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“Operation Masks For All” has an ambitious goal to provide personal protective equipment for California’s entire homeless population. -
KPBS Midday EditionSupporters say the additional property taxes are relatively small and the benefit of housing the homeless is worth it. Opponents say the cost of building affordable housing is too high and San Diegans cannot afford more taxes. -
Mayor Kevin Faulconer urged city council officials on Monday to approve the purchase of two hotels that will serve as permanent housing for people phasing out of the shelter. -
Stand Down is an annual event where homeless veterans get services, haircuts and a place to sleep for a couple days. But COVID-19 will be changing the program this year. -
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.
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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.
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