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The San Diego City Council is set to have a closed-door discussion next week on the cost and terms of Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposal to lease a Middletown warehouse and make it a 1,000-bed homeless shelter.
The planned discussion comes in the wake of the Gloria administration’s decision to postpone a Thursday Land Use and Housing Committee hearing on a proposed 35-year lease for the nearly 65,000 square foot former print shop at Kettner Boulevard and Vine Street – and questions from the city’s independent budget analyst about the initial pitch.
Council President Sean Elo-Rivera, whose office sets council agendas, last week told Voice of San Diego he wanted the City Council to get a closed session briefing on the proposed real estate deal before he’d schedule a final vote.
The City Council is now set to get that briefing on Monday.
It’s unclear when Gloria’s team will request a public hearing on the shelter and lease proposals.
Given that this is just down the road from the two most utilized hospitals by the homeless population; shouldn’t the city have a part of the facility that could help them recover from an emergency room visit?
Perhaps another part of the facility can teach them coding and provide jobs at Google once they’re weaned off of the fentanyl.