May 13, 2025
San Diego hasn’t been able to keep up with the pace of its growing homeless population.
By the numbers: More than 10,600 people in the county experienced homelessness in 2024, with around 8,100 beds available for them in interim housing, according to a new annual housing report by the California Housing Partnership released last week.
- From January to March nearly 3,000 people were housed permanently, but about 3,200 became homeless for the first time, according to the Regional Task Force on Homelessness.
What they’re saying: “Homelessness is not the result of someone’s bad choices,” Hanan Scrapper, regional director at PATH San Diego, said last week when the report was released. “It’s a direct result of the high cost of housing and severe shortage of affordable options.”