San Diego Winter Homeless Shelters ~ the story continues

September 23, 2009

Last week, San Diego's chief operating officer asked city councilmembers to come up with alternative sites for a winter homeless shelter by Monday.

The catch: the sites had to be in their own districts. The council had just declared that it wanted staff to look into alternatives other than downtown, where residents are tired of having a shelter around.

This week, council members refused to follow instructions.

Not exactly profiles in courage, right? That's one way of looking at it, but there's debate over whether sending the homeless somewhere other than downtown makes any sense.