Homelessness in Malibu dropped to a record low for the fourth consecutive year, according to preliminary data released on Tuesday, March 25.
There were 33 homeless people in the city according to the 2025 count, less than half the 69 homeless who were counted in 2024.
The final figure for 2025 is pending Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority confirmation.
“Through strategic partnerships, persistent outreach and a focus on long-term housing solutions, we are making a meaningful impact,” Malibu Mayor Doug Stewart said in a statement.
Due to safety concerns and road closures along Pacific Coast Highway following the January wildfires this year’s homeless count in Malibu was conducted solely by the city’s Homeless Outreach Team and representatives from LAHSA without community volunteers, according to a statement from the city.
The streak of record lows began in 2022 when there were 81 people experiencing homelessness, dropping from 157 from the unofficial 2021 count. The count is considered unofficial due to cancellation of the countywide homelessness count because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The count dropped to 71 in 2023.
Malibu has been tracking homelessness since 2016 when there were 161 homeless people in the city. The record high was 239 in 2020 in a count conducted before the coronavirus pandemic.
Unsheltered homelessness across Los Angeles County is expected to have dropped 5% to 10% in the county and city of Los Angeles.