Overview

• The annual Point-in-Time Count of homeless populations is underway in several major California cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
• The count is a federally mandated effort to estimate the number of unhoused individuals and their needs, which helps determine the allocation of federal homeless relief funding.
• In 2023, Los Angeles County reported over 75,500 homeless individuals, a 9% increase from the previous year, while San Diego County reported a 14% increase with 10,264 individuals.
• San Francisco's last count in 2022 reported 7,754 homeless individuals, a 3.5% drop from three years earlier, with a significant rise in the number of those who were sheltered at the time of the count.
• The results of the 2024 count are expected to be released in late spring or early summer.