OCEANSIDE
The San Diego Rescue Mission will operate Oceanside’s new 50-bed homeless shelter, despite recommendations by the city staff and Housing Commission to go with Interfaith Community Services.
The Rescue Mission will provide “the broadest benefits at the most efficient cost,” said Councilman Peter Weiss at Wednesday’s Oceanside City Council meeting. He said the Interfaith proposal for the shelter was “impressive,” but it comes with $1 million in annual operating costs to the city while the other offer does not.
“We are not here to pick a winner or a loser,” Weiss said, before the 3-2 vote to approve the contract. “We are here to help our homeless population.”
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The Vista City Council this week turned down a request for $5 million from the housing nonprofit Solutions for Change, saying it had not been given enough time to consider the request, and the amount being sought would use nearly all the city’s affordable housing funds.
Solutions for Change hopes to build a a 33-unit, low-income housing complex on East Vista Way, along with a new intake and access center for families in its program. It asked the city to commit the money by Feb. 28 to enable it to compete for a county grant application due on March 1.
“Solutions has a unique opportunity to leverage the city’s financial support within its application,” the organization stated in a letter to the city. “We cannot bring this much-needed community asset to fruition without your support. Please consider providing the partnership a letter, committing to make the city loan.”