Los Angeles County kicks off 2026 homeless count amid funding uncertainty

Thousands of volunteers will fan out across Los Angeles County Tuesday night, Jan. 20, to conduct the nation’s largest count of people living unsheltered.

The annual snapshot comes at a particularly complicated moment, shaped by heightened uncertainty over immigration enforcement, friction between state and local governments and the federal government, and renewed scrutiny over how homeless data is collected and used.

• Jeff Few, 42, gets ready to haul metal recycling along San Fernando Road in Pacoima on Monday...