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Spending plan, Fiscal Year 2022 It’s estimated that from 2019 to 2020, Fresno’s homeless population increased by almost 70%. City Manager Tommy Esqueda is certain that number has continued to grow this year. “We don't have enough housing capacity available to get folks out of the shelters we’ve invested in, and so we have more people on the street,” he said.    During Wednesday’s city council meeting, Esqueda presented a $25 million housing development plan for the next fiscal year.   That includes potential tiny home villages, and the state program, Project HomeKey which funds...

EL CAJON —  El Cajon has the second-highest number of homeless people in San Diego County, so it’s not surprising that it is among the top concerns of residents and businesses. Last week, El Cajon City Manager Graham Mitchell provided an update to the City Council about the steps the city has taken to help those living on the streets — 784, according to the Point-in-Time Count coordinated by the Regional Task Force on the Homeless in January 2020 — as well as keep the city safe and clean. The city of San Diego had the most, with 4,887 homeless people. El Cajon funded or operated nin...

/ A proposed change to a Medford ordinance would make it a misdemeanor crime use tents in public spaces. This camp was organized by activists in Hawthorne Park in September 2020. In response to recent federal court rulings, the City of Medford plans to change its Prohibited Camping Ordinance. But advocates say the proposed changes will make it even harder for people who can’t find housing to survive. At a recent virtual meeting of the Jackson County Homeless Task Force, Deputy City Attorney Eric Mitton explained why Medford is changing its ordinance that currently bans all unauthorized sle...

El Cajon has a new Planning Commissioner. Elizabeth A. Valles was chosen by a 4-1 vote of the City Council to fill a vacant seat on the five-member group that advises the council on land matters. Valles is an East County native born at Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa and raised in Lemon Grove. She earned an associate’s degree in cardiovascular technology and an associate of science in nursing at Grossmont College, a bachelor of science in nursing through Grand Canyon University and a doctorate in nursing practice from the University of San Diego. Valles, 56, is currently a nurse practitione...

Originally published on February 16, 2021 6:17 pm On Tuesday, members of the Medford Homeless Task Force laid out their plan for helping unsheltered people during severe cold or hot weather, or during unhealthy air quality. The program will provide a network for resources including bedding, meal preparation, cleaning, and staff trained in de-escalation, that can quickly be deployed to a site, according to Angela Durant with the Medford planning department. “All of those types of things, churches and their volunteer staff aren’t equipped to handle,” Durant says. “They just can’t d...