While the news was welcomed by Los Angeles County supervisors and public health officials, they agreed that the mortality rate was still too high.

About 2,208 unhoused residents died in the county in 2024, roughly 300 fewer than the 2,500 reported the previous year, the report found.

Health officials attributed part of the decline to drug overdose prevention efforts, including expanded distribution of naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

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A sharp decrease in overdose deaths in L.A. County drove the first decline in homeless mortality in over a decade. Health and homeless service officials hope the trend can continue as homeless ...

Fewer people experiencing homelessness died in Los Angeles County in 2024 than in the previous year, marking the first decline since the county began tracking the data more than a decade ago, ...

Most populous US county last year also noted fewer unhoused people in area facing affordable housing shortage ...

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A public health report shows deaths among LA County’s unhoused residents fell in 2024, with overdose fatalities dropping by more than 20%.

L.A. County saw homeless deaths fall in 2024 — the first decline since 2014. Officials say progress could be reversed without ...

The Hope 220 Solution Center in the Spring Garden neighborhood is part of an effort to eliminate homelessness in Philadelphia.