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A Marine turned outreach worker began the search on a recent morning, not knowing if hostility or hope was waiting

Groups from both neighborhoods came together Thursday to call on city leaders to include $3 million to fund two centers for youth and young adults in next year's budget.

A majority of unhoused people in Los Angeles County live in cars, trucks or RVs. Some of them have income, just not enough to afford both rent and food.

Late last month, the city quietly directed a city-backed homeless shelter provider to reserve 50 more beds for San Diego police referrals.

San Diego Housing Commission leadership says city is holding nearly 200 beds to enforce Unsafe Camping Ban, turning away those seeking beds.

The shelter will slowly admit people, 15 at a time As Gary Warth at the U-T reported: "The beds are made, the showers and restrooms are in place, and mental health and addiction specialists are ready to work with clients at the new homeless shelter in San Diego’s Midway District."

The past two weeks, federal authorities have dropped thousands of asylum seekers at transit stations across the county.

The definition of "adequate shelter" is at the heart of debates raging across California in the five years since a federal appeals court ruled that it’s cruel and unusual punishment to evict homeless people from public spaces when they have no other options.

Police can’t force homeless people from encampments unless the city in question has “adequate shelter” to offer the people getting forced off the street, according to courts. Now everyone involved wants to know what “adequate shelter” is.

Cities in the West can’t legally clear homeless camps unless they can provide adequate alternative shelter to the camp residents.