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Mayor: Lemon Grove joins East County cities on regional approach to homelessness
Summary
Mayor Raquel Vasquez described homelessness as the city's greatest challenge and detailed a regional strategy under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2022 with neighboring East County cities and San Diego County; she cited regional need statistics and emphasized seeking state and federal funding.
Mayor Raquel Vasquez called homelessness "no greater challenge" and said Lemon Grove is working with neighboring East County cities under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2022 and the county to coordinate treatment, housing and outreach.
"This regional effort will allow a coordinated approach to helping homeless individuals who shift between our cities," Vasquez said, adding the city aims to position the region to receive a larger share of state and federal funding dedicated to homeless solutions.
During the address Vasquez cited figures from the regional context, saying there are "138,000 people who need shelter" and that "70 percent are dealing with alcohol, drug and mental health issues." The city presented those statistics as context for a regional strategy but did not provide local counts or an implementation timetable during the speech.
Next steps described by the mayor include continued cooperation with East County partners and pursuing grant funding; no new local ordinance or direct funding allocation was announced during the address.
