{"id":1960409,"date":"2023-06-29T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-75000-are-homeless-in-los-angeles-county-as-number-jumps-9-from-2022\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:14:32","slug":"more-than-75000-are-homeless-in-los-angeles-county-as-number-jumps-9-from-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-75000-are-homeless-in-los-angeles-county-as-number-jumps-9-from-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 75,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, marking a 9% increase from 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-than-75000-are-homeless-in-los-angeles-county-as-number-jumps-9-from-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960409&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Homelessness Crisis in Los Angeles County<\/h2>\n<p>More than 75,000 people are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-governor-cuomo-grants-clemency-to-illegal-aliens-to-help-them-remain-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"NY Governor Cuomo Grants Clemency To Illegal Aliens To Help Them Remain In The U.S.\">homeless<\/a> in Los Angeles County, California, representing a staggering 10% increase in the unhoused population compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent annual point-in-time count released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, it was revealed that 75,518 individuals in the county are living in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asylum-seekers-say-biden-border-camps-rife-with-crime-and-kidnappings-child-migrants-living-in-neglect-filth-and-fear\/\" title=\"Asylum Seekers Say Biden Border Camps Rife With Crime And Kidnappings, Child Migrants Living In \u2018Neglect, Filth, And Fear\u2019\">dire conditions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-order-requiring-masks-for-travelers-to-begin-monday-night\/\" title=\"CDC Order Requiring Masks For Travelers To Begin Monday Night\">including vehicles<\/a>, tents, makeshift shelters, or provisional housing.<\/p>\n<h3>Alarming Rise in Homelessness<\/h3>\n<p>Last year, the number of people living in such circumstances was 69,144, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. Shockingly, since the same count in 2015, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">homeless population<\/a> has spiked by 70% in the county and 80% in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these distressing figures, neither Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass nor Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) have responded to the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Disappointing but Not Surprising<\/p>\n<p>Expressing her disappointment, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Chief Executive Va Lecia Adams Kellum stated, &#8220;We thought with last year&#8217;s numbers that we were flattening the curve. However, what we see in this trajectory is that people remain in a situation of vulnerability where they&#8217;re falling into homelessness faster than we can house them.&#8221; She emphasized the need for more comprehensive measures to address the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Black homeless individuals make up a disproportionate 31% of the count, while Latinos account for approximately 43%. Additionally, a quarter of the county&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-75000-are-homeless-in-los-angeles-county-as-number-jumps-9-from-2022\/\" title=\"Over 75,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, marking a 9% increase from 2022.\">homeless population suffers<\/a> from mental illnesses, and an additional 30% reported having substance use disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, representatives from the districts within the county have not responded to the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Los Angeles County, California, over 75,000 individuals are homeless, a nearly 10% rise from 2022. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority&#8217;s recent annual count revealed that 75,518 people reside in vehicles, tents, makeshift shelters, or temporary accommodations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1960410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}