Addressing homelessness is my top priority as your Mayor. Every single day, we are working to get people off the street, connected to services, and on a path to securing permanent housing. This weekly e-newsletter provides updates on each of these efforts and how we are ending homelessness in our City one person at a time. 

Latest News

City, County Partner with Local Non-Profits to Add 20 New Beds for Homeless Youth


With the help of the City, County and two local nonprofits, Urban Street Angels has opened 20 new emergency shelter beds for youth at its downtown San Diego homeless center, adding to the 50 beds already occupied at the center.


The beds were funded through the County-City Behavioral Health Impact Fund (BHIF), which provides one-time capital funding for community-based behavioral health organizations to expand their capacity to provide services. The BHIF provided a $503,000 grant to cover the construction costs for the 20 beds, while the Lucky Duck Foundation and Price Charities provided all necessary move-in supplies, including bed frames, mattresses, linens, hygiene supplies, and more.


The shelter offers supportive services, including case management, housing and job placement, occupational therapy, connections to health care and other assistance. 


With the addition of these 20 beds, Urban Street Angels estimates that an additional 60 young people will end their homelessness per year, bringing the number of youth who end their homelessness through the group’s housing and programming from up to 360 per year. 


Our homelessness crisis demands that we create housing that meets the needs of a diverse population, and for many people experiencing homelessness, that means housing with behavioral health services attached. This is exactly the kind of project we envisioned when we began to partner with the County on the Behavioral Health Impact Fund.

Outreach Corner

Partner Profile: San Diego Street Vets


Project Street Vet is one of the community partners who participate in our twice-monthly coordinated street outreach events, where the City’s Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department partners with the County of San Diego and other local agencies and area nonprofits set up in an area with high concentrations pf unsheltered people to provide on-the-spot services and access to shelter and other resources.


Project Street Vet was founded in 2020 by Dr. Kwane Stewart and provides free veterinary care, treatment and support to pets of people at risk of becoming or experiencing homelessness. When Project Street Vet comes to a coordinated street outreach event, volunteer veterinary teams bring vaccines and supplies to provide minor care to animals at no cost.

 

Other services at our coordinated outreach events include assistance with case management, shelter services, mental health services, primary care referrals, DMV identifications and licenses and other resources to help folks end their period of homelessness.

Shelter Update

Client Spotlight: Anthony

 

Anthony has been homeless on and off since he was 16, bouncing between the streets, jail and rehab. He came to the San Diego Housing Commission’s Homelessness Response Center, which connects people to services and shelter. After getting into an Alpha Project Shelter and working with employment specialists, he has a job and is working to clean his record, find housing and further his career to maintain a better life for himself.  

Understanding the City’s Shelter System 


The City of San Diego has contracts with various service providers throughout the city to provide shelter options for individuals to stabilize in a safe, sanitary environment while they are connected to permanent or other long-term housing. 


The shelters listed below are City-funded or included as part of the City’s Coordinated Intake System for shelter placements. (Note: These do not represent all shelters operating within the City of San Diego.)


  • Alpha Project Bridge Shelter I 
  • Alpha Project Bridge Shelter II 
  • Community Harm Reduction Shelter 
  • Father Joe’s Villages Bishop Maher Center 
  • Father Joe’s Villages Paul Mirabile Center 
  • Golden Hall, First Floor 
  • Golden Hall, Second Floor 
  • Old Central Library
  • Palm Avenue Bridge Housing Program 
  • PATH Connections Housing 
  • Rachel’s Promise Women’s Shelter 
  • Rosecrans Shelter 
  • San Diego Youth Services 
  • Urban Street Angels Youth Shelter 

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