City, county look to expand shelter space while opposing the legal requirement to provide it
City and county leaders are engaged in an ongoing quest to increase the number of shelter beds for homeless people across San Diego. At the same time, local officials are supporting a legal effort to reverse a landmark court ruling that requires them to provide shelter space if they seek to ban people from living on the street and in other public areas. The two goals are not necessarily incongruous.
reported that San Diego Housing Commission data showed 1,930 people experiencing homelessness requested a shelter bed for the night in September, and all but 393 were turned away. Meanwhile, the homeless population has grown considerably, according to this year's annual count, and reports from the Regional Task Force on Homelessness show that on a monthly basis more people become homeless for the first time than homeless people find housing.
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