Title:
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Declaration of a Shelter Crisis
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File ID: 2019-01835
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) making the findings necessary for declaration of a Shelter Crisis; 2) declaring a Shelter Crisis pursuant to Government Code Section 8698.2; and 3) directing the City Manager to take certain administrative actions to streamline provision of shelter to people experiencing homelessness.
Contact: Tom Pace, Interim Director, (916) 808-2691, Community Development Department; Emily Halcon, Homeless Services Manager, (916) 808-7896, Office of the City Manager
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Presenter: Tom Pace, Interim Director, (916) 808-2691, Community Development Department
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution Declaring a Shelter Crisis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The crisis of unsheltered homelessness is one that impacts an entire community, both those experiencing homelessness and the broader community of housed residents, businesses, and neighborhoods. Over the past several years, the City has made significant investments to increase access to and availability of shelter, services and permanent housing for people and families experiencing homelessness. Despite these efforts, homelessness and its impacts continue to rise:
* From 2015 to 2017, the Sacramento region saw an 85% increase of unsheltered homelessness.
* According to the most recent Sacramento County Homeless Deaths Report, death rates among the unsheltered homeless population are four times that of the general population and rose by almost 75% from 2016 to 2017.
* Through the City's Railroad Drive Triage Shelter and the City's Pathways to Health + Home program, we are seeing the aging of the homeless population; over half of the participants in both programs are over the age of 50, and the majority self-identify one or more disabling conditions.
* In 2018, the City's 311 system fielded over 5,000 reports regarding homeless encampment...
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