The fight over a San Diego County program that gives motel vouchers to unhoused people seeking shelter in El Cajon is heating up Monday.
On Friday, Bonta sent a letter to Wells and the rest of the El Cajon City Council on Friday, saying the city's action was in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
“The City of El Cajon’s recent actions threaten to turn some of San Diego County's most vulnerable residents out onto the street based solely on their source of income — vouchers provided by the County to cover the cost of temporary housing at local hotels," Bonta said in a statement issued Saturday."Let me be clear: Housing discrimination in any form will not be tolerated.
The Attorney General's office demanded that El Cajon rescind the warnings, refrain from sending similar notices in the future, publically declare that motels and hotels in the program are not subjected to punishment from the city and direct police to"cease any unlawful harassment" of individuals staying in those hotels using vouchers."I appreciate the attorney general saying you’re not going to violate every state and federal housing law. Not here in California,” he said.
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