Contra Costa County saw a 7% increase from 2025 in people experiencing homelessness for a total of 2,260, according to an annual survey released Wednesday by the county.
On Jan. 29, 188 volunteers conducted the Point-in-Time Count across the county, accounting for people living outdoors and in vehicles, emergency shelters and transitional housing.
Of the 2,260 total individuals, 1,312 were homeless and 948 were staying in transitional housing or shelter beds, according to the Point-in-Time Count report from the county’s Health, Housing and Homeless Services Division, or H3. Additionally, the two largest racial categories among homeless people were white at 38% and Black at 33%.
Compared to the 2025 report, this year’s survey counted 142 more homeless people in the county. However, this is still well below 2024 levels, with 583 fewer people experiencing homelessness overall.
In this year’s report, 54% of the individuals surveyed were identified as chronically homeless, 85% of their households reported having at least one disabling condition, and 75% of respondents have lived in Contra Costa County for more than 10 years.
The report also said this year also saw an increase of 108 in sheltered individuals, reflecting the benefits of expanding housing resources in the county. Contra Costa Health worked to increase temporary and permanent housing bed capacity up 24% over the last two years.
“This year’s Point-in-Time Count underscores both the scale and complexity of homelessness in Contra Costa,” said H3 Director Christy Saxton in a news release. “We continue working closely with community partners to expand housing opportunities, increase access to services, and support people experiencing homelessness throughout the county.”
These reports help to determine federal and state funding allocations, inform local homelessness efforts and the county better understand trends and needs.
Because they welcome them with open arms, to receive Fed. grant money, instead of trying to help them get their life together, they use them as pawns for more Fed. handouts.
Our city counsel is a stinking, herd of Democratic incompetent, fools.
They can’t steal funds unless they find a way to bring them in, which falls back to the shoulders of our homeless issues.
Your president doesn’t care about you. He “likes in inflation”. Believe him now?
Who is ‘You’?
Concerned Citizen,
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So, you believe dealing with homelessness is a federal responsibility, even though the federal government is the furthest away from dealing with homelessness. You don’t expect government at the state, county, and/or city level of government to deal with homelessness when those governmental entities are closer to the issue of homelessness? Why do you believe homelessness is a federal responsibility? If the State of California didn’t spend $24 billion over 5 years on homelessness, where they didn’t bother to track the effectiveness of where and how those dollars were spent, we could be in a different position today. That $24 billion could’ve built about 50,000 housing units throughout the state. Why doesn’t Governor Newsom care about us? Why doesn’t the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors care about us? Why doesn’t the Concord City Council care about us?
My President doesn’t even know I exist, I’m fine with that, as long as he keeps deleting Biden’s I mean Berry’s B.S. laws, that hurt our Country dearly.
Next up, exposing the CA systems cheat!!!
I hope he burns it down worse than your teams Bass and Blewsome have.
Fe, fi, fo, fum, I smell more NGO grifting to come.
That’s because we’re giving them millions despite most not even wanting to become the “housed” …. it’s one giveaway after another & guess who is paying for it? we are … vote them out! I was really disappointed nobody even ran against Supervisor Carlson in the CCC for District 10 sad….
Gee wonder why 🤔 There have been many reports of the state paying for homeless to exist and stay on the streets. Open encampments in cities across the state, handing out needles and allowing people to use drugs on public streets or even to relieve themselves! The state knows the general population in mass do not want homeless or this behavior but they give them every incentive to stay where they are and keep irritating the public at large. California is the mecca for homeless and the mentally ill and this is done by design by the state government. Go look in a red state, they don’t play these games. Ask yourself why can other states not have this problem but we do and the feds have zero to do with it at this point that is why greasy gavin is trying to pass more taxation because they have rightfully been cutoff from federal funds. After 58 years here I have come to the unequivocal conclusion that I hate and despise this state’s leadership with all my heart!
“We continue working closely with community partners to expand housing opportunities, increase access to services, and support people experiencing homelessness throughout the county.”
More handouts to groups, that get rich. Who gives them these opportunities as ‘community partners’. What percentage of the money they receive is provided to these services versus administrative costs? They should be more transparent. Maybe they are but I don’t see it.
But but Newscum says we are addressing it! The King said it is getting better!
Did our pitiful excuse of leadership lie to us? Again …
Did he not throw enough money at it to make it go away? Or do the NGO’s need more money to cover the gas for the yachts?