Economics
L.A. Sheriff Predicts New Homeless Surge When Eviction Curb Ends
- County’s eviction ban is set to be lifted at end of September
- Villanueva, in re-election race, has taken on homeless camps
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Los Angeles County, already at the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis, could see its unhoused population nearly double after pandemic-related eviction moratoriums end, according to local Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
The number of people experiencing homelessness in the county could rise to more than 150,000 in the next few years from about 80,000 now, Villanueva told Bloomberg News in an interview. The most recent official homeless census in January 2020, before the economically-devastating pandemic, counted about 66,000 in the greater L.A. area.