#data-methodology

#data-methodology

including shifting it from late-night to a morning count, in the hope of avoiding the undercounting problem that critics typically point to. As advocate Del Seymour, a member of the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, tells the Chronicle, the morning count, conducted between 5 am and 10 am on Thursday, will hopefully be a more accurate picture, because unhoused individuals tend to hide themselves at night to keep from being robbed, and that could lead to them being missed.