DATE:
February 28,2023
05
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
UPDATE THE COUNTY'S HOMELESS ACTION PLAN AND ADOPT THE "ALL IN": THE FEDERAL STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
Over the last few years, the County Board of Supervisors has made significant investments to address the lack of emergency housing and prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place. On November 2, 2021 (4), The County adopted a Framework to End Homelessness in the region to align the existing work to assist people experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless. To ensure alignment in the Region, the Regional Task Force on Homelessness also created a Regional Community Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. These policy recommendations have been instrumental to address homelessness in the region and find housing solutions.
To further our commitment to prevent and seek an end to homelessness, I am recommending that the County work with the Regional Task Force on Homelessness to incorporate the federal strategic plan "All In" to Prevent and End Homelessness into the County's existing Homeless Action Plan and identify County owned land that can be used for emergency housing solutions.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHAIRWOMAN NORA VARGAS
1. Direct the CAO to review and incorporate relevant portions of the "All In": The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness into the County's existing Homeless Action Plan,
a. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to report back to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors within one hundred and twenty (120) days with an update of the new Homeless Action Plan and identify available County owned land that can be used for emergency housing solutions such as safe parking, safe villages, or other emergency housing solution.
EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT
Based on the 2022 Point in Time Count, there are approximately 8,427 individuals living in the streets or shelters throughout San Diego ...
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