The two lots could accommodate about 500 tents and would be an alternative to congregate shelters
Hundreds of homeless people in San Diego will have a legal place to live outdoors in tents on city-owned parking lots adjacent to Balboa Park later this year, Mayor Todd Gloria announced Monday.
The safe sleeping sites, as they are known, will be the first of their kind in the county and have individual tents provided by the city. Homeless people often decline offers to move into congregate shelters, and safe sleeping sites are seen as alternatives that people may be more willing to accept. Gloria said the 20th and B streets site should be up and running in July and the O lot should open in the fall.
Councilmember Stephen Whitburn proposed the ordinance and also has been pushing for the creation of a safe sleeping site for months. Whitburn’s district includes downtown San Diego, where the number of homeless people living in sidewalk encampments has surged in recent months. Also speaking at the announcement, Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera said housing is the ultimate solution toElo-Rivera credited Whitburn for his persistance in trying to find a safe sleeping site. Whitburn had run into opposition from the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, composed of about 25 park institutions, and the group Love Balboa Park after he proposed creating a safe sleeping site at the Inspiration Point parking lot off Park Boulevard near Interstate 5.
“I made it very clear to Mr. Comiskey that on this problem of homelessness, we can’t just hear no,” he said. “If you say no to something, you better be offering an alternative.”
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