Tag: LAHSA

SANTA MONICA—On Wednesday, January 23, the city of Santa Monica posted on its Facebook page that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) postponed the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, originally slated to take place from January 23 through January 24, for at least 30 days.

The city’s count night had been postponed from its original date of January 23 to Thursday, February 20.

LAHSA made the decision in response to the wildfire crisis, determining that the significant challenges and disruptions across the region due to the wildfires would compromise both the safety of participants and the accuracy of the data collected.

For more information visit www.lahsa.org.

By Trevor

SANTA MONICA—The City of Santa Monica is seeking volunteers for the 2024 homeless count to be held on January 24, from 8:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. The effort will be overseen by the Los Angeles Homeless Authority (LAHSA) in an effort to address and strengthen the lives of those living in homelessness.

According to the City of Santa Monica’s webpage, volunteers may register to help with the homeless count at TheyWillCountYou.org. For more information, please contact LAHSA at homelesscount@lahsa.org or call (213)683-3333.

Reports indicate that the homeless count rose by nine percent between 2022 and 2023 in Los Angeles and by 45 percent in Santa Monica. This is an increase from 4,604 in 2022 up to 6,669 people living in homelessness in Santa Monica in 2023.

Los Angeles County is divided into eight service planning areas. Santa Monica is included in SPA 5 along with many of the other cities in our coverage area including, Bel Air, Beverly Hills Brentwood, Laurel Canyon, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Westwood.

The cities in SPA 5 outside or on the outskirts of the Canyon News coverage area are Beverly Crest, Century City, Culver City, Holmby Hills, Mar Vista Marina Del Rey, Manchester, Palms, Rancho Park, South Robertson, Venice, and Westchester.

By Sharon