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Merlot

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5. Agreed. If they're going to tell people they can't sleep in the streets they need to provide

Reply to LoisB (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 29, 2023, 05:43 AM

Jun 2023

an alternative. Simply raiding encampments only moves the people, they have to go somewhere else.

Are they allowed to live there during the day and keep there stuff there. Is there some sort of referral to get these spots or is it first come, first served?

My concern is that this could be a window dressing to the problem, not a solution. Are they literally parking these people there to get them out of site of the public and then abandoning them? I think this could turn ugly quickly.

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City Of San Diego Announces Opening Of Safe Sleeping Lot For Homeless [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 OP

Here! Here! San Diego!! Lunabell Jun 2023 #1

No bathrooms? Trash cans? Autumn Jun 2023 #2

They said they'd have access to amenities. intheflow Jun 2023 #4

This is not ideal but it is a really good step in the right direction. I wish no one had to sleep LoisB Jun 2023 #3

Agreed. If they're going to tell people they can't sleep in the streets they need to provide Merlot Jun 2023 #5

This is part of the reporting from the San Diego Union-Tribune: LoisB Jun 2023 #6