Number Of Homeless Students In California Could Fill Dodgers Stadium 5 Times, Study Finds

Topline

Though Los Angeles’ Dodger stadium will be empty when World Series game two kicks off Wednesday night, a startling new report from UCLA found that the stadium could be filled five times over by the number of homeless students in the state of California— a number only expected to increase due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Key Facts

Crucial Quote

“Dodger Stadium is empty these days, but can hold some 56,000 people for a big game. California could fill the stadium with students experiencing homelessness almost five times and still probably need to use the parking lot for overflow,” Joseph Bishop, Director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools and lead author of the report, said in a statement.

Big Number

¼. That’s the amount of the nation’s homeless population that lives in California, according to the Los Angeles Times.

What To Watch For

Given the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the authors of the report believe the number of students experiencing homelessness could be even higher than the estimated 269,269.

Further Reading 

This was supposed to be the year for California’s homeless. Instead it’s a slow ‘train wreck’ (L.A. Times)

State of Crisis  (UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools)