Photos: Pacific Palisades’ rising homeless population

Patrick Hart, left, with the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, looks to see if anyone is around in a collection of tents along Will Rogers State Beach.

People gather at a collection of tents along Will Rogers State Beach, where several homeless are living in hidden encampments.

Michael Day, 46, sleeps along the sand of Will Rogers State Beach. He joins several other homeless individuals who are living in hidden encampments at the beach.

Patrick Hart with the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness looks to see if someone is inside a tent on Will Rogers State Beach.

Sam, who is living on a boulder-strewn section of beach, tries to retrieve some of this clothing as waves crash around him.

Gary Koncyk, 49, shows where he stabbed himself as he woke up from sleeping on Pacific Coast Highway at Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades.

A collection of tents along Will Rogers State Beach. Pacific Palisades residents have taken it upon themselves to help pay for homeless services.