Empower individuals & families ● Build community resilience ● Promote housing opportunities ● Enhance quality of life
HOUSING & HOMELESS
SERVICES
Item 8.3
Policy Discussion on
Unsheltered in the City of
Chula Vista
December 5, 2023
HOT Team Composition
Data & Demographics
Federal & Local Law
Funding
Recap from October 5th Workshop
chulavistaca.gov/homeless
Local Outreach, Efforts, Tools
& Clean-up
Permanent Housing
Regional Efforts
Potential Policy Options | Staff Recommendations
Consider Adoption of Municipal Code Provisions:
1) Establish Regulations for Services Providers and Voucher Use Licensing
2) Adopt Targeted Restrictions on Sitting/Lying/Sleeping 3) Adopt Targeted Regulations for Storing Items
4) Establish Regulations for Vehicle Dwelling
5) Adopt Regulations on Shopping Carts *
Policy is not the
solution, but it can help
mitigate community
impacts.
Road to Self-Sufficiency & Permanent Housing
• Prevention
• Life Skills | Financial Literacy
• Mental Health Services
• Substance Abuse Services
• Transitional & Permanent Housing
Continue providing existing Services
• Weekly Outreach and Follow-Up
• Housing Programs
• Shelter Operations
• Operation Pride
Addressing Gaps
• Permanent Supportive
• Job Training Programs
• Regional Partnerships
MOU for services
Imperial Beach Shelter Beds
Joint grant applications
CA Encampment Resolution Funding
Program – Round 3 Due 1/31/24
• Safe Parking Lot
Updates
Community Impact: Top Issues
Encampments
• Illegal Activity
• Proximity to Sensitive Receptors
• Amenities (e.g. schools, parks)
• Environmental Habitats (e.g. waterways)
• Trash and Debris
• Shopping Carts
• Addressing Hot Spots (e.g. Palomar/Harborside area)
Habitation in Vehicles (including Recreational)
Community Impact: Top Issues (continued)
Other City Resources
• Calls for Service
• Code Enforcement
• Maintenance and Graffiti
Unsheltered Placement in Chula Vista
1) Hotel/Motel and Service Providers
Current Local Regulations
• Permit to Operate (CVMC Chapter 5.39)
Other Jurisdictions
• Requirements for hotel & service
providers (El Cajon)
Staff Recommendation
• Regulation of service providers
Regulate Service Providers that operate in Chula Vista
• Require permit to operate
• Require general information about operations and where they place individuals in the City
• Require provider to bring individual to placement location • Require a discharge and transportation plan to prevent homelessness • Require background check and report to ECPD 48 hours before placing individual with certain sex and arson offenses
• Require reporting to City on placements/outcomes/etc. 1)Hotel/Motel and Service Providers
Recommended Options
2) Obstruction of Public Property
Current Local Regulations
• None existing
Other Jurisdictions
• Unsafe Camping & Sensitive Uses (San Diego)
• Encampment Ban (Poway)
• Time, place, and manner restrictions
(Los Angeles & Sacramento)
Staff Recommendation
• Time, place, and manner restrictions
A. General Prohibitions: No obstruction of street, sidewalk, or other public ROW by sitting, lying, or sleeping (or storing/using/placing personal property):
a) In a manner that impedes ADA access
b) Within 10 feet of any driveway or loading docs
c) Within 5 feet of any building entrance or exit
d) Within 5 feet of any fire hydrant, fire plug, etc.
e) In a manner that obstructs or interferes with activity for which City has issued a permit
f) In a manner that obstructs path for motor vehicles or bicycles 2) Obstruction of Public Property:
Recommended Options
B. Designated Sensitive Uses: Prohibit sitting, sleeping, or lying (or placing personal property) within distance of certain locations designated by Council resolution:
a) Schools, day care centers, public park and public library b) Overpass, underpass, freeway ramp, tunnel, bridge, pedestrian bridge, or wash designated as a health and safety risk
c) Facilities that provide shelter, safe sleeping, or safe parking to homeless persons or that provide homeless services
d) High fire-risk areas
e) Environmentally sensitive habitat areas
f) Places that pose a particular and ongoing threat to public health or safety 2) Obstruction of Public Property:
Recommended Options (continued)
3) Removing Personal Belongings
Local Policy
• Encampments - 72 hr Notice
• Abandoned Property - 24 hr Notice
Options
• Continue with standard noticing, but
identify high-risk areas where less
notice may be appropriate
4) RV Parking and Vehicle Dwelling
Current Local Regulations
• Recreational Vehicle Ordinance (CVMC
10.52.495)
Other Jurisdictions
• Permit system to limit concentration
and location of vehicle dwelling (Los
Angeles)
Staff Recommendation
• Establish vehicle dwelling regulations
4) RV Parking and Vehicle Dwelling
Recommended Options
Permit system for vehicle dwelling on public streets:
• Permit application provides service information
• Limits vehicle dwelling locations
• Limits vehicle dwelling concentration
• Allows enforcement for safety or hazards
Provide safe parking lots for operational
vehicles (in future)
5) Abandoned Shopping Carts*
Current Local Regulations
• None (however, state law applies)
Other Jurisdictions
• Require business owners to place identification
signs on carts and adopt an abandoned
shopping cart prevention program (Carson and
Glendale)
Staff Recommendation
• Require identification signs and abandoned
shopping cart prevention program
5) Abandoned Shopping Carts*
Recommended Options
Regulations for Shopping Cart Owners:
• Require shopping cart owners to affix signs on their shopping carts that comply with Business & Profession Code requirements
• Require shopping cart owners to post a sign near customer entrances and exits that states removal of shopping carts is prohibited • Require shopping cart owners to establish abandoned shopping cart prevent program
• Authorize enforcement procedures pursuant to the Business and Professions Code and establish administrative fees for costs of removal and storage of abandoned carts
Potential Policy Options & Timelines
Item of Consideration Stakeholders Actions to be Taken Completion Timeframe
1) Establish Regulations for Services
Providers and Voucher Use
Service Providers
Hoteliers
Finance, DSD, Housing
• Outreach, design permit system and
draft ordinance, and present to
Council
3 - 4 Months
2) Adopt Targeted Restrictions on
Sitting/Lying/Sleeping on Public Property
General Public
PD, DSD, Public Works
County of San Diego, Caltrans,
MTS
• Coordination with agencies &
consideration of a MOU, outreach,
identification of sensitive areas and
policies, draft ordinance and
resolution, present to Council, obtain
and install signage
6 - 8 Months
3) Adopt Targeted Regulations for Removal
of Personal Belongings on Public Property
General Public
PD, DSD, Public Works
• Outreach, obtain & install signage,
procure storage, draft ordinance or
resolution language, present to
Council
Variable
4) Establish Regulations for Vehicle Dwelling General Public PD, DSD, Housing
• Outreach, design permit system and
draft ordinance, present to Council 3 - 8 Months
5) Adopt Regulations on Shopping Carts* Businesses
DSD, Finance, Public Works
• Outreach, design regulation system
and draft ordinance, present to
Council
4 - 5 Months
Empower individuals & families ● Build community resilience ● Promote housing opportunities ● Enhance quality of life
HOUSING & HOMELESS
SERVICES
QUESTIONS
Impacts of Hotel/Motel Vouchers
JAN. 2020
RTFH PITC
AUG. 2021
City PITC
JAN. 2022
RTFH PITC
JAN. 2023
RTFH PITC
SEPT . 2023
City PITC
Sheltered (Emergency) 101 120 103 122 132
Unsheltered 212 372 206 318 510
Unsheltered (County Hotel Vouchers) Not counted 300 Not counted Not counted 144 Total 313 782 309 440 786
Operation Pride Clean-Up Efforts
0 200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
50,000
127,905
176,580 219,672
270,673
1,135,140
731,273
786,920
Annual Pounds of Trash & Debris Collected
Since 2016 Operation Pride activities have collected 3,498,163 pounds of trash and 11,900 shopping carts from public right-of-way
0 500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Annual Abandoned Shopping
Carts Collected
Transient-Related Dispatch Calls for Service
Transient-Related Dispatch Calls for Service
Recreational Vehicle Parking Permits
1,309
1,549
1,452
1,150
1,200
1,250
1,300
1,350
1,400
1,450
1,500
1,550
1,600
2021 2022 2023
4,310 Permits
Issued Since
1/1/21