ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Manager Item No: D1
Prepared by: Jonathan Lung, Housing & Homeless Svcs Div. Mgr Meeting Date: January 27, 2026 Approved by:
Imelda Huerta, Assistant City Manager
John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Discussion
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UBJECT: FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION, INC TO
PROVIDE HOMELESS OUTREACH, HOUSING NAVIGATION, AND HOUSING STABILITY
SERVICES
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COMMENDATION: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2026- , approving a first amendment to the agreement with San Diego Rescue Mission, Inc., to provide Homeless Outreach, Housing Navigation and Housing Stability Services.
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RRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Homelessness & Housing.
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RIOR ACTION: On June 10, 2025, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-99, approving an agreement with San Diego Rescue Mission, Inc. to provide Homeless Outreach, Housing Navigation, and Housing Stability Services (Vote: 5-0).
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n March 11, 2025, adopted City Council Resolutions No. 2025- 26, accepting Encampment Resolution Funding, Round 3, Grant Funds from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (Vote: 5-0).
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n October 22, 2024, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2024 -172, approving an agreement with San Diego Rescue Mission to provide citywide homeless outreach services. (Vote 4-1. Contreras opposed) O
n June 25, 2024, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2024 -122, approving the submission of an application for Encampment Resolution Funding, Round 3, grant funds (Vote: 4-0, Green absent).
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TATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: On November 27, 2023, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) announced the availability of Round 3 of the Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF3) Program, which was appropriated $400 million through Senate Bill 101 to support actionable, person-centered local proposals to resolve the experience of unsheltered homelessness for people living in encampments.
The City of Vista submitted a grant application for ERF3 totaling $7,800,942.09. On December 23, 2024, the City received a letter of award (Exhibit 3), and on January 14, 2025, the City Council amended the operating budget to accept the funds.
AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2026-18. Vote: 5-0