OCEANSIDE
The San Diego Rescue Mission will operate Oceanside’s new 50-bed homeless shelter, despite recommendations by the city staff and Housing Commission to go with Interfaith Community Services.
The Rescue Mission will provide “the broadest benefits at the most efficient cost,” said Councilman Peter Weiss at Wednesday’s Oceanside City Council meeting. He said the Interfaith proposal for the shelter was “impressive,” but it comes with $1 million in annual operating costs to the city while the other offer does not.
“We are not here to pick a winner or a loser,” Weiss said, before the 3-2 vote to approve the contract. “We are here to help our homeless population.”
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Overnight shelter run by San Diego Rescue Mission, partner of Bread of Life.
Well intentioned efforts to help the homeless can get ugly. The city of Oceanside’s high profile moves to help the needy led to public confrontations and a grant revocation. One grandstanding councilmember induced giggles when he falsely painted the picture that a city partner was a grant-dependent deadbeat.
Oceanside is taking major steps to provide relief for the homeless. On June 16, the city made a commitment to provide permanent homes for veterans, newly-independent foster kids, the elderly and “extremely low income persons” by approving a four-story, 60-unit complex called Greenbrier Village Apartments to be located just behind the Oceanside Boulevard Taco Bell.
News 8 circles back on COVID-19 stories one year later with a visit to Oceanside Homeless Resource. Author: Jeff Zevely (Reporter) Updated: 2:48 PM PDT March 16, 2021
VISTA, Calif. News 8 is looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic one year later. In this Zevely Zone, I circled back with a single mother making a big difference in the North County. Vanessa Graziano started hand delivering hot meals to the homeless last March. Have a good day, okay? said Vanessa during our ride along with her. The homeless population has been one of the hardest hit throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.
Credit: Oceanside Homeless Resource
Vanessa started the Oceanside Homeless Resource because with every meal she passed out she remembers her own past. I have a story I absolutely have a story, said Vanessa. A few years ago, Vanessa lived in her car, battled addiction, and lost her three children but even then, she believed. There is always a little light right? I
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