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1 week ago |
voiceofsandiego.org | Tigist Layne
After months of planning, a North County effort to move hundreds of unsheltered homeless people from encampments into housing is underway, and it is showing progress. It’s been about a year since Oceanside and Carlsbad received a state grant to move unsheltered homeless people camped along state Route 78 and the Buena Vista Creek into long-term housing. The goal is to move every person living in encampments around the nearly 4-mile shared border between the two cities into housing.
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2 weeks ago |
voiceofsandiego.org | Tigist Layne
New data from San Diego County’s annual homeless census shows an overall drop in homelessness countywide, with almost all North County cities seeing decreases in their unsheltered homeless populations. However, combined numbers of unsheltered and sheltered homeless people in North County decreased only slightly compared to 2024 data.
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3 weeks ago |
voiceofsandiego.org | Tigist Layne
The first week in their new apartment, José, Mercedes and their three children slept each night on a pile of blankets on the living room floor. The apartment’s two bedrooms remained untouched, at first, as the thought of sleeping apart felt almost foreign to the family of five. “It’s like we all had to be near each other,” Mercedes said. José and Mercedes asked to use their first names to protect their privacy.
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1 month ago |
voiceofsandiego.org | Tigist Layne
By now, all of you San Onofre State Beach lovers have heard that its beloved beaches, campgrounds and trails will continue to be open to the public for at least another 25 years. State officials recently celebrated the signing of a lease agreement between the California parks department and the U.S. military for continued public access of San Onofre State Beach.
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1 month ago |
voiceofsandiego.org | Tigist Layne
A longtime planning commissioner in Escondido is now out of a job, and the reason remains a mystery. The Escondido City Council, following the recommendation of Mayor Dane White, unexpectedly removed Planning Commissioner David Barber at an April 9 City Council meeting. The Council approved the removal in a 4-1 vote, with Councilmember Consuelo Martinez opposed. “I was just wondering, Mayor, if you could share the reasoning,” Martinez said at the meeting.
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