1/10/23 RTC 23 - 1316
Heen #2
Study Session on the
Work of the
Homelessness
Taskforce
CITY OF
Item #2
RTC 23-1316
1852
THE MISSION CIN
January 10, 2023
1 City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Study Session on Homelessness
Goals
1. Provide background information
2. Summarize community input received
3. Present the City's draft plan framework
4. Review next steps and potential actions in early 2023
5. Gather City Council feedback
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POST MEETING MATERIAL
1 City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Study Session on Homelessness
Introductions
Andrew Crabtree, Community Development Department
Adam Marcus, Community Development Department
Eli Hamilton, Homebase
Joy Balinbin, Homebase
3 Background
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Homelessness Over Time: 2022 Point in Time
Count
11,000
10,028
9,706
9,000
7,631
7,394
7,000 6,556
5,000
3,000
1,000 478 377 272 326 440
2013 2015 2017 2019 2022
-1,000
• Santa Clara County = City of Santa Clara
- Homebase
5 Homelessness in CY 2021: Countywide service
database (HMIS)
769 individuals "affiliated" with the City of Santa Clara • 57% with serious physical or mental health conditions • 50% chronically homeless (disabled and unhoused 12+ months) • 34% have experience of domestic violence or trafficking By Age
By Household Type
155 151 10
135
116
= With Adults Only
80 137
76 56 = With Adults and
Children
539 Unaccompanied
0-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-55 55-64 65+
- Homebase
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Current City Strategies
Affordable Housing Development
• Calabazas Community Apartments (2021); St. Anton Apartments (2022); Agrihood Senior Apartments, Monroe Apartments, Kifer Senior Apartments (2023)
Interim Housing
• State-funded Homekey project: Bella Vista Inn (2023)
Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) ($1M annually)
Case management in Permanent Supportive Housing ($125,000 annually)
- Homebase
7 Current City Strategies, continued
Santa Clara Police Department Community Response Team
Mobile shower and laundry pilot
Encampment clean-up ($90,000 for 2022-23)
Homelessness Prevention System ($50,000 annually)
Tenant education and counseling, mediation, and fair housing Services for survivors of domestic violence
- Homebase
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Outreach and Feedback Process
9 Homelessness Taskforce
Six meetings from April to October
13 Taskforce members
• Eight residents representing all Council Districts
• Five non-profit & County partners
Meetings announced and open to
public attendance
Homebase
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Homelessness Taskforce Members
Lori Garmany Catherine Pham Andrea Urton
Council District 1 Council District 6 Homefirst
VaNae N. Hamilton, Ph.D Michelle Ortega Hilary Barroga
Council District 2 Community Member At-Large County Office of Supportive Housing
Dontae Lartigue Santiago Arrendondo Jr.
Council District 3 Community Member At-Large Ray Bramson Destination: HOME
Daniel Huynh Sparky Harlan
Council District 4 Bill Wilson Center Vivian Wan
Abode Services
Anne McMahon
Council District 5
- Homebase
11 Community Engagement
Focus groups with providers, people with lived experience of homelessness, and City staff
12 interviews with people with lived experience of
homelessness
Community Forum open to the public with 70+ participants Business Community Survey with 270+ responses
Public comment at Taskforce meetings & over email
^ Homebase
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Summary of Community & Taskforce Input
Temporary Make public Trash removal
City-specific housing and spaces safe and and public health outreach concerns
shelter welcoming
Business impacts Mental health
Police presence Resources and
(security, property services
and enforcement training for City
damage, (including staff
of laws substance use)
customer safety)
Coordination More information
More services Clear ways to about available
between local
located in the city access resources
partners resources
- Homebase
13 Summary of Community & Taskforce Input,
continued
More affordable Address
community Local housing Legal protections
and supportive opposition to policy changes for renters housing development
Adequate Community
Center lived Education and funding for education and
experience living wage jobs supportive engagement
services
Homebase
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City's Draft Plan Framework
15 Priority Areas
1. Conduct proactive street outreach with the goal of assessing people for supportive housing.
2. Address basic needs of people living outside, including shelter, health, and hygiene.
Build community understanding of the causes, needs, and experience of homelessness.
4. Reduce the impacts of unsheltered homelessness throughout the community.
Fund additional interim and permanent supportive housing as well as Extremely Low Income (ELI) housing across the City.
6. Prevent homelessness for City residents at-risk.
Homebase
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Priority Area 1: Conduct proactive street outreach with the goal of assessing people for supportive housing
1.1: Street outreach team to serve the City of Santa Clara
1.2: Support peer outreach
1.3: Work with County to provide more timely crisis
response
1.4: Work with County to ensure access to mental health & substance use services
- Homebase
17 Priority Area 2: Address basic needs of people
living outside, including shelter, health, and hygiene.
2.1: Determine optimal locations and times for hygiene, shower, biowaste, and laundry service
2.2: Partner to expand basic needs services
2.3: Establish safe and welcoming places for people to go
2.4: Create storage options
: Homebase
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Priority Area 3: Build community understanding of
the causes, needs, and experience of homelessness
3.1: Engage people with lived experience of homelessness in decision-making and community education
3.2: Provide education opportunities for members of the public
3.3: Work with local service providers to coordinate
volunteering or fundraising opportunities
• Homebase
19 Priority Area 4: Reduce the impacts of unsheltered
homelessness throughout the community
4.1: Develop City protocol to triage crises and concerns
4.2: Provide training and support to City staff
4.3: Increase shelter and interim housing options
4.4: Explore innovative models for safe parking
4.5: Partner to manage impacts of encampments
4.6: Supplement sanitation and safety efforts at encampments and parks
4.7: Target the highest utilizers of crisis resources for housing Homebase
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Priority Area 5: Fund additional interim and permanent
supportive housing as well as Extremely Low Income
(ELI) housing across the City
5.1: Continue support of 2016 Measure A Affordable Housing Bond
5.2: Prioritize City resources to fund ELl and supportive housing
5.3: Explore policy changes to facilitate affordable housing development
5.4: Engage housing developers to leverage new state funding
5.5: Engage with Destination: Home's Housing Ready Communities program
5.6: Develop a protocol to integrate new housing developments into the community - Homebase
21 Priority Area 6: Prevent homelessness for City residents at risk .: Increase investment in the Countvwide
Homelessness Prevention System
6.2: Implement stronger protections
against eviction, rent increases, or other
forms of displacement
Homebase
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Summary of Public Comment &
Taskforce Feedback
Accessible Specificity (targets, Estimate costs & Research what language/readability time frame) funding works in other cities Emphasize mental Emphasize
Emphasize Remove affordable health and
affordable housing housing strategies prevention
substance use
Restrict where Increase police &
Specific populations Safe parking people can live
(youth, older adults) enforcement
outside
Homebase
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Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Study Session on Homelessness
Next Steps and Potential Actions in early 2023
A. City of Santa Clara Homelessness Response Plan
B. Actions:
1. American Rescue Act Program Allocation Plan (HOME ARP)
2. California Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PHLA) Allocation
3. California Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF)
4. Homekey application for interim housing at Lawrence/Benton St. 24 24
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Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Study Session on Homelessness
Interim Housing Proposal (2023)
- Study Session in July 2021: Direction to identify potential sites for interim housing - Homelessness Task Force findings: Santa Clara lacks sufficient emergency shelter and non-congregate interim housing
- Planning Commission: Suggest protocols for engaging stakeholders to ensure successful integration of new interim and supportive housing into the community 25 25
City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Study Session on Homelessness
Interim Housing Proposal (2023)
- County Community Plan to End Homelessness Strategy 3 calls for doubling the number of shelter beds across the County.
- County Challenge Grant: Eligible for a $4M grant for operating or capital expenses to establish and operate a new emergency shelter using modular construction. - County Owned site at Lawrence/Benton Street
- Sobrato/LifeMoves is proposing 80-120 interim housing units + services - Homekey Round 3 applications are due March 2023; government cosponsor required 26 26
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Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
County-Owned Site Lawrence/Benton St.
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City of
Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Study Session on Homelessness
• Thoughts on the proposed interim housing site?
• Are there any needs and gaps that we missed?
• Should we add, delete, or edit any strategies?
• Are there key priorities that should be emphasized?
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