The city of Poway took the first steps Tuesday toward regulating homeless encampments in public spaces, with City Council members voting unanimously to approve an ordinance outlining the rules and providing for enforcement.
County creates homeless department, launches North County outreach
In this photo from December 2019, Bria McClain of Family Health Centers of San Diego (left) speaks with a homeless man at the Lamont Park in Spring Valley.
(John Gibbins)
SAN DIEGO
The county’s efforts to help homeless people will expand beyond the unincorporated area and into cities as part of a new department created by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 6.
Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher said he proposed the new Department of Homeless Solutions and Equitable Communities as an efficient way to collaborate with other jurisdictions and partners throughout the county and to leverage state and federal funding.
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