Photography by Estefany Gonzalez
Alameda County’s recent point-in-time homeless count showed several big wins. The county’s urban centers, from Oakland, to Hayward, to Alameda, all saw major declines in homelessness after years of increases.
But in the county’s eastern Tri-Valley suburbs of Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore, the story is entirely different. A half-hour drive on I-580, past the rolling hills and deep into the sprawl, homelessness is up — most of all in Livermore, where it rose 24% since the last count in 2024. And local service providers aren’t surprised…