The hushed chatter and shuffling of footsteps outside Santa Monica homes and businesses in the early morning hours Thursday were the sounds of the 2012 citywide homeless count.
In its fifth year, the count was underway with the help of about 180 community volunteers, plus dozens of Santa Monica Police officers and city staffers.
–snip– Shahad Shamji, who grew up in Santa Monica and currently lives just outside the city’s borders south of the municipal airport, returned to the homeless count this year as a team leader. Armed with a clipboard and a yellow flashlight, he led three other volunteers through the residential neighborhood between Pearl Street and Ocean Park Boulevard and between 28th Street and South Centinela Avenue.
via In Midnight Hour, 2012 Homeless Count Afoot – Santa Monica, CA Patch.
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