The majority of the deaths were categorized as an 'accident,' according to a report by the City Controller's Office.
The City Controller's Office released a map of unhoused deaths in 2023 using data obtained from the County Medical-Examiner Coroner.
In response to the controller's report, Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement Thursday saying, “Every death that occurs is a tragedy and we express our condolences to those friends, family and community members who have lost a loved one due to this crisis.”She added, “The focus of our work has been to take urgent action to save lives and while the controller's data released today indicates a decrease in deaths, we know that there is still much more work to be done.
Of the 900 deaths in 2023, 160 of deaths were natural, 16 were suicide and 6 were undetermined. The City Controller's Office noted they classified these as “mode of death” because the mode can take a while to investigate and conclusions are preliminary. About 274 of white unhoused people died in 2023, and 289 of Hispanic/Latino unhoused people died last year as well.
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