The first-ever homeless shelter in Oceanside is housing new residents. The San Diego Rescue Mission-run navigation center is open to single men, women and families.
Dee said the site is not a walk-up facility. People have to be referred to the center for 30-day stays.
“Last Thursday we started admitting guests,” he said. “Right from the streets — either the Oceanside Police Department dropping them off or they're coming from our shower trailer outreach unit.” The Rescue Mission's mobile-shower trailers travel throughout San Diego County offering access to showers while also trying to connect homeless residents to shelter.There is some skepticism about the new facility among Oceanside’s homeless population.
A man in his twenties — who would not tell us KPBS his real name — said he grew up in Oceanside and is now homeless living near the service provider“I've heard mixed things about what kind of help they actually offer. They like to take people in, but they also push them away,” the man said, referring to the 30-day limit of the facility.
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