Jobs, housing and environmental health will be priorities for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, its new chair Nora Vargas said in her first State of the County address Wednesday evening.
Housing programs will focus on vulnerable groups including seniors, LGBTQ youth and others, she said, noting that nearly a quarter of the county’s homeless population is over 55. Over the next five years, the county will also spend $7.2 million on services and housing to LGBTQ youth and $5 million to help them overcome homelessness, she said.
To tackle public safety problems, the board is joining with the Sheriff’s Department on an effort to fight gun violence, and it aims to reduce overdoses through a public awareness campaign to educate students and their parents about the dangers of fentanyl. “Together, we’re transforming how people move and how we get them to work and to school,” Vargas said.
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