Los Angeles
Tuesday, 7/21, 08:02 PM
Long Beach homelessness rises again, and chronic cases jump sharply
- The city's January count found 3,729 people without stable housing, up 3.7 percent from a year earlier and a second straight annual increase.
- The harder number is chronic homelessness, which rose to 58 percent of the total from under 47.
- More people are also in shelters, and 1,702 were housed during the year.