Pacific Palisades Needs Volunteers For Annual Homeless Count

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA — Pacific Palisades needs volunteers for the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority conducts the homeless count every January across Los Angeles County. The Pacific Palisades deployment site will be at Corpus Christi Catholic Church at 880 Toyopa Dr.

The effort, known as the point-in-time count, is essential to understanding how large the homeless crisis has become and is required to be conducted by Continuum of Care providers to receive federal funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is looking for volunteers to conduct the Pacific Palisades homeless count. Those interested in volunteering can sign up here.

Homelessness in Los Angeles County increased by 12% from 2018 to 2019 to reach an estimated 58,936 people, based on the results of last year's count.

City News Service contributed to this report.