Local task force decides to keep separate homeless count
FILE PHOTO From left, Alix Schwartz, 26, Gabby Vera, 27, and Hector Sherman, 30, look at a map next to Valencia Meadows Park as they participate in the annual homeless count on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Local task force decides to keep separate homeless count

Following a summer hiatus, the Santa Clarita homeless task force met Wednesday to discuss the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count for the first time since its release — and…

Volunteers gather for homeless count
A Bridge to Home staff member, left, hands a 2019 tally sheet to Dr. Joan Aschoff during the L.A. Homeless Count briefing held at The Centre in Santa Clarita on Tuesday night. Dan Watson/The Signal

Volunteers gather for homeless count

By Crystal Duan Signal Staff Writer As part of the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, a room full of 70 Santa Clarita Valley volunteers gathered at The Centre on Tuesday…

SCV residents can now use county homeless portal to help homeless people
Lori Broadway sits in Veteran's Historical Plaza Park. Austin Dave /The Signal

SCV residents can now use county homeless portal to help homeless people

Santa Clarita Valley residents can now better connect homeless people with services through a new county-wide online reporting system. Last week, the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative and Los Angeles…

Volunteers still needed for homeless count
Los Angeles Homeless Services Commissioner Larry Adamson, left, welcomes the dozens of volunteers who registered for a homeless count in Santa Clarita in 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Volunteers still needed for homeless count

Officials continue to look for volunteers to help count Santa Clarita Valley’s homeless population later this month as part of the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The count will take…

Volunteers needed for annual homeless count
Los Angeles Homeless Services Commissioner Larry Adamson, left, welcomes the dozens of volunteers who registered for a homeless count in Santa Clarita in 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Volunteers needed for annual homeless count

Officials are seeking volunteers to help count Santa Clarita Valley’s homeless population later this month as part of the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The count will take place at…

County data reveals more homeless in Santa Clarita
Jason Knowles (left) and Rodney Parker sit at the Metro station in Newhall with food packages from Bridge to Home. Austin Dave/The Signal

County data reveals more homeless in Santa Clarita

Surrounding conversations that the homeless count in Santa Clarita had increased over the past year, data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority confirms that there are more people who…

Homeless committee emphasizes need to get local nonprofits funding
Carolyn Odien, left, and Sheila Wyeth prepare clothes that are available for the homeless to pick up at Bridge to Home's winter shelter on Drayton Street in Santa Clarita on Christmas Eve. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Homeless committee emphasizes need to get local nonprofits funding

Santa Clarita’s ad hoc committee on homelessness met for the second time Monday to discuss the city’s next steps for aiding its homeless population. The group met for the first…

Volunteers take to the streets for annual homeless count
Los Angeles Homeless Services Commissioner Larry Adamson, left, welcomes the dozens of volunteers who registered for a homeless count in Santa Clarita in 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Volunteers take to the streets for annual homeless count

On Tuesday night, thousands of volunteers throughout Los Angeles covered the streets, underpasses, riverbeds and washes of the county to count the number of individuals experiencing homelessness in the area.…

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