The annual point-in-time count, delivered to the Board of Supervisors, put the number of homeless people just shy of 59,000 countywide. Within the city of Los Angeles, the number soared to more than 36,000, a 16% increase. — The Los Angeles Times
Homelessness is surging in Los Angeles County and across California, where most major cities have seen double-digit increases in their share of residents experiencing homelessness since last year.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas told The Los Angeles Times, “At this point of unprecedented wealth in the county of Los Angeles, we are equally confronted with unprecedented poverty manifesting itself in the form of homelessness."
Peter Lynn, executive director of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority added, “If we don't change the fundamentals of housing affordability, this is going to be a very long road. If we don't get ahead of affordability, we're going to be very hard pressed to get ahead of homelessness.”
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