SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted March 14 to approve moving forward towards development of an app that would quickly locate available beds at county shelters for homeless people.
The proposed app, which is modeled after a similar program that locates shelter beds for victims of domestic violence, will provide real time data on shelter availability, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
Service providers, emergency personnel, healthcare providers, and others would also be able to tailor bed requests to the needs of the unsheltered. Bed requests will account for whether the individual has children or animals with them, is LGBTQ+, is elderly, or has disabilities, for instance….