Supervisor Antonovich Keeps Shelter Open Another Month

It gets cold in Santa Clarita, a rural/urban community just north of Los Angeles. So when you’re homeless in that region, the cold could actually kill you.

Thankfully, Supervisor Antonovich is requesting that the winter shelter program there is extended another month. (Here's the article.) The winter shelter program is a system of temporary shelters located throughout the county that are open between December and March of each year.

Although the Santa Clarita shelter was to close on March 15th, it will be extended until April 15th.

I’m actually a proponent of making the winter shelter program a year round program. I don’t think we should be housing people only during the winter time. If you are homeless on the streets, we should be trying to house you year round.

But I think it’s great that the Supervisor realizes the devastating effect cold can have on people sleeping outdoors.