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Big city mayors, led by San Diego Mayor Gloria, ask Newsom for $1B in homeless funding
A coalition of mayors from the state’s largest cities, including San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Tuesday visited Sacramento to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom and the legislature to make permanent funding homelessness services across California.
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Big city mayors, led by San Diego Mayor Gloria, ask Newsom for $1B in homeless funding
A coalition of mayors from the state’s largest cities, including San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, visited Sacramento to urge Gov. Newsom to commit to funding $1 billion a year for homelessness services, NBC 7’s Joey Safchik reports.
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City confirms 4 deaths at San Diego's safe sleeping sites
Four people have died at San Diego’s safe sleeping sites, the city confirmed to NBC 7.
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City confirms 4 deaths at San Diego's safe sleeping sites
The city of San Diego confirmed four deaths at multiple safe sleeping sites. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports on April 14, 2024.
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1,000-bed homeless shelter in San Diego hits first setback, lease review pulled
A plan to create the City of San Diego’s largest homeless shelter has already hit its first setback, less than two weeks after the project was initially announced to the public. Mayor Todd Gloria announced his intentions to repurpose a nearly 65,000-square-foot Middletown-area warehouse, near Kettner Boulevard and Vine Street, as the city’s largest homeless shelter that would have...
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California spent billions on homelessness, failed to track effectiveness, audit says
California’s spending on homelessness increases each year, but the homeless population continues to rise.
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San Diego 1,000-bed mega-shelter may cost $32M a year, plus $18M for improvements
Mayor Gloria acknowledges cost is “substantial” but says homelessness is San Diegans’ top priority
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San Diego mayor unveils plan for 1,000-bed mega-shelter for homeless near airport
The facility would double the size of existing shelter capacity in the city of San Diego, reports NBC 7’s Dana Williams.
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New homeless shelter opens in Vista
Local leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Buena Creek Navigation Center in Vista. It’s part of a joint effort to help unhoused people in Vista and Encinitas.
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Escondido adopts ‘public safety first' strategy to address homelessness
Instead of following the state’s “Housing First” approach to address homelessness, the city of Escondido plans to move forward with what it calls “public safety first.” NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Escondido rejects state's ‘housing first' for their own approach to homelessness
The city of Escondido is rejecting the state and county “Housing First” initiatives to solve homelessness. Instead, the Escondido City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday in favor of a “public safety first” strategy.
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$30M: San Diego expects ‘largest ever' state grant to fight homelessness
The $ 29.9 million grant would be used to support shelter operations, safe parking programs and outreach assistance.
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San Diego may spend $900K on Safe Parking lot to settle suit with people living in vehicles
The only Safe Parking lot for oversize vehicles is located in Mission Valley.
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Chula Vista leaders hold town hall on growing homelessness in the city
Dozens of Chula Vista residents went to the South Chula Vista Library to voice their concerns about the growing number of people living on the streets. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports on Feb. 24, 2024.
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Chula Vista leaders hold town hall on growing homelessness in the city
As San Diego County reports a growing number of people living on the streets, the city of Chula Vista held a town hall focused on public safety; including what steps city leaders are taking to address the homeless situation.
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Volunteers seek insight into San Diego's homelessness with annual count
Hundreds of volunteers fanned out across San Diego County early Thursday morning to conduct a federally required, one-night “snapshot” of the region’s homeless population.
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Volunteers gather data in annual point-in-time count
“It’s critical to get your best guess of how many folks are currently living on the street. This helps guide funding and programs and also to identify the needs of those individuals currently experiencing homelessness,” Melinda Forstey, Serving Seniors COO, tells NBC 7’s Audra Stafford.
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City-contracted employee fired after video shows them spraying homeless person with hose
A city-contracted employee was fired after a video showed him spraying a water hose toward an unsheltered person on the sidewalk in Los Angeles’ Skid Row.
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Chula Vista council considers possible camping ban as homeless encampments grow
residents expressed their concerns with homeless encampements during Tuesday night’s Chula Vista City Council meeting where councilmembers offered some potential solutions, including following the city of San Diego’s example to ban camping in certain areas.