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2018-2021 Burbank Homelessness Plan
Annual Progress Report
“Working for a safe, beautiful, and thriving community for all” In 2018, the City began implementing its three-year (2018-2021) Homelessness Plan that was adopted by City Council in December of 2017. The Plan covered three calendar years from 2018 to 2021.
Staff implemented seven strategies from the Burbank Homelessness Plan through partnerships, collaborations, and extensive communication with stakeholders throughout the implementation process. The seven strategies are:
1. Developing Storage Facilities and Transportation
2. Enhancing the Quality of Life, Mental Health and Healthcare Awareness
3. Building Temporary Housing
4. Creating Affordable Housing
5. Continuing Outreach, Coordinated Care System and Community Awareness
6. Increased Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing
7. Enforcing Public Health & Safety and Ordinances
Below are the homeless strategies and other associated deliverables.
Continuing Outreach, Coordinated Care
System and Community Awareness Strategy:
Daily we can see people without housing on the
streets, sleeping in their vehicles, or in our parks.
Even though improvements have been made in
recent years to bring people indoors through
California’s Project Room/Home Key, residents
and business owners are deeply frustrated.
Therefore, the City has remained proactive in our
coordination of outreach, coordinated care, and
community awareness.
Actions, Metrics, and Status
Actions Metrics Status
Expand the City’s award-
winning homeless street
outreach efforts
Engage with 60
unduplicated persons
annually
Ongoing
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Establish an
Interdepartmental City
Working Group
Address homeless
encampments and develop
implementation strategies
Monthly meetings with all
City Departments and
strategic health and
service partners
Launch of a 311 Mobile
App
Respond to homeless
inquiries and deploy
services
Completed
Public education of the
homeless crisis
Release a homeless
documentary video
Completed
Respond to mental health
crisis
Burbank Mental Health
Evaluation Team provides
a comprehensive response
to a mental health crisis
Ongoing
Building Temporary Housing, Affordable
Housing, and Homeless Prevention/Rapid Re -
housing Strategies: There is “no one- size fits all”
solution. Therefore, the City will pivot to a shelter first prioritization while permanent housing is developed
and while people experiencing homelessness are
matched to housing vouchers. The City will continue
to support prevention and rapid rehousing programs
to shorten the time a person experiences
homelessness or obtain emergency assistance such
as one- time rent/bill assistance to quickly resolve
their economic or housing crisis
Actions, Metrics, and Status
Actions Metrics Status
Connection to interim
housing or reunification to
loved ones
Assist the unhoused with
placements and re-
unification
Ongoing. To date, 13 1
individuals have been
placed/reunited
New Affordable Housing Affordable Accessory
Dwelling Units (ADU)
created
1,080 ADU applications
submitted ( 700 permits
issued)
Production of residential
housing
Construction of 12,000
residential units by 2035
2,566 units under review,
approved, or under
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construction (817
Affordable Units)
Rapid Rehousing Assist 45 households
annually
Ongoing. To date, 23
households have been
rehoused
Housing Vouchers Assist 67 households with
an Emergency Housing
Voucher
Ongoing. To date 41
applications received (20
vouchers issued, 5 leased
a unit, 6 pending
inspection)
Enhancing the Quality of Life, Mental Health and
Healthcare Awareness & Enforcing Public Health
& Safety Strategies : To enhance the quality of life,
mental health, and healthcare awareness through
continuous engagement with people experiencing
homelessness. Often, there is a direct impact to public health, safety, and public services when there’s a lack of outreach, engagement, support, and treatment for
unsheltered homeless individuals with severe and
persistent mental and chronic illness.
Actions, Metrics, and Status
Actions Metrics Status
Concentrate efforts to
move people out of
encampments
Adopt a City ordinance to
address encampment
clean-ups and related
storage of personal
property, and coupled
enforcement with service
outreach efforts to offer
available housing to
people living in
encampments
56 clean-ups to date
Social Service in public
facilities
Social worker co-located at
Burbank Public Library and
Parks and Recreation
Department
Completed
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Create a system of health
and service partners
Coordinate services for
people experiencing
homelessness
Monthly coordination
meeting with homeless
service providers, housing
practitioners, and public
health partners.
Developing Storage Facilities and
Transportation Strategy: The City will construct
a homeless storage facility that can focus on
providing linkages to services, including but not
limited to, enrollment in the Coordinated Entry
System (CES) , and connection to human
services.
Actions, Metrics, and Status
Actions Metrics Status
Safe Storage Services Construct a safe storage
and Help Center
Completed
Homeless Management
Information Systems
Establish City homeless
programs in the Continuum
of Care’s Homeless
Management Information
System
Completed
Coordinated Entry System Effectively and efficiently
connect the unhoused to
interventions that aim to
resolve their housing crisis
Completed
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Other Associated Strategies: No one agency can
resolve the homeless crisis alone; therefore, the City is continuing to expand its partnerships with Burbank
agencies, faith-based groups, County/City organizations, and others to continue to implement the City’s
Homelessness Plan. As a r esult, many of these
partnerships have been instrumental in helping meet the needs of several of our Burbank homeless.
Actions, Metrics and Status
Actions Metrics Status
Build Public Health
partnerships
Establish multiple
partnerships for public
health, mental health, and
treatment
Ongoing. Partners include
Providence St. Joseph
Medical Center, All-
Inclusive Medical Health
Center, Los Angeles
County Department of
Health and Mental Health
Build service provider
partnerships
Establish multiple
partnerships with service
agencies
Ongoing. Partners include
Streetplus, Salvation Army,
Home Again L.A., Burbank
Temporary Aid Center,
Burbank Housing
Corporation, Burbank
YMCA, and many more.
Partnerships on best
practices
Meet with multiple cities
and agencies
Ongoing. Partners include
LAHSA, Los Angeles
County Supervisor District
5 Homeless Count Participate in the annual
LAHSA Homeless Count
2022
Completed
Faith Based partnerships Network with faith-based
groups.
Ongoing. Partners include
the Burbank Ministerial
Association, and local
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churches, pastors, and
supporters.
Other Associated Strategies: Burbank will help
alleviate the homeless crisis by supporting
federal and regional homeless strategies that
align with our Homeless Plan. We will also
advocate for legislation on behavioral health
services and more funding for innovative
homeless solutions and seek and apply for
homeless grants.
Actions, Metrics, and Status
Actions Metrics Status
Apply for Measure H
funding
Identify public funding
opportunities to support
the City’s homelessness
plan
Ongoing. To date, Burbank
has applied and received
$1.21 million
Apply for other grants Identify private and
philanthropic funding
opportunities
Ongoing. To date, Burbank
has applied and received
$250,000 from Providence
St. Joseph Medical Center