Nearly 400 volunteers convened during one of last month's torrential rainstorms to conduct a census of those living unhoused on San Antonio's streets.
The annual Point in Time Count provided snapshots of San Antonio's unhoused population and showed the conditions often faced by those without shelter.
The data, collected Tuesday, Jan. 23, as part of the annual Point in Time Count, won't be available until May, but the night provided snapshots of San Antonio's unhoused population and showed the conditions often faced by those without shelter. Numbers recorded during the San Antonio count were likely affected by the previous day's record rainfall, during which floodwaters swept away people camped in drainage tunnels, according to eyewitnesses. The heavy rains continued as PIT Count volunteers combed the slick, shining streets, searching for those living unhoused.
Toward the end of Nirenberg's talk, one activist shouted him down, calling on the mayor to end the encampment sweeps"if he really wants to help homeless people." A middle-aged man without a coat crossed a rain-slicked Jackson-Keller Road to approach the team outside a fruteria. He said he was suicidal. The team's escorting police officer drove the man to Restoration Center, a crisis mental health facility run by the Center for Health Care Services .
Zlotnick was joined by Michael Ozuna, who works as a Home Depot supervisor by day but said he has personal reasons for helping out. Olivarez told us he lost his job and became homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic. His felony record made it hard for him to find new work even as the economy picked back up again, he explained.
Many of those we encountered said their lack of IDs and paperwork were major hurdles in obtaining housing and employment. Others listed mental illness and addiction as underlying issues.Zlotnick's team entered the River Walk at Brooklyn Avenue and took it north to Jones Street. The warm glow of lights from luxury apartment buildings offered a jarring contrast to the reality of people curled up on the pavement blocks away.
At the recommendation of their sergeant, the officer and cadet turned back for headquarters, and we continued our count without a police escort. At least one other team was abandoned by its escort that night, according to Close to Home officials.
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