Kevin Jones graduated from high school in 1988 and decided not to pursue higher education. But after becoming homeless in 2014, he decided to turn his life around and just received his bachelor’s degree from CSUDH.
Sheltering our population experiencing homelessness is an urgent priority for the City. The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, published by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority on July 20, 2020, reported that 41,290 individuals were experiencing homelessness in the City, an increase of 16.1 percent over 2019. Of this group, 28,852 individuals are unsheltered.