Chula Vista councilmembers on followed in the footsteps of other San Diego County cities, approving an encampment ban regardless of shelter space.
Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning."This policy idea to implement a homeless encampment ban is an abject failure of public policy written into law," Chula Vista resident A.J. Estrada said."What you’re essentially doing is telling folks, 'You’re not worthy of being here.'"
"We had to close down Harborside Park because of the drug use, the prostitution, the other criminal activity took over, and it was right next to an elementary school," Chula Vista Mayor John McCann said."They don't make solutions,” Acosta said. “It’s a band-aid."
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