I agree with former Councilmember Frye’s op-ed in @sdut. I was Chief of Staff to 2 Councilmembers during the “Strong Mayor” debate and later worked for 2 Mayors. It’s not about the form of government. It’s about accountability.
We stand by our decision in the height of COVID to focus all efforts on the successful Operation Shelter to Home at the Convention Center.
But this was nearly 3 years ago. What happened to the trailers in 2021 and 2022 after we left office? You’ll have to ask the current admin.
Mayor Faulconer’s admin got these trailers in spring 2020, as we were already enacting an extensive City/County COVID effort to shelter homeless individuals. The Gloria admin is in its 3rd year of having these trailers, and still has not put them to use. https://t.co/3WPh8w3MH1
Trailers arrived as COVID began. They could help a few, but we needed to help thousands. The Faulconer admin was already dedicating all resources to sheltering 1000+ individuals @ Convention Center. Any providers that could run these trailers were deployed @ this all-hands effort
Todd Gloria's State of the City address lacked any immediate action plan to solve the city's issue of homelessness.
"We need the type of scale that says that this is an emergency," says former mayor Kevin Faulconer.
More info: https://t.co/Fb4frRIbmw
Nobody in San Diego is a bigger booster of the region than Bill Walton, the basketball legend and bicyclist. Over the past few weeks, he has been sending @MayorToddGloria a series of angry emails about the state of the homeless crisis: https://t.co/UHhdRUJa2N
Can we just say it? @MayorToddGloria is in freefall. His progressive homeless 'solutions' are failures. He is a likely one term Mayor who will be remembered for taking a reasonably clean downtown under @Kevin_Faulconer and turning it into Calcutta.
🧵@SDPartnership's latest monthly census shows a dramatic spike in street homelessness downtown. The business group tallied 1,608 people downtown and areas just outside it during its Aug. 25 count. That's up from 1,253 people in July.
Ain’t that something!
A “1-stop shop where homeless residents can be connected to help & resources is valuable. It’s a place where people can start the process to get off the street & there seem to be more people who need help than ever”
The center has served 17k+ visits so far
We had an amazing day out on the water with our NEW @portofsandiego Commissioner, Danielle Moore ✨and President Joe Stuyvesant.
It was great to show them both from a waterside prospective of water dependent businesses and uses! 🌊
POA President Jared Wilson recently joined former San Diego Mayor Faulconer on KOGO 760 A.M.
To listen to the full interview, visit: https://t.co/OtVdZaYqiB
I’ve literally lost count of all the defamation threats I and my editors have received from people with their fingerprints on #101AshStreet. Hard to figure.