Winter Homeless Shelter Site Settled

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The city of San Diego has secured the use of a privately owned lot on 15th and J streets as the location for this year's temporary winter homeless shelter.

The site, owned by developer OliverMcMillan, was one of two sites selected by City Council to host the shelter this year at its Oct. 13 meeting. It remained unclear whether the site, which hosted the shelter last year, would be available because the owner said he had received federal stimulus funds to develop it.

The Mayor's Office met with developer Dene Oliver, who agreed to make the site available, according to San Diego CityBeat. Had the site not been available, the shelter would have been housed in an empty city-owned warehouse nearby.

The shelter, CityBeat reports, will be open by Thanksgiving, several days earlier than the previously anticipated Dec. 2 opening.

Click here for background and links to our previous coverage on this issue.

-- ADRIAN FLORIDO

1 Comments so far on this story...

Thank you OliverMcMillan for your generosity in allowing the homeless shelter to be on your private property. Since this appears to be a donation to the City, perhaps there could be a tax benefit for your donation? If there was a financial tradeoff with the City for property donation for shelter space, it may encourage other private property owners to provide needed shelter for the homeless.

Posted by Jena | reply to this comment
November 2, 2009 11:14 am

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