SAN DIEGO — For the primary time, the candidates vying for disgraced District 4 Supervisor Nathan Fletcher’s seat are battling it out in a discussion board debate.
The candidates targeted their debate on addressing homelessness and the county’s foster care system.
Nevertheless, one candidate didn’t present up as an empty seat the place Metropolis Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe was anticipated to be was positioned between two different candidates additionally vying to be the following District 4 county supervisor.
Two of the three candidates confirmed up have been LGTBTQ advocate and Marine Corps veteran Janessa Goldbeck and small enterprise proprietor Amy Reichert who based “ReOpen San Diego” to reopen colleges and companies through the COVID-19 pandemic.
They differed on how they’d handle homelessness.
“We actually want extra disaster stabilization facilities. I need to learn the county definition to you in case you don’t know what that’s,” Reichert mentioned. “They’re referred to as CSUs and so they present emergency psychological well being assessments and companies in therapeutic settings for people having a psychiatric emergency.”
Goldbeck advocated for tapping into the county’s reserves to fund behavioral and psychological well being staff.
“As we speak with a bipartisan board, guess what the reserves quantity is? $2.4 billion {dollars}, it hasn’t modified,” Goldbeck mentioned. “There’s over $680 million in versatile funding there, so don’t inform me we don’t have the funds to help the folks on the frontlines of this disaster.”
In addition they differed on supporting a assured revenue pilot program for foster youth.
“Concerning assured revenue for foster youth, I might a lot reasonably see their housing get stabilized or some sort of a GED in the event that they want a GED or some sort of commerce college and even faculty scholarships,” Reichert mentioned.
“Now we have a youth homelessness disaster in San Diego County, so I feel past investing in a pilot program, Shane, we have to declare youth homelessness a disaster, an emergency and get to work with the sources that we have now that we’ll carry to the desk,” Goldbeck mentioned.
FOX 5 reached out to Councilmember Montgomery Steppe’s workplace and employees a number of instances and are ready to listen to again.
The particular election is anticipated to happen Aug. 15.
