Last year's Point-in-Time count, featuring 1,700 volunteers spread across the county under the purview of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, found no fewer than 10,605 people, which included 6,110 unsheltered and 4,

Just how many homeless people are there living throughout San Diego County? An answer to that question will be coming soon as the region holds its annual Point-In-Time count of the local homeless population on Thursday.

Hundreds of volunteers are taking to San Diego County’s streets Thursday morning as the region conducts its annual Point-In- Time Count, a yearly census of the county’s homeless population.

With federal funding on the line and a president in office who wants to upend longstanding homelessness policies, more than a 1,000 people around San Diego County are again preparing to tally how many fellow residents do not have permanent housing.