By Joe Rivano Barros, Mission Local
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that requires the city to build six more so-called Navigation Centers in the next two years to get more homeless residents off the streets.
The vote follows the success of the nationally lauded 75-bed Navigation Center located on Mission Street near the 16th Street BART Plaza. It is a transitional shelter that focuses on moving small groups from encampments off the street and into permanent housing that opened in March 2015 and had moved 128 individuals into permanent housing as of March this year, and sent an additional 126 home to family or friends.
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