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REPORT - EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS CONCERNING HOMELESSNESS
BACKGROUND: On May 16, 2016, the City Council Homeless Subcommittee received a report It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department that the Council, by resolution, declare a homelessness emergency and identify the preferred action for doing so by 1) a declaration of shelter crisis; 2) a declaration of local emergency; and/or 3) a request for a gubernatorial state of emergency proclamation. camping component, the declaration of shelter emergency to allow for the use of City facilities, and other alternatives. At the May 16 meeting the subcommittee requested that the report be added to a future Council agenda for consideration by the full Council. On July 19, 2016, staff presented to Council three options for emergency declarations concerning homelessness, including declaration of shelter crisis, declaration of local emergency, and request for gubernatorial state of emergency proclamation, and sought direct...
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