The data for 2026’s Point In Time (PIT) Count was announced Wednesday by a slew of Sacramento City and County elected officials, giving us a snapshot of homelessness across the county.
Unsurprisingly, the numbers are approximately 13% higher than they were two years ago in 2024, when Sacramento County joyously reported the largest drop in homelessness of any county in the state.
That rise in data could be because of the gap in time between the two count. But it’s more likely that the numbers in 2024 were just plain wrong, just as nearly everyone thought they were, despite howling protests from some elected officials who desperately wanted the data to be true…