CITY COUNCIL
Darrell Steinberg, Mayor
Angelique Ashby, Vice Mayor, District 1
Sean Loloee, District 2
Jeff Harris, District 3
Katie Valenzuela, District 4
Jay Schenirer, District 5
Eric Guerra, Mayor Pro Tem, District 6
Rick Jennings, II, District 7
Mai Vang, District 8
CHARTER OFFICERS
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney
Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor
Howard Chan, City Manager
John Colville, City Treasurer
City Council
Financing Authority
Housing Authority
Public Financing Authority
Redevelopment Agency
Successor Agency
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CORRESPONDENCE
Description of Attached: Correspondence received after publishing the Agenda.
For the Meeting of: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.
Agenda Item: Discussion Item 01
1. Rescind Ordinance 2022-0110 or Adopt an Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2022- 0011, and Adopt a Resolution Rescinding Resolution 2022-0110 and Placing the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022, as Amended, on the November 8, 2002 Municipal General Election Ballot
File ID: 2022-01492
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Option A: Adopt a Resolution rescinding Resolution No. 2022- 0110, which submitted the “Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022,” an ordinance measure, to be included in the general municipal election of November 8, 2022; or Option B: 1) Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance 2022-0011, and 2) adopt a Resolution rescinding Resolution 2022-0110 and calling for the placement of the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022, as amended, on the November 8, 2022 Municipal General Election ballot.
Contact: Howard Chan, City Manager, 916-808-7488, [email protected], Office of the City Manager
From: Matthews, Ariana <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 8, 2022 2:04 PM
To: Matthews, Ariana <[email protected]>
Cc: Golombek, Ben <[email protected]>
Subject: Sacramento Homeless Initiative Letter
Good afternoon,
Attached is a letter regarding the Sacramento Homeless Initiative. If there are any questions please contact Ben Golombek at [email protected].
Thank you,
Ariana Matthews
Policy Assistant
California Chamber of Commerce
1215 K Street, 14th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
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August 8, 2022
The Honorable Darrell Steinberg
Sacramento City Hall
915 I St, 5
th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
SUBJECT: SACRAMENTO HOMELESS INITIATIVE
Dear Mayor Steinberg:
We have recently learned the troubling news that you and the Sacramento City Council are considering an about-face on putting a citywide ballot measure before voters this November that would begin to comprehensively and humanely address your city’s homelessness crisis. We are writing to urge that you stay the course with your original commitment, in part to signal to other communities in California that a city can make the difficult decision to do the right thing.
Earlier this year, when the coalition of business, labor, public safety, and community groups, Sacramentans for Safe and Clean Streets and Parks, agreed to withdraw their original measure, they had already gathered 20,000 signatures in a matter of weeks. They set their measure aside to work with you and city officials in good faith on a modified version that would be placed on the ballot by the city council because they wanted to address concerns raised by city officials while allowing the voters of Sacramento to have a voice in the city’s approach to homelessness.
Action on the proposed ballot measure – the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 – has placed Sacramento at the forefront of California cities struggling to address the tragedy of homelessness and its effects on unhoused individuals and the surrounding communities. Sacramento has an opportunity to create a model that other communities can replicate as a critical first step towards addressing an issue that has become a source of frustration and outrage throughout the state.
This novel and holistic plan that was placed on the ballot in April has caused communities elsewhere in California to see Sacramento as a leader in solving this problem. If you turn back from the bold action contemplated by the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 , it will set a terrible precedent and signal to other communities that procrastination and finger-pointing are acceptable, and even worse, that promises made by elected leaders may not be kept. That would be devastating news for the unhoused individuals, residents, and businesses of our cities and regions.
Sincerely,
Ben Golombek
Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff for Policy
California Chamber of Commerce
California Business Properties Association
California Business Roundtable
California Hotel & Lodging Association
Fresno Chamber of Commerce
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
Kimpton Sawyer Hotel
Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce
Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Grand Sacramento
cc: Mary Lynne Vellinga, Mayor Steinberg’s Office
Sacramento City Councilmembers
Sacramento City Clerk
BG:am
From: Wickham, Thomas <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2022 4:25 PM
To: Darrell Steinberg <[email protected]>; clerk <[email protected]> Subject: Letter from U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento Homeless Initiative
August 9, 2022
The Honorable Darrell Steinberg
915 I St, 5th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: Sacramento Homeless Initiative
Dear Mayor Steinberg:
Municipal governments and business leaders have struggled with the problem of homelessness for decades. Model policies that involve positive cooperation between business coalitions and city leaders with the stamp of approval from the voters are rare. The landmark ballot measure approved by the city of Sacramento earlier this year gathered national attention for this reason. This is why news reports that you and the Sacramento City Council are considering a change to the plan of putting a citywide ballot measure before voters this November are so disappointing. We are writing to urge you to honor your original commitment and send a signal to other communities in California and nationwide that municipal governments and business leaders can come together to address this critical issue.
The proposed ballot measure – the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 – would be a groundbreaking act of voluntary legislative action and put Sacramento at the forefront of cities nationwide on an issue affecting so many communities. This unique model is a very effective tool for consulting with other communities on policy solutions against an often fru strating and challenging backdrop. The voluntary commitment by coalition leaders to drop their individual petition efforts in concert with council action only underscores the powerful message surrounding your actions.
Sacramento has become a national leader with its innovative and inclusive plan to combat the problem of homelessness. We ask you to stay the course contemplated by the Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 and not disrupt the valuable leadership that has reverberated across the policy landscape. Th e Sacramento model of coordination and compromise as originally conceived this spring should continue to lead the way in a space too often dominated by fingerpointing and broken promises.
Sincerely,
Neil Bradley
Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer,
and Head of Strategic Advocacy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1714 Broadway • Sacramento, California 95818 • Telephone: (916) 628-7709 • Email: [email protected] Organize Sacramento is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by law. Tax ID# 46-1869541 www.OrganizeSacramento.org August 9, 2022 Sacramento City Council Sacramento City Manager Sacramento City Hall 915 “I” Street Sacramento, CA 95814 SUBJECT: City Council Agenda Items #1, #2 & #32- Pull the City of Sacramento’s Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 off the Ballot Dear Sacramento City Council members and City Manager Howard Chan: On behalf of Organize Sacramento I am writing to urge the City Council, the City Attorney and/or the City Manager to pull the “Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022” to keep it from appearing on the election ballot in November of 2022. This measure is our view is illegal, and will harm our organization, and other organizations that serve the homeless population and homeless people throughout the City of Sacramento. ORGANIZE SACRAMENTO provides training, education, technical and personal assistance in the form of individual and group classes, presentations, research assistance and coaching in order to educate community groups, individuals, organizations, small business owners and others on techniques of community organizing, local government processes, and community and business resources. The purpose is to equip citizens to think and act strategically to produce positive results when community issues like the further criminalization of homeless people become organizing campaigns. This includes but is not limited to, working directly with homeless residents of Sacramento to advocate on their on behalf or with them directly, to protect themselves, their belongings, and their right to exist as human beings. This measure will clearly harm Organize Sacramento’s work with homeless people and other advocacy organizations as well as people suffering homelessness directly. We believe Organize Sacramento is harmed by this measure because homeless people will be afraid to attend our messaging trainings as well as afraid to attend our respite center during inclement weather. The trust we have built with homeless individuals and the community at large, will be broken if we cannot promise to keep them from being further harmed by institutions, agencies, (the City of Sacramento) and by law enforcement. As affordable housing advocates and experts, we know that this measure, if passed, will divert needed funding resources that could- and should, be going to build permanent, appropriate, affordable
accessible housing. Instead, those much-needed resources will be spent on policing, incarceration, and pushing homeless people around without providing the necessary resources to get homeless people housed. AB686 a bill that has passed into law in the State of California, to ‘affirmatively further fair housing’ requires that cities take NO action or create laws that are inconsistent with that obligation. This measure is also contrary to the City of Sacramento’s Housing Element priorities statement in their General Plan. Further, because we know that people who experience homelessness are disproportionately from protected classes, including people of color, the disabled, seniors, women, etc., it’s the responsibility of the City of Sacramento to take deliberate action to address and combat the disparities in housing opportunities and to foster inclusive communities. This measure is in direct violation of AB686and Martin vs. Boise. Pushing poor people into government camps under threat of sweeping their existing camps -with no promise of housing, shelter or services, is draconian on its face. We thought Americans had stopped interning people back in World War II. We hope that you keep this misguided measure off the ballot in November. We would like our comments read aloud into the public record. Please contact me directly at the phone number or email address below to discuss next steps, or if you have further questions about our umbrage with this measure. Sincerely, Tamie Dramer, Executive Director Organize Sacramento 916.628.7709 Mobile [email protected]