ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Manager’s Office Item No: C10
Prepared by: Jonathan Lung, Housing & Homeless Services Mgr Meeting Date: January 27, 2026 Approved by:
Imelda Huerta, Assistant City Manager
John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Consent Calendar S
UBJECT: AGREEMENT WITH INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR SHELTER BEDS RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2026- , approving an agreement with Interfaith Community Services, Inc. to provide shelter beds to address homelessness in Vista.
2. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2026- , amending the operating budget for Fiscal Years 2025/26 and 2026/27.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Homelessness and Housing.
PRIOR ACTION: On January 23, 2025, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-08, approving a Second Amendment with Interfaith Community Services, Inc. to provide shelter beds to address homelessness in Vista (Vote: 5-0).
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n November 14, 2023, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2023-195, approving a First Amendment with Interfaith Community Services, Inc. to provide shelter beds to address homelessness in Vista (Vote: 5-0).
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n September 26, 2023, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2023- 171, approving an agreement with Interfaith Community Services, Inc. to provide shelter beds to address homelessness in Vista (Vote:5-0).
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n June 23, 2020, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2020-115, authorizing application to the Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Plan and Administration of Program Activities (Vote: 5-0).
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TATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: The City is a member of the Alliance for Regional Solutions (Alliance), which was founded in 2006, through the efforts of local government officials and non-profit leaders to create an emergency shelter network. Beginning in 2020, the City has contracted with the Alliance annually to prioritize up to ten shelter beds per night in the Alliance's existing low -barrier shelters for unsheltered persons in Vista in support of the Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness (Strategic Plan). As its fiscal agent, Interfaith Community Services, Inc. (Interfaith) contracts with the City directly on behalf of the Alliance.
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helters in the Alliance network include the Interfaith Shelter Network of seasonal rotating shelters around North San Diego County, Haven House in Escondido, Escondido Family Shelter, Operation Hope North County in Vista, and Catholic Charities La Posada de Guadalupe (La Posada) in Carlsbad. Of these shelters, Haven House and La Posada are the only shelters that operate year -round and have low barriers for admittance. Because of these characteristics, the City of Vista’s Homeless Outreach Teams (Vista HOT) AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted the following: 1) City Council Resolution No. 2026-16.
Vote: 5-0; 2) City Council Resolution No. 2026-17. Vote: 5-0