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A new RAND study reveals Los Angeles’ official homeless count is wildly inaccurate, missing nearly 32% of unsheltered individuals—especially in high-need areas like Skid Row, where accuracy drops to just 61%. As more people live in tents or vehicles and encampment sweeps push them into harder-to-track spots, the gap is widening. This miscount directly impacts hundreds of millions in federal and local funding, risking misallocation of resources. RAND proposes deploying professional teams to validate volunteer data, a low-cost fix that could dramatically improve accuracy. L.A.’s Homeless Services Authority agrees the count matters but isn’t the only metric—and welcomes RAND’s collaboration to get it right.

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