The City of Pasadena and Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness canvassed the city Tuesday, Jan. 23 and Wednesday, Jan. 24 for the 2024 Point in Time Homeless Count. Los Angeles County Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath, walk with Paul Krekorian, Council President, City of Los Angeles, during the 2024 LAHSA homeless count for Los Angeles County in North Hollywood on Tuesday Jan. 23, 2024.
L-R Alison King, and Mpume Nyandu speak with a man sleeping on the sidewalk, during the 2024 point-in-time tally of folks experiencing homelessness, on a drizzling morning in Long Beach on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. and a 91% increase from the previous decade, disappointing many city and county leaders who hoped to see a leveling off or drop in numbers.
The count is by no means a perfect measure of homelessness, as it only reflects a point-in-time observation and is susceptible to errors made by volunteers and technology. Webster believes that requires understanding how money is or isn’t being effectively used to address homelessness, which is why he is eager to see the results of the audit ordered by Judge Carter.