Nearly 1,500 volunteers participate in countywide homeless count for San Diego
Just after 4 a.m., dozens of volunteers walked the streets of downtown San Diego to count heads, tents and people living in cars.
Volunteers went through downtown streets where people slept on the concrete. Others were inside tents and canopies covered with tarps, serving as a makeshift shelter to keep them warm. “I would say within the last two years it has increased,” says Johnson- Wilson. “A lot of people believe San Diego is a beautiful place and they come here assuming that they can afford the rent. Then they realize they can’t find work, can’t afford the rent and end up on the streets.”
Volunteers participated in the Point in Time Homeless Count across the entire region. The Regional Task Force on Homeless shares that there were over 30 deployment sites.
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