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OCEANSIDE
It was checkout time Tuesday for some homeless people who have been staying at an Oceanside motel under the city’s voucher program to get people temporarily off the street.
Assistant City Manager Michael Gossman said seven people were told to leave Marty’s Valley Inn where they had been staying since April 13 because they had not been actively working on a plan to enter a rehab program, shelter or other alternative housing opportunity by the time their 21-day city voucher expired.
Hitting the 21-day mark does not mean people automatically must leave the hotel, he said. Vouchers expired for eight other people on Tuesday, but Gossman said their stay was extended because they were working with city staff members and the McAlister Institute, which is overseeing the hotel program, on finding alternative housing. Those eight included two people who were allowed to stay after they suddenly became more cooperative with case workers after receiving notices they would have
OCEANSIDE
What had started as a homeless man’s effort to create what he called a “trauma-informed safe center” for homeless people in Oceanside came to an end Tuesday morning when police officers and outreach workers began clearing out the area and moving people into motel rooms.
Rodney McGough, who had overseen the encampment along South Oceanside Boulevard as it grew over the past few months, said the city caused unnecessary confusion and anxiety in the crackdown, but he accepted a motel room and said he was ready to move on.
“I’m very thankful for the efforts to help us move to another place and continue the healing that’s going on,” he said.