CBad residents, CPD rail against Windsor Pointe

Hundreds of calls to police have raised serious concerns with residents over Affirmed Housing’s no-barrier development; crime and threats against kids a concern

Residents in Carlsbad’s Barrio neighborhood are fed up with the Windsor Pointe housing project, a low-barrier program serving severely mentally ill and other homeless people. Anya Keast photo

CARLSBAD — Residents in the Barrio are fed up with a controversial state-funded homeless facility also dedicated to serving severely mentally ill individuals.

Windsor Pointe opened in 2022 and since then residents have documented countless calls to Carlsbad police for a variety of crimes from a shooting, attempted murder, a registered sexual offender visiting, a man wielding a machete in addition to residents finding Windsor Pointe residents sleeping in their yards.

Denis Jensen sent the City Council a detailed letter on Oct. 18 outlining the numerous issues with the facility such as kids being threatened, rising crime, sexual predators visiting and asking the council to “pull the plug” on the project. Also, a CPD call summary from Jan. 1, 2022, through July 2022, shows nearly 100 calls to police or fire regarding an issue at the two locations.

Jensen and other neighborhood residents said police are called to the facilities nearly every day and respond to a variety of calls.

Also, CPD Chief Mickey Williams sent a letter to Affirmed Housing calling on the developer to address issues with crime, stretching police resources and installing preventative measures to reduce those issues.

Jensen, meanwhile, railed against the Homeless Industrial Complex citing a bureaucratic line of nonprofits, developers, construction and politicians who gave away millions to a facility where many residents who were predicting the outcomes before construction began.

“It’s come to my attention that, within just two years of opening, facility crime is already so bad that (Carlsbad) Chief of Police Mickey Williams has called for immediate and robust 24-hour private security to be added by facility management and that this request has been met only with an underwhelming resolution for management to simply meet once a month with the city to talk,” Jensen wrote. “The Carlsbad police department has documented horrifying tenant crimes requiring almost daily police intervention. These include (and are not limited to) attempted murder, drug dealing (methamphetamine), child abuse and child sexual abuse.”