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Bend Opens Low Barrier Shelter The City of Bend and NeighborImpact have partnered to fund the re-opening of the former winter warming shelter as a low-barrier shelter for unhoused community members. The Shepherd’s House will operate the shelter, located at 275 NE Second Street. The shelter will open on June 1, 2021, and will run seven days a week from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. Case management and supportive services will be provided by the Project S.H.A.R.E. Program of Shepherd’s House and several o...

Twenty-one transitional housing units, four vehicles for crisis care teams and new technology for mental health and addiction services will be funded using $5 million of the $25 million County-City Behavioral Health Impact Fund.

Fletcher approached San Diego about the idea to use settlement money from a legal dispute involving redevelopment money to fund the capital projects. All projects supported with the $25 million fund are to be concentrated in San Diego. "The Behavioral Health Impact Funds investment into these first five projects will be transformational for some of our most vulnerable neighbors," Gloria said. "The projects weve announced today will provide hundreds of San Diegans with access to the housing and ...

City of Bend, NeighborImpact announce year-round, ‘low-barrier’ homeless shelter BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The city of Bend and NeighborImpact announced Monday they have partnered to fund the reopening of last winters warming shelter as a year-round low-barrier shelter for unhoused community members. The Shepherd’s House Ministries will operate the 70-bed shelter, located at 275 NE Second Street. The shelter will open on Tuesday, June 1, and will run seven days a week from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. C...

Safe Parking Program Act headed to Congressional committee Tracy Lehr / NewsChannel 3-12 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - During the past pandemic year, Julie Bowen called her car home.  Bowen said she was taking care of her sick mother before she died, and then she got sick and couldnt work anymore as a realtor. She lost her home of 22 years. Santa Barbara Countys Safe Parking Program helped her. Bowens story, and others like it, inspired Rep. Salud Carbajal to introduce the Naomi Schwartz Safe...

. A record 40 people died “without fixed abode” in January.  Their names are: Dong YI who died on January 2 in Westminster; Miguel LOPEZ who died on January 4 in Fullerton; Samantha HERZIK who died on January 5 in Westminster; Michael LLAMAS who died on January 5 in Santa Ana; Dionte VALDEZ who died on January 5 in Santa Ana; Leuren LOSITO who died on January 6 in Anaheim; Salvador AVILABRAVO who died on January 8 in Santa Ana; Jose PANO MEDINA who died on January 12 in Anaheim; Albert ARC...

By Mike Kinney A proposed, one-year pilot program providing safe haven for RV dwellers in a portion of the Hilltop Mall parking lot is receiving staunch opposition from neighbors. The Safe Parking Pilot Program has been a goal of the city’s for several years, and officials say the need for it has only grown amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, as the city has seen an exponential growth in people living in their vehicles. On Feb. 2, city staff presented to council three of what they considered the mo...

Many things have changed since the Thursday Club was formed 100 years ago. Including the Thursday Club. The San Diego service club, which was founded in February of 1921 by four young married women, is no longer for married women only. There is also a membership group for younger women and evening meetings for members who work during the day. And in the wake of COVID-19, the Thursday Club meetings are not being held at its picturesque red-roofed clubhouse in Point Loma but on Zoom, with the gr...

LA Made a Serious Mistake in the Way They Created Neighborhood Councils Details NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-As I write this, Neighborhood Councils that have elections planned in 2021 for their communities, have already begun elections for their Board members. This is one of the issues that I have with the Neighborhood Council system: I believe all Neighborhood Councils should be required to run their Elections through the designated City Governmental body – in the case o...

LA Made a Serious Mistake in the Way They Created Neighborhood Councils Details NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-As I write this, Neighborhood Councils that have elections planned in 2021 for their communities, have already begun elections for their Board members. This is one of the issues that I have with the Neighborhood Council system: I believe all Neighborhood Councils should be required to run their Elections through the designated City Governmental body – in the case o...