San Diego City Council members are pushing to cut nearly $3.8 million from the city’s homeless shelter and safe parking programs—a move that would shutter the Lighthouse Interim Shelter and reduce beds at the 16th & Newton Bridge Shelter.
The Most Dangerous Move You Can Make With Your 401(k) To Put Your Mortgage at Risk The proposal comes as the 2026 Point-in-Time Count recorded a 6.6% drop in unsheltered homelessness citywide—a figure the council members cite as context for the reductions.
The cuts are outlined in a budget priority memo signed by Councilmember Henry Foster III (District 4), Council President Pro Tem Kent Lee (District 6), Councilmember Vivian Moreno (District 8), and Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera (District 9), sent to the city’s Independent Budget Analyst ahead of the June 9 budget vote…