Empower individuals & families ● Build community resilience ● Promote housing opportunities ● Enhance quality of life
HOUSING & HOMELESS
SERVICES
Item 8.1
Impact of Unhoused People in the
Industrial Boulevard Area
Industrial Boulevard: Area of Concentration
Area of Concentration: History
2021 2022 2023 2024
Park Closure
8/31/22
70 60
50 40
30 20
10 Average Number of Encampments in Area
(Harborside and Industrial)
Harborside Park Spring 2022
Industrial Boulevard January 2024
Area of Concentration: Agency Right-of-Way
Caltrans ROW
MTS ROW
City ROW
MTS Fence
Area of Concentration: Calls for Service
Current Community Impacts
• Illegal Activity
• Drug Use and Overdose
• Prostitution
• Theft
• Assaults
• Stolen Property
• Defecating/Urinating in Public
• Trash and Debris and Graffiti
• Proximity to Sensitive Receptors
• Harborside Elementary
• Brentwood Mobile Home Park
• Surrounding Businesses
Challenges: Clean-up Efforts
2,000 sq. ft. of graffiti removed,
Industrial Blvd. area 1/12/24 36,540 lbs. of trash collected, Industrial Blvd. area 1/12/24
12/19/23
47 1/12 @ 8 a.m.
63 1/12 @ 2 p.m.
0 1/12 @ 8 p.m.
17 1/16/24
45 After Clean up Effort 1/12/24
Summer Stephan,
San Diego County District Attorney
Current Efforts to Mitigate
City Efforts:
• Focused Outreach Services
• Focused Police Presence
• Focused Clean-Up Efforts
Community Efforts:
• MTS fencing
• Costco fencing
• Brentwood MHP
Neighborhood Watch
• 12/2023 meeting with
business owners
Current Policy Direction and Staff Efforts
(as of 12/05/23 Council Meeting)
Targeted
Restrictions Sitting
Lying/Sleeping
6-8 months
Targeted Regulations
on Storing Items
Variable
Regulations for Vehicle
Dwelling
3-8 months
Regulations on
Shopping Carts
4-5 months
Services Providers and
Voucher Use Licensing
3-4 months
Dedicated
Homeless
Outreach
Team for
Area
Safe
Camping
Behavioral
Health
Services
Substance
Abuse
Counseling
California Encampment Resolution Grant
(Due 1/31/24)
Additional Optionsto Mitigate
Mitigation Measure Estimated Cost Potential Funding Timeframe Adopt Unsafe Camping Ordinance $150,000 policy development $400,000 enforcement
State PLHA, Federal ESG,
Local General Fund and/or
Measure A
6-8 months
Develop Lower Barrier Shelter
(Safe Camping or Parking)
$1 Million startup
$500,000 annual operations
CA Encampment Resolution
General Fund 6-8 months
Relocate Fencing Along Industrial Appr. $350,000 General Fund 1-3 months Empower individuals & families ● Build community resilience ● Promote housing opportunities ● Enhance quality of life
HOUSING & HOMELESS
SERVICES
COUNCIL DIRECTION
Continue focused efforts?
Increase resources regardless of grant application?
Ongoing operations?
Lighting
Industrial Area Business Owner
Recommendations
Landscape Fencing