The Mayor’s office is reporting that the homeless count in Los Angeles is down two years in a row.
This after the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results of their 2025 annual homeless count that was taken in February.
The report noted a drop of 4% county wide, and 3.4% in the City of Los Angeles.
“Homelessness has gone down two years in a row because we chose to act with urgency and reject the broken status quo of leaving people on the street until housing was built. These results aren’t just data points—they represent thousands of human beings who are now inside, and neighborhoods that are beginning to heal,” said Mayor Bass. “This Point in Time Count makes one thing clear: change is possible when we refuse to accept encampments as normal and refuse to leave people behind. I want to recognize the Inside Safe Team for the work they do to build trust and bring people inside, Chair of the Council Housing and Homelessness Committee Councilwoman Raman for her partnership and Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum for her dedicated and unwavering leadership. My commitment to confront this crisis head-on is stronger and more urgent than ever.”
Mayor Bass, on her first day in office, declared a state of emergency and created her “Inside Safe” program to get homeless off the street.
Though she is claiming a great success, many on City Council are questioning the results.
Councilman Bob Blumenfield, who sits on the Housing and Homeless Committee, told the
