The Rescue Mission and Veterans Village are both offering up spots along with one unnamed motel.
Two San Diego nonprofits have agreed to give the city access to dozens of beds for homeless residents as the region prepares for the coming closure of multiple large facilities within an already strained shelter system.
“We’ve been working with the Housing Commission and our nonprofit partners here today to ensure that no one currently living in one of our city shelters returns to the street,” Mayor Todd Gloria said Monday during a news conference at Veterans Village. “We are accomplishing that goal.” Some homeless residents, citing concerns about privacy and safety, shun shelters that squeeze rows of bunk beds into warehouse-like rooms.
The Rescue Mission has long relied solely on private donations, and Dee previously said that allowed him and his colleagues to criticize elected leaders without fearing the loss of a contract. On Monday, Dee said the new agreement would not change his willingness to critique local officials.At least some of the new spots should be available by Dec. 1. Combined with the hundreds of tents being added to the city’s two designated camping areas by Balboa Park, the total comes to nearly 600.
One difference is a proposal to essentially create a Homelessness Czar who would have more direct control over the existing service system than many current leaders. Turner wants to absorb the city’s Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department into a new agency he’s calling the Regional Unified Command on San Diego Homelessness, or RUSH.
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