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VISTA, Calif. — The statistics from the annual Point-in-Time census of San Diego 's homeless population, conducted in January, show a significant spike in the number of unhoused North County residents.
While the percentages are lower, Escondido saw a rise of 97 unhoused residents and Oceanside 71. Poway, Fallbrook, and Ramona all saw declines, but they only combined for 23 fewer unhoused residents between the three communities. Franklin pointed to the early success Vista is seeing with its new Buena Vista Navigation Center, a shelter designed to provide services to help care for residents and guide them toward more permanent housing. The center's director says that so far, half of the residents who have moved on have done so for drug/alcohol rehab or housing.
“Some of them we’ve asked 20 times and developed relationships with," Franklin said."We’ve asked them if they’d come and accept a safe, warm bed here, three hot meals a day, a hot shower, clean clothes. And unfortunately, because of mental illness and addiction, the answer is we don’t want to come.”
Point-In-Time Census Annual California Homeless Housing North County San Diego Shelter Vista
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