Fight Over Proposed Homeless Shelter Erupts In Newport Beach

NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA) — Dozens of Newport Beach residents gathered in protest of the city’s latest proposed location for a homeless shelter Tuesday. And when protesters gathered outside Newport Beach City Hall, push came to shove.

Many say the proposed site — near a garbage transfer station at the city’s public works yard just feet from Westside Costa Mesa — would turn the upcoming area into another Skid Row.

Others say the he 40-bed shelter would not have to be built with zoning or development requirements because the City of Newport Beach declared a homeless crisis last month. Many argued that means the project will be fast-tracked. They say in a city of 86,000, 64 homeless people don’t constitute a crisis.

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