San Diego judges give chronic alcoholics a sobering sentence

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published March 19, 2006 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

About ten percent of San Diego's homeless population are chronic alcoholics who cost the law enforcement and health care systems millions of dollars a year. Host Tom Fudge talks with two guests about

About ten percent of San Diego's homeless population are chronic alcoholics who cost the law enforcement and health care systems millions of dollars a year. Host Tom Fudge talks with two guests about how costly chronic homelessness has been to our city.

Guests:

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James Dunford. M.D. (right) Professor of Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UCSD. He is also the Emergency Medical Services Director for the City of San Diego.
Sgt. Rick Schnell . Member of the Homeless Outreach Team, the HOT Team. Also works with the SIP program, the Serial Inebriate Program.