Cold snap will likely drive in more of the 2,200 who call Santa Cruz streets home.
The weather is supposed to be cold this weekend, and local homeless shelters are preparing themselves for an influx of new occupants. Some 2,200 homeless people sleep on the streets every night, and this number has increased because of the recession. But the county’s facilities are limited, and Letitia Schwarz of the Homeless Services Center says that the number of people taking advantage of the shelters will go up as the weather gets colder. Unable to accommodate more than 10 percent of the local homeless population, the shelters are now warning that they will be forced to turn people away. Read More at KSBW.
