In San Jose, one homeless person died earlier this week because of the hot weather as the heat wave continues to affect those living on the street.
The annual point-in-time survey is done by the county's health department and focuses on counting Contra Costa County's homeless population on a single night. In 2023, the count was 4% higher than in 2022. The team and its community partners, including hundreds of vo...
The article focuses on efforts by the city government of San Francisco, California to hide its homeless population during the Super Bowl 50 festivities. It states that social workers have been dispatched to encourage homeless people to visit homeless shelters and utilize other services. It comments ...
Homeless population: 6,566 Estimated rate of homelessness: 10.0 per 1,000 Change in homelessness, 2020-2023: 24% increase Next:10. San Francisco, California 17/29 Credit 10. San Francisco, California Homeless population: 7,582 Estimated rate of homelessness: 9.4 per 1,000 Change in ...
Homeless population: 6,566 Estimated rate of homelessness: 10.0 per 1,000 Change in homelessness, 2020-2023: 24% increase Next:10. San Francisco, California 17/29 Credit 10. San Francisco, California Homeless population: 7,582 Estimated rate of homelessness: 9.4 per 1,000 Change in homeless...
Locally, the issue is front and center, too: 70 percent of San Francisco residents cite homelessness among the top three problems in the city.1 And while California is on track to become the fourth-largest economy in the world,2 it also hosts half of the un...
9 The general population of the US has also experienced an increase in excess deaths not attributed to COVID-19 during the pandemic.10 This disruption to services coincided with increasing unintended overdose deaths in San Francisco, driven by the growing presence of fentanyl. There was a ...
San Francisco leaders have been grappling with the city's dirty streets and the homeless population, which stood at about 7,500 by the end of 2017.
Across the California state, San Francisco is among cities and counties that are hardest hit by an aggravated homelessness crisis. According to one-night counts done every two years, San Francisco had a homeless population of more than 8,000 in 2019. ...
The dire lack of affordable housing and a sharply rising inequity gap are driving San Francisco's homeless population to numbers not seen for 15 years with more than 8,000 people living on the city streets. Statewide, California has 129,972 homeless peop