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Downtown homeless up 26 percent

More than 800 homeless people were living unsheltered on the streets of downtown San Diego in January, an increase of about 26 percent since last year, according to updated numbers from an ... Ref. Source 5k

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The Crime of Living Without a Home in Los Angeles:

More than half the $100 million a year L.A. Spends combatting homelessness - as much as $87.3 million - goes to the police, who use it to patrol homeless communities and put people in jail. In 2013, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested 15,000 homeless people, accounting for 14 percent of all arrests. Ref. Source 7q

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L.A. Council declares homeless crisis :

With an estimated 26,000 people calling Los Angeles sidewalks, cars and storm drains home, city officials on Tuesday approved an expanded campaign to help the homeless this winter by opening public buildings as temporary shelters and allowing people to sleep inside vehicles in designated lots. Ref. Source 3g

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Housing gift lands homeless man in jail

A nonprofit’s attempt to provide a miniature house for a homeless man downtown lasted only a couple of nights before San Diego police officers arrested him and hauled the structure away. "It was nice," he said. "Loved my house. I want my house back." Ref. Source 2j

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Homeless youth receive holiday cheer

Dozens of homeless children at the East County Transitional Living Center in El Cajon received warm clothing, blankets and linens. The presents were donated by the Church of the Nativity in Rancho Santa Fe and East County residents. Ref. Www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/19/christmas-party-homeless-youth/

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Volunteers needed to count homeless

Some 300 volunteers are needed for the county’s annual homeless headcount on Jan. 29. The census, conducted by the San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless, helps determine where to direct federal funds. Last year’s count found 8,742 homeless in the county. Ref. Source 1n.