The San Diego municipal council has signed a contract that allows a local non-profit organization to supervise a new car park safely so that hundreds of homeless people sleep in their cars or VR.
Jewish Family Service will direct the H Barracks project, which took its name from the Marine barracks in H which once occupied the site.
Nearly 200 places near the airport are expected to open next month.
“Individuals and families served as part of the parking program in complete safety are our neighbors, and many know the homeless for the first time,” said Mayor Todd Gloria in a statement on Tuesday, shortly after the unanimous vote of the Council. “A sure parking gives us a chance to intervene early.”
The green light from the municipal council means that the effort faces a single final obstacle: A trial of a property developer. Critics have long argued that the offer of homelessness services is illegal, the peripheral plans for a new hotel and could harm the stores and schools of the nearby Liberty station.
McMillin-RTC, a limited liability company linked to the same group that converted the Liberté station of a military base into an animated cultural center, filed a complaint in September. The next court hearing is April 30.
H Barracks would cost San Diego for about a quarter of a million dollars until the end of the fiscal year in June. The annual price in the future is expected to be $ 1.6 million. Although the city is faced with a large deficit, the office of the independent budgetary analyst previously concluded that these dollar amounts were doable.
The addition of 190 places at H Barracks will almost double the parking options available in the city. However, there is an end date. The land should finally be part of the San Diego water recycling project, which means that the lot can only be opened until 2029.
Safety parking sites are generally delivered with a range of support services, including mental health care and vocational training, as well as basic equipment such as bathrooms. A press release said that mobile trailers for staff members are already on site. Managers always add lights to the region.
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California Daily Newspapers
