DATE:
05/20/2025
16
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT:
Title
FULFILLING COUNTY HOMELESSNESS COMMITMENTS BY AMENDING THE CASA MARIPOSA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER AGREEMENT AND CLEARING THE CITY'S PATH TO KEEP THE ROSECRANS HOMELESS SHELTER OPEN AND WAIVE BOARD POLICY A-72 (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
Since 2021, the County of San Diego has strategically invested its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to expand shelter capacity, protect vulnerable residents, and support regional partnerships to address homelessness. This item continues that approach by sustaining operations at the 160-bed Casa Mariposa Domestic Violence (DV) shelter and advancing a time-sensitive solution to preserve operations at the 150-bed Rosecrans Shelter, which now faces potential closure following the City of San Diego's withdrawal of future operational funding.
On April 4, 2023 (Item 27), the Board of Supervisors authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into a $6.2 million ARPA subrecipient agreement with the City of San Diego to fund capital improvements and up to two years of operations at the Casa Mariposa DV shelter. The agreement was structured as a one-time County investment to help the City launch the shelter, with the agreement that the City would identify ongoing operational funding after the two-year period.
The full grant amount was disbursed to the City on January 29, 2024, and the shelter opened in April 2024. Based on expenditure information submitted by the City, the Casa Mariposa DV shelter is currently operating at a cost of approximately $200,000 per month. Based on actual operations costs, it is estimated that the City will spend about $4.7 million on operations and $263,000 on capital improvements, leaving approximately $1.2 million in unspent ARPA funds after the two-year County funds commitment for operations.
This item proposes to extend the grant term through June 30, 2026 - providing the full two years of operations while also addin...
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