Combing the streets with L.A.’s homeless counters

Jasmine Yancey, of West Hollywood, was one of dozens of volunteers in North Hollywood to conduct part of the 2016 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count.

Benjamin Romero, 18, left and his brother Omar, 32, were among 41 volunteers who showed up at the Centro Maravilla Service Center in East Los Angeles on Tuesday night to count the area’s homeless.

Omar Romero, left, was drawn to the 2016 homeless census by a blast email to his work. He recruited his younger brother, Benjamin, a student at East Los Angeles College, to join him.

Volunteers Omar Romero, left, and his brother Benjamin, make a three-hour trek to count the homeless in East Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

On the third and final day of the 2016 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, volunteer Derrick Chambers checks out an encampment in an open area in Lancaster.

Andrew Aldama, John Piscitello, Frances Sharpe and Glanda Sherman search the beach in the early morning for homeless people in Pacific Palisades.

Benjamin Romero, 18, left, and his brother Omar, 32, survey neighborhoods near the 60 Freeway in East Los Angeles for homeless people as part of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s 2016 homeless census.

Volunteers drove and walked neighborhoods in Boyle Heights, Monterey Park and East Los Angeles on Tuesday night as part of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s 2016 homeless census.

Volunteer homeless counters gather Tuesday evening for a briefing in East Los Angeles. The volunteers broke up into teams in order to cover the most ground possible.

About 40 volunteers in East Los Angeles on Tuesday night take part in a homeless census, an effort to get a count of the number of homeless in Los Angeles County.

Kenneth Ferguson Jr., 22, left, who is homeless, talks with Marlon Sibrian, center, and Luis Medina at Union Station as teams of volunteers survey homeless youth.

Brendan Tidwell, Marlon Sibrian and Javier Martinez walk through Union Station looking for homeless young people to survey.

Brendan Tidwell, left, team leader Luis Medina and Javier Martinez walk through Union Station looking for homeless young people to survey.

Brendan Tidwell, Marlon Sibrian, Javier Martinez and Luis Medina walk through Olvera Street looking for homeless young people.

Jeff Hearly, 22, left, who is homeless, talks with Marlon Sibrian, center, and Luis Medina near Olvera Street.