When San Diegans caught wind of proposed budget cuts to arts programs and libraries this spring, they fought back with a fervor, filling courtyards and bombarding social media comment sections.
But a line item to defund the Neil Good Day Center, a homeless services hub in East Village, mostly fell under the radar.
The facility, named after gay political activist Neil Good, opened in 1991 to provide basic services to unhoused San Diegans. The center is a 5,624 sq. ft. building that includes restrooms, showers, laundry, device charging, mail services and computers. It also features a faux grass lawn where unhoused people can rest under the watchful eye of the center’s security staff…