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Old Central Library Expected to Soon Become a Shelter | Voice of San Diego

by Lisa Halverstadt, January 4, 2023

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Lines of tents occupied the sidewalks alongside the old Central Library early Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. / Photo by Peggy Peattie for Voice of San Diego

The city expects to welcome homeless San Diegans to sleep in its old Central Library later this month.

Mayor Todd Gloria’s office said the city is preparing the long-vacant downtown library to accommodate 26 beds this winter and to get final approval from the fire marshal to shelter unhoused residents there.

Source: Old Central Library Expected to Soon Become a Shelter | Voice of San Diego