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Santa Monica Needs Volunteers For Annual Homeless Count
The annual count gives Santa Monica crucial information about how its strategies for combatting homelessness are working, the city said.
SANTA MONICA, CA — The City of Santa Monica needs volunteers for the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, from 10:30 p.m. to 2 or 3 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority conducts the homeless count every January across Los Angeles County. The Santa Monica deployment site will be at St. Monica Catholic Community at 725 California Ave.
The count gives the city crucial information about "how Santa Monica’s local strategies, in collaboration with LA County regional strategies, are working," the City of Santa Monica said in a release.
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Volunteers in 2019 counted 985 people in Santa Monica, a 3% increase from the previous year. The county as a whole saw a 12% increase in homelessness last year, with a total rising to 58,936.
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is looking for volunteers to conduct Santa Monica's homeless count. Those interested in volunteering can sign up here.
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