In recent months, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria criticized other cities in San Diego County for not doing their part to combat homelessness in the region. Tuesday on KPBS Midday Edition, mayors from across the county respond and talk about what their cities are doing to address homelessness.
S1: It's time for a midday edition on Kpbs. The homelessness crisis persist , but our cities across San Diego County doing enough to find solutions. I'm Jade Hindman. Here's to conversations that keep you informed , inspired and make you think. Today we are talking to mayors across the county to see how their cities are addressing homelessness.
S1: So we invited several mayors to the show to talk more about their city's response to San Diego's homelessness crisis. We are joined now by Oceanside Mayor Esther Sanchez. The North County's largest city opened its first municipal homeless shelter earlier this summer. Mayor Sanchez , welcome.S1: So let me ask you , you know , last July , we spoke with Mayor Todd Gloria , about how to decrease homelessness in San Diego. He said that other cities are doing , quote , a little while.
S1: You know , the latest point in time count showed that Oceanside's homeless population grew by 22%. The city has the second highest unsheltered population in North County. S2: But we also have housing that is kind of scattered through the through the city. And again , we also have affordable housing projects. We built several units , almost a thousand units in like a ten year period. We do have places , some places , but we need more. It's not enough. So , yes , I think Oceanside is doing its part. We are moving forward and we do have people who call and complain about , say , encampments.
S2: It's helping us with funding funds for for land and ensuring that we're able to be able to hold on to it for at least two years. I think it takes at least a couple of years. And then how ? Having the enough of the funds at the state level so that the affordable housing developers are able to have those credits to be able to get those long term loans and make these these projects actually happen.
S3: There are few cities in this region who are doing a little. Most of them are doing absolutely nothing. What other city in this region has built the amount of shelter that the city of San Diego has ? What are the city has invested the resources to provide services to the level of the city of San Diego has for people experiencing homelessness.
S5: That we've done mean a lot of that happened in the 50s and 60s when they decided to let people build as many apartments as they wanted in alcohol. And so we got a tremendous amount of low income housing. We are doing everything we can to approve any reasonable project that brings in more housing. We're building lots right now and a lot of it is low income. But the city of El Cajon has very little to do with the high cost of housing.
S6: In the city of Chula Vista ? We are very collaborative with the other cities in the region , especially in the South County , Imperial Beach , National City and Coronado. We have been a leader in providing innovative programs to get homeless off the streets. And we'll be hopefully talking about our tiny new homes community that allow people to get off the streets and move into permanent housing.
S6: We've again , originally. Created a homeless outreach team in 2016. We just opened a new tiny homes community with 65 units in there. This is a bridge shelter so that when somebody who does want help , we can allow them to go into a tiny home. And the interesting thing is , is that we implemented best practices when we looked at this , because if you have a tent or you have a congregational setting , there are issues where homeless may be assaulted.
S6: Yeah , they're tiny new homes. They're very Spartan. But as I always tease people , it's there were nicer than the places that I stayed in Iraq and the war in Iraq. But the the you have two beds. You have lights. Obviously. We have baths , rooms that that are not in there. But it's a place where they can live. They can feel safe , they can feel secure , and they have some privacy. Okay.
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