2019 homeless count reveals small increase in Long Beach as populations swell elsewhere
The 2019 homeless count found 31 more people living on the streets or in some other non-permanent housing, an increase of about 2%.
The 2019 homeless count found 31 more people living on the streets or in some other non-permanent housing, an increase of about 2%.
Every other year (that’s what biennial means), volunteers in Long Beach wake up before the crack of dawn to canvass the city and count and survey people experiencing homelessness.
The number of homeless people on the streets of Long Beach has been in steady decline over the first part of this decade, and the release of a biennial survey conducted by the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services illustrated another dip in the numbers.