Both Riverside and San Bernardino counties are claiming progress in their efforts to reduce their homeless populations, according to data released this month.
Riverside County identified 3,990 people who were living in a homeless shelter or on the street during its annual Point-in-Time Count, which county officials and a team of nearly 900 volunteers conducted Jan. 22, according to a statement on the county’s website.
While that did represent an increase of 265 homeless individuals compared with the county’s 2023 count, it did slow the growth of homelessness countywide, which continued a recent trend: down 15 percent in 2022, 12 percent in 2023 and seven percent this year…