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Sonoma County homeless count stable, but live tracker shows numbers continue to rise
Sonoma County’s official homeless count held nearly steady this year — 1,951 people tallied on a single night in January, one fewer than in 2025. But a live tracking tool already counts 2,196, and county officials warn the real number will keep climbing as pandemic-era money runs out and federal cuts loom. Of the 1,951 […] The post Sonoma County homeless count stable, but live tracker shows numbers continue to rise appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Sonoma County’s official homeless count held nearly steady this year — 1,951 people tallied on a single night in January, one fewer than in 2025. But a live tracking tool already counts 2,196, and county officials warn the real number will keep climbing as pandemic-era money runs out and federal cuts loom. Of the 1,951 […] The post Sonoma County homeless count stable, but live tracker shows numbers continue to rise appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked item, Sonoma County homeless count stable, but live tracker shows numbers continue to rise, Sonoma County’s official homeless count held nearly steady this year — 1,951 people tallied on a single night in January, one fewer than in 2025. But a live tracking tool already counts 2,196, and county officials warn the real number will keep climbing as pandemic-era money runs out and federal cuts loom. Of the 1,951 […] The post Sonoma County homeless count stable, but live tracker shows numbers continue to rise appeared first on Local News Matters .
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