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San Diego's limited number of detox beds for Medi-Cal patients are forcing many grappling with addiction to wait – or stop seeking a bed. → Read More
San Diego police responses times have skyrocketed in recent years. Police blame staffing shortages. → Read More
County health officials are responding to a small spike in hepatitis A cases five years after an outbreak devastated San Diego’s unhoused community. → Read More
About 1,600 volunteers fanned throughout the region early Thursday to tally the county’s unsheltered residents. → Read More
The city of San Diego's long-vacant old Central Library is now sheltering unhoused women. → Read More
A plan to move forward this month with a safe campground for homeless seniors is off after a leading service provider backed away. → Read More
The city of San Diego expects to welcome homeless San Diegans to sleep in its old Central Library later this month. → Read More
A plan to set up a city-backed safe camp for unhoused residents has faced challenges despite widespread support. → Read More
More than 200 homeless San Diegans died of overdoses involving potent opioid fentanyl last year and preliminary data from the County Medical Examiner’s Office shows deaths are continuing to rise. → Read More
City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera is calling for a Monday City Council discussion about a series of potential new tenant protections. → Read More
The Regional Task Force on Homelessness reports that more than 15,000 people sought homeless services in San Diego County for the first time in the past year, far outpacing the nearly 12,000 formerly homeless people who found homes during that time. → Read More
A Voice of San Diego analysis shows nearly two thirds of shelter referrals by outreach workers and police in the city aren’t fulfilled in a typical week. → Read More
Nathan Fletcher, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, says an upcoming state mandate to provide and compel mental health treatment won’t make a dramatic dent in the homelessness crisis. → Read More
Mayor Todd Gloria said challenges maintaining restrooms have stymied the city’s public restroom expansion efforts. → Read More
This post originally appeared in the Sept. 20 Morning Report. Sign up for the daily newsletter here. An initiative to pay homeless residents to pick up trash twice a week is back on. Voice of San Diego’s Lisa Halverstadt and contributor Peggy Peattie previously profiled a pilot effort known as the Triangle Project for the triangle-shaped area bounded by […] → Read More
The city has begun initial work to use a portion of the long-vacant old Central Library to shelter homeless residents. → Read More
The Raschke family featured in Voice of San Diego, were finally able to move into a three bedroom apartment all their own last week. → Read More
The San Diego City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday to approve the deal pushed by Mayor Todd Gloria to settle 101 Ash. → Read More
In 34 days over four months, homeless residents participating in the Triangle Project picked up nearly 45 tons of trash in a triangle-shaped area bounded by National Avenue and 16th and Commercial streets. → Read More
Mayor Todd Gloria’s office revealed Friday that the city’s using a South Bay hotel it bought in 2017 to temporarily shelter homeless residents who are awaiting permanent housing. → Read More