The Sprawl of L.A. Matches The Sprawl of Homelessness

The L.A. County Homeless Count will be officially released today. With access to the study early, the Los Angeles Times published some of the results this morning. Here's the article.

The main result… homelessness is spread throughout the county of Los Angeles, and is not just concentrated in downtown.

Another result… 78% of the homeless that were surveyed said they were already living in the area before they became homeless--dispelling the myth that people are coming to L.A. from other parts of the country.

The count was done a year ago when they counted homeless people in 500 census tracts. Then they used a formula to estimate the number in the other 1,300 tracts.

Another interesting result… the total number of homeless in the county that was announced at 91,000 last July, has been revised to 88,000.