Crews from the company Clean Harbors began power-washing sidewalks and street areas with a bleach and chlorine solution in downtown San Diego on Monday as part of an effort to stop the spread of hepatitis A among homeless people. “We’re taking swift action to eradicate this virus from our streets and keep our most vulnerable residents safe.” 
 
 On Friday, Gustafson said Faulconer expected to announce this week a plan to set up multiple large tents to provide temporary, immediate shelter relief for hundreds of homeless people. Those tents will be equipped with restrooms, hand-washing stations and showers, he said. A temporary solution to the growing homeless problem pic.twitter.com/mN4pwKie71 — Mimi Elkalla (@10NewsMimi) September 13, 2017 
 
 The city has identified shelter locations at: 
 
 
 
 -- the parking lot on Father Joe's Villages campus at 14th and Commercial Streets in the East Village 
 
 -- a vacant lot in the 2700 block of Sports Arena Boulevard, behind the Goodwill store, in the Midway District to be run by the Veterans Village of San Diego 
 
 -- a vacated street at 16th Street and Newton Avenue for a shelter to be operated by the Alpha Project 
 
 
 
 The 16th Street location was used for several years for a tented shelter during the cold weather months.
– Declared a public health emergency on Sept. 1, a hepatitis A outbreak in California is only getting worse, the Los Angeles Times reports. There have been 421 confirmed cases of hepatitis A in San Diego County, and 292 people have been hospitalized. Sixteen people have died. The county has vaccinated 19,000 people, and on Monday workers started spraying sidewalks and and streets in downtown San Diego with bleach-infused water to kill the virus, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Hepatitis A can be spread when people don't wash their hands properly after going to the bathroom. The current outbreak has hit San Diego's homeless population hardest. The county is installing 40 hand-washing stations where homeless people congregate and is making some public restrooms available 24 hours a day. KGTV reports San Diego will be opening three temporary homeless shelters that, along with beds, will have restrooms and showers. Officials warn it could be months before these new measures show any positive effect on the outbreak.