A police car stops beside tents on Skid Row in Los Angles on Sept. 23, 2015. (Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

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In the latest effort to shake more money out of the state for the local fight against homelessness, the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to press Gov. Jerry Brown to declare homelessness a statewide emergency.

In June, Brown rejected a similar appeal from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Local officials believe the declaration would free significant staff and money for their efforts to get an estimated 48,000 people countywide off the streets.

The council’s unanimous vote supports a bill passed by the California Assembly in June and pending before the state Senate urging the emergency declaration.

California has 116,000 homeless residents, by far the most of any state, and some of the highest rental rates, the bill notes.

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