Why does it often seem like there’s so little progress around homelessness? What can be done to make systems more effective? From the halls of government to the streets, I follow money and policies to examine what’s working, what’s not, and how it’s affecting people in Southern California.
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It’s a dramatic shift from last year’s count, which saw a 15% increase in unsheltered homelessness in the city.Supreme Court gives cities in California and beyond more power to crack down on camps of unhoused peopleLA officials tried to track encampment clearings citywide. LAist found major errors in that data
Meanwhile, the number of people in shelter rose by double digits — reflecting a shift in people moving from the streets to being indoors.Overall homelessness tallied in the city was effectively flat — a change from increases in prior years. The count shows total homelessness dropping 2%, though officials said it’s within the margin of error.
At the same time, they cautioned that the city needs more affordable housing if the downward trend is to continue. In the rest of L.A. County, the count shows unsheltered homelessness increasing slightly, by about 3%.The numbers are based on a count held the morning of Jan. 25. Some census tracts weren’t covered the day of, so teams counted those in the days that followed.The count, which is conducted annually and aims to count every unhoused person, is considered the most comprehensive data on the unhoused population in the L.A. area.
When an LAist reporter noted it, Adams Kellum said her team will “flag that for USC. That’s their slides.”The United States Supreme Court released a long-awaited decision Friday in a case expected to have broad implications for how cities like Los Angeles treat people experiencing homelessness.
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