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Lisa Halverstadt
@LisaHalverstadt
@VoiceofSanDiego senior investigative reporter digging into San Diego's homelessness, housing & behavioral health crises. 📧Lisa@vosd.org
Jun 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🧵Update for those who didn't stay up late with @SDCityCouncil last night: The Council voted 5-4 to approve a controversial homeless camping ban.

For folks who prefer a summary vs. a play-by-play thread: tinyurl.com/38erf77z This statement from ex-San Diego mayor @Kevin_Faulconer hit my inbox after midnight. 👇 He's critical of what @SDCityCouncil approved. He's been working on a similar initiative that comes with mandates to provide more shelter.

More details (3rd sect): tinyurl.com/2p96adb5 Image
Jun 13, 2023 • 137 tweets • 65 min read
🧵@SDCityCouncil is meeting shortly to review a proposed @CityofSanDiego homeless shelter strategy and a controversial homeless camping ban. I'll be live-tweeting throughout the meeting that is set to start at about 1:05 p.m.

My related stories over the past week.👇 The meeting is now starting. The @SDCityCouncil will first review a proposed comprehensive shelter strategy. Mayor @ToddGloria is kicking off the presentation and notes his team has already added 700 shelter beds.

The proposed shelter strategy: tinyurl.com/2fewcdpu Image
Jun 13, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Wowza. We've got a packed @voiceofsandiego Morning Report for you today. Tuesday's blast leads with @willhuntsberry's story on skyrocketing deaths in the unhoused population. voiceofsandiego.org/2023/06/13/mor… I've also got a story on how a proposed camping ban the @SDCityCouncil will consider today could further expose shelter gaps for some of the most vulnerable folks on the street. voiceofsandiego.org/2023/06/12/cam…
Jun 12, 2023 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
🧵Former San Diego Mayor @Kevin_Faulconer and ex-Police @ChiefZimmerman held a press conference outside Alpha Project's Barrio Logan shelter this morning to criticize a proposed camping ban pushed by new Mayor @ToddGloria and @CMWhitburnD3. Image Faulconer - who confirmed he's giving "serious consideration" to a run for county supervisor - argued the city needs to commit to opening 1,500 additional shelter beds and consistent police enforcement citywide.

More on the current shelter situation: voiceofsandiego.org/2023/06/09/pro…
Jun 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
🧵It's Monday and today's @voiceofsandiego news blast leads with @JakobMcwhinney and @marxjesse's
eyebrow-raising story about federal immigration authorities requesting and obtaining information from public and private institutions. 👀voiceofsandiego.org/2023/06/12/mor… Also in today's blast: An update on surging homelessness in downtown San Diego and its outskirts... tinyurl.com/mvy5mrt3 Image
Apr 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🧵TGIF! Today's @voiceofsandiego news blast leads with a rundown from @marxjesse and I on a proposed @CityofSanDiego tenant protection ordinance that seemingly no one is thrilled about. voiceofsandiego.org/2023/04/21/mor… One update I'm personally thrilled about in today's blast: @andrealopezvil got the latest news on a long-awaited (and delayed) @thinkchulavista homeless shelter. voiceofsandiego.org/2023/04/21/mor…
Apr 20, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🧵@theSDHC is officially eyeing three @ExtendedStay hotels it hopes to convert into supportive housing for unhoused residents using state Homekey funds. 🏨🏘️ Image Housing commissioners voted today to execute a purchase and sale agreement and begin due diligence on three hotels in Mission Valley and Kearny Mesa that could supply 412 units of permanent supportive housing.

More details via @theSDHC presentation: bit.ly/3Ljhh5k
Apr 18, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
🧵@MayorToddGloria and Council President @SeanEloRiveraD9 just released a draft tenant protection ordinance they say is "designed to provide a high level of protection from evictions for renters to stay in their homes" if they're paying rent and following lease rules. Image You can check out the full proposed ordinance here: bit.ly/3ArP325🏘️📜

I'm reviewing it and may tweet more takeways later.

For now, a @SDCityCouncil vote on this ordinance is set for next Tuesday.
Feb 1, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
More on Mayor @ToddGloria's announcement earlier today that he has ordered city crews to proceed with a major clean-up of a homeless camp in the Midway District tomorrow.
voiceofsandiego.org/homelessness/m… This post also includes some perspective from homeless residents staying at the camp and advocate @amie_zamudio, who has visited the camp often.
Jan 31, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Mayor @ToddGloria's office has issued a press release announcing a Tuesday clean-up at a Midway homeless camp that has grown dramatically over the last year.

Excerpt: The announcement follows @ArtieNBCSD's story last week documenting just how large the homeless camp has gotten in recent months. nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ast…
Jan 26, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
The @SDCityCouncil just voted unanimously to extend the @SDConventionCtr shelter operation through March.

Context: voiceofsandiego.org/topics/governm… The city will rely on $5.3M in federal block grant funds, including $2.7M originally allocated for small business support the city has been unable to dole out and $2.2M previously set to back an affordable housing property acquisition fund. Also $7.7M in unspent funds.
Jan 26, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: Given the nasty weather we've had the past few days, I've been asking city and county officials for updates on any efforts to get homeless San Diegans out of the cold. Here's what I can share for now. 👇 A county spokesman reports that inclement weather vouchers were provided for 325 hotel room nights throughout the county over the weekend. He says the county activated its inclement weather program Friday through this morning for unincorporated areas.
Dec 12, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I’ve been getting (and asking) lots of questions about #covid cases at the @SDConventionCtr shelter & the status of the county's hotel program.

No new @SDConventionCtr #s to share (yet) but as of Wednesday, 115 shelter residents had received positive tests in the last week. Here’s the latest I can share on @SanDiegoCounty's hotel program: The county says it now has access to 804 hotel rooms it can offer people who have covid/have been exposed who don't have a safe place to isolate or who are particularly vulnerable homeless San Diegans.
Dec 10, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Update on #coronavirus cases at the @SDConventionCtr shelter: A mayor's office spokeswoman tells me 115 shelter residents have now tested positive since last Thursday, up from 74 on Monday. A total of five staff have also tested positive. Nearly 1,170 #coronavirus tests have been given since last Thursday and testing is continuing.

There have been a total of 147 postive tests among shelter residents and staff working at the @SDConventionCtr shelter since it opened in April.
Oct 10, 2018 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
More on that unspent Prop. 63 money: voiceofsandiego.org/topics/governm… Earlier this year, @ToddGloria proposed a bill to add teeth to requirements that Prop. 63 money be spent. AB 2843 ultimately died in the Assembly. More on that effort (3rd sec): voiceofsandiego.org/topics/governm…