The number of homeless individuals in Los Angeles County rose 4.1 percent since 2020, counting over 69,000 homeless countywide and 42,000 in the City of LA, according to the latest point-in-time tally released Sept. 8 by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
The homeless count, which took place from Feb. 22–24, determines how much funding the agency will receive from federal resources to combat homelessness.
The count’s results were originally supposed to be released in July, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 surge.
This year’s count was the county’s first since 2020, as last year’s was canceled when LAHSA determined it was not safe to gather 8,000 volunteers amid stay-at-home orders and curfews due to COVID-19….