Annual summit on the homelessness crisis held at UC San Diego

An annual summit to find solutions for the homelessness crisis was held on the UC San Diego campus Thursday, the same day Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order, directing cities across the state to clear homeless encampments.

"I think housing is a human right, but there’s a corresponding obligation to use it," said State Senator Catherine Blakespear.

She hosted the summit for a second year, which included different panels on addressing the crisis.

"People should not be able to live in public spaces or wherever they want. We’ve gotten to the point where we’re tolerating it and it’s become normalized," she added.

Mayor Todd Gloria took part in the summit. He told CBS 8 the governor's order aligns with what's already happening in San Diego under the city's encampment ban.

"We all understand encampments are unsafe and unhealthy, you do have to give people a place to go," said Mayor Gloria. "I’m hopeful his announcement today is really a directive to smaller cities, not big cities up and down the state who I think are working in good faith to expand shelter capacity, but really those small and midsize cities in our county that do none of this work."

[FreemanJameZ]

Without a doubt, this year will be worse than the last. I lost a lot of money last year as a result of bad investment choices that I would not have made if I hadn't been so worried about my portfolio. I kept investing, but I couldn't determine whether to start paying for a house. In the end, I sold my positions, and the house needed more work than I had planned. I'm not sure how long I can keep going like this

[ltdc]

Can YOU call it a crisis when YOU caused it?

[groovelife]

They don't try to figure out how to help them, they just figure out how to shove them off onto someone else.

[ck]

They don’t want to help anyone when people are making high salaries to “fix it”

[RiseandSHINEdailyinspiration]

He's DISGUSTING!! Maybe he should find the $3million he lost and DO SOMETHING about the homeless crisis instead of giving more human rights to US citizens rather than migrants!!

[kentinman]

Shelters are no solution.
I'm noticing no one is mentioning the unforgivable out of control cost of housing. That quite possibly could be the cause of the ever increasing homeless population.

[Bel-Nalfiend]

Where are these people supposed to go? Jail? Invest in private prisons now. If you see whats going on here your blind

[movingforwardman]

Time to vote out the idiots that think this is ok or just talk about it. Give someone else the opportunity to get this resolved.

[Avg_Vet]

We used to be able to live where we wanted until corporations and greedy people started building housing developments and everything else, and then outpricing, overpricing it to the point where you price out most of america.

[L.Ron.Hoyabembe]

1:45 “Housing is a human right”

Ok I’m ready for my free house. Thanks.

[maggiemonroe]

Where are they to go Gov? I can’t even afford to visit for vacation? If you remove people you should have a place you’re moving them to. When you willfully allow lower middle class and below to be priced out; you force people into situations where alcohol and drugs are the only way to cope. Then what?

[madworldproductions]

This needs to be done, but it should be done combined with providing alternative places for them to actually go though

[mayday]

"clearing them out" ... exactly what do you think happens when you clear an area? You think the homeless people just evaporate or something?

[qvdkzth]

Without homelessness California would have to give up half of the government jobs 😧😧😧

[libirdinowski]

I wonder who’s coming to visit & which city in California the homeless will be diverted to…. We pay all these taxes in CA & they still haven’t done anything with the money….

[juicewrld]

Maybe give them jobs and housing and mental health help they need so they don't have to come back after they are forced to leave. Shelters are cruel jokes.

[philharris]

Yea because they asked for it when rents 5 grand for a flat 😂inflation strikes again

[qvdkzth]

Give the homelessness back to the churches and take it out of the

[nesarsultani]

California should provide housing to American homeless not the illegal immigrants.

[Fools_Requiem]

the only way to help them is make the cost of living in CA crash, and make job requirements less stringent.

Also, help people get free of their dependency on drugs and alcohol.