Homelessness

After the homeless population nearly doubled in Carlsbad in 2024, the city is proposing a compassionate plan to get homeless in their community housed. NBC 7’s Dave Summers tells you the details of the plan and when it will go into effect if passed.

The Carlsbad City Council will consider Tuesday whether to adopt an ordinance intended to prevent people from sleeping in their vehicles in public spaces and city-owned property. “The goal of the presented ordinance is to have a balanced approach to helping people experiencing homelessness secure housing while continuing to reduce the impacts of homelessness on the community,” said Mandy Mills,…

City leaders in Carlsbad may give final approval today to a plan to get more homeless people off the streets and into housing. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has the details. 

The county Board of Supervisors is taking the first steps on updating its unsafe camping ordinance Wednesday in an attempt to prevent wildfires caused by homeless encampments in unincorporated areas. The board, after approving the motion in a 4-0 vote Tuesday, will review and vote on a draft ordinance in two months. If that is approved, it will require a…

The city of Lemon Grove and the Regional Task Force on Homelessness announced Monday an $8.4 million state grant aimed at addressing homelessness along the State Route 94 corridor.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously voted to advance a proposal to clear homeless encampments during red flag, or high fire, warnings.

Supervisor Jim Desmond pointed to recent fires in La Jolla, Mission Valley and Oceanside, warning that they could have threatened schools and homes if Santa Ana winds had been present, reports NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes,

Accountability.ca.gov has funding projects broken down by name, issues, cities and dollar amounts.

Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program and city-funded programs served more than 4,200 people in shelters, 1,100 in Safe Parking Program, and 700 in Family Reunification Program in 2024

Accountability.ca.gov has funding projects broken down by name, issues, cities and dollar amounts, reports NBC 7’s Todd Strain.

NBC 7’s Joe Little takes a look at the pilot program that’s helping protect neighborhoods.

Clean SD is heading a pilot program aimed at helping people living in homeless encampments while clearing brush and protecting neighborhoods from wildfires.

Despite efforts to get people off the streets, the number of the unhoused in San Diego increased again last month, reports NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry.

Newly released figures show that more San Diegans fell into homelessness last month than those who found housing. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez has more on the efforts underway to reverse this troubling trend. 

A new shelter for women and children experiencing homeless was unanimously approved by the San Diego Housing Commission Friday.

Other than its size — 25,000 square feet — little about the proposed shelter site has been made public, including its cost.

This comes after San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced his proposal for a 1,000-bed shelter at Kettner and Vine is no longer viable. The three other options are around the downtown area. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer reports.

Meteorologist Brooke Martell has your morning weather forecast for Monday Feb. 10, 2025.

On Monday, three potential homeless shelter sites will be presented to the San Diego City Council. The announcement comes just days after Mayor Todd Gloria dropped his plans for a one thousand bed shelter on Kettner Avenue and Vine. NBC7’s Jeanette Quezada has the details.

After announcing last week that he would no longer advance with the plans for a proposed homeless mega-shelter campus on Kettner and Vine, today San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, has made a new announcement proposing new locations for potential homeless shelters which will be presented to the San Diego City Council on Monday.