Ritter House proposes a Major Homeless Expansion in North San Rafael
Channel: Save Marinwood
Date: 08/08/2016

San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips challenges Cia Byrnes in the Marin IJ forum on Ritter House hosted by Dick Spotswood.  Cia explains the current level of service and its desire to triple its space at 67 Mark Dr. in San Rafael, CA.  It would include a "low barrier shelter" which admits active alcoholics, drug users and felons and INCREASE the capacity to serve a regional population of homeless.  Berkeley and San Francisco have spent BILLIONS and have not "solved" the problem of homeless for 40 years.  From 2009-2011, San Rafael's homeless population increased by 40 percent.  Marin's generous benefits attract homeless from around the San Francisco Bay Area and out of state.