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The number of homeless people in Sonoma County dropped 7 percent in early 2020 compared with early 2019, according to a survey released by the county Wednesday.
Sonoma County’s 2020 Point-in-Time Homeless Count, taken on February 28 this year, reported 2,745 people experiencing homelessness. The 2019 count, taken on January 25 of last year, recorded 2,951 people.
This year’s count was taken in February before the local economy was hit by COVID-19, Susan Gorin, chair of the Board of Supervisors, noted in a statement. It’s unclear how the pandemic may have contributed to the numbers of homeless people in the county since then.
Regardless, “This year’s point-in-time count demonstrates that Sonoma County’s efforts to provide shelter for some of our most vulnerable residents are moving us in the right direction,” Gorin said.
According to an announcement from the county, the reduction in the number of homeless people was due to several factors.
These include an injection of more than $11 million from the Board of Supervisors to fund the Los Guilicos Village campus, shared housing and master leasing options, as well as increased funding from the State of California and intensive outreach and care coordination of critical services by the County’s Accessing Coordinated Care & Empowering Self-Sufficiency initiative, the county said.
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