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New Emergency Sleeping Cabins
built in 2022 provide transitional
housing for single women and
women with 1 or 2 small children.
Has achieved a 68% success rate in
moving residents on to more
permanent housing. A successful
4-way partnership between Amikas, a local church as site sponsor, Home Start/Crisis House, and the City of El Cajon.
"Steve Goble has been a steadfast advocate for public safety, demonstrating unwavering support for law enforcement and the well-being of our community. His dedication to the City of El Cajon and its residents makes him an invaluable partner in our mission to keep our city safe."
~ El Cajon Police Officers' Association
PRIORITIES IN EL CAJON
Boost Public Safety. Address Homelessness. Preserve Public Streets & Infrastructure
BOOST PUBLIC SAFETY
Fire Dept: We must keep up with the growth in our City. That's why I voted for a new Fire Engine at Station 8, one of the busiest stations in the County. At the same time, we must keep up on our current fleet, not letting any equipment be in service beyond its useful life. We continue to look for innovations to our Wellness Program for our Firefighter/Paramedics, a critical element of taking care of our first responders.
Police: We must continue to be a City of law and order, and we need law enforcement professionals to accomplish that.
In December, 2021 I voted with my colleagues to approve 10 new police officer positions.
Our El Cajon police officers have my support because they continue to exercise good judgment in every contact they have with the public.
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
We need to get people off the streets. For those who are homeless and really want to get off the streets, our programs are delivering measurable results. See the numbers here.
For those with mental health issues or substance abuse, until the State has a place to require they be housed, unfortunately the best we can do is keep them moving along and not set up encampments.
Finally, for those who willfully and repeatedly refuse help, and don't want to live by anyone else's rules but their own, we have a strong message: we will break up encampments to keep our city clean and safe.
Enforcement: Just in the first six months of 2024, our Public Works crew has picked up over 452 TONS of debris left behind in broken up encampments.
Also, beginning in mid-2023, we were seeing an increase in crime related to our motels being used as shelters. We moved quickly to create measurements our motel operators would be accountable for based on behaviors resulting in calls for service.
And, I take a commitment to a cleaner El Cajon personally, going out about 3-4x per year to a "hot spot", put in the earbuds, and clean up debris left behind.
(Before-and-after pictures of a few of my personal trash pickups around El Cajon since 2017.
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Compassion: Over many Saturdays in 2022, I worked 120+ hours alongside other volunteers to build seven Emergency Sleeping Cabins (aka "Tiny Homes", shown at the top) now in use at a local church. I am passionate about the tiny home concept as one of the solutions for homelessness.
In the first 9 months of operation, 13 out of 19 women residents went on to more permanent housing, a 68% success rate. Why does it work so well? Screening. We only choose those who really want help and are willing to work on moving up.
PRESERVE STREETS & INFRASTRUCTURE
We must continue our planned, scheduled resurfacing of City streets, not letting potholes develop which damage personal and commercial vehicles.
We must also ensure we replace aging infrastructure such as sewer pipes, storm drains, and street lights to avoid more costly repairs later.
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