Title:
Title
Declaration of a Shelter Crisis
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FileID
File ID: 2018-01487
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Resolution 1) making the findings necessary for declaration of a Shelter Crisis, 2) declaring a Shelter Crisis pursuant to SB 850 (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2018) and Government Code Section 8698.2, and 3) adopting the City Manager's Administrative Order Implementing the City Council's Declaration of Shelter Crisis.
Contact: Emily Halcon, Homeless Services Coordinator, (916) 808-7896, Office of the City Manager; Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, Office of the City Attorney
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Presenter: Emily Halcon, Homeless Services Coordinator, (916) 808-7896, Office of the City Manager; Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, Office of the City Attorney
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-HEAP and CESH Program Proposal
3-Resolution
4-Exhibit A to Resolution: Administrative Order
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In June of 2018, the Governor signed SB 850, which allocated over $553 million in one-time State funding for two new programs: the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) and the California Emergency Solutions Program (CESH). On October 16, 2018, the City Council approved a collaborative investment plan for the HEAP and CESH programs and authorized the City to submit an application for the City HEAP allocation to the State of California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) no later than December 31, 2018. The collaborative investment plan is detailed in Attachment 2 to this report.
To receive HEAP funding, the applicable statute requires that the jurisdiction(s) that the administrative entity represents must declare a shelter crisis pursuant to State law (commencing with Government Code 8698) by the time funding is awarded. The attached Resolution declares a shelter crisis, which is effective from December 1, 2018 to March 1, 2019, allowing the City to submit ...
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