South Bay Service Planning Area (SPA) 8
Homeless Count 2020 Results

Under the leadership of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and the South Bay Coalition to End Homelessness, the entire region consisting of over 4,000 road miles was canvassed with the help of over 550 volunteers.  This is the sixth time 100% of SPA 8 was covered, providing exceptionally detailed trend views of homelessness throughout the South Bay.

We wish to thank LAHSA, South Bay municipalities, local law enforcement, Coordinated Entry System outreach teams (including LAHSA's HET), City of Los Angeles neighborhood councils, hospitals, faith community, and community volunteers for making the 2020 Count a success.
For the night of January 22, 2020, 4,560 people were identified as experiencing homelessness in the SPA 8/South Bay.​
Homeless Count 2020 SPA 8 Overview

This data sheet contains: Homelessness demographic information for SPA 8/South Bay in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (i.e., LA County minus Long Beach, Glendale, and Pasadena)​.
For additional information on SPA 8's homelessness, please refer to these briefing:
  • June 2020 SBCEH General Meeting Briefing on SPA 8 Level 2020 Homeless Count
  • August 2020 SBCEH General Meeting Briefing with the SPA 8 city-level data
Some fast facts:
  • Overall homelessness rose by 3% in SPA 8, while it went up by 12% in Los Angeles County.
  • The South Bay’s unsheltered population is 65% larger than Skid Row’s.
  • SPA 8 persons living on the street, in a tent or makeshift shelter increased by 8%, while those living in vehicles decreased by 10%. 
​The following are reported by LAHSA at the SPA level:
  • The Youth Count results. There were 77 persons between 18-24 experiencing homelessness in the South Bay.
  • Those staying in domestic violence emergency shelters or transitional housing, to maintain each program's confidential location. There were 137 persons staying at the SPA 8 DV programs, a 1 year increase of 56%
  • Persons receiving motel vouchers through DPSS, which are considered emergency (or "crisis") housing.  There were 319 persons using these resources, a 1 year increase of 32%.​
2020 Data Notes
  • Data source: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, LAHSA.org.
  • In 2020, LAHSA broke out additional geographies: Unincorporated Harbor Gateway, Unincorporated Hawthorne, Unincorporated Palos Verdes, and Unincorporated Wiseburn.  For more information on these areas, please refer to SBCEH's SPA 8 Data Sheet.
  • LAHSA re-released 2019 Homeless Count data on 7-30-19.  SBCEH's 2020 SPA 8 level data sheet has been updated to reflect the updated numbers, with overall SPA homeless increased slightly from 4,388 to 4,409.  2019 City-level numbers were not affected.  
  • SBCEH rounds differently from LAHSA so the data on these information sheets may differ slightly by 1 or 2.
  • Youth Count numbers, DPSS issued motel vouchers, and domestic violence shelters are reported at the SPA level rather than at the city level.
  • In 2019, LAHSA changed the city/neighborhood boundaries then retroactively applied these to the 2016-2018 Counts. The table reflects the original Count results reported for 2018, and hence may be different from LAHSA’s Community data.
SPA-Wide Reports
Click on the jurisdictional map to view the 2020 report.
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Los Angeles County
Supervisorial District 2 within SPA 8
Los Angeles County
Supervisorial District 4 within SPA 8
City of Los Angeles
Council District 15 within SPA 8
                          1,591 Persons Homeless                                                 2,330 Persons Homeless                                                          1,723 Persons Homeless       
                                   8% decrease                                                                     5% increase                                                                                 1% decrease    
City or Neighborhood Reports
Click on the City/Neighborhood map to view the 2020 city-level report.
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Carson
Catalina/Avalon
El Segundo
Gardena
Harbor City
(CIty of LA)
     158 Persons Homeless                       32 Persons Homeless                47 Persons Homeless                    98 Persons Homeless                      262 Persons Homeless 
              52% decrease                                     6% decrease                              147% increase                                  29% increase                                     71% increase
                                                                     includes 3 sheltered                                       
Harbor Gateway
​(City of LA)
Hawthorne
Hermosa Beach
Inglewood
Lawndale
      272 Persons Homeless                  205 Persons Homeless                     29 Persons Homeless                   525 Persons Homeless                    39 Persons Homeless
               -3% decrease                                 90% increase                                    16% increase                                    14% increase                                  18% increase
                                                                 includes 11 sheltered                                                                                   includes 241 sheltered                     
Lennox
​(Unincorp LA County)
Lomita
Manhattan Beach​
Palos Verdes Peninsula
(4 cities)
Redondo Beach
        139 Persons Homeless                 25 Persons Homeless                  15 Persons Homeless                       0 Persons Homeless                      177 Persons Homeless
                 26% decrease                               4% decrease                                29% decrease                                   100% decrease                                   2% increase
                                                                 Includes 10 sheltered
San Pedro
​(City of LA)
Torrance
​
West Athens
(Unincorp LA County)
West Carson
​​(Unincorp LA County)
Wilmington
(City of LA)
      583 Persons Homeless                    322 Persons Homeless               145 Persons Homeless                    181 Persons Homeless                      586 Persons Homeless  
              5% decrease                                       42% increase                               13% increase                                    89% increase                                     13% decrease
       Includes 93 sheltered                           Includes 52 sheltered                     Includes 25 sheltered                                                                                    Includes 35 sheltered
City of Long Beach
Long Beach is part of Los Angeles County's SPA 8 but is its own "continuum of care" (CoC), thus it conducts a separate homeless count for its jurisdiction.  Its 2020 Homeless Count found 2,034, an increase of 15% The following links provide more information about this city's work:

2020 Long Beach CoC Homeless Count Infographic
2020 Long Beach CoC Homeless Count Results  (shows comparisons with past Counts)
Multi-Service Center (MSC) Information
Long Beach's Homeless Services General Information