Think Dignity, a San Diego-area nonprofit, plans to bring portable showers to neighborhoods throughout the city.  The showers are about the size of a horse trailer, have stalls for men and women, and are pulled by a truck.  They plan to park on private property for a maximum of four hours at a time, so they will not require city permits.  Moving from place to place on a regular schedule means that they can serve more homeless people that they could with only one location.

Anne Rios, Think Dignity’s Executive Director, said that the showers will help homeless people feel better about themselves, and it will also make it easier for them to find jobs.  The program is patterned after the Lava Mae mobile shower program in San Francisco.  Lava Mae converted four old buses into mobile shower stalls.  That program has been very popular.

Think Dignity partnered with two other nonprofits, Burrito Boys and Las Patronas, to buy the equipment.  They are seeking barbers and hair stylists willing to donate services at the shower sites.

Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2016, page B6.