The building that normally houses Long Beach’s main intake hub for homelessness programs will be closed for at least the next two months after repairs to its roofing and ventilation systems revealed excess water damage to the building.
Crews are working to repair the damage at the Multi-Service Center, but in the meantime, homeless services staff will operate out of the next-door lot. Workers on Thursday were seen setting up lines of chairs under a large festival tent. Two quonset-style tents were set up weeks ago, with tables, printers and indoor lighting, where workers handle intakes and begin triaging people’s needs.
Seated west of the Los Angeles River in a removed lot near the 710 Freeway, the Multi-Service Center is usually the spear tip of the city’s efforts to end homelessness…