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> Martin cited a study from May 2018 by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which found 75 percent of the people on the street in Los Angeles County ha
by zhte415 3y ago
> Martin cited a study from May 2018 by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which found 75 percent of the people on the street in Los Angeles County had a home in that same county before they lost it. It also showed that 65 percent of the unsheltered homeless had lived in that county for at least 20 years. Only 13 percent were from out of state.
Source: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/28/dispelling-myths-about-californias-homeless/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/28/dispelling-my...
Everyone knows, in the lyrics of Leonard Cohen -
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
- zumu 3y agoThose stats are outdated and generally somewhat dubious—what was the methodology here? Nonetheless, it is clear CA generates a lot of homeless. The linked study from 2018 claimed 52,765 homeless in LA county, while the count by the same group performed in 2022 tallied 69,144. Either there's a been a massive influx of people on the streets or their methodology is improving. Perhaps both. Pretty wild to think about.
- QuercusMax 3y agoPopulation keeps growing and prices keep going up. Native californians are being displaced onto the streets.