However it hasn’t been enough to stop notable increases to particularly vulnerable groups like homeless people who identify as LGBTQ+, which rose 3% from last year and who represent 15% of unsheltered people experiencing chronic homelessness, despite making up only 10% of the unsheltered population. Since 2019, LA County’s shelter system increased capacity 68% to more than 26,000 beds, placed an average of 20,000 people into homes each year, and reduced the average time between outreach engagement and securing interim housing to about 60 days, its lowest in that period. “That requires different organizations and skill sets at every step of the way and I think people in our community see that, but I believe now others in the region are also seeing it.” “I’m very optimistic that at the regional level, people are looking to work together and that people understand that this is a comprehensive approach,” Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo said. The counts for both jurisdictions, meant to sketch a snapshot of their homeless populations, depict housing agencies unable to keep up with the growing rate of demand for homeless services, even amid some success in getting people off the streets. Pasadena’s homelessness count, released separately June 8 because the city operates its own continuum of care, ultimately previewed on a smaller scale the data trends seen in the county’s release, including disproportionate representation among minorities, seniors, and veterans. County’s homeless point-in-time figures showed a 9% increase in homelessness compared to the previous year, adding over 7,000 more residents to the county’s 75,000-plus strong homeless population. Nearly one month after Pasadena’s point-in-time count revealed a 9% increase in homelessness from the previous year, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority data released Thursday, June 29, confirmed the city’s upticks - in residents experiencing homelessness for the first time, those who are unsheltered, and homeless seniors - are countywide trends.
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