The new, low-barrier shelter will provide mental health services and accommodate 125 people
Construction has begun on what will be the city of San Diego’s first homeless shelter to provide 24-hour intakes and a focus on people with mental illness and addictions.
“The homeless crisis has made the streets of Midway into a place of suffering, but this shelter will help turn Midway into a place of healing, a place for recovery and new beginnings,” said County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, who represents the area. Last week, Campbell and three other council members held a press conference to show support for a proposed new city attorney unit that could increase the number of homeless people with mental illnesses who could be placed into conservatorship and ordered into treatment.
The shelter is being constructed behind the County Health and Human Services Complex and the Psychiatric Hospital of San Diego County on Rosecrans Street. The Alpha Project, which operates the harm-reduction shelter and two large tented shelters downtown, will oversee the new shelter while the county will provide staffing for psychiatric and health services.
The new Midway District shelter was announced in March, and construction crews have been preparing the site behind the county buildings by installing electrical lines and underground plumbing. On Tuesday, crews lifted the first tall metal rib into place that will support the industrial tent that will serve as a shelter.
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