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Lisa Halverstadt
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@voiceofsandiego.org senior investigative reporter digging into San Diego County government & our homelessness, housing & behavioral health crises. 📧Lisa@vosd.org
Your monthly reminder: For most of the last couple years, local efforts to house homeless residents haven't kept up with the flood of people losing their homes. That equation must change to dramatically reduce homelessness.

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Newly Homeless Residents Still Outpacing Newly Housed
San Diego’s efforts to house homeless San Diegans aren’t keeping up with the number of people losing their homes.
shorturl.at
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In October, @rtfhsd.bsky.social reports that 1,079 people became homeless for the first time and 1,112 moved into housing.

Report:
www.rtfhsd.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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voiceofsandiego.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Also in today’s Morning Report: County @supervisoraguirre.bsky.social plans to propose a tenant protection ordinance for unincorporated areas, we review a rape kit investigation by former Voice reporter @andykeatts.bsky.social that made a big impact and more.
Morning Report: Proposition 36 Proving Costly for County
County officials last year projected at least a $58 million annual budget hit if statewide criminal justice reform measure Proposition 36 passed. Now that the initiative that cracked down on […]
voiceofsandiego.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The county’s spending tens of millions of dollars to implement the measure cracking down on repeat drug and theft offenders - and for now, absorbing new costs in existing department budgets.
Proposition 36 Hits County Budget Hard
Implementing Proposition 36 is costing county government tens of millions of dollars at a time of major budget uncertainty.
voiceofsandiego.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM