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A lack of operating fund commitments from the county and the City Council’s budget vote sealed the shelter’s fate. It will close by Aug. 31. -
California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget. -
An app that provides homeless outreach workers with information on the latest shelter bed availability has been expanded across San Diego County, it was announced Monday.
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There will soon be another place for San Diegans experiencing homeless to stay overnight in their vehicles. The 190-space H Barracks site is located next to the San Diego airport in Point Loma. -
San Diego County's public health department is working with Father Joe's Villages and the San Diego Rescue Mission to notify residents, employees and volunteers who may have potentially been exposed to tuberculosis. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to shift money from a homeless shelter project in the community of Lakeside to a sleeping cabins site in the city of Lemon Grove. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a strengthened version of an unsafe camping ordinance covering unincorporated areas in an attempt to prevent wildfires caused by homeless people. The vote was 4-0 on consent. -
Homelessness across San Diego County declined by 7% compared to last year, according to new data from the region’s annual Point-in-Time Count.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps that line streets up and down the state. -
Santa Monica College started the first community college program to train people for much-needed jobs in homeless services. But will its first cohort be its last?
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