LA Releases Preliminary 2023 Homeless Deaths Count

Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia released preliminary results March 28 that revealed there were around 900 closed cases for homeless deaths in 2023, which is about 200 shy of the total number of homeless deaths the year prior, which was 1,167. The number will be updated when all cases have been investigated. Most of the deaths, approximately 75 percent, were accidental, according to data from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. The preliminary data also revealed 12 percent of those murdered last year in the city were homeless, despite the homeless making up just 1 percent of the city’s population. Forty deaths of homeless people were homicides, the data show....