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In-Depth: Advocates push for safe parking lot for homeless in Mission Bay Group wants to transform South Shores Lot Homeless advocates in the beach communities want to turn South Shores Parking Lot in Mission Bay into a safe lot for people experiencing homelessness. and last updated 2021-06-04 10:28:42-04 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Homeless advocates and community members in San Diego s beach communities say they have a way to help ease the homelessness crisis. They want to turn the parking lot at South Shores Park and Boat Ramp in Mission Bay into a safe lot for people experiencing homelessness to park their cars and RVs overnight. ....
SAN DIEGO A group of beach area residents wants the city to open a parking lot in Mission Bay that will allow homeless people who live in their cars to legally park overnight. Proponents say the parking lot at Rose Marie Starns South Shores Park, a small green space near SeaWorld mostly used for boating, is a good location for people to rest at night because it has room for more than 250 cars and access to public restrooms. The park is currently open from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. but overnight camping is not allowed. “We have to start coming up with creative solutions to the problem because what we have considered in the past isn’t working and it’s not enough,” said Caryn Blanton, acting executive director for Shoreline Community Services, a nonprofit that works to eliminate homelessness in San Diego’s central beach neighborhoods. ....
Print As an aspiring ballerina growing up in the white, middle-class suburbs of Detroit, Caryn Blanton was fascinated by people from diverse backgrounds whether from a different race or culture or socioeconomic status. Even at an early age, though, she was more interested in the similarities that connected people, rather than differences between them. Upon graduating from high school, she traveled and performed professionally with the Milwaukee Ballet, before arriving in San Diego and beginning her work in community development. She now acts as a bridge, still focused on identifying similarities that connect very different people to one another. She is the co-chair of the Board of Directors and acting executive director for Shoreline Community Services, a nonprofit that is focused on eliminating homelessness in San Diego’s central beach area , which includes Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, and up to La Jolla Shores. The community recently recognized her with the Elle ....
Print Amie Zamudio has spent decades serving the local homeless population, working to find them housing and seeing to their basic needs while providing a connection that recognizes and honors their humanity. “I do whatever is needed,” Zamudio said, which starts with building a relationship with those she encounters. “I’m very person-centered in my work, which is a little different than the status quo.” Zamudio, a current Bird Rock resident who has lived in La Jolla since 1979 and a La Jolla High School graduate, said she works “very hard to meet people where they are at. There are people in different spaces, and they are in their predicaments for many different reasons. When you go in with a preconceived set of notions of what you think is best for that person, that’s how we often fail our housing insecure neighbors.” ....