Every two years, thousands of volunteers and workers take to the streets of counties and localities across the nation to get a snapshot of the homeless population. Here's what Santa Clara County found.
"How many of our folks are able to access shelter and be able to get off the street and not have to sleep outside, or in a tent or in a park," said Sandoval.
Data also shows the biggest barrier to finding permanent housing is cost of rent, with 69 percent saying they can't afford it and 55 percent of the unhoused surveyed saying they don't have a job.As dawn breaks, the team heads to an area hit hard by the recent record-breaking rainfall.
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