Homelessness Rises In Los Angeles Amid Statewide Swell HuffPost
The number of people living in homelessness in Los Angeles increased significantly last year ― echoing a broader rise in people living unhoused across the state in recent years. Los Angeles County saw a 12% increase in homeless residents from 2018 to 2019, according to new “point-in-time” count figures the LA Homeless Services Authority released Tuesday. There were nearly 59,000 homeless people in the county on a given night in January 2019 ― up from under 53,000 in 2018. The vast majority of those who are homeless ― about two-thirds ― are in the city of Los Angeles, which counted over 36,0…
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