San Diego council members skeptical of new shelters amid possible cuts to existing homelessness programs

Paul Sheck, program manager for the Neil Good Day Center downtown, walks into the facility’s laundry room in 2023. Several San Diego City Council members have expressed deep hesitation about advancing two of the mayor’s shelter proposals, at least for the moment, amid the threat of cuts to a range of other homelessness programs. Both an empty warehouse near downtown that could sleep 1,000 and a lot by the airport with space for hundreds of cars might be delayed as leaders wrestle with a looming deficit. Officials seemed especially concerned...