DATE:
May 20, 2025
14
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
REALLOCATION OF WILLOW RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING SITE FUNDS TO THE TROY STREET SLEEPING CABINS AND REGIONAL HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On March 12, 2024 (18), the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the design and development of the Willow Recreational Vehicle (RV) Senior and Family Parking Project in the unincorporated Lakeside community. The site was intended to provide 17 RV parking spaces with on-site case management and housing navigation services for individuals experiencing homelessness. However, the project was paused on August 27, 2024 (16) pending further review as part of the County's forthcoming Enterprise-wide Assessment of Homeless Services Report.
Approximately $4.9 million was allocated for the Willow RV site through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Framework. Prior to the project being put on pause, $531,432 was expended on site design, assessment, and permitting, leaving a balance of $4,368,568, of which $4,256,966 is currently encumbered in a Major Maintenance Capital Project account. Today's item proposes reallocating a portion of the remaining funds towards two high-impact programs: $3.5 million for approximately one year of operations at the Troy Street Sleeping Cabins in Lemon Grove, and $868,568 to the Regional Homeless Assistance Program (RHAP) for continued emergency housing services.
RHAP has been successful in exiting individuals into permanent housing and annually serves hundreds of people. RHAP's current ARPA Framework funds are expected to be exhausted early in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27, making today's item urgent for this program's continuation. This loss of funding would risk displacing dozens of individuals each night and halting the momentum RHAP has built in its mission to reduce homelessness through compassionate measures.
The Troy Street Sleeping Cabins project is expected to establish 60 cabins that will...
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