Los Angeles County managed to cut homelessness, but wildfires threaten to erase those gains

More than 187,000 people remain homeless in California , including 75,000 in Los Angeles County .

Los Angeles wildfires are adding pressure to a system already under tremendous strain in getting chronically homeless people indoors.

Homeless service operators and street medicine providers are putting pressure on state and local leaders to allocate more funding to house people on the streets.

Affordable housing, already in short supply, is being further strained.

Residents of burned-down Art House will be allowed to reside in an empty building in Santa Fe Springs .

The nonprofit is looking for more stable housing for those displaced but that rehousing them at Art House remains out of reach for now.

Elected leaders have pledged to preserve the gains Los Angeles County has made in reducing homelessness.

Assembly member John Harabedian said additional homelessness spending is critical for wildfire victims.

“Our system is failing people.” He said. “Those folks who were already homeless, who just got into some sort of housing stability but then lost it again — they’re going to need immediate attention, he said.