12 deaths at safe sleeping sites raising concerns among some participants

A dozen people have died at San Diego’s two safe sleeping sites for the homeless since they opened in 2023, Team 10 has learned.

“I believe the streets is better than being here to be honest,” said Charles Hunt, a homeless man, who used to live at a safe sleeping site.

Team 10 started investigating in 2023 after getting a tip that a man’s body had been decomposing for days in his tent before anyone noticed at the safe sleeping site at 26th Street and Pershing Drive…

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