The 2022 Point in Time Count estimated 9,300 people experiencing homelessness at a point in time in Sacramento County, while Sacramento Steps Forward estimates between 16,500 - 20,000 people experiencing homelessness in the County on an annual basis - with at least 70% being unsheltered. This is double the number of our unhoused neighbors in 2019, both as a point in time as well as on an annual basis.
The County Park Rangers in 2018 issued 2,058 camping citations and closed 5,639 camps. This failed "Whack A Mole" Strategy creates significant housing and employment barriers for people experiencing homelessness
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The 2022 Point in Time Count estimated 9,300 people experiencing homelessness at a point in time in Sacramento County, while Sacramento Steps Forward estimates between 16,500 - 20,000 people experiencing homelessness in the County on an annual basis - with at least 70% being unsheltered. This is double the number of our unhoused neighbors in 2019, both as a point in time as well as on an annual basis.
FEDERAL HOMELESSNESS EXECUTIVE ORDER:
ENDING CRIIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA'S STREETS
On July 24, 2025, the White House issued an executive order aimed at criminalizing people experiencing homelessness, Ending Crime and Disorder on American Streets.
The major components of the executive order include:
1. End the federal governments support for "housing first;"
2. End the federal governments support for "harm reduction" programs;
3. Prioritize funding for states and cities to enforce bans on open drug use, camping, loitering and squatting;
4. Orders the Attorney General to make federal funds available for removing encampments;
5. Prioritizes involuntary commitment for unhoused people with mental health issues;
6. Threatens to divert funding away from programs that don't push people into treatment facilities;
7. Prioritizes funding to expand mental health and drug courts
SRCEH'S CITY & COUNTY
HOMELESS CRIMINALIZATION & SERVICES DASHBOARD
If you are homeless - please call 211 and then #8
and download the 2023-24 Peoples Guide to Health, Welfare & Other Services:
Sacramento City & County:
www.peoplesguidesac.org
Or scan the QR code below using your phone's camera
The Guide is a directory & self-advocacy guide to the following services:
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