Map by Nate John
Note: This map aims to demonstrate the effects of the proposed ordinance but may not be comprehensive. If you have suggestions or corrections, email info@voiceofsandiego.org.
Downtown City Councilman Stephen Whitburn and Mayor Todd Gloria are rallying behind a controversial plan to rid city sidewalks of homeless camps.
On June 13, the City Council will vote on Whitburn’s proposed ordinance banning camping when shelter is available – and at all times within two blocks of schools and homeless shelters, and also along waterways and at transit hubs.
Update: The San Diego City Council on June 13 approved a version of the ordinance that calls for parks to be covered by the ban only if the city determines “there is a significant public health and safety risk” and signs are posted. City officials didn’t immediately state which parks would be covered.
Voice of San Diego created a map of what that would look like in downtown. The map also includes communities immediately surrounding downtown. We also wrote about the potential impact on longtime homeless service hub East Village – and the hundreds of unhoused people who now live there – and the potential impact on neighborhoods near the area where unsheltered people might relocate to avoid enforcement.
You can review a full list of city-funded shelters here.
They need to leave them where they’re at so they don’t go into other areas the areas on the map that have them can keep them they should’ve never let it happen to begin with !
Nah they need to go into your area so you can deal with what downtown has had going on. These homeless are not from San Diego. They’re abusing our lax laws. Times up.
😊Nobody wants them…but it’s definitely someone else’s turn to host them. We pay taxes in East Village, and the Gaslamp, too.
I sure hope that the gaps in the map are just GIS problems. If not, thanks for creating a nice homeless camping row on C street. 🙁
San Diego County homeless Union we will not tolerate this BS from the city council of San Diego California on Homeless Survival Camping Ban
Screw the homeless. They have no civility and want to spread their misery
Headline next week
“Real estate values immediately jump 10% in BCA – banned camping areas.”
I say that anyone who wants to label humans who are living in the creation however blessed can kiss our booty maybe we trust and greedy I need a house and a car and all this materialistic stuff maybe some people should get off the high horse get over themselves and realize that the only thing that makes any of us homeless is the fact that you all for the government and the government themselves taken the creation the land a piece of land that even you will never own because you’re paying taxes so they took the creation the land and that’s the problem for instance how about are you going to be willing to pay for the air your breathing cuz that’s what it’s coming to so some people need to snap into reality and stop being scared
Rehabilitation centers are urgently needed to address the issues behind homelessness. All homeless people need to be relocated and kept in that center and be allowed to leave based on readiness to re-integrate into communities.
These centers must be funded by the Fed and State gov’s.
I’m a homeless veteran and long time resident of San Diego. I don’t like people who destroy others property or who leave trash or cause harm to others in anyway. Not all homeless people are bad and just like not all housed people are bad. I think it’s great that they are doing the camping zones but I disagree that people should have to suffer legal charges for only their 2nd/3rd time being in violation. I won’t block paths or leave waste or cause damage or waste. I sleep in a small personal tent and when I’m done I pack up and leave and take care of what I need to do to live and try to get off the street. San Diego is having this crisis because people can’t afford to live. I was evicted because my roommate moved out and then I lost both of my jobs. (Laid off one and quit the other) With that I have been dealing with service related PTSD and depression, intensified by an alcohol problem that picked up in the Navy. Ultimately my fault but we have all gone through bad times and mine was really bad. My life became unstable and my mental health problems became much worse. After being homeless (meaning sleeping outside and not in a car) for about a year I found out the VA could pay so I could go to treatment. So I went to in house treatment for 90 days and now I’m sober and still homeless. Still waiting on a very long list for potential housing and it’s not easy. The shelter is an awful place for me. I just can’t live in that environment for various reasons. Being alone I can control my environment better and keep my self moving and safe. It’s very very hard to pull your self back up once your here. I am trying and I think I’ll figure it out maybe soon. I’ll hopefully find a job but maintaining a job with no place to secure my belongings is near impossible and unsustainable at most. If I am put in jail for just sleeping right now, it could destroy any small chance I’ve been working towards. I think creating places we can camp with our own belongings is a great idea but please just help us and don’t make it worse for us if we aren’t doing anyone or anything harm. Punish those who are commiting crimes but don’t punish me for trying pull through hard times and refusing help that I would prefer not to accept.