Almost 800 homeless people are in East Village alone, nonprofit finds
A monthly count of homeless people living without shelter in downtown San Diego reached a record high of 1,609 in August, reports the Downtown San Diego Partnership. It is the largest number in the 10 years the organization has been conducting the count.
“The need in downtown is great and it doesn’t take reading this monthly report to know this is true,” Downtown San Diego Partnership President and CEO Betsy Brennan said in a press release. “Every week, we are working with unhoused clients directly to learn about their needs and we hear about the experiences of residents, business owners, and our workforce and the suffering they’re witnessing on our streets and sidewalks.
The foundation has pushed city officials to open more shelters and provided funding for one of three large tents that the city of San Diego has used for shelters. Veterans Village of San Diego began operating a shelter in the Lucky Duck tent in late 2017 but stopped its program in 2020. An annual count of homeless people conducted by the Regional Task Force on Homelessness in February found 4,106 people living without shelter countywide, with 2,494 within the city of San Diego. Including people in shelters, the county’s total homeless population was 8,427, a 10 percent increase over the most recent previous count from 2020.
Homeless advocate Michael McConnell said he is seeing more people living without shelter, and not just in downtown San Diego.
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