San Diego leaders, advocacy groups address homelessness issue at conference [Video]

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Some of San Diego County’s top leaders, nonprofit groups, and housing providers met Tuesday to discuss new solutions to the region’s homelessness crisis.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria was among the local leaders attending the two-day conference hosted by the Regional Task Force on Homelessness at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront.

More than 1,000 people from 165 organizations were expected to attend the annual conference, according to the RTFH.

The RTFH said the goal of the conference was to bring various experts together in one room to share experiences and devise solutions to help the homeless community.

According to the most recent point-in-time count, there are more than 10,600 people facing homelessness across the county.

RTFH CEO Tamera Kohler said the task force sees more people experiencing homelessness every month than they can house.

One of the big topics that will be discussed this year is …