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Long Beach has begun enforcing its anti-camping laws. City officials say they are emphasizing compassion in the sweeps, but police say they won't hesitate to issue fines and citations if needed.
The city of Long Beach saw a drop in homelessness for the first time in seven years, while the unhoused population continued to grow in Orange County from 2022 to 2024.
The city of Long Beach will begin citing and possibly arresting homeless people as part of its effort to crack down on the most problematic homeless encampments.
San Luis Obispo County is coextensive with the CA-614 “Continuum of Care” (CoC) district. In the 2024 point in time count: 8% of homeless people surveyed in that district were under the age of 18, 4% were 18–24, 15% 25–34, 23% 35–44, 22% 45–54, 20% 55–66, and 9% 65 or older. Among the homeless surveyed were 43 families with children.
Long Beach, California: As of April 2021, one is located near Interstate 405 and 710 freeways. [9] In September 2008, five people were shot dead at a homeless encampment near the present-day one near 405 in what is known to be one of the most deadliest acts of violence against the homeless community.
Three boys were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Saturday in Long Beach after beating a homeless man with tent poles and a tripod, police said.
Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.
Academics and homeless advocates cast Newsom's encampment order, which followed the ruling, as a reaction to political pressure that could make the problem worse instead of offering a solution to ...