LA Census Report 38 % Drop In Homeless
In somewhat controversial news, The Los Angeles Times ran a story today, November 11, 2009, called Backlash over report showing a big drop in L,A,’s homeless population, and it was written by Cara Mia DiMassa. Homeless advocates have been writing, blogging, and tweeting in frustration over a January census, which indicated that the number of homeless people in the region had actually dropped 68,808 in 2007 to 42,694, despite the current economic meltdown.
These advocates say these figure are just not correct. They fear this report could cause them to lose funding when the need is actually very great. After all, many of these homeless are veterans and some have suffered personal injury, etc.
David Snow is executive director of a Santa Monica-based agency, Upward Bound House, that focuses on low-income seniors and homeless families. He was quoted in the article as saying, “I would say there was surprise and shock at the numbers “I wouldn’t call it a criticism of the count.” BTW if you are in the market for a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer then allow me to sugges this firm to you. He can help with accident, wrongful death, spinal cord and related personal injury related cases. He is a leading lawyer in Los Angeles.
All in all, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority issued the report which seems to contain mysterious findings at time when so many in this part of the country are suffering a deep recession and have lost their homes.