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Victorville city manager reviews 2024: homelessness, grants, public safety and infrastructure highlights
Summary
City Manager Metzler presented a year-in-review on Jan. 21, 2025, outlining major 2024 accomplishments including a $28 million Homekey award and opening of a wellness center that has moved clients into housing, expansion of public-safety resources and several infrastructure and sustainability steps.
City Manager Metzler on Tuesday recapped the city’s major accomplishments in 2024, including a $28 million Homekey grant and the opening of the Victorville Wellness Center, continued grant-funded homelessness work, new and upgraded public-safety equipment and several infrastructure projects.
Metzler told the council the wellness center — funded in part by a $28,000,000 Homekey award from the California Department of Housing and Community Development — began operations Dec. 12, 2023, and has since helped clients transition into permanent housing. Metzler said 111 clients graduated from the center into permanent housing. He also cited grant receipts tied to the city’s encampment response, saying the city received “well over $7,000,000” last year to support encampment interventions and related…
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