The 2025-26 Budget: Oversight of Encampment Resolution Funding

Mar 5, 2025 - Nevertheless, the point-in-time count can serve as a useful indicator of broad homelessness trends over time. In January 2024 (the most recently available data), 187,000 people were counted as homeless —an all-time high for the state, and 36,000 (24  percent) more than were counted in January 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5007

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - DSS defined seven CCE funding regions, with regional allocations to be determined by factors such as distribution of adult and senior care facilities, homelessness counts, and development costs. DSS also determined a few funding set ‑asides, such as 5  percent for tribes and 8  percent for small counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521