San Bernardino County Sees 10% Drop in Homelessness, Riverside County Reports 7% Increase

Riverside County sees 7% increase in homelessness, San Bernardino County reports 10% drop

Both counties reported fewer homeless residents without shelter of any kind, however.

San Bernardino County sees 10% drop in homelessness, Riverside County reports 7% increase

The latest report on homelessness in the Inland Empire is mixed. For the first time since 2017, San Bernardino County saw a drop in the number of residents experiencing homelessness, the county announced on Thursday, May 15. According to a news release issued Thursday afternoon, the number of homeless residents counted in January’s Point in Time Count was 3,821, down from 4,255 in 2024. That’s a drop of 10.2% in one year. In Riverside County, me…

Palm Springs reports 63% drop in homelessness as county data is released ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

Volunteers make contact with an unhoused man in Downtown Palm Springs in January during the countywide Point In Time Count. Palm Springs officials are reporting a 63% decrease in the number of unhoused individuals since 2023, according to results from the Riverside County Point-in-Time Count conducted on Jan. 22. The dramatic reduction in Palm Springs stands in contrast to Riverside County as a whole, which reported a 7% increase in its total ho…