SAN DIEGO — San Diego County’s emergency housing contractor, which has come under fire for bad service for flood victims, is making up to $256 an hour for its employees, Team 10 has found.
Flood victims have vigorously complained to San Diego County officials about bad service and confusion from Equus running the emergency housing voucher program. Flood victims Dwayne Crews and Moises Godinez, who also have been living at the Ramada, said it’s been a constant state of confusion with Equus over living accommodations.
"After the Jan. 22 floods, the county needed a contractor with the capacity to promptly transition nearly 1,000 households into temporary emergency shelter... Equus had the skill and size to consolidate those efforts into a single program funded entirely by the County of San Diego," County Chairwoman Nora Vargas said in a statement to Team 10.Big pay for Equus However, Equus workers also are well paid, according to a contract obtained by Team 10.