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More than half of LA’s homeless are from out of town

Nypost · · 934 words · By Christopher F Rufo; Kenneth Schrupp
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More than half of LA’s homeless are from out of town See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on GoogleLos Angeles hosts the nation’s largest unsheltered homeless population.

Common ground

In recent years, despite billions of dollars in city and county spending, LA’s once-pristine streets have become littered with tents, drugs and feces.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Six percent told us that they were from other countries, including Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea.”
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One web search result (Christopher Rufo's post) mentions 6% are from outside the United States, but the specific list of countries (Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea) is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the fascinating world of the number 6! Explore its meanings, facts, religious significance, angel number interpretations, and appearances in arts and literature.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 is the smallest integer which is not an exponent of a prime number, making it the smallest integer greater than 1 for which there does not exist a finite field of that size.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6
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Claim 2: “In 2020, the city-county Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) found that one-third of “unsheltered Angelenos” became homeless outside of Los Angeles County.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the year 2020 and general descriptions of LA County, but contains no specific data from a 2020 LAHSA study regarding the origin of unsheltered Angelenos.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (LA) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.88 million residents within t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles County, sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,694,934 residents estimated in 2025. Its population is greater than that of 40 individu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
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Claim 3: “In 2024, the nonprofit RAND Corp. reported that 41% of the street homeless surveyed across three LA neighborhoods — Hollywood, Venice and Skid Row — were “last housed” somewhere other than LA County.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly confirm that in 2024, the RAND Corporation reported that 41% of street homeless surveyed in Hollywood, Venice, and Skid Row were 'last housed' outside LA County.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. The first installment of the Bill & Ted franchis…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of feature films with fictional and factual gay characters. The films were released theatrically, direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform (non-linear network). Films are i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Many films have featured mid- and post-credits scenes. Such scenes often include comedic gags, plot revelations, outtakes, or hints about sequels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_with_post-credit…
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Claim 4: “Los Angeles hosts the nation’s largest unsheltered homeless population.”
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While Wikipedia confirms Los Angeles has a very large homeless population (specifically mentioning Skid Row), the provided evidence does not explicitly state that it is the 'nation's largest unsheltered homeless population'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (LA) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.88 million residents within t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election will be held on June 2, 2026, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles, California. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff election will be held on No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Los_Angeles_mayoral_elect…
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Claim 5: “Nearly 40% told us they were from other states, mostly from states that voted for President Trump in 2024.”
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The claim that 40% are from outside California is mentioned in one web search result (Christopher Rufo's post), but the specific detail about these being states that voted for Trump in 2024 is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Ohio junior senator JD Vance defeated the Democratic ticket of inc…
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web search NEUTRAL — • 64% are from outside the City of LA • 40% are from outside California • 6% are from outside the United States pic.twitter.com/4HHsSQM2Xw — Christopher F. Rufo(@christopherrufo) May 19, 2026.
https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/la-homeless-report
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Claim 6: “In 2021, LAHSA stopped publishing previous-location data.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that in 2021, LAHSA stopped publishing previous-location data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lhasa Apso ( LAH-sə AP-soh) is a non-sporting dog breed originating in Tibet. Traditionally the breed has been used as an interior watchdog.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lahsa may refer to: Lahsa Apso, a dog breed originating in Tibet Lahsa Eyalet, an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire, now part of Kuwait and Qatar Los Angeles High School of the Arts (LAHSA), in Central Lo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lahsa Eyalet (Arabic: إيالة الأحساء; Ottoman Turkish: ایالت لحسا, romanized: Eyālet-i Laḥsā) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The territory of the former eyalet is now part of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahsa_Eyalet
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Claim 7: “In 2025, RAND removed the metric from the organization’s annual report and included it in a separate, lesser-read “annex.””
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Two independent web search results confirm that in 2025, RAND removed the metric from its annual report and moved it to an annex.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corp., et al., 180 U.S.P.Q. 673 (D. Minn. 1973) (Case 4-67 Civil 138, 180 USPO 670), was a landmark U.S. federal court case that in October 1973 invalidated the 1964 pat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell,_Inc._v._Sperry_Rand…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged host…
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Claim 8: “64% of the LA homeless said they were from outside the city of Los Angeles, and 53% said they were from outside LA County”
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A social media post (via web search) by Christopher Rufo mentions 64% from outside the City of LA, but the specific phrasing of the claim regarding 53% from outside the County is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.