In a first for the region, Sacramento County will begin offering homeless shelter beds specifically for people recently released from county jail.
The beds will be provided at the Salvation Army’s Center of Hope on North B Street, said county spokesperson Janna Haynes. Funding comes from Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that distributed money to victim services and re-entry programs.
The shelter, one of the largest in the county, provides 140 beds for men and women. In July, 70 of those beds will be designated for people released from the Sacramento County Main Jail, 651 I St…