Los Angeles , Calls on Volunteers for , Annual Homeless Census.
NBC reports that thousands of volunteers will
take part in an effort to capture a snapshot
of Los Angeles' ongoing homeless crisis.
The city's Homeless Services Authority will conduct
the three-day Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. .
The count will include volunteers covering approximately
4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County to tally the
number of people currently living on the streets. .
Over the next three days, thousands
of dedicated volunteers will hit the
streets of Los Angeles County
to gather data that will
drive our efforts to bring our
unsheltered neighbors indoors, Stephen David Simon, Interim Executive Director of LAHSA, via NBC.
With 40,000 Angelenos unhoused,
this is an emergency that requires
both unity and urgency so we
can get big things done together, Stephen David Simon, Interim Executive Director of LAHSA, via NBC.
The count began on January 23 in Los Angeles'
San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys.
On January 24, volunteers headed to
West Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles
and communities in South Bay.
The January 25 count will take
place in Metro Los Angeles, South
Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley.
NBC reports that the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development requires a biennial
point-in-time count of the number of homeless people. .
Data from the homeless census is reportedly used
to develop strategies to address the homeless
crisis and determine the allocation of funds. .
The count in 2023 highlighted a 9% increase
from the year before, revealing that 75,518
people were homeless across the county