SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved on Nov. 1 a long-term plan, called the Framework for Ending Homelessness, to tackle the growing homelessness crisis. According to the Health and Human Service Agency (HHSA), the framework aims to provide a person-centered approach to ensure “that services and programs are created in culturally sensitive ways to address the needs of vulnerable populations,” and provide a sustainable approach to ensure housing stability through a variety of financial investments, among other goals. Nick Macchione, director of the HHSA, said the framework “will allow us to drive a new, focused approach.” Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer said the framework was long overdue. “We can’t possibly tackle homelessness without a long-term strategy,” she said, adding recent statistics show that roughly about 40 percent of those in county jails were homeless at the time of arrest. “This is an opportunity to turn the corner on that egregious history of criminalizing poverty,” Lawson-Remer …