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Ricky Riller carries his belongings and dogs in shopping carts before sanitation workers sweep the homeless encampments in the Manchester Square neighborhood in Los Angeles.
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Homelessness in L.A. County jumps ‘staggering’ 23%

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Ricky Riller carries his belongings and dogs in shopping carts before sanitation workers sweep the homeless encampments in the Manchester Square neighborhood in Los Angeles.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

A man leaves a homeless encampment area with his belongings in a bag in Los Angeles.

  (Christian K. Lee / Los Angeles Times)

Housing Works caseworker Anthony Ruffin kneels to check on a homeless woman sleeping on a bus bench

Housing Works caseworker Anthony Ruffin kneels as he checks on a homeless woman sleeping on a bus bench in Hollywood.

  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Monic Bell holds her dog Hades outside her tent in Hollywood. Monic is homeless and says he was in the foster system. Youths made up the fastest growing homeless age group with those 18 to 24 up 64%, followed by those under 18 at 41%.

  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Charles Stacks, 23, speaks to a member of a homeless outreach team after they gave him food and a bag of hygiene supplies in Hollywood. Youths made up the fastest growing homeless age group, with those 18 to 24 up 64%, followed by those under 18 at 41%.

  (Christian K. Lee / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

A homeless man secures his belongings before riding away on his bike in Los Angeles.

  (Christian K. Lee / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Kenneth Sampay, 52, watches television from his cot at the winter homeless shelter at Bethel A.M.E. Church in South Los Angeles. Mirroring last year’s count, only one of every four homeless people were classified as “sheltered,” meaning they were counted in an emergency shelter or longer-term transitional program.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

A man walks past a homeless encampment along 9th Street where it cuts under the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Dayna Catchings, her face reflected in a hand mirror, lives in a homeless encampment along 9th Street where it cuts under the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Tommy Shot, who has been living on the streets for 11 years, smokes a cigarette in a chair by his belongings on Rose Avenue in Venice.

  (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Liz Aguilar, left, and Martin Villa with their hands on guns check a homeless encampment along San Gabriel River in South El Monte.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Martin Villa checks on a homeless man living along the San Gabriel River bed in Irwindale.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Homelessness in L.A. County jumps 'staggering' 23%

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Galvan warns a couple living under a 5 Freeway bridge along the San Gabriel River in Pico Rivera.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Homelessness in L.A. County jumps ‘staggering’ 23%

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