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Homelessness and Housing

As the Council member for District Three, Todd Gloria took charge in the merger of multiple homelessness organizations in the city of San Diego. By doing so, Gloria aimed to unify San Diego's allocated resources in the fight to end homelessness in the city. After Gloria was elected, he continued his promise to address the issue of chronic homelessness making it his top priority. He proposed the use of housing with wrap-around services, making emergency shelters only available for triage, and replacing temporary shelters with permanent housing for those in need.

In 2021, Gloria proposed roughly $10 million dollars in investments aimed towards homeless and housing in San Diego in his budget for the fiscal year. The budget allocates funds for the creation of a new department called Homelessness Strategies and Solutions. A majority of the proposed investments will go to interim shelter beds. The proposal also invests $1 million into funding for the People Assisting the Homeless Coordinated Street Outreach Program, a program that provides housing and services to homelessness residents. Rapid-rehousing programs in the city will also benefit from the proposals funding of 100 additional households and rental assistance.

U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis had been Gloria's political mentor since they met in 1993. Davis was the director of the Aaron Price Fellows Program, a leadership program for high school students focused on civic education and cross-cultural understanding, and Gloria was a high school freshman.[7] Mayor Gloria has spent a majority of his entire professional life serving the public. He began his career at the County of San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency, he then went on to join the office of U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis serving as a community representative. In 2002, Gloria became Davis's district director, a position he held until his election to the City Council in 2008.[8]

Gloria also served as a San Diego Housing Commissioner from 2005 until 2008. Openly gay, he is also a former chairman of the San Diego LGBT Community Center and was a resident panelist on San Diego's Prostitution Impact Panel.[9]

Refrences

https://sdchamber.org/bios/assemblymember-todd-gloria/

https://www.sandiego.gov/mayor/about