(From the L.A. Times) Los Angeles County’s homeless population has dropped 38% since 2007, according to a survey conducted earlier this year by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The count, which was conducted over three days in January, pegs the region’s homeless population at 42,694 — down from 68,808 in 2007.

“We know that things are changing,” said Michael Arnold, executive director of the homeless services authority.

“We know, we can sense, we can feel that there’s a change out there. These numbers provide us with some documentation that things are really happening in Los Angeles.”

Arnold said the group needs to do further analysis to understand all the reasons behind the drop, which has been mirrored in other area cities.

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