Over 2,000 Homeless People Died in Los Angeles Last Year
A shocking 2,033 homeless people died in Los Angeles in 2023.
The staggering figure represents a 300% increase from 2014.
The numbers were revealed in an expose from The Guardian.
“An exclusive review of LA county medical examiner data obtained by the Guardian shows the department logged a total of 11,573 deaths of unhoused people over the last decade. Deaths have consistently increased every year,” the Guardian reports.
The 2023 figure averages out to over six deaths per day in the California county.
The Guardian reports:
The data is an undercount as the medical examiner only has jurisdiction over deaths considered violent, sudden or unusual, or where the deceased has not recently seen a doctor,
