Oxnard approves downtown homeless shelter
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 s...
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