(This content was created with the help of AI.) Los Angeles’ yearslong effort to shrink its homeless population has hit a speed bump at a politically fraught moment for Mayor Karen Bass.
The New York Times reports that a new point-in-time count, to be released on Friday, shows homelessness in the city rose 3.4% over the past year to 45,194 people, according to two people briefed on the data.
The number of people living outdoors in tents, encampments, or vehicles climbed 7.9%. It’s the first full-year increase on Bass’ watch, after two consecutive declines she’d touted as proof her strategy was working…