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WEBVTT >WITH A CHILL ALREADY HERE ANDAN EVEN COLDER NIGHT ON THE WAY,MICHAEL GRANT IS TRYING TO SHAKEOFF HIS LATEST LET DOWN AND ISNOW PREPARING FOR ANOTHER ROUNDOF SHIVERING AND SLEEPLESSNESS>> IT'S ACTUALLY TERRIFYING WHENYOU'RE SO COLD LIKE THAT, ANDPLUS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'REGOING TO DO NEXT TIME YOU GETCOLD.TOM: HE'S JUST LEARNED HIS LONGWAIT FOR A SPOT IN A SHELTERWON'T PAY OFF TONIGHT.>> I WASN'T SURPRISED, BUT I WASDISAPPOINTED THERE'S NO ROOM ANYMORE, THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE.TOM: THE COUNTY'S WINTERSANCTUARY PROGRAM ONLY HAS ROOMFOR 100, LOADED UP AND DRIVENOFF TO A LOCAL CHURCH TO HOSTTHEM.ALL 100 SPOTS ARE TAKEN.ALAN OSTERSTOCK IS THE PROGRAMMANAGER.>> WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET THEMCONNECTED WITH ANOTHER SERVICE,BUT, YEAH, IT'S AWFUL.TOM: ONE OF THOSE SERVICES ISTHE CITY'S NEW HOMELESS TRIAGECENTER THAT OPENED TWO WEEKSAGO.HOWEVER, ONLY 50 OF THE PROMISED200 BEDS ARE CURRENTLYAVAILABLE.ALL THE MORE CONCERNING AFTER 78SACRAMENTO COUNTY HOMELESSPEOPLE DIED IN 2016.AND THE MAYOR SAYS AT LEAST 40MORE THAN THAT HAVE ALREADY DIEDTHIS YEAR.THE HOMELESS, THE DESTITUTE-- TOM: AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FORTHOSE HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN,THE MAYOR REMAINED OPTIMISTICABOUT THE NEW SHELTER.>> NO, I'M NOT FRUSTRATED.I RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF GREATPEOPLE WORKING TO GET THIS UPAND RUNNING AS QUICKLY ASPOSSIBLE SO IT'S 50, WE'RE GOINGTO GET TO 200 AND WE'LL GET TOTHAT FULL CAPACITY WITHIN ACOUPLE WEEKSTOM: HOWEVER, GRANT WORRIES ACOUPLE WEEKS COULD BE TOO LATE,AS RIGHT NOW HE'S JUST WORRIEDABOUT MAKING IT TO TOMORRO>> WE'RE ALL FREEZING TO DEATHOUT HERE.I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

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A new homeless triage center in north Sacramento is only one-quarter functional two weeks after it opened. Just 50 of the promised 200 beds are currently being used while the city continues to set up the facility and get it operational. On nearby North A Street, Michale Grant is among the hundreds of homeless who are spending the night on the street.“It’s actually terrifying when you’re so cold like that, and plus you don’t know what you’re going to do next time you get cold,” Grant said. He waited in line at a different homeless service, Sacramento County Winter Sanctuary. But after three hours, he was told there wasn’t enough room for him. “I wasn’t surprised, but I was disappointed there’s no room any more," Grant said. "There’s too many people."The winter sanctuary program only has room for 100 people who are driven to a local church to host them each night. On Thursday, like most nights, all 100 spots were taken. “We always try to get them connected with another service, but yeah, it’s awful,” Program Manager Alan Osterstock said.Meantime, all 130 beds at the Salvation Army’s homeless shelter were also full. In 2016, 78 homeless people died on the streets of Sacramento County, including two last January in front of Sacramento City Hall. At a memorial service commemorating those deaths, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the number has increased this year by an additional 40 deaths. He also remained optimistic about the new shelter. “No, I’m not frustrated,” he said. “I recognize that a lot of great people are working to get this up and running as quickly as possible. So it’s 50, we’re going to get to 200, and we’ll get to that full capacity within a couple weeks.”The extra time is needed to add partitions to will increase privacy and decrease noise.However, Grant worries a couple weeks could be too late. Right now, he’s just worried about making it to tomorrow. “We’re all freezing to death out here," he said. "I don’t know what to do. I just hope more programs open up."