City Counts Homeless to Secure Housing Funding
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Police surveyed canyons by helicopter, combed streets and alleys, and tallied shelter beds to determine how many homeless live in the city in an effort to get government funding for housing programs. The count ran from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday. Last year, 3,375 homeless people were counted, which netted the city nearly $9 million in federal money to fund housing programs.
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