Yolo County’s response to a Grand Jury report on homelessness agreed in some cases and disagreed in others.

The county’s response was included in the agenda for Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisors will have the option of commenting on the two reports and accepting or rejecting them.

The investigation in the 2024-2025 Grand Jury report, recounts a “concerning upward trend” based on the latest Point in Time count that showed a “surge of 26.3% in the homeless population between 2022 and 2024, underscoring the escalating nature of this critical social issue.”

The Grand Jury report, released in June, comes at a time when homelessness nationwide is drawing significant attention.

In Yolo County, the January 2024 Point in Time study found there were 942 homeless countywide with

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