The county’s annual “point-in-time” homeless count identified 2,843 people.
CONCORD, CA – MARCH 5: A homeless man sleeps on a curbside planter in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Contra Costa County’s homeless population jumped 19% from last year, even as local officials added hundreds of homeless housing units and shelter beds.
County officials said it was difficult to pinpoint the exact reasons for the spike in homelessness, but in a statement added: “What we do know that contributes to homelessness in Contra Costa County is the lack of affordable housing here in the Bay Area and in the state.” While widely seen as an undercount, the estimates are crucial to helping cities and counties plan their homelessness response and determine how much state and federal homelessness funding they can expect to receive. The federal government had been a much larger funder of local homelessness programs, but the state has dramatically increased its homelessness spending over the past decade.
Antioch, in the eastern county, had the largest homeless population at 413, a 24% rise from 2023. Meanwhile, in the western county, Richmond, which previously had the most homeless residents, saw its unhoused population fall 22% to 388.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
On Tap: Contra Costa County Fair offers four days of fun May 16-19Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group.
Read more »
AstraZeneca retira del mercado europeo su vacuna contra el COVID-19La farmacéutica AstraZeneca ha solicitado el retiro de la autorización europea para su vacuna contra el COVID-19, de acuerdo con el organismo regulador de medicamentos de la Unión Europea.
Read more »
Fracasa elaboración de tratado mundial de lucha contra pandemias como la del COVID-19La elaboración de un tratado mundial para luchar contra pandemias como la del COVID-19 va a tener que esperar.
Read more »
Autonomous car company Glydways to bring driverless public transit to East Contra CostaPublic transit has struggled to recover its pre-pandemic ridership, but an autonomous car company has a driverless transportation system that could make East Contra Costa County a leader in modern transit design.
Read more »
Driver in 2021 fatal Contra Costa DUI crash sentenced to one yearKatriece Irving pleaded no contest to a drunk driving charge, and vehicular manslaughter charges were dismissed.
Read more »
Contra Costa Fair open Thursday with a bit of everthingJudith Prieve is a reporter and editor for the Bay Area News Group who covers eastern Contra Costa County for the East Bay Times and The Mercury News. She has worked as a reporter, features editor and assistant metro editor at newspapers in Wisconsin and Northern California and has been at what is now the Bay Area News Group since 1990.
Read more »