Thefts, screams at night and tedium are some of the challenges at San Diego's largest homeless shelter
Life inside San Diego’s largest homeless shelter can be tranquil, relaxing and friendly.
“Coming here really saved me,” Dixon said. “It saved my life. It saved my freedom. It saved my sobriety. It saved my sanity. This place has been a big blessing to me.” There are no children, and men and women sleep in separate areas of each section. The nightly curfew is 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., but it doesn’t apply to people who have to leave for work.
Jeffrey Pangellinan, 48, has been at the shelter three months and has been a Father Joe’s Villages client for one and a half years. San Diego Fire and Rescue personnel are also on hand for safety inspections and to help with medical emergencies. “These are all awesome,” he said. “These are things I wasn’t able to receive out there in the community due to the fact that no meetings were being held except for online, and I couldn’t download the Zoom app on my phone.”DeLessio said some homeless people who had been reluctant to go into a smaller shelter are willing to go into the spacious Convention Center, creating opportunities to connect them with services for the first time.
While Thomas still is trying to fit in, Kathleen Mortensen, 62, seems to be friends with almost everyone at the shelter. People stop to say hi and even occasionally break social-distancing protocol by tapping her shoulder as they pass.“I am thankful,” said Mortensen, who was in the Alpha Project bridge shelter for two years before coming to the Convention Center. “I am appreciative. We have even more meals here than the Alpha Project tent. The food is amazing.
“With what’s going on globally, we are so blessed to be here,” she said. “So, yeah, thank you. Thank you, San Diego. That’s what I really want to say.”
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