Cities with 7 - 10K homeless: San Diego City and County recorded a homeless population of 9160 in 2017 while the District of Columbia recorded 7,473 people and San Jose/Santa Clara City and County 7,394 people. In San Diego, the number of homeless families with children was 1,589 while unaccompanied homeless youths were 1,160. About 20% of the population of DC lives in poverty with 57,000 of the 20% living in extreme poverty, a major catalyst for homelessness in the city.
Cities with 5 - 7K homeless: San Francisco, Las Vegas/Clark County, and Boston recorded a homeless population of between 6,000 to 6,800 people. The extreme wealth of San Francisco has only increased the number of homeless people, with the city recording a population of 6,858 people. They are now dealing with hosing poop off sidewalks daily. In Las Vegas/Clark County, the number of homeless people increased to 6,490 in 2017 from 6,208 in 2016. Las Vegas has over the years worked to reduce the homeless population. Boston recorded a homeless population of 6,135 in the same year. Philadelphia completed the list of the top ten cities with the highest homeless population with 5,693 people on the street.
Unfortunately, it is now documented that illegals have become part of a rising number of Latinos who are living homeless in Los Angeles. Recent figures released by the county show that Latino homelessness shot up by 63% in the past year, a staggering number in a county that saw its overall homeless population soar by 23%, despite increasing efforts to get people off the street.
Nearly every demographic, including youth, families and veterans, showed increases in homelessness, but Latinos delivered one of the sharpest rises, adding more than 7,000 people to the surge.
Why are DEMs spinning or ignoring the immigration data? Sticking to the facts will help all of us make the best decision. (All information was from the LV Review Journal and a study from Yale)
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