San Diego Postpones Discussion on 1,000-Bed Shelter Proposal to September

Discussion on San Diego’s plan to lease and convert a commercial building into a long-term 1,000-bed homeless shelter and resource center is now postponed until September, the mayor announced July 25.
The San Diego City Council voted 7–2 July 22 to revisit the topic later. and Mayor Todd Gloria said Thursday that the decision to further delay the discussion was made to allow additional time for project review.
Concerns that have been raised by the council include property rent, operational cost, and insufficient analysis of the leasing terms.
According to Mr. Todd, during the delay, city officials will work with the City Attorney’s office regarding such feedback and will also convene a working group to develop a design and preliminary operations plan….