The number of homeless people counted across Los Angeles County jumped 12% over the past year to nearly 59,000, with more young and old people and families on the streets, officials say.
The majority of the homeless were found within the city of Los Angeles, which saw a 16% increase to 36,300, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said in presenting January's annual count to the county Board of Supervisors.
But while some people who had been homeless managed to get permanent places to live, others who had homes were forced onto the streets of metro Los Angeles' vast urban sprawl. Three years ago, Los Angeles voters approved a tax hike and $1.2 billion housing bond to make a decade's worth of massive investments to help solve the homeless crisis. That bond money has been committed to build more than half of the 10,000 new housing units planned countywide over the next decade, Lynn said.
"We're not the police but we're increasingly doing police work because we're out there all day, every day," said Lopez."We're the ones flagged down if someone has a seizure or if someone ODs."County Supervisor Janice Hahn called the increase in homeless population"disheartening."
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