Title:
Title
Safe Parking Program
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01245
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion directing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to further investigate and return with a proposed program framework, budget, listing of potential locations and partners for implementing a safe parking program for people experiencing homelessness living in their vehicles, including considerations for: the provision of case management and supportive services to transition the homeless from living in their vehicles to housing; an access mechanism that allows entry only via referral; and inclusion of a good neighbor plan.
Contact: Dennis Rogers, Chief of Staff, (916) 808-7007, Office of Councilmember Rick Jennings, District 7
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Presenter: Dennis Rogers, Chief of Staff, (916) 808-7007, Office of Councilmember Rick Jennings, District 7
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The total number of people experiencing homelessness sleeping in their cars has increased by 62% from 2017 (300) to 2019 (484). In the most recent Point-in-Time Count (PIT), there were 484 youth, seniors, veterans, families and individuals out of a total of 3,900 unsheltered people living in their vehicles. The Institute for Social Research at California State University, Sacramento (the authors of the PIT) recommended the exploration of a safe parking program in response to the growth in the region's homeless sleeping in their cars.
Policy Considerations: There are currently two safe parking bills that have been introduced in the State Assembly. Assembly Bill (AB) 302 mandates a safe parking program at California's Community Colleges and AB 891 mandates all cities with a population of more than 300,000 to implement a safe parking program as defined. Both bills have moved out of the Assembly and are currently on the Senate Appropriations Committee's Suspense File.
Economic Impacts: None.
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