Cup of Chisme: The Mayor's Plan

Cup of Chisme: The Mayor's Plan

Raymond Hill spent days trying to get into shelter. He’d wake up early — as early as 3:30 a.m. — to line up at the city’s Homelessness Response Center, which connects unhoused individuals with shelter and other services. He tried 10 times before he got a spot at the Alpha Project shelter on Pacific Highway. As our Lisa Halverstadt wrote last year, “Hill’s experience illustrates a harsh reality. There aren’t enough city-backed shelter beds to acc…