Camp Sites, Wealthy Landowners and Those Caught in the Middle
Voice of San Diego Podcast
English - July 07, 2023 19:45 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsPolitics News News Commentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, we've got updates from the highly anticipated safe camping site put in place by the city of San Diego.
The city opened the site to provide unhoused residents a safe place to camp, made to be more attractive than sidewalks. The first of two such sites, it precedes stricter enforcement to get tents off city streets and away from sensitive areas like schools.
On the show, reporter Lisa Halverstadt details the amenities and intake numbers — and a new story about how increased homeless enforcement may affect Black San Diegans disproportionately.
Plus: A wealthy family’s 100-year-old company is blocking a permanent housing project. And San Diego Unified is facing big budget deficits.
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