The lawsuit claims the city denied homeless people with disabilities access to hotel and motel rooms set aside for COVID-19 pandemic
accusing San Diego city officials of failing to adequately protect disabled and homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic have amended their lawsuit, which argues they are being discriminated against by the city, an attorney said Tuesday.
The lawsuit was filed June 8 in San Diego Superior Court by Disability Rights California on behalf of five chronically homeless people and the San Diego chapter of Food Not Bombs — a global volunteer group that shares free vegan meals as a protest against war and poverty.Except for Food not Bombs, all the plaintiffs in the lawsuit are chronically homeless people who have disabilities and have underlying medical conditions that increase their risk of severe COVID-19 illness.
“The city has taken aggressive and unprecedented steps to protect individuals experiencing homelessness during the global pandemic, including utilizing the Convention Center to provide a safe and sanitary place for over 1,200 individuals to stay through Operation Shelter to Home,” the statement said. “The city also started moving families experiencing homelessness into a revamped motel this week that had originally been intended for another use.
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