There have already been 520 cleanups in San Antonio between October 2023 through March 2024, and the city’s director of human services estimates that could reach “probably 1,000 to 1,100″ by the end of the 2024 fiscal year.
In the adopted Fiscal Year 2024 budget, the city included an additional $200,000 in diversion funds to help with case management, in addition to utility and rental assistance.
The center has alarmed an Olmos Park councilwoman and the suburban city’s police chief, who worry that immigrants from the facility are partly to blame for a recent increase in crime.
The center has alarmed an Olmos Park councilwoman and the suburban city’s police chief, who worry that immigrants from the facility are partly to blame for a recent increase in crime.
In this episode of KSAT Explains, we took a closer look at the debate over encampments by talking to people experiencing homelessness and those fighting every day to help them change that.