FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
June 27, 2023

CONTACT:
MayorPress@sandiego.gov

SAN DIEGO – Mayor Todd Gloria issued the following statement regarding the final passage of the Unsafe Camping Ordinance, which prohibits camping on all public land when shelter space is available and near certain uses such as schools and shelters and in parks and canyons at all times:

“I want to thank the majority of the City Council for reaffirming its decision to pass the Unsafe Camping Ordinance and address the tent encampments that are posing a health and safety risk to the public.

“When the taxpayers of this city are expending over $200 million to provide homelessness services, it is right and appropriate for us to set the expectation that people experiencing homelessness must avail themselves of the services we are providing. Enforcement of the ordinance will coincide with bringing online hundreds more shelter opportunities through our Safe Sleeping program and my pursuit of measures to cut bureaucratic red tape to speed our homelessness response.

“I look forward to signing the ordinance into law this week.”

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