LAHSA would like to thank the City and County of Los Angeles for their generous support of this project, and the 1,100 volunteers and homeless individuals who participated with us to count and survey the homeless in our communities. This report is the most complete and comprehensive ever developed for the Los Angles Continuum, and would not have been possible without their support.

Executive Summary

2007 Homeless Count Report (13.7 MB, 268 pages)

Annualized Numbers

• Based on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's protocols, an estimated 141,737 homeless people in the Los Angeles CoC experience homelessness sometime during the year. This annual estimate of homelessness represents approximately 1.5% of Los Angeles CoC's total population.

Regional Numbers

• The City of Los Angeles has an estimated 40,144 homeless individuals on any given night.
• Skid Row reported the greatest concentration of homeless persons at 5,131.
• The San Gabriel Valley and Metro Los Angeles areas experienced an increase in the number of homeless from the prior count, while the remaining 6 Service Planning Areas (SPAs) saw decreases in their homeless populations.
• Following are the homeless estimates for each SPA:
  
  

  	SPA 1	Antelope Valley	1,815
  	SPA 2	San Fernando Valley	6,411
  	SPA 3	San Gabriel Valley	9,942
  	SPA 4	Metro Los Angeles	22,030
  	SPA 5	West Los Angeles	6,703
  	SPA 6	South Los Angeles	11,670
  	SPA 7	East Los Angeles	5,580
  	SPA 8	South Bay/Harbor	4,457

  
  
  
• Census Results by Supervisorial District: Point-in-Time1
  
  

  	District 1	Gloria Molina	18,916
  	District 2	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	23,473
  	District 3	Zev Yaroslavsky	13,721
  	District 4	Don Knabe	5,529
  	District 5	Michael D. Antonovich	6,609

  
  
  
• Los Angeles City Census Results by City Council District: Point-in-Time1
  
  

  	District 1	Ed P. Reyes	2,644
  	District 2	Wendy Greuel	738
  	District 3	Dennis P. Zine	831
  	District 4	Tom LaBonge	1,811
  	District 5	Jack Weiss	2,245
  	District 6	Tony Cardenas	1,420
  	District 7	Richard Alarcon	937
  	District 8	Bernard C. Parks	2,696
  	District 9	Jan Perry	10,098
  	District 10	Herb J. Wesson	2,571
  	District 11	Bill Rosendahl	2,799
  	District 12	Greig Smith	768
  	District 13	Eric Garcetti	3,225
  	District 14	Jose Huizar	5,559
  	District 15	Janice Hahn	1,802

  
  
  

The statistical confidence level for the Los Angeles CoC is 95% with a 7.5% margin of error. When these data are applied to a more granular level, i.e., supervisiorial district, city council district, or city within Los Angeles County, the confidence level and potential margin of error increases, in some cases significantly. As a result, the regional and political subdivision numbers should be utilized with these limitations in mind, and are provided as a consideration to the many constituencies that make up the Los Angeles Continuum of Care.

All cities were given an opportunity to expand the study for a more robust homeless enumeration of their jurisdiction. No city elected to pursue this option and the numbers presented in this section should be used for general guidance only.

The Los Angeles Homeless Count was designed for the Los Angeles Continuum of Care. Detailed info on homelessness in individual cities (excluding the City of Los Angeles) is not available thru LAHSA. If you desire more specific info regarding your city please contact:

Peter Connery
www.appliedsurveyresearch.org
(831) 728-1356