Homelessness

California’s plan is similar to San Diego’s Unsafe Camping Ordinance

California Gov. Gavin Newsom also released new guidelines to empower cities to clear homeless encampments. NBC 7’S Allison Ash reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California’s local governments to clear homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban the growing number of makeshift camps on sidewalks and in parks that are the most visible signs of the crisis of people living on the streets. The announcement of a new model ordinance for counties, cities and towns is coupled with...

Some of the options to change the ordinance include adding fire risk provisions, protections in specific areas and 24-hour notification periods.

A new shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness is set to open next week, thanks to a joint effort between several public, private and non-profit partners.

The Rachel’s promise shelter features individual rooms for mothers and their children as well as kitchen and meeting spaces. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports. 

The nearly 200-shelter bed complex, which will be named the Rady Center, after its donors, is set to replace an existing two-story building.

More than 500 people experiencing homelessness, or living in unstable conditions walked inside the San Diego Rescue Mission downtown shelter and sat down for a warm Easter meal.  “We don’t do this every day. We only do it around the big holidays of Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas,” said Donnie Dee, the president and CEO of the San Diego Rescue...

Local leaders Friday announced a shelter program serving unhoused young adults has a new site in downtown San Diego doubling its capacity.

Local leaders Friday announced a shelter program serving unhoused young adults has a new site in downtown San Diego doubling its capacity.

HUD issued new guidance in March, noting that recipients “shall not use grant funds to promote ‘gender ideology,’ ” and cannot promote diversity, equity and inclusion, or abortions.

Some local service providers tell NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer that they’re not quite sure what to do.

Pathways Program gives students supplies like laptops and headphones, bus passes, even money to get a cell phone or pay bills when they feel like they’re up against a wall.

The Lucky Duck Foundation donated nearly $700,000 to a local community college to help some of its most vulnerable students.
NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes explains.

After the homeless population nearly doubled in Carlsbad in 2024, the city is proposing a compassionate plan to get homeless in their community housed. NBC 7’s Dave Summers tells you the details of the plan and when it will go into effect if passed.

The Carlsbad City Council will consider Tuesday whether to adopt an ordinance intended to prevent people from sleeping in their vehicles in public spaces and city-owned property. “The goal of the presented ordinance is to have a balanced approach to helping people experiencing homelessness secure housing while continuing to reduce the impacts of homelessness on the community,” said Mandy Mills,…

City leaders in Carlsbad may give final approval today to a plan to get more homeless people off the streets and into housing. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has the details. 

The county Board of Supervisors is taking the first steps on updating its unsafe camping ordinance Wednesday in an attempt to prevent wildfires caused by homeless encampments in unincorporated areas. The board, after approving the motion in a 4-0 vote Tuesday, will review and vote on a draft ordinance in two months. If that is approved, it will require a…

The city of Lemon Grove and the Regional Task Force on Homelessness announced Monday an $8.4 million state grant aimed at addressing homelessness along the State Route 94 corridor.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously voted to advance a proposal to clear homeless encampments during red flag, or high fire, warnings.