VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) -- The City of Vista may be the latest city in San Diego County to enforce a ban on homeless encampments.
On Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m., the Vista City Council will hear the public's opinion on an encampment ban.
The, Council will vote to either enforce a full encampment ban, pass a partial one, or vote to take no action at all.
The first option for a full encampment ban was passed back in 1968. However, the ban hasn't been enforced in years because of previous court decisions.
The second option is a partial ban, and it would prohibit people from camping within two blocks of a school, homeless shelter, or 250 yards from a recreational field if a shelter bed is offered and refused.
According to the City, if the council votes to revive the 1968 full encampment measure, it will go into effect immediately. If they approve a partial ban Tuesday night, it will likely go into effect in 30 days.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June, which stated individual cities can enforce their own encampment bans, revived this vote for Vista City Council.
The vote comes as Vista has seen a spike in the number of unsheltered people living on the street in the last year.
The most recent Point in Time count shows that the number of people living on the streets of Vista increased from 88 to 170.
Retread Housing Servicesis a local shelter in Vista which partners with the City in providing solutions for people experiencing homelessness.
Retread opened in March, and since then it has matched 43 people with permanent housing. It has 36 beds in Vista and 12 beds at its Encinitas location.
Currently, Retread said it has five beds available at its Vista location.
Retread said it's currently helping 99 people at its shelter out of the 170 people who are accounted for in the unhoused community.
One of its current clients is Rocky Bruno, who has been at the shelter since May.
Bruno said he has terminal cancer, and he was experiencing homelessness for four years before a friend guided him to Retread.
"I was living out of my truck, then someone stole my truck," Bruno said. "I was doing everything I could, but I wasn't getting anywhere. I felt like God brought me here."
Bruno has recently just been matched with an apartment in North Park and is expected to move in any day now with his pitbull companion, Chyna Girl.
Hannah Gailey, Executive Director of Retread, said besides giving people a bed to lie in and three meals a day, their case management work and wrap around services are what's making them successful in helping people transition back into permanent housing.
In regards to Tuesday's vote, Gailey said she will support whatever the Council does, but if they move forward with a full ban, she's concerned there may be a greater demand, beyond the supply they currently have.
"We do feel that if there is an encampment ban we will need more shelter beds. We would hate for people to lose their outdoor sleeping accommodations and not have somewhere to go," Gailey said.
ABC 10News reached out to the City of Vista and asked what it would do to help shelters like Retread get more resources in the event a ban is passed.
Fred Tracey, Communications Officer City of Vista, shared the following statement as a response:
"The City of Vista does not expect any changes in how we enforce homeless encampments, and therefore, we do not anticipate an 'influx”'at the Buena Creek Navigation Center."
