Oxnard city officials looked long and hard for a site to build a second homeless shelter, examining many properties with not in my back yard issues before settling this week on a location: City Hall s own backyard.
The City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved construction of the five-story $34 million facility on a city lot across the street from City Hall and the main library. I m still not fully convinced this is the best location,” Councilman Bryan MacDonald said before the vote, “but it s something we need to get done.
Currently, Oxnard has a single overnight 110-bed shelter on K Street to serve an homeless population of roughly 400. The shelter is in an 80-year-old former National Guard armory slated for closure. City officials said the facility is inadequate and encroaches upon Oxnard Airport s runway protection zone.