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San Diego began transitioning residents of the city's crowded homeless shelters into the Convention Center on Wednesday, as officials look for ways to prevent the coronavirus from rapidly spreading among the especially vulnerable population. -
The city of San Diego announced Monday the entirety of Golden Hall and parts of the Convention Center will be converted to homeless shelters with hundreds of beds as the city rushes to prepare for what health officials are describing as a storm on the horizon with the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Homeless people in California are still popping into each other’s tents and crowding for meals despite authorities imploring people to stay apart to slow the spread of the coronavirus. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday the state was negotiating with more than 900 hotels to secure rooms for homeless people who are symptomatic or infected. -
A person removed from the shelter run by Father Joe’s Village has tested negative for COVID-19, the nonprofit reported Thursday afternoon.
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California has more than 150,000 homeless people, the most in the nation, and that population is considered disproportionately at risk from the COVID-19 virus. -
KPBS Midday EditionBob McElroy, president and CEO of the Alpha Project, says the nonprofit will only admit new homeless individuals into its two tent bridge shelters on a "case by case" basis. He also said they've run out of hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies. -
San Diego City Council Members on Wednesday voted to keep alive a $900 million affordable housing bond proposed for the November ballot, as city leaders run out of other options for dealing with the city's homelessness crisis. -
As the coronavirus continues to spread, officials from San Diego county's Regional Task Force on the Homeless met Wednesday met to come up with a preparedness plan. -
San Diego City Council members voted 8-1 Tuesday to rezone four acres of county-owned land on Mt. Etna Drive for hundreds of new affordable apartments. Some residents opposed the plan over fears of increased traffic and taller buildings. -
San Diego County is one step closer to finishing a plan to address homelessness in the unincorporated areas.
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