Leaders say they first want to see results from an audit reviewing local homelessness programs.
Spike Gibson, 69, a retired construction worker, looks through personal belongings in a shopping cart near a parking lot off Jamacha Blvd. in Spring Valley. Gibson says he’s currently living on local streets. San Diego County leaders have paused an effort to create another parking lot for people to safely sleep in vehicles until staffers finish examining the effectiveness of a range of homelessness programs.
“I’m not saying ‘scrap this,’” Supervisor Joel Anderson said from the dais. However, “several other properties have become available that weren’t available before that, with the same dollar amount, could help maybe four to 10 times as many people.” The vote directed staffers to still get a permit for and finish designing the lot but hold off on construction until the completion of theThe clock is ticking: Leaders hope to partially pay for the project with $4.9 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, and ARPA funds must be budgeted for specific purposes by the end of the year.
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