The board of the San Diego Housing Commission voted unanimously Friday to convert the structure into a 210-bed facility. The Rachel’s Promise Center for Women and Children will be overseen by Catholic Charities, a nonprofit that already operates a smaller version of the same program.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The proposed 1,000-person permanent San Diego homeless “Mega Shelter” Hope at Vine has lost all hope. “It became pretty clear last year that the Hope at Vine shelter proposal was not going to advance. The mayor has now made that official,” said Stephen Whitburn, a San Diego city councilmember.

A new shelter for women and children experiencing homeless was unanimously approved by the San Diego Housing Commission Friday but must pass another hurdle. The shelter, which would be located at 733 Eighth Avenue downtown,