In the Köppen system of climate classification this is a cool Mediterranean climate (Csb) or a Mediterranean Dry Summer Subtropical climate type, with a cool summer regime. On the Channel Islands the climate is moderated by the marine influence with the result that summers are milder, there is generally higher humidity, and there is more frequent nocturnal fog compared to the mainland. These climate regions occur in only five locations throughout the world including parts of California, along the Mediterranean Sea, central Chile, parts of southwestern Western and South Australia, and the southwestern Cape region of South Africa. This climate type is characterized by cool, wet winters with average annual rainfall of 8-40” and hot, dry summers.
2023 needs to be a watershed year for us where we turn these trends around.Channel Islands National Park has a Mediterranean-type climate. … I hold out hope that the new partnership between the County and City of Los Angeles will make a difference and help us more effectively address this crisis. “It is frustrating to have more people fall into homelessness even as we are investing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and resources into efforts to bring people inside. “These results are disappointing,” Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Janice Hahn said in a statment. A homeless encampment in L.A.’s Beverly Grove neighborhood. Local leaders reacted to the news with dismay and promises that more will be done to stem the tide of homelessness. “The important thing to take away from today is that for the first time, the city, county, and LAHSA are moving with urgency to house the people living on our streets.” “The homeless count results tell us what we already know - that we have a crisis on our streets, and it’s getting worse,” said Va Lecia Adams Kellum, CEO of LAHSA. On Thursday, however, that glimmer disappeared, replaced by a return to a frustrating reality for many in Southern California.
That positive momentum was called a “glimmer of hope” by Tommy Newman, vice president at United Way of Greater Los Angeles, when he spoke to Courthouse News Service. The 2020 count continued that upward trajectory, though the 2022 count found that the increases had drastically slowed, nearly leveling off to about 69,000 people experiencing homelessness in the county and almost 42,000 in the city.
In 2019, the annual report detected double-digit increases in the homeless populations of the city and county. Robert Mason, a 56-year-old homeless man, warms up a piece of doughnut over a bonfire he set to keep himself warm on Skid Row in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. “While this year’s increases are slightly lower than previous year-over-year increases in the homeless count, they continue a steady growth trend of people experiencing homelessness in the annual Point-in-Time Count,” the release said. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority revealed “a 9% rise in homelessness on any given night in Los Angeles County to an estimated 75,518 people and a 10% rise in the City of Los Angeles to an estimated 46,260 people.” A clearer picture of the status of homelessness in Los Angeles County came into focus Thursday with the release of the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, and after some brief hope offered by last year’s results, the downward trend is continuing.
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