Residents of Ebb Tide and Level 1 condominiums and town homes protested against converting part of the Newport public works yard to a 40-bed shelter.
About 80 people picketed outside Newport Beach City Hall on Tuesday evening, split on where to put a homeless shelter in the city., adjacent to the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa west sides. Residents of the recently built Ebb Tide and Level 1 condominiums and townhomes across the street led the protest urging Newport not to convert part of the yard to a 40-bed shelter.
A few people staged a counterdemonstration, saying the city needs to open a shelter as soon as possible to get homeless people off the streets, even if it is on Superior.Some protesters quietly held their signs while others argued spiritedly about disease, human waste and public safety. Inside City Hall and with the City Council as audience, Teresa Hernandez supported a shelter at the city yard as the best option for Newport’s budget and local control, given the city owns the land.
Brent Rosol, an Ebb Tide resident, said it isn’t that westsiders don’t want a homeless shelter at all, it’s that their area is “completely overloaded” with homeless people drawn to Costa Mesa services near their homes, like the Share Our Selves food pantry and healthcare center a block away and a temporary homeless shelter a mile away at 19th Street and Anaheim Avenue.
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