Overview
- City officials released preliminary results Tuesday from January’s one-night point‑in‑time survey showing 7,973 people homeless and about 3,400 unsheltered, declines of roughly 4% and 22% since 2024.
- The city moved the count to early morning and asked people directly about their housing status, which officials say improves accuracy but blunts comparisons to the prior visual survey.
- Fewer than 100 people were counted in tents or makeshift structures, an estimated 85% drop that points to far fewer large sidewalk encampments.
- Families experiencing homelessness rose about 15% to 465, and officials said many unsheltered families lived in vehicles as an RV program moved 132 households and led to nearly 800 citations and 240 tows.
- The city reports that 57% of people counted were in shelter and a net 408 beds were added, yet about 500 people remain on the shelter waitlist and fuller survey results are due this summer.