SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – On Thursday afternoon, the last Red Cross shelter for flood victims in San Diego, staged at the Balboa Park gym, closed its doors.
Dana Simmons, a spokesperson for the American Red Cross, said the Red Cross shelters have been operating since Jan. 22, at the start of the storms and flooding in San Diego.
“I’ve been volunteering at the shelter since we opened at Lincoln, which I think was the day after the storm,” Avery Nard, a Red Cross Volunteer, said.
The Red Cross, which managed the Balboa Park shelter, said this closure comes after talks with the City and County factoring in the atmospheric river passing and no more storm-displaced people staying at the shelter.
The City of San Diego said, “As of Wednesday, Feb. 7, the City and San Diego Housing Commission have referred more than 600 residents, with 159 pets, for temporary placement in hotel rooms, including at a recently acquired hotel property in the Midway area. In total, assistance is being provided for nearly 200 households.”