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Cities across the country survey their homeless populations in January, at least every two years. You can usually Google "city homeless count/survey" to get th

Cities across the country survey their homeless populations in January, at least every two years. You can usually Google "city homeless count/survey" to get the reports. For example, San Francisco: http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/ http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless... Los Angeles: https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=2059-2018-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation.pdf https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=2059-2018-greater-los-ang... According to the 2017 SF survey, 10% of homeless were out of state when they most recently became homeless. According to the 2018 LA survey, 14% were out of state. I am not sure if you should entirely trust these numbers, or if they are asking exactly the right question---everyone involved knows that there's a right answer and a wrong answer to the question---but it's the best we have.

atomi 8y ago
If it's helpful 8.5% of all L.A county residents have lived in the county less than a year which you can contrast that to the 7% of homeless that have been here less than a year. And according to a UCLA study, "65% of unsheltered homeless individuals have lived in the county for more than 20 years." That means 35% have been here less than 20 years. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla-anderson-forecast-20180613-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla-anderson-forecast... And how many of the homeless were born in the county? I suspect it's a very low considering so many residents in the county of L.A. aren't native born. There's a funny advertisement for the Grinch movie here in L.A. which rings true. The line says, something like, "My favorite time of year is Christmas, when everyone goes back to where they came from."

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Cities across the country survey their homeless populations in January, at least every two years. You can usually Google "city homeless count/survey" to get th

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atomi 8y ago
If it's helpful 8.5% of all L.A county residents have lived in the county less than a year which you can contrast that to the 7% of homeless that have been here less than a year. And according to a UCLA study, "65% of unsheltered homeless individuals have lived in the county for more than 20 years." That means 35% have been here less than 20 years. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla-anderson-forecast-20180613-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla-anderson-forecast... And how many of the homeless were born in the county? I suspect it's a very low considering so many residents in the county of L.A. aren't native born. There's a funny advertisement for the Grinch movie here in L.A. which rings true. The line says, something like, "My favorite time of year is Christmas, when everyone goes back to where they came from."