SAN DIEGO—A total of 179 people who were living in two local riverbeds have been moved into permanent or temporary housing since January, officials announced Thursday.
The previously homeless individuals lived in the San Diego and Sweetwater riverbeds and were among several hundred identified during a county push to find them housing.
“Our efforts to clear homeless encampments from the riverbeds are working. We are seeing steady progress month after month,” said San Diego Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer. “We are moving people from the outdoors to housing. We are also protecting the waterway by cleaning up the embankments and clearing the debris left behind—180 people relocated is a strong start, but we have more work to do.”…