The annual three-night homeless count in the greater Los Angeles area is underway with volunteers deployed to count the number of people without shelter, tents, vehicles and makeshift shelters they see in their assigned census tract.
“I cannot stress how critical this count is,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said at a news conference at Tiara Street Park in North Hollywood before the count began Tuesday.
The 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count revealed a 9% year-over-year increase in homelessness in Los Angeles County and a 10% increase in Los Angeles. The data showed that 75,518 people were homeless in Los Angeles County and 46,260 in Los Angeles, an increase of 69,144 in the county and 41,980 in the city from 2022.
While participating in the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's 2024 homeless count in Venice, Wah Chen counts a homeless man sleeping next to his tent.
A woman, sitting on a bus bench with her belongings, is counted as homeless along Main Street during the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's 2024 homeless count in Venice.
Wah Chen, left, and her daughter, Rainey Renwick, walk along Rose Avenue looking for homeless people in Venice.
A homeless man carries a plank of wood along with his belongings in North Hollywood.
Los Angeles City Council Speaker Paul Krekorian, right, and Los Angeles Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger join volunteers to count homeless people living along Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood.
