Sacramento County homeless shelter delayed, now over $1 million above budget

Months behind schedule and more than $1 million over budget, Sacramento County’s new homeless shelter on Watt Avenue was supposed to open last year. But now there’s no firm date on when it will be up and running.

County Supervisor Rich Desmond said the 13-acre warehouse and parking lot along Watt Avenue in North Highlands is supposed to be Northern California’s largest homeless shelter.

It was originally scheduled to open last December, but a week into April, it’s still an empty building and a dug-up parking lot…

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