TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND FROM: Councilmember Campos
CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: February 4, 2026
Approved Date: 2/04/2026
SUBJECT: Children and Youth Services Master Plan
DISCUSSION
I am submitting this informational memorandum to inform the Mayor and City Council of the budget-related requests included in the recommendations approved by Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (NSE) on December 10, 2025, during the joint session with the County Children, Seniors, and Families Committee (CSFC). The recommendations included the following:
1. Request that the City Manager include in the Mid-Year Budget a report on the funding status (City, County, and other funding partners) of the Children and Youth Services Master Plan and initial recommendations on the funding needed to sustain and expand the pilot locations and policy work. The City Manager should determine if any programs or services are eligible for Medi-Cal reimbursement.
2. Request that the City Manager prepare a Manager’s Budget Addendum (MBA) that identifies the specific service gaps in priority underserved neighborhoods, including Hoffman-Via Monte, Edenvale/Roundtable, Cadillac/Winchester, Mt. Pleasant, Welch/Overfelt Area/Valley Palms, and Meadowfair/Silver Creek/Brigadoon, and outlines what resources would be needed for these areas to receive services equivalent to those offered at the two existing demonstration sites.
3. Request that the City Manager prepare an MBA that provides multiple options to establish and structure work to sustain the Children and Youth Services Master Plan as a priority of the City Manager.
4. Request that the City Manager report to the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee in February 2026 with updates regarding the Family, Friends, and Neighbors (FFN) program and its role in the Children and Youth Services Master Plan. The report should include evaluation of the sustainability for the program.
BACKGROUND
The Workload Analysis prepared by the City Administration for consideration by the Rules and Open Government Committee during the January 28, 2026, meeting “yellow-lighted” four recommendations, which are listed above. Staff recommends “that these recommendations be COUNCIL AGENDA STUDY SESSION: 2/5/2026
FILE: 26-141
2 considered as part of the City Council’s review and approval of the Mayor’s March Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.” Staff further recommended that the request for a report during the Mid-Year Budget Review (Recommendation 1) instead be accomplished through an MBA.
Similarly, staff recommended reporting out options for sustaining the Family, Friends, and Neighbors (FFN) program through an MBA as part of the 2026-2027 Budget Process (Recommendation 4).