SAN DIEGO -- The brightly colored building that once was home to God's Extended Hand in downtown San Diego is shuttered and slated for demolition, but plans are moving forward to create a new and expanded version of the mission on the site.
The new building may have up to 90 affordable housing units built by Father Joe's Villages while the ground floor will have a kitchen and dining room to feed residents and people on the street, continuing God's Extended Hand's mission of helping those in need.
All of that won't happen for about three years, however. In the meantime, a handful of people from three churches are carrying on the nonprofit's tradition each Wednesday night by preparing meals they distribute downtown.
