Staff members from Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s office were in Texas this week, joining a delegation of Bay Area officials visiting homeless shelters in San Antonio and Austin.

The trip was organized by the Bay Area Council , a business advocacy organization, and Beyond Homelessness , a project of the Oakland-based Independent Institute , a nonprofit think tank.

On Monday, the trip began at Haven for Hope , a San Antonio program serving about 1,600 unhoused residents on a 22-acre “campus” that has living spaces with beds and mats, and a wealth of legal, medical, childcare, housing, and substance treatment services on site. About 80 nonprofits are involved in running the campus, according to the trip organizers.

Participants then met with officials from San Antonio and Bexar count

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