City Council voting on 1,000 bed homeless shelter

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Voting is underway Monday for a proposed 1,000 bed homeless shelter at Kettner and Vine near the San Diego Airport.

The shelter, which would take over a former printing warehouse, would be leased and transformed to house up to 1,000 unhoused people, with services on-site.

The rent is estimated to cost $73 million during the 30-year lease if approved, plus $12.4 million in operating expenses, totaling an estimated $85.5 million.

This voting that began during Monday afternoon's City Council meeting comes after a report from the city's Independent Budget Analyst criticized the city's plan.

However, Mayor Todd Gloria doesn't agree with the independent report and says he believes this shelter is the best path forward to battle the ongoing and growing homeless crisis in the city he represents.

Prior to the City Council meeting on Monday, a group of people opposed to the plan gathered outside with signs, voicing their concerns, and also echoing the IBA's report, saying they don't think this...