City Of Manhattan Beach: 2022 Homeless Count

Press release from the City of Manhattan Beach:

11/16/2021 11:49 AM

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) conducts an annual homeless count across Los Angeles County every January. This count allows stakeholders to receive official statistics of what homelessness looks like in our community. 

Last year, the 2021 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count was cancelled due to significant COVID-19 transmission occurring at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2021). Following tremendous progress in combatting COVID-19 and vaccination rates, the County will resume the homeless count. The City will host a deployment site for the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count at the Joslyn Community Center at 1601 N. Valley Drive on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, from approximately 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) will require health precautions to keep everyone safe for the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. LAHSA will require volunteers to wear masks at all times, maintain social distancing and provide personal protective equipment. Volunteers will also be encouraged to be vaccinated. Additionally, volunteers will be asked to organize a team of trusted individuals and sign up together. On the night of the count, volunteers can arrive as a team and stay within their team as they count homeless individuals in Manhattan Beach.

The City has previously hosted deployment sites at Joslyn Community Center for the county-wide 2018, 2019 and 2020 Homeless Counts. Within those counts, 15 individuals were counted in 2020, 21 individuals were counted in 2019 and 41 individuals were counted in 2018.

LAHSA is looking for volunteers to assist with conducting Manhattan Beach’s homeless count. The public is encouraged to sign up and participate. 

If you are interested in volunteering, the public may sign up here. For questions, please contact the City's Homelessness Liaison.

This press release was produced by the City of Manhattan Beach. The views expressed here are the author’s own.