The city of Chula Vista is taking action against what Mayor John McCann has called the region’s most urgent challenge, homelessness, by establishing its first ever strategic plan to address it.

Homeless prevention services, encampment enforcement and more shelters were some of the suggestions residents shared, rapid fire, as they were inscribed in red marker on a poster board.

That discussion took place at the first of four community workshops to gather resident input on exactly what policies and strategies the five-year roadmap should include. Two more are planned, including one Wednesday night.

“After 2020, things have become epidemic, and we want to make sure that we’re getting homeless individuals off the street,” McCann said as part of his opening remarks for the first workshop, at

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