Los Angeles , Calls on Volunteers for , Annual Homeless Census.<br />NBC reports that thousands of volunteers will <br />take part in an effort to capture a snapshot <br />of Los Angeles' ongoing homeless crisis.<br />The city's Homeless Services Authority will conduct <br />the three-day Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. .<br />The count will include volunteers covering approximately <br />4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County to tally the <br />number of people currently living on the streets. .<br />Over the next three days, thousands <br />of dedicated volunteers will hit the <br />streets of Los Angeles County <br />to gather data that will <br />drive our efforts to bring our <br />unsheltered neighbors indoors, Stephen David Simon, Interim Executive Director of LAHSA, via NBC.<br />With 40,000 Angelenos unhoused, <br />this is an emergency that requires <br />both unity and urgency so we <br />can get big things done together, Stephen David Simon, Interim Executive Director of LAHSA, via NBC.<br />The count began on January 23 in Los Angeles' <br />San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys.<br />On January 24, volunteers headed to <br />West Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles <br />and communities in South Bay.<br />The January 25 count will take <br />place in Metro Los Angeles, South <br />Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley.<br />NBC reports that the U.S. Department of Housing <br />and Urban Development requires a biennial <br />point-in-time count of the number of homeless people. .<br />Data from the homeless census is reportedly used <br />to develop strategies to address the homeless <br />crisis and determine the allocation of funds. .<br />The count in 2023 highlighted a 9% increase <br />from the year before, revealing that 75,518 <br />people were homeless across the county
