After receiving complaints from neighbors, the city of Oceanside is reviewing its relationship with the Brother Benno’s Foundation. The organization, which provides food and resources, contracted professional security to reduce the number of homeless individuals loitering nearby. But it's an expense the nonprofit said they cannot afford. A decision on the organization's future is being made Monday.
People line up for resources outside of the Brother Benno's Center in Oceanside, Calif. February 28, 2023.in Oceanside and a number of the nonprofit's neighbors since January.
"We need to do everything we can to keep the doors open," Ben Meyer, the organization's essential services manager said."We have hundreds and hundreds of people that depend on us. Their lives, their families really depend on us being here.""It's not sustainable for us currently to do that. It is a move simply because of the stakes that have been laid out by the business park and these people," he said.
Nearby property managers believe Brother Benno's is in violation of that permit and are asking the city to revoke it. " continue to lose existing and potential tenants, and therefore income, as the result of the conflict of use between Brother Benno's services and the rest of the surrounding industrial park," she said.
Oceanside’s planning commission is taking up Brother Bennos’ permit and operating conditions at a meeting on Monday evening. Paul McNamara, the former Escondido mayor, took over as Brother Benno's executive director last week. He said over the next few months he plans to reach out to the community and police to get feedback on the organization and ask:"'Are we meeting the needs of our clients? Are we meeting the needs of the community, And what can we do better?,'" he said.
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