I’ve been living in Pasadena for as long as I can remember. Something that I’ve noticed that is increasing as the years pass by is homelessness. Before it was rare that you see a homeless person on the sidewalk but now wherever you turn there’s a homeless person. Some homeless people are nice and don't want any problems but there's some that do drugs and want nothing but problems. This has become an issue because no one in the Pasadena area feels safe walking on the sidewalk, going to stores or just being alone.
After doing some research I found a website that is called the Pasadena Partnership where they ask the public to sign up and volunteer for the Homeless Count planning to end homelessness in Pasadena. I like how this website even provides statistics of people that are currently homeless throughout the years from 2010-2020. The website states that in 2020 there was a homeless count of 527 people experiencing homelessness. I personally thought that back then there was less but there was actually more. In 2010 there was a homeless count of 1,137 homeless adults and children which gave a 13% increase in homeless people in Pasadena from 2009.
This is important to me because as I see that the numbers are decreasing rather than increasing is a good sign as residents won't have that feeling of fear anymore only from the homeless people that are rude and are drugs which have a big impact with the way they react to people who are just passing by. But I’m glad Pasadena is taking action and checking the amount of homeslessnes per year.
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