VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2024 HOMELESS COUNT IN MALIBU, wednesday, january 24
Community members can register now to volunteer for the Los Angeles Homeless Authority's (LAHSA) 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count taking place in Malibu on Wednesday, January 24. Every year, thousands of volunteers help conduct the Homeless Count, an annual census of people experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles County to inform homelessness policy decisions and better direct resources to be able to address the homelessness crisis. Learn more and sign up to volunteer on the LAHSA website. For more information, contact Public Safety Liaison Luis Flores at 310-456-2489, ext. 236 or lflores@malibucity.org.
Every year, thousands of volunteers help conduct the Homeless Count, an annual census of people experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles County to inform homelessness policy decisions and better direct resources to be able to address the homelessness crisis.
Malibu is a compassionate community that has been dedicating significant resources toward helping people experiencing homelessness in the community to get off the street and into housing and comprehensive services. The City began contracting for homeless outreach services in 2017, beginning with two outreach workers and expanding in 2020 to include a housing navigator. The City seeks to balance its service-based approach to this humanitarian crisis with the need to address the public safety, environmental, wildfire safety and quality-of-life impacts of homelessness on the community.
The results from the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA) Homeless Count on January 25, 2023, showed a continuing reduction in people experiencing homelessness in Malibu. Since 2017, when the City started tracking the data, the City’s homeless population has continuously declined as follows:
- 2017 – 178
- 2018 – 155
- 2019 – 154
- 2020 – 239
- 2021 – 157
- 2022 – 81
- 2023 – 71
For further questions, contact Public Safety Liaison Luis Flores at 310-456-2489, ext. 236 or lflores@malibucity.org.
For more information about the City’s efforts to address homelessness, visit the Homelessness webpage.