LA’s Homeless Count Underway, After Being Criticized for Methodology, Possible Undercounts Last Year

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority workers join the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department in assisting homeless individuals in Malibu, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

As Los Angeles voters just finished an election cycle that magnified the need to resolve the homelessness crisis, another count of the city’s homeless population is underway.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) began its homeless point-in-time count Jan. 24. It concludes Jan. 26 and results will be available in late spring or summer.