San Diego faces a ticking time bomb as it struggles to find replacements for more than 700 shelter beds that will disappear by early next year.

The call, officially known as a request for information, comes as several shelters are slated to close in coming months and Mayor Todd Gloria's efforts to establish a proposed "mega shelter" remain under negotiation.

A San Diego homeless shelter was ordered to pay $43,000 to a man who was wrongly denied housing with his emotional support cat and service dog, despite providing a letter from his medical provider.

A prominent San Diego homeless shelter has agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a man who said he was wrongly blocked from living with his emotional support cat and allegedly told to provide unnecessary documentation for a service dog.

The San Diego Rescue Mission agreed to end its alleged ban on emotional support animals in its year-long residential program