More than 200 volunteers gathered at the NOS Center before dawn Thursday and deployed across San Bernardino for the city’s annual Point-in-Time Count, a one-day survey used to help determine federal funding for homelessness programs and guide local decisions on services and shelter.
The count began at 6 a.m. and was expected to conclude at 10 a.m., with support from the San Bernardino Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department as teams fanned out across the city.
Nearly the entire San Bernardino City Council attended the early-morning kickoff, including Mayor Helen Tran and San Bernardino County Supervisor Joe Baca Jr., as organizers briefed volunteers on safety, survey procedures and the distribution of hygiene kits intended to provide immediate aid to unhoused people…