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The city of San Diego announced it has selected two proposals to develop vacant city-owned properties into permanent housing with on-site supportive services to house veterans, seniors, youth and young adults who have experienced homelessness. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis was supposed to be the year California finally did something about its homelessness epidemic. COVID-19 upended that promise, along with the cobbled-together services many homeless people rely on for survival. Interviews across the state reveal a new magnitude of hardship and indignity for tens of thousands of people living on the streets. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe board voted 3-2 to withdraw an application to the state's Homekey Program which would have provided funding to improve a former Holiday Inn on 8000 Parkway Drive in La Mesa, located just east of San Diego. -
Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General, visited San Diego to tour several local sites this week that have helped homeless and minority communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
In the five months since the convention center shelter opened, 525 individuals have been housed. Officials say another 200 individuals will find housing by the end of September. -
The San Diego-based homeless services provider is seeking to raise $200,000 for the Distance Learning Fund to assist more than 150 school-age children, according to president and CEO Deacon Jim Vargas. -
San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer on Monday call for a $5.4 million adjustment to the county’s 2020-21 budget.
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KPBS Midday EditionAkilah Templeton is the first non-veteran to run the non-profit founded by veterans in 1981. -
The United Way of Imperial County will finally get its $75,000 grant after putting a homelessness prevention program on hold for more than a year and a half. -
With renovations recently completed, the city, the San Diego Housing Commission, homeless service provider Alpha Project of San Diego and the City Attorney's Office worked together to ready the units as a temporary housing solution for homeless families and children.
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