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Census Tract 1210.20 has no homeless. That's at least how it was on Tuesday night, the first of three nights of the Los Angeles Homeless Count, which is mandated every two years in order for the LA Homeless Services Authority to keep their federal funding.
And this year is critical to keep the money coming to Los Angeles. Demand for homeless services have quadrupled since last Fall in the Valley alone, according to the Daily News' Dana Bartholomew. 73,000 homeless were counted during the 2007 count and this year, considering the economy, a larger number is expected.
Still, as homeless count trainers noted to a group of volunteers on Tuesday in North Hollywood, it's not unusual if you encounter an area without homeless. For us, that held true.
Partnered up with Cecilia Ribakoff--she's science blogger on the side--of LA Family Housing and a few others, we headed off to a quiet North Hollywood neighborhood near Laurel Canyon and Roscoe Boulevards. We walked the dark streets lined with single family homes looking at every dark corner and into every sketchy car, more often than not, causing every dog in the neighborhood to bark rather than encountering any human on the street.
In a couple months, phase two of the Homeless Count will begin. This time, trained volunteers will be interviewing homeless about needs and the such.
Previously
- PhiLAnthropist Counts the Homeless in Venice
- PhiLAnthropist: Count The Homeless
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Did you guys hit up any other parts of North Hollywood? I live here in NoHo and there certainly are homeless people around. From the sad looking guy who's often somewhere near the 7-11 at Burbank & Colfax (I think he camps out behind the bushes in back of the police station) to the buff mowhawked dude who can often be seen pushing his card the wrong way down the street on Laurel Canyon to the many dozens of transient looking folks who can always be found sleeping on the benches in the North Hollywood park. Not sure about the quiter neighborhoods near Laural Canyon & Roscoe but if you head just a bit further south in this same part of town the homeless are, sadly, hard to miss.
People were assigned all over the city and Valley. I'm sure your area got covered too, but I can't guarantee that.
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