Overnight Site for Homeless Motorists Shut Down for Now as Neighbors File Appeal

Encinitas will continue overnight parking lot program for homeless

A program that allows homeless people who are living in their vehicles to spend the night in the Encinitas Senior & Community Center parking lot will continue at least throughout 2025. Encinitas City Council members unanimously voted last week to support a contract extension for the Safe Parking Lot program. They said they would even be willing to grant Jewish Family Service, which operates the program and other similar ones in San Diego County,…

Overnight site for homeless motorists shut down for now as neighbors file appeal

DULUTH — The new location of a program providing homeless people living out of their vehicles a safe place to park overnight was forced to close — at least temporarily — just days after it opened. According to the city of Duluth, an attorney representing neighbors of Safe Bay's new host, Vineyard Church, 1533 W. Arrowhead Road, filed an appeal with the Duluth City Clerk on May 21. Any appeal requires a stay, or pause, until the City Council can …

Duluth neighbors’ appeal prompts Safe Bay’s temporary closure at Vineyard Church

City spokespeople shared the update in a news release Sunday.

Duluth's New Homeless 'Safe Bay' At Vineyard Church Closed - At Least For Now

DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth’s new Safe Bay location for homeless to sleep in their vehicles overnight has been shut down — at least temporarily — after only being operational for about a week. City and CHUM officials told FOX 21 on Sunday that an attorney for nearby neighbors of the Safe Bay location in the church’s back parking lot has appealed the planning commission’s approval of the permit to temporarily operate the Safe Bay at the church. So now…