaths, the most common cause was accidental . However, while only 40 homeless individuals died by homicide last year, those deaths made up approximately 12% of all murders in the city of LA. The unhoused population in LA makes up only 1% of the city, according to the study.
"At least 80 percent of the deaths in District 1 were ruled an accident, but when you dig into the data, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of these people were impacted by the opioid crisis that is gripping Los Angeles and the country."According to Hernandez, a "devastating number" of these deaths occurred around MacArthur Park, where the opioid epidemic has taken a "terrible toll.
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