City pushback leads to clarified homeless count for El Cajon
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2025 homeless count in El Cajon corrected after inaccuracies
(The Center Square) — The Regional Task Force on Homelessness in San Diego revised El Cajon’s most recent homelessness count after discovering it had included two dozen individuals who were outside the city's region and possibly counted individuals twice.
The nonprofit organization in charge of San Diego County's annual homeless census has identified two dozen people included in the El Cajon count who were actually outside the city limits and acknowledged the possibility that others were counted twice. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness pledged to clarify that the El Cajon figures include unincorporated areas in the future and to improve coordination among volunteers to ensure no one is coun…
City pushback leads to clarified homeless count for El Cajon
EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Regional Task Force on Homelessness in San Diego has revised the number of homeless people in El Cajon after city leadership publicly challenged the original numbers from this year’s Point-in-Time Count, an annual snapshot of individuals experiencing homelessness across San Diego County. While the region saw a significant decrease, El Cajon was one of the only cities in the county that saw an uptick in homeles…
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