![]() ![]() “No beds today,” Hill texted me Friday, his tenth day visiting the Homelessness Response Center. Whitburn’s proposed ordinance, which the City Council will consider on June 13, would ban camping on public property when shelter is available and in some other locations even when it’s not. There aren’t enough city-backed shelter beds to accommodate all the unsheltered San Diegans who want them.Ī Voice of San Diego analysis of San Diego Housing Commission data reveals that in the last three months an average of 23 shelter beds were available each day for an unsheltered homeless population totaling 3,285 citywide per January’s point-in-time census.Ī push by downtown City Councilman Stephen Whitburn and Mayor Todd Gloria to crack down on homeless camps must attack this challenge to have the dramatic impact on street homelessness they seek. Hill’s experience illustrates a harsh reality. That day – his ninth visit to the center – Hill didn’t get the news he wanted. Nearly 30 people stood in line behind him. to get the second spot in line behind a man who slept at the doorstep of the Imperial Avenue complex. When I met him last Thursday, Hill told me he woke up at 3:30 a.m. ![]() He set up his tent across the street so he’d be one of the first in line before it opened at 8 a.m. Read the latest here.įor almost two weeks starting last month, Raymond Hill was on a mission to get a shelter bed.įor 10 days in a row 53-year-old Hill started his day at the city’s Homelessness Response Center downtown, except on Sunday when it was closed. Update: The San Diego City Council on June 13 approved a version of the ordinance that calls for parks to be covered by the ban only if the city determines “there is a significant public health and safety risk” and signs are posted. Brews & News: Voice of San Diego Live Podcasts. ![]()
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