L.A. sees another sharp rise in homelessness and tent, vehicle living

Nearly two-thirds of the homeless people tallied countywide, or 28,000, were in the city of Los Angeles, representing an 11% jump in January from a year earlier, a report from the agency stated. The county's homeless population grew 5.7%.

Homelessness has increased steadily since 2013, as local officials struggle to identify funding for billion-dollar plans they approved this year to solve one of the region's most intractable problems.

The number of homeless women across most of the county -- Long Beach, Glendale and Pasadena are counted separately -- has jumped 55% since 2013, to 14,461 from 9,348.

In that same area, the most visible form of homelessness -- tents, shantytowns and vehicles with people living in them -- climbed 20%, on top of an 85% jump in 2015... Garcetti called the increase in the "unsheltered" population -- homeless people living outdoors in tents, shanties, cars and RVs -- particularly worrisome.