The latest count of Long Beach’s homeless population was higher than the same period in 2024 despite the city’s investment of over $130 million in recent years, data showed Monday.

The coastal city’s homelessness went up at 6.5%, which indicates that Long Beach now has 219 more unhoused people than last year with city officials blaming the January wildfires for the uptick.

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As over 3,000 people found permanent housing, there were 3,595 unhoused people on the streets of Long Beach as of Jan. 23.

City officials noted that more than 76% of that increase was a result of the fire emergencies that ravaged Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other areas of Los Angeles County. Among those surveyed, 167 people reported being d

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