Normally, volunteers in San Francisco do the PIT count at night. Another change this year: In the past, San Francisco has done demographic surveys in the weeks after the count. I slept like an hour…When I asked him how it feels to be included in the Point-in-Time Count, he got emotional. In 2024, volunteers in San Francisco identified over 8,000 unhoused people, between the visual count and those who were living in shelters. The results of San Francisco’s 2026 Point-in-Time count are expected to be published in the spring.