San Deigo was once an All American City. It was prudently run and a haven for the California Deam. Now it is the epitome of the California nightmare. In just once year, the demented Joe Biden dropped 155,000 illegal aliens on the streets of the city. Homeless everywhere, Tijuana sewage is making Americans sick. As expected one reason for the homeless problem—and many of the other problems—is a lack of communication between government agencies, each wanting to be King of the Road.
“Because the area in question falls under the jurisdiction of Caltrans, not the City of San Diego, local officials have limited authority to clean it up. CBS 8 reached out to Caltrans for comment. The state agency told CBS 8 they’re aware of the issue in that area, and that they’re putting it on the schedule to be cleaned.
State Senator Catherine Blakespear is among those trying to address the problem with new legislation. Her proposed bill, SB 569, seeks to improve coordination between Caltrans and local governments when it comes to managing encampments on state property.
“The question is why is this happening? Why are we falling down in this way?” Blakespear said. “My bill is aimed directly at that place where we’re falling down to say cities and the state, get your acts together, link arms, and solve this problem.”
CalTrans is putting cleaning up the homeless encampments on its schedule? When? Weeks, months or years from now. How many will die before then? How many fires will be started and homes or businesses burned, people killed?
Case study Sandy Eggo: How intergovernmental lack of coordination exacerbates homelessness problems
Opportunity Now, 5/22/25 https://www.opportunitynowsv.org/blog/case-study-sandy-eggo-how-intergovernmental-lack-of-coordination-exacerbates-homelessness-problems
There’s trash and mayhem all around San Diego’s downtown safe sleeping site. Different gov’t agencies point at each other, but do nothing. Are the SCC Supes listening? CBS 8 San Diego reports.
Just steps from one of the City of San Diego’s designated Safe Sleeping sites, residents are raising concerns about growing encampments and mounting piles of trash near Balboa Park—conditions one viewer described as “like a third-world country.”
A concerned viewer reached out to CBS 8, expressing frustration over the condition of the area near the O Lot Safe Sleeping site, which sits adjacent to the I-5 freeway and Pershing Drive on Caltrans property.
“I’ve seen fires there,” she told CBS 8. “There’s so much trash and I know a lot of it is human waste. It’s terrible. If they’re going to put that there, can they at least manage the surrounding areas?” she asked. “Why does our neighborhood get two tent cities and all the encampments around it?”
Visible from nearby roads and walkways, the encampments line the roadside just outside the Safe Sleeping site. For many residents and visitors, this stretch serves as a gateway to downtown San Diego and Balboa Park.
Because the area in question falls under the jurisdiction of Caltrans, not the City of San Diego, local officials have limited authority to clean it up. CBS 8 reached out to Caltrans for comment. The state agency told CBS 8 they’re aware of the issue in that area, and that they’re putting it on the schedule to be cleaned.
State Senator Catherine Blakespear is among those trying to address the problem with new legislation. Her proposed bill, SB 569, seeks to improve coordination between Caltrans and local governments when it comes to managing encampments on state property.
“The question is why is this happening? Why are we falling down in this way?” Blakespear said. “My bill is aimed directly at that place where we’re falling down to say cities and the state, get your acts together, link arms, and solve this problem.”
According to Blakespear, the City of San Diego receives around 300 complaints each month about encampments on land they can’t legally access or manage.
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We have to conduct a study which costs money as opposed to common sense to prove what every body knows so that when the study gets fact checked there is supporting data (even made up data) to justify the conclusion. But then again, involving a lot of intergovernmental agencies in one element of governess creates a lot of jobs tax payers pay for.