GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS
INFORMATIONAL OVERSIGHT HEARING
ON ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ON STATE
ADMINISTRATION. THE SUBCOMMITTEE
. THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS HOLDING A
SERIES OF HEARINGS TO DO A
MULTIPLE APPROACH GATHERING OF
INFORMATION ON HOW LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS ARE UTILIZING THE
HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
PREVENTION PROGRAM COMMONLY
KNOWN AS HAPPY. ANOTHER STATE
FUNDING TO SUPPORT REGIONAL
COORDINATION AND TO EXPAND OR
DEVELOP LOCAL CAPACITY TO
ADDRESS THEIR IMMEDIATE
HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGES. THE
LEGISLATURE IS WORKING TO
UNDERSTAND WHETHER THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE WORKING. AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE WE MAKING
PROGRESS. TACKLING THE ISSUE OF
HOMELESSNESS IS A HUGE
UNDERTAKING AND ONE THAT WITH
THE LEGISLATURE IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE GOVERNOR HAD BEEN
WORKING TO ADDRESS THROUGH
VARIOUS DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS.
YEAH. IN FACT, THERE HAS BEEN AN
UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT IN
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THIS GROWING
CONCERN. WE RECENTLY PASSED THE
HISTORIC $12 BILLION
HOMELESSNESS PACKAGE IN THE 21
22 BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES ONE
BILLION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS FOR EACH
OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR THE
NEXT TWO YEARS. THIS IS AFTER
HAVING INVESTED 13 BILLION ON
HOMELESSNESS BETWEEN 2018. AND
2020 ACROSS NINE STATE AGENCIES.
2 41 PROGRAMS, ACCORDING TO THE
PUBLICATION RELEASED BY THE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF
ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH IN MAY
OF THIS YEAR. THAT SAME
PUBLICATION NOTES THAT
HOMELESSNESS COUNTS IN
CALIFORNIA ROSE BY 42% BETWEEN
2014 AND 2020, WHILE THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY HAD A 9% IS MM. AND
MY APOLOGIES. I JUST GOT OFF A
PLANE FROM LOS ANGELES TO HERE.
AND MY ALLERGIES ARE ACTING UP A
LITTLE BIT. ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT.
THE STATE HAS MORE THAN 160,000.
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. IN MY
REGION, THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS
SERVICE AUTHORITY LHASA RECENTLY
RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THE 2022
HOMELESS COUNT. ACCORDING TO
LHASA, THE RESULT OF THE POINT
IN TIME COUNT CONDUCTED OVER
THREE NIGHTS IN FEBRUARY, WHICH
I PARTICIPATED IN ESTIMATED THAT
69,144 PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND L A COUNTY AT
THAT TIME, A 4.1% RISE FROM
2020. AND 41,980. PEOPLE WERE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE
CITY OF L. A UP TO 1.7% FROM
2020. UH AND BECAUSE OF COVID
ACCOUNT WAS NOT CONDUCTED IN
2021. OF THOSE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ABOUT 29,000
IDENTIFY AS LATINOS. THIS IS A
26% RISE SINCE 2020 GIVEN THESE
STATISTICS. AND THE GROWING
NUMBER OF HOMELESSNESS
ENCAMPMENTS. WE ARE SEEING POP
UP ACROSS THE STATE. THE
PRESSURE IS RAPIDLY GROWING FOR
US TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM
VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
DISCUSSION HERE TODAY AND LEARN
MORE ABOUT WHAT SAN FRANCISCO,
SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND SAN MATEO
COUNTY ARE DOING TO PREVENT AND
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND
HOPEFULLY LEARNING THOSE
STRATEGIES. WHAT CAN BE APPLIED
IN THE ALLEY REGION. I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO AND
THE WRITER CENTER FOR HOSTING US
TODAY. AND WITH THAT I WANT TO
PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE. THE
CHAIR OF BUDGET REMEMBER TILTING
AND HE REMARKS. MM. OKAY. IF NOT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR
FIRST, UM, PANEL. THAT IS AN
OVERVIEW OF STATEWIDE PROGRAMS
AND HOMELESSNESS IS DR MARY
KUSHELL, DIRECTOR OF THE BENIOFF
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
INITIATIVE. WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF UCSF. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME
TODAY AND GOOD MORNING, UM,
CHAIR TING AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MARGO
. CRUCIAL UM, I'M A PROFESSOR OF
MEDICINE AND DIVISION CHIEF HERE
AT THE DIVISION OF VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS, AND I ALSO DIRECT
THE UCSF, MANY OF HOMELESSNESS
AND HOUSING INITIATIVE, WHICH IS
A RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER
FOCUSED ON PREVENTING AND ENDING
HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME TO PRESENT ABOUT
ABOUT HOMO SERVICES IN THE STATE
, AND I'M HOPING JUST TO USE
THIS TIME TO PAINT A BROAD
PICTURE OF THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE
OF HOMELESSNESS AND DISCUSS THE
URGENT NEED FOR RELYING ON THE
EVIDENCE FOR ACTION. SO AS YOU
MENTIONED NEARLY 30% OF ALL
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
NATIONWIDE LIVE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AND ACCORDING TO OUR
LAST COMPLETE COUNT, THE 2022
DATA ARE JUST COMING OUT. THERE
WERE ABOUT 160,000 PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON A
SINGLE NIGHT. BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS OVER
REPRESENTED DRAMATICALLY WERE
BLACK INDIVIDUALS CONSTITUTE
JUST 5% OF THE STATE'S OVERALL
POPULATION. THEY REPRESENT 30%
OF THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND
INDIGENOUS CALIFORNIANS COMPRISE
1.6% BUT NEARLY 4% OF THE
HOMELESS POPULATION COUNTY AS
YOU MENTIONED SAW THIS 26%
INCREASE IN THE LATIN X HOMELESS
POPULATION BETWEEN 20 AND 22.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING
TO KEEP IN MIND. TO UNDERSTAND
THE QUESTION. WHY IS THERE MORE
HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA THAN
IN OTHER STATES? THE ANSWER IS
CLEAR. WE HAVE A MORE SEVERE
SHORTAGE OF HOUSING THAT IS
AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
THAN THE REST OF THE STATE. IT
IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE AMOUNT OF
HOMELESSNESS IN A COMMUNITY
RISES WHEN THE SUPPLY FOR OF
HOUSING FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS IS LOWER.
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS CRUCIAL TO
UNDERSTANDING NOT ONLY THE CAUSE
OF THE CRISIS, BUT IT'S GONNA
POINT US TOWARDS A SOLUTION.
UNFORTUNATELY ON THIS SCORE,
CALIFORNIA DOES VERY POORLY.
THERE IS A ONE MILLION UNITS
SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE AND
AVAILABLE HOUSING FOR EXTREMELY
WELCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THESE ARE
ANY HOUSEHOLD THAT MAKE LESS
THAN 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN
INCOME. SO IN CALIFORNIA.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 23 UNITS OF
HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND
AVAILABLE FOR EVERY 100
EXTREMELY LONG COME HOUSEHOLD
AND WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE THE
SECOND WORST RECORD IN THE
NATION. AS A RESULT, NEARLY
THREE OF FOUR EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN CALIFORNIA
ARE SEVERELY COST BURDEN,
MEANING THEY SPEND MORE THAN
HALF OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING
COSTS IN UTILITIES. THIS LEAVES
THESE HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT A
PERSONAL SAFETY NET UNEXPENDED
EXPECTED EXPENSES OR EVENTS AND
IN CALIFORNIA DO THE ONGOING
IMPACTS OF STRUCTURAL RACISM.
BLACK AND LATIN X RENTERS ARE
MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE RENTERS
TO BE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME TO BE
EXTREMELY COST BURDENED AND TO
BE HOMELESS. SO AS WE LOOK AT
HOW WE RESPOND TO THIS, WE NEED
TO REMEMBER THAT THE SOLUTION TO
HOMELESSNESS IS HOUSING. THIS
PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED BY THE
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM, ABSENT
INCREASES IN THE STRUCTURAL
DEFICIT OF HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR
THE POOREST CALIFORNIANS. WE
CANNOT ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BY
ATTENDING ONLY TO THOSE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND IGNORING THE
FACT THAT SO MANY ARE ON THE
VERGE OF BECOMING HOMELESS. AND
WE CAN'T BLAME THE PEOPLE THAT
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS FOR THE
PROBLEMS THAT THEY EXPERIENCE.
ALL CALIFORNIANS WILL BENEFIT
WHEN WE HAVE AMPLE HOUSING FOR
ALL AND THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
WILL BE REALIZED WHEN WE ENSURE
THAT ALL CALIFORNIANS REGARDING
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR INCOME,
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS HOUSING. SO
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. MANY
OF US MYSELF INCLUDED RAISED
ALARMS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND
THE RISK THAT WE WOULD SEE
MASSIVE INCREASES IN
HOMELESSNESS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
RELATED ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS.
GOVERNMENT ACTION DURING THE
PANDEMIC ACTUALLY AVOIDED THE
WORST CASE SCENARIOS. I FEAR
THAT ABSENT NEW ACTION, THE ONE
TIME NATURE OF THESE MAY HAVE
DELAYED RATHER THAN PREVENTED
HOMELESSNESS RISES. SO TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID 19
AMONG POPULATIONS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. CALIFORNIA WAS
REALLY THE FIRST IN THE NATION
TO CREATE PROJECT ROOM KEY
PROJECT ROOM KEY, WHICH PROVIDED
NON CONGREGATE, SHELTER OPTIONS
IN HOTELS AND OTHER SETTINGS TO
PROVIDE SHELTER IN PLACE
OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WHO ARE
AT HIGHEST RISK OF CONSEQUENCES
FROM COVID. PROVIDED NON
CONGREGATE SHELTER FOR OVER
42,000 CALIFORNIANS THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC AND REALLY
PREVENTED THE WORST OF WHAT WE
FEARED. PROJECT ROOM, KEY
IMPORTANTLY, LAID THE GROUNDWORK
FOR PROJECT HOME KEY. PROJECT
HOME KEY, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
PURCHASE PRE EXISTING HOUSING TO
BE USED AS EITHER INTERIM OR
PERMANENT HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS
THUS FAR CREATED 12,500 UNITS OF
HOUSING JUST SINCE 2020 HONKY
SHOWED US THAT WITH FINANCING
AND INCENTIVES TO MOVE QUICKLY,
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COULD ACTUALLY
CREATE HOUSING. IT'S
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COSTS THAN
TYPICALLY CITED. WELL HOME KEY
HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND
RAPIDLY, BRINGING MORE MUCH
NEEDED PERMANENT HOUSING ON
BOARD THE LACK OF ONGOING
FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS
REMAINS A CONCERN. IN ADDITION
TO THESE PROGRAMS, THE CDCS
FEDERAL EVICTION MORATORIUM,
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FANS
AND CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE TENANT
PROTECTIONS AND ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED CRITICAL AIDS TO
HOUSEHOLDS AND LARGELY AVERTED A
WAVE OF NONPAYMENT OF RENT.
EVICTIONS CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
PROVIDED A PATHWAY OF SUPPORT.
FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY JOB LOSS
OR INCOME LOSS. THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH
OFFERED UP TO 18 MONTHS OF
ASSISTANCE WITH RENT AND
UTILITIES RECEIVED 400,000
APPLICATIONS WITH MORE THAN 60%
OF THOSE FROM ELI HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS STATEWIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROVED TO BE A CRITICAL SUPPORT
FOR THOSE IMMINENTLY FACING
EVICTION. OVER 30% OF
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WERE FROM
CALIFORNIANS FACING ADDICTION AT
THE TIME THAT THEY APPLIED, HALF
OF WHOM ARE BLACK, OR LATIN. X
TO DATE, THE PROGRAM HAS
DISPERSED NEARLY $4 BILLION AND
REALLY HELPED THE STATE AVOID A
SURGE OF EVICTION. WELL, FUNDING
FOR THESE PROGRAMS HAS ENDED.
THESE PROGRAMS SHOWED US WHAT IS
POSSIBLE WHEN ROBUST RESOURCES
ARE DEDICATED TO PREVENT AN END
HOMELESSNESS. IN THE WAKE OF
THEIR EXPIRATION. MANY
CALIFORNIANS ARE NOW AT RISK OF
LOSING THEIR HOUSE HOUSING AND
BECOMING HOMELESS. IN CALIFORNIA
THERE ARE OVER 700,000
HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE BEHIND IN
THEIR RENT ABSENT INTERVENTION.
MANY OF THESE ARE GOING TO FACE
EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS. THE
TRUE MAGNITUDE MAY BECOME MORE
APPARENT IN UPCOMING MONTHS OR
YEARS. BUT EVICTION TRENDS IN
OTHER STATES OFFER SOME INSIGHT
INTO WHAT MAY BE TO COME FICTION
LEVEL SPIKE SIGNIFICANTLY IN
STATES THAT EXHAUSTED THEIR
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
FUNDS AND DD NOT EXTEND STATE
FUNDED POPULATIONS. IN MANY
CITIES. THESE RATES REACHED OR
EXCEEDED PRE PANDEMIC AVERAGES.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO GET US OUT
OF THIS MESS AND I CONCERNING
SIGN OF WHAT'S TO COME. THE 2022
POINT IN TIME COUNT SHOWED THIS
15% OVERALL INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS AS YOU MENTIONED
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT THESE FINDINGS
VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY, WITH SOME
AREAS SEEING MUCH LARGER
INCREASES AND OTHERS WITH SMALL
INCREASES OR EVEN DECREASES. AND
SO I WANT TO REVIEW BY SOME
AREAS DID BETTER THAN OTHERS.
EVEN IF DOING BETTER, IN THIS
CASE EVEN RESULTED IN SOME SMALL
INCREASES. YEAH. SURE SO. SO
AMONG THE LARGER CONTINUUM OF
CARES IN THE STATE, SAN
FRANCISCO ACTUALLY HAD A SMALL
DECREASE IN SANTA CLARA ONLY A
SMALL INCREASE COMPARED TO MUCH
LARGER INCREASES ELSEWHERE. WHAT
WAS DIFFERENT, SO DESPITE HAVING
THE HIGHEST HOUSING COSTS AMONG
LARGE COUNTIES, SAN FRANCISCO
AND SANTA CLARA HAD RAISED
SIGNIFICANT LOCAL DOLLARS THAT
THEY WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE IN
ADDITION TO STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING, AND THEY USE THESE
DOLLARS IMPORTANTLY, TO FOCUS ON
DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING
PERMANENT HOUSING, USING HOUSING
FIRST PRINCIPLES. SO HOUSING
FIRST, AS YOU KNOW, IS HE
EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO
ENDING HOMELESSNESS? HOUSING
FIRST SIMPLY PRIORITIZES GETTING
PEOPLE ACCESS TO HOUSING WITHOUT
PRECONDITIONS. SOME PEOPLE DO
BETTER WITH ROBUST SERVICES.
OTHERS DO NOT NEED THESE
SERVICES. A FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLE IS THAT WE DON'T FORCE
PEOPLE TO LEAVE HOUSING IF FROM
WHEN THEY'RE NOT READY TO ACCEPT
SERVICES. RESEARCH HAS
RESOUNDINGLY SUPPORTED THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF HOUSING FIRST
APPROACH IS IN GETTING PEOPLE RE
HOUSED AND HELPING THEM STAY
HOUSED. THE VIA ADAPTED A
HOUSING FIRST APPROACH AND HAD
THE FUNDING TO BRING IT TO
SCALE. AND WE'VE SEEN
HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS
DECREASED BY HALF. AT A TIME
WHEN HOMELESSNESS AMONG EVERY
OTHER POPULATION HAS BEEN
INCREASING. OUR OWN RESEARCH AND
SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHOWED THAT
HOUSING FIRST WITH ROBUST
SERVICES SUCCESSIVELY HOUSED
OVER 90% OF THE MOST
BEHAVIORALLY COMPLICATED
INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS. AND KEPT THEM
HOUSED WITH OVER 90% OF THESE
BEHAVIORALLY COMPLEX,
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE
REMAINING HOUSE THROUGH A SEVEN
YEAR FOLLOW UP PERIOD. WELL. SAM
IN CALIFORNIA HAVE QUESTIONED
THESE POLICIES. LET ME BE CLEAR.
THE EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUPPORTS
HOUSING FIRST IT'S JAKE HAS BEEN
KANG THAT, JOURNALISTS SAID IN A
RECENT PIECE IN NEW YORKER. THE
REAL ASPECT CALLS FOR HOUSING
FIRST DON'T COME FROM ITS LOGIC
, INTENTIONS OR ASSESSMENT OF
THE CRISIS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOUSING TO
FIT FIRST. SO WHAT DO WE
RECOMMEND? HOMELESSNESS AS YOU
MENTIONED, SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN
ENDURING CRISIS. AND IF I'M
BEING HONEST, I FEAR THAT IN
CALIFORNIA IT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. WE WILL
NEED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO
AVERT A WORSENING AND EVEN MORE
TO TURN THE TIDE. BUT WHEN WE DO
, WE MUST NOT TURN OUR BACK ON
THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF HOUSING
FIRST, SO WE NEED TO RENEW OUR
FOCUS ON HOUSING PRODUCTION AND
PRESERVATION FOR EXTREMELY LONG
COME HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING
PRODUCING MORE HOUSING FOR
EXTREMELY LONG TERM TENANTS, AND
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS HOUSING IS
GOING TO REQUIRE ONGOING
OPERATING SUBSIDIES. WE HAVE TO
PRESERVE EXISTINGDEEPLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TENANTS
IN PROTECT TENANTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FROM EVICTION. WE NEED
TO FOCUS ON PREVENTING
HOMELESSNESS AMONG THOSE AT
HIGHEST RISK, AND WE CAN DO THIS
BY TARGETING THOSE AT HIGHEST
RISK AND PROVIDING THEM WITH
SHORT TERM FINANCIAL AND NON
FINANCIAL SUPPORT. WE MUST
RECOMMIT TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS
QUICKLY AMONG THOSE WHO BECOME
HOMELESS BY LEANING INTO THE
EVIDENCE BASED OF HOUSING FIRST
PRINCIPLES. FINALLY WE NEED TO
REFOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
PROVIDING APPROPRIATE SUPPORT
AND SERVICES TO ALLOW ALL
CALIFORNIANS TO THRIVE IN THEIR
HOUSING, WHICH WE COULD DO BY
LEVERAGING THE PROMISE OF COUNT
AIM TO FULLY SUPPORT THE
SERVICES. WELL THE CURRENT
LANDSCAPE OF HOMELESSNESS
NATIONWIDE IS FAR FROM THE
AMERICAN DREAM. CALIFORNIA HAS
THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND
ABILITY TO LEAD THIS NATION AS
IT DOES SO OFTEN. BY PROVIDING.
RECLAIMING THIS DREAM IN
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. I
URGE YOU TO CONSIDER BUILDING
UPON WHAT WE KNOW WORKS TO GET
PEOPLE HOUSED AND TO CONTINUE TO
TAKE STEPS TOWARDS ENSURING THAT
EVERY CALIFORNIAN HAS A PLACE TO
CALL HOME. THANK YOU FOR THOSE
REMARKS, MR TING. DR CRUCIAL. SO
UM, I MISSED THE FIRST STEP WAS
WHAT PERCENT OF HOMELESSNESS IN
IT STARTED, WHAT PERCENT OF THE
COUNTRY IS CALIFORNIA'S
HOMELESSNESS. IS IT CALIFORNIA'S
30% OF THE COUNTRY'S
HOMELESSNESS? YEAH. AND THEN,
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S
A CONSTANT OF NOT A
CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE. WHETHER
OR NOT UM. PRODUCING MORE MARKET
RATE HOUSING OR SOME PEOPLE CALL
IT. SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL IT
LUXURY HOUSING WILL ACTUALLY
HAVE AN IMPACT FOR LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. UM AND. OR SHOULD WE
JUST BE FOCUSED? MORE CLEARLY ON
, YOU KNOW, AFFORD LOW INCOME,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE
CHALLENGES OBVIOUSLY FINDING THE
FUNDING BECAUSE BECAUSE IT TAKES
QUITE A WHILE TO COME UP WITH
THE FUNDING OR HAVING THE
FUNDING FOR IT, SO JUST CURIOUS.
WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
SO I THINK THE ANSWER. THERE IS
SORT OF A BOTH AND IT'S REALLY
CLEAR THAT THE POPULATION
EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS COMES
ONLY FROM THOSE WHO MAKE LESS
THAN 30% OF THE M I. AND TO BE
HONEST, MOST ARE REALLY LESS
THAN 20% OF THE AMI, SO EVEN
TRADITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WITHOUT YOU KNOW, DEEP SUBSIDIES
IS OFTEN OUT OF REACH, BUT WE
ARE SO BEHIND AND ALL HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA. WE'RE JUST
DESPERATELY BEHIND AND YOU SEE
THIS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TRICKLE
DOWN KIND OF, AND SO WILL
BUILDING MARKET RATE HOUSING
SOLVED THE PROBLEM ABSENT OTHER
INTERVENTIONS AT ABSOLUTELY NOT
. BUT DO WE NEED ALL KINDS OF
HOUSING? ABSOLUTELY. AND PERHAPS
THEY REMAIN IN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
, BUT I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT
EVENTUALLY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL INVEST MORE IN
THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS AND
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING FOR
PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO WHEN THOSE
SUBSIDIES COME, SO I GUESS I
WOULD SAY I KNOW THAT THERE'S
ALL THIS LIKE, UM, BE LEFT. UM,
BE NIMBY DEBATES, YOU KNOW,
GOING ON. IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT
CALIFORNIA ISN'T BEHIND AND ALL
FORMS OF HOUSING RIGHT IN THE
BAY AREA. I THINK THE STATISTICS
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IS THAT WE
CREATED 10 NEW JOBS FOR EVERY
UNIT OF HOUSING, AND THEN WE
WERE LIKE SHOCKED THAT HOUSING
PRICES GO UP. THERE IS PRETTY
GOOD DATA THAT AS YOU EXPAND
HOUSING OF ALL TYPES PRICES
DEPRESSED SOMEWHAT, BUT I ALSO
THINK THAT WE CAN'T THINK THAT
THAT ALONE WILL DO IT. WE'VE GOT
TO GO THIS DEEP OPERATING
SUBSIDIES AS DEEP TENANT BASED
SUBSIDIES TO REALLY GET THE
POPULATION AT RISK. I'M NOT SURE
THAT I MENTIONED BUT WE HAVE TO
TRY ARE NEARING THE COMPLETION
OF A YEAR AND A HALF STUDY OF HOMELESSNESS
AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PRESENT
THE RESULTS BY EARLY SPRING, BUT
ONE THING I WANT TO SHARE. UM IS
THAT WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT THE
DATA SO FAR, THE MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF THOSE WHO
BECAME HOMELESS IN THE SIX
MONTHS BEFORE THEY DID. WAS $950
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE HAVEN'T
YET $150 A MONTH, 1000 MONTH FOR
THE HOUSEHOLD THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, INCLUDING IN HIGH COST
AND LOW COST AREAS. WHEN WE HAVE
A LITTLE MORE REFINED DATA, I'LL
BE ABLE TO SEPARATE OUT. YOU
KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS IN THE
HIGH COST AREAS AND HOW MUCH IS
IN THE LOW COST AREAS? BUT I
THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS
REALLY NO PLACE IN THE STATE
THAT A HOUSEHOLD CAN LIVE WHEN
THEIR MEDIAN INCOME IS $950 A
MONTH. YOU KNOW AT THAT LEVEL OF
INCOME, YOU REALLY CAN'T SPEND
MORE THAN 303 $115 A MONTH ON
HOUSING SO THAT I THINK. IS THE
PROBLEM, AND I SEE WE OFTEN LIKE
BLAME HOMELESS SYSTEM PROVIDERS
FOR LIKE NOT DOING ENOUGH, AND
THERE'S ALL THIS DRAMA AROUND
IT, LIKE THE PROBLEM IS THIS
ROTTEN CORE AT THE CENTER OF OUR
FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC REALITY,
WHICH IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE
HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE AT RISK
OF HOMELESSNESS, AND IT'S NOT
ONE GROUP OF 160,000 PEOPLE.
IT'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONSTANTLY AT RISK, AND WE'VE
REALLY GOT TO SOLVE THEM. I MAY
. CAN I FOLLOW QUICKLY FOLLOW UP
ON THAT. SO THE IF THE AVERAGE
HOUSEHOLD IS LYING, $150 DO YOU
HAVE A. AN IDEA AS TO WHAT THAT
HOUSEHOLD LOOKS LIKE. LOOKS LIKE
IS IT A SINGLE PARENT AND
CHILDREN? YEAH GREAT, GREAT
QUESTION, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE
SPECIFIC DATA. BUT WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT IN CALIFORNIA, MANY OF
THOSE ARE HOUSEHOLDS WITH
CHILDREN, MANY OF THOSE WHEN
THEY BECOME HOMELESS, TOO MANY
OF THEM ARE HOMELESS WITH THEIR
CHILDREN, BUT ALSO TO MANY OF
THEM ARE HOMELESS WITHOUT THEIR
CHILDREN, MEANING THAT THE
PARENTS IN A DESPERATE LIKE, YOU
KNOW, IMPACTED, NOT HAVE THE
KIDS TAKEN AWAY OR NOT HAVE THE
KIDS. YOU KNOW, BECOME HOMELESS
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A FAMILY
MEMBER. LET'S SAY THAT HAVE
THEIR KIDS. SO WE SEE A LOT OF
BOTH. WE SEE WE'VE FOUND ACROSS
THE STATE. HEARTBREAKING NUMBER.
PARENTS LIVING WITH THEIR KIDS
AND THEIR CAR. PARENTS LIVING
WITH THEIR KIDS AND OVERCROWDED
SHELTERS. WE'VE ALSO FOUND A LOT
OF PARENTS OF MINOR CHILDREN
WHERE THE MINOR CHILDREN WERE
WITH THEM BEFORE THEY BECAME
HOMELESS. BUT MAYBE GRANDMA IS
ABLE TO KEEP THE CHILDREN AND
THEY'RE OUT. YOU KNOW, ON THE
STREET, SO I THINK I THINK IT'S
BOTH. BUT THAT 950 MEDIAN INCOME
WAS FOR THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD. NOT
JUST FOR NOT JUST FOR THE SINGLE
ADULT. AND THEN AND THEN THE
DATA THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET
TO OR ACQUIRE. IS THERE WHEN IT
WHEN IT'S RELEASED SO THAT I'M
THINKING AHEAD OF THE OTHER
HEARINGS THAT WE MAY BE PLANNING
MOVING FORWARD? I'M WAS THERE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OR
FIND OUT IF THE FAMILIES WERE ON
ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE? YES WE
HAVE ASKED. WE HAVE COLLECTED
DATA THAT, UM, THAT WILL BE
HAPPY TO SHARE ABOUT BENEFITS.
WHETHER AND THINGS LIKE THE EITC
. WHETHER PEOPLE GOT THE COVID
RELATED, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME
BENEFITS AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY
UM THERE'S CERTAINLY AN UNDER
UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE
BENEFITS, WHICH IN SOME WAYS IS
A EASIER FIX. ALTHOUGH EVEN THE
FAMILIES THAT RECEIVE THE
BENEFITS WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH THE HOUSING COSTS. DO YOU
KNOW? I JUST I'M JUST GETTING
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THIS
THROUGH THE FAMILY DYNAMIC. UM
ANY IDEA I LOVE WHAT YOU JUST
SAID RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO
SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS COULD
POTENTIALLY BE UNDERUTILIZED.
ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE
HAVE HAD IN STEP FOUR. HAS BEEN
THE INCREASE OF KELLY EITC. YES
BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS, INNIT AN
ITEM NUMBER? YES AND SO THERE
ARE 1.2 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA YET ONLY ABOUT 84,000. I TURN EM. YEAH TAXPAYERS, SO
WE'VE BEEN THINKING WELL, WE CAN
PUT MORE FUNDS THAN KELLY EITC,
WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF WE
DON'T INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
ITEN TAX HOLDERS, THEN YOU KNOW
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE
FAMILIES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
SERVING ACTUALLY ARE RECEIVING
THOSE BENEFITS? ABSOLUTELY I
MEAN, AND I THINK I THINK
THERE'S SO MUCH A SIMILAR
DYNAMIC, ALTHOUGH IT'S GOING TO
SEEM OFF TRACK HAS TO BLAME LIKE
I LIKE TO SAY THESE DAYS LIKE WE
HAVE TO GET THE POLICIES RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO GET THE
IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT? AND YOU
KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA WE CAN'T
JUST BY MAXIMIZING
IMPLEMENTATION. WE'RE NOT GOING
TO SOLVE THIS. THERE'S JUST NOT
ENOUGH RESOURCES THERE, BUT WE
NEED TO SORT OF DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN. I MEAN, I THINK THE
COMPARABLE THING WE'RE SEEING
WITH CAL AIM IS IT SUCH A
BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN POLIC AND
THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO USE
IT TO PROVIDE ROBUST SERVICES
THAT THIS POPULATION MANY NOT
ALL BUT MANY NEED. BUT I'M
SEEING A LOT OF DIFFICULTY SORT
OF ACCESSING THOSE. I THINK IT
IS ANOTHER FANTASTIC EXAMPLE
WHERE IT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL,
BUT WE NEED TO LEAN A BIT MORE
INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION.
PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON SORT OF
THESE HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED
POPULATIONS WHO ARE NOT GETTING
IT BECAUSE OF IMPLEMENTATION
CHALLENGES. IT'S BEEN
HEARTBREAKING BEING OUT IN THE
FIELD. HOW MANY PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY DOCUMENTS?
NOT ONLY FOLKS WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED, BUT THE VAST
MAJORITY ARE DOCUMENTED, BUT
THEY LITERALLY WHEN I SAY THEY
DON'T HAVE THEIR DOCUMENTS LIKE
THEY LITERALLY DON'T HAVE THEIR
DOCUMENTS. THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN IN
SWEEPS. THEY'VE BEEN LOST, AND
THAT PROVIDES ALL OF THIS
CHALLENGE FOR THEM GETTING
BENEFITS. OR GETTING JOBS OR
GETTING HOUSING. CAN YOU EXPAND
ON? YOU KNOW YOU'RE THOUGHTS ON
KELLY AND SORT OF WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES. I KNOW THIS
IS, UM BEEN A MAJOR VISION FOR
DR GALLEY AND NO, IT'S OBVIOUSLY
TOO CREATE MAJOR REFORM FOR
MENTAL HEALTH IS A HUGE
UNDERTAKING OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BE
DONE IN ONE OR JUST EVEN TWO
YEARS. I MEAN, I'M SO EXCITED
ABOUT KELLEN, AND WE'RE
OBVIOUSLY REALLY EARLY ON. UM
BUT WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE
SURE THAT THAT STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE RESOURCE FOR IS
BEING ABLE TO USE THAT
PARTICULARLY, I'M THINKING ABOUT
FOR THINGS THAT ARE PERHAPS
OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL USE,
LIKE ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT COLLEEN. IS IT ALLOWING
FOR SERVICES OR SOME HOUSING
ADJACENT SERVICES? I'M SURE
DIRECTOR MCSPADDEN WE'LL TALK
ABOUT BUT LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU
CAN USE CAL AIM FOR THINGS THAT
TRADITIONALLY HAVE NOT BEEN IN
HEALTHCARE. THE PROBLEM IS LIKE
THE HEALTHCARE FOLKS KNOW HOW TO
USE MEDICAID AND THEN NOT
HEALTHCARE. FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE WITH BUILDING OR
OPERATING IT AND I THINK THAT
THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE THERE
TO OPTIMIZE IT. AND OBVIOUSLY
FROM THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE, SO
MUCH OF KILLEEN GETS BUILT TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST TO
BE REALLY CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW,
WE SHOULD BE REALLY FIGURING OUT
HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
OPTIMIZE THE ACTUAL DELIVERY OF
SERVICES AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR
LOCAL GOERNMENTS TO ACCESS
THOSE CALLUM SERVICES. SO FOR
MAKE IT EASIER FOR LIKE THE
HOUSING SECTOR TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO EITHER PARTNER WITH
HEALTHCARE OR HOW THEMSELVES TO
BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FUNDING
THAT COULD COME THROUGH KELLY.
CURIOUS IF YOU CAN EXPAND JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF ON KELLY MAN WHO
IS ELIGIBLE. YEAH I MEAN, YOU
KNOW, WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION IN
CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS CONTINUING
TO EXPAND RIGHT THAT WE NOW
HAVE, UM TAKEN SORT OF THE LEAD
AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE
MEDICAL EVEN TO PEOPLE WHO MAY
BE UNDOCUMENTED OR THINGS. UM,
ANYONE WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR
MEDICARE AL COULD YOU KNOW COULD
ACCESS IT? BUT WHAT CAL AIM
PROVIDES IS THE ABILITY TO USE
IT FOR A BUNCH OF HOUSING
ADJACENT SERVICES. IT DOESN'T
GENERALLY PAY FOR WHAT WE WOULD
CALL BRICKS AND MORTAR OR RENT,
BUT IT CAN PAY FOR THINGS LIKE
HOUSING, NAVIGATION OR SOMEONE
TO HELP PEOPLE LOCATE HOUSING.
IN SOME CASES, IT CAN PAY FOR
SOME FIRST AND LAST MONTH'S RENT
TYPE THING. AND IT CERTAINLY
COULD BE USED TO PAY FOR THE
ROBUST SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED
FOR THOSE FOLKS WITH THE
HIGHEST, YOU KNOW CHALLENGES
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DISABILITIES. I THINK WHAT WE
STILL SEE IS, FOR INSTANCE,
PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PROVIDERS, SOMETIMES STRUGGLING
TO COME UP WITH THE RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE THE ROBUST SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE. USE
CHALLENGES AND WE'VE WE'VE SHOWN
IF YOU PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES
EVEN THE MOST YOU KNOW,
BEHAVIOURALLY CHALLENGED FOLKS
CAN REALLY THRIVE IN P S H, BUT
I THINK WHAT WE PERHAPS NEED IS
JUST MAKING IT A LITTLE EASIER
FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS T
ACTUALLY USE THAT FUNDING. I
KNOW QUITE OFTEN. YOU TALK IN
YOUR PREVIOUS TALKS. YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE HUGE UPTICK IN SENIORS
BECOMING HOMELESS. YES THEY
CONTINUE TO BE THE FASTEST
GROWING POPULATION AND PEOPLE
FIND OUT AND WHEN YOU SAY SENIOR
SURGEON YOU'RE TALKING 65 OLDER
WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT 50 AND
OLDER, WHICH IS SOMEONE WHO JUST
TURNED 55. I KNOW FEELS A LITTLE
CHEERING, BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
IS BY THE TIME THEY'RE IN THEIR
FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES. THEY
REALLY HAVE THE HEALTH PROBLEMS
OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.
THEY REALLY LOOK MUCH MORE LIKE
PEOPLE IN THEIR SEVENTIES AND
EIGHTIES. I LIKE TO SAY WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, 50 IS A
NEW 75. SO THAT IS THE FASTEST
GROWING GROUP OF SINGLE THOMAS
ADULTS. THE HOMELESS FAMILIES.
THE PARENTS ARE STILL YOUNG, YOU
KNOW THEY'RE STILL IN THEIR
TWENTIES. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE LARGE PART OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT IS
ACTUALLY THE SINGLE HOMELESS
ADULTS. AND I SUSPECT WE'RE
GOING TO GET CLOSE TO HALF OF
THE POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA
WILL HAVE THE NUMBERS WHEN WE
FINISH. UNFORTUNATELY POINT IN%
TIME COUNT DOESN'T COLLECT AGE
IN THE SAME WAY, BUT WE WILL
HAVE THAT DATA FOR YOU. IN A FEW
MONTHS AND I SUSPECT WE ARE
NEARING WE'RE PROBABLY NOT QUITE
THERE, BUT NEARING HALF OF THE
SINGLE HOMELESS ADULT POPULATION
BEING 50 AND OTHER AND THIS IS
AN INTERNIST. I CAN TELL YOU IS
SORT OF LIKE THE LIGHTS OF THE
ONCOMING TRAIN. THESE FOLKS HAVE
INCREDIBLY HIGH PROBLEM LINSE OF
FUNCTIONAL HEALTH DISABILITIES,
SO DIFFICULTY WALKING DIFFICULTY
TRANSFERRING DIFFICULTY DRESSING
. THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH
RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND
EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH RISK.
REQUIRING NURSING HOME PLACEMENT
THAT ACTUALLY COULD BE AVOIDED.
IF WE GOT THEM INTO HOUSING, SO
I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SCARY
AND UPSETTING SORT OF
DEVELOPMENT. THE DEMOGRAPHIC
PROJECTIONS ARE IT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 2030 AFTER
2030, THE AGE WILL PROBABLY
START TO DECREASE AGAIN. BUT
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE A
CONTINUAL INCREASE IN THOSE 50
AND OVER PROJECTIONS ARE THOSE
65 OLDER WILL TRIPLE BETWEEN
2017 AND 2030 IN THE HOMELESS
POPULATION. AND WHAT'S WHAT'S
DRIVING. THAT IS IT, UM IS IT?
THEY HIT A CERTAIN AGENT THAT'S
HARDER TO FIND A JOB HARDER TO
GET. GET WORK. SO SO WE FOUND
THAT SO FIRST OF ALL PEOPLE BORN
IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE BABY
BOOM, SO 1955 TO 1965 HAVE BEEN
AT HIGH RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE KNOW THAT DEMOGRAPHICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE
RESEARCH FOUND. INTERESTINGLY
HALF OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN THEIR
THIRTIES AND FORTIES AND REMAIN
HOMELESS. BUT HALF A NEWLY
HOMELESS AFTER 50 AND WHAT WE'RE
FINDING IS EXACTLY THAT THESE
ARE THESE ARE NOT WITH THE
PUBLIC GENERALLY THINKS OF WHEN
THEY THINK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS. THESE ARE FOLKS WHO
ARE WORKING FOR FOLKS WHO WORKED
IN PHYSICALLY DEMANDING LOW WAGE
WORK, OFTEN MORE THAN ONE JOB
AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AFTER
50 SO THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE
SAFETY NET. THEY'RE PAYING 60
70% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON
RENT. SOMETHING HAPPENS AFTER 50
AND THIS IS WE'RE FINDING EITHER
THEY LOSE THEIR JOB AND IT'S
HARD TO COMPETE IN THE MARKET.
OR THEY CAN SIMPLY NO LONGER DO.
THEY'RE PHYSICALLY DEMANDING
JOB. THEY GET SICK THERE.
SPENCER PARTNER GETS SICK. THEIR
MARRIAGE BREAKS UP THERE.
SPECIAL PARTNER DIES OR THEIR
PARENT DIES. WE SEE LOTS OF
FOLKS LIVING LIKE WITH 78 YEAR
OLD MOM AND MOM DIES AND THEY
HAVE NO TITLE TO THE HOUSE, OR
THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD IT. SO
IT'S REALLY SHOCKING AND IN WORK
WE JUST PUBLISHED A FEW WEEKS
AGO. THE MORTALITY RATES AMONG
THIS POPULATION ARE JUST
ACTUALLY DEVASTATING. AND,
INTERESTINGLY, THOSE FIRST
HOMELESS AFTER 50 COMPARED TO
THOSE FIRST TIME JUST BEFORE 50
ACTUALLY DIED AT A FASTER CLIP.
AND THESE FOLKS ARE USUALLY NOT
PRIORITIZE FOR SERVICES BECAUSE
THEY'RE RELATIVELY NEW TO
HOMELESSNESS. UM THEY'RE DYING
IN AND JUST ASTONISHING RATES
THEY'RE DOING HORRIBLY AND WE
NEED TO PREVENT IT AND THIS IS
WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO LEAN
INTO PREVENTING IT. WE COULD
ALMOST YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD IDEA. WHAT ARE THE
LIFE EVENTS THAT PUTS YOU AT
RISK? OF THIS AND WE COULD FIND
THOSE FOLKS. AND INTERVENE. WE
ALSO FOUND IN OUR STUDY, BY THE
WAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE GOT HOUSE
WHEN WE COMPARE THE PEOPLE WHO
HAPPEN TO GET HOUSED TO THOSE
WHO DIDN'T THEIR CHANCE OF
DYING, DROPPED BY A REMARKABLE
AMOUNT BY ABOUT 30% AND SO
THERE'S NO QUESTION AS I AS
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY,
BUT AS A PHYSICIAN, I BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS NO MEDICINE AS
POWERFUL AS HOUSING. AND OUR
STUDY ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT IT
ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT WHEN THESE
FOLKS AT HOUSE NO MATTER HOW
THEY GOT HOUSED THEY WERE LESS
LIKELY TO DIE, AND THERE'S HARD
TO SAY THAT BUT WE HAVE THIS
WHOLE POPULATION. MOST ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR. MOST ARE FOLKS
WHO'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, DON'T
HAVE INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH
BECAUSE OF REDLINING AND OTHER
SORT OF RACIST POLICIES WHO ARE
JUST ONE LITTLE HICCUP AWAY FROM
HOMELESSNESS. AND THOSE HICCUPS
ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, FAST AND
FURIOUS. SO WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT, UM. IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE
BEEN. I MEAN, IT'S A SCHOOL BEEN
TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS FOR
DECADES, AND FOR THE LONGEST
TIME, I THINK MOST PEOPLE FELT
LIKE HOMELESSNESS WAS REALLY
CONFINED TO CERTAIN COREURBAN
AREAS. YEAH NOW WE SEE
HOMELESSNESS AND EVERY PART OF
THE STATE UM WHICH IS WHY I
THINK THE STATE HAS TAKEN A MUCH
GREATER ISSUE BEFORE. I THINK IT
WAS JUST YOUKNOW, FOLKS FROM
SAN FRANCISCO FOLKS FROM L. A
WHO REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS
ISSUE. UM I GUESS THE QUESTION
IS HOW WHAT'S THE ROAD MAP? TO
ACTUALLY HOUSING. EVERYBODY KNOW
SAN MATEO COUNTY, WHICH I ALSO
REPRESENT. THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER
A ROADMAP THAT THEY SAID THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW ZERO
HOMELESSNESS IN THE NEXT I
FORGET HOW MANY YEARS UM BUT
WHAT WOULD BE THE ROADMAP? FOR
THE STATE. I MEAN, I THINK THE
STATE YOU KNOW IS MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION ON SOME AREAS
LIKE ENFORCING RHINO, YOU KNOW,
MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY
CREATE THAT HOUSING. I THINK
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
CONVERTING LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN
OUR STUDY. WE'VE BEEN IN URBAN
AREAS IN RURAL AREAS WERE REALLY
TRYING TO PAINT A STATEWIDE
PICTURE AND HAVE TO SAY IT IS
BREATH TAKING. AND REALLY
DISTURBING WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE RURAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
JUST OUT THERE HUNGRY, STARVING.
THERE'S NO GETTING BACK. WE NEED
TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY CORNER OF
CALIFORNIA AND JUST HAVE A LASER
LIKE FOCUS ON PRODUCING
PROTECTING. AND PRESERVING
HOUSING FOR THE LOWEST, YOU KNOW
, LOWEST WAGE HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE
LOWEST WAGE EARNERS AND EVERY
DECISION YOU MAKE. THE QUESTION
IS, LIKE DON'T GET DISTRACTED
LIKE THERE. WE KNOW RIGHT?
THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE OUT
THERE. THIS IS ABOUT SUBSTANCE
USE IS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. I'M A PHYSICIAN.
NEITHER OF THOSE PROBLEMS SCARE
ME. WE CAN MANAGE PEOPLE WITH
THOSE PROBLEMS AND HAVE THEM
LIVE LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND LIVE
THEIR TRUTH. BUT IT'S REALLY
CAN'T DO THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE
THE HOUSING. AND SO IN EVERY
PART OF THE STATE, WE NEED TO BE
LOOKING AT INCREASING WAGES.
INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF
HOUSING AND DECREASING THE COST
OF HOUSING. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN.
LOOK, THERE'S THIS INCREDIBLE
BOOK THAT I RECOMMEND FOR
EVERYONE CALLED HOMELESSNESS IS
A HOUSING PROBLEM. BY GREG
COBURN AND CLAYTON CALDERON THAT
CAME OUT LAST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY
SHOWS THERE'S LIKE A LINEAR
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHEN
HOUSING COSTS GO UP. AND THEY
JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SEX
DISAGGREGATED FROM THE INCOMES
OF LOW WAGE WORKERS AND WENT
HOMELESS. CISCO'S UP, SO WE'RE
SEEING THAT IN RURAL AREAS AND
YOU KNOW, AS SAN FRANCISCO GETS
MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE AND
PEOPLE MOVE EAST AND THEN AS
FOLKS FROM LET'S SAY, ALAMEDA,
IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. SO THEY
MOVED FURTHER AND FURTHER EAST.
WE'RE JUST PUSHING THE HOUSING
CRISIS FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO
THE RURAL AREAS. AND INTO THE
OTHER AREAS BECAUSE HOUSING
COSTS ARE JUST GOING UP ACROSS
THE STATE. SO I KNOW THERE'S
ALWAYS BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION
ABOUT PEOPLE LEAVING CALIFORNIA
AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO KEPT
THE ATTENTION THE MOST ARE THE
WEALTHIEST CALIFORNIA, BUT BUT I
THINK BY THE NUMBERS THAT'S NOT
REALLY WHO'S LEAVING? I THINK I
THINK WHO'S LEAVING? ARE EXACTLY
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DESCRIBED. I
THINK IT PUSHED OUT THE BAY
AREA. YES, THEY GO INTO THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. IF THEY CAN'T
AFFORD THE CENTRAL VALLEY OR
THEY DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO
GO TO CENTRAL VALLEY. THEY GO TO
A CHEAPER STATE. I THINK THAT'S
YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IS THAT UM, IF
WE DON'T. BUILD ENOUGH HOUSING.
DO WE RUN THE RISK? I MEAN, I
THINK WE ARE RUNNING THE RISK OF
SAYING THAT OUR POPULATION WILL
GO DOWN. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK
OUR VIBRANCY WILL GO DOWN AND
DRIVING. LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL
LIKE THERE'S ALL THIS MISS THAT
I ALMOST DIDN'T WANT TO REPEAT
BECAUSE IT'S SO NOT TRUE THAT,
LIKE PEOPLE FLED TO CALIFORNIA
TO BE HOMELESS. IT'S LITERALLY
NOT TRUE. FOLKS WHO ARE HOMELESS
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BORN IN
CALIFORNIA THAN THE REST OF
CALIFORNIANS. YOU KNOW, LIKE
THEN, THEN I WASN'T BORN IN
CALIFORNIA, AND I'M A PROUD
CALIFORNIA LONGTIME RESIDENT NOW
BUT I THINK WE REALLY RUN THE
RISK OF DESTROYING OUR STATE'S
FUTURE. IF WE DON'T IF WE DON'T
SOLVE THIS, FIRST OF ALL THE
LIFELONG EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS
AND HOUSING, INSTABILITY IN
CHILDREN ARE JUST IMPOSSIBLE. TO
MEASURE RIGHT. IT DESTROYS
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT
DESTROYS HEALTH. IT REALLY
DESTROYS THEIR FUTURE. BUT YOU
SEE IT EVERYWHERE WITH
BUSINESSES NOT BEING ABLE TO.
YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN THE BAY
AREA, AND THERE ARE ALL THESE
SIGNS OF BUSINESS HAVE TO CLOSE.
THE RESTAURANT CAN'T FIND
WORKERS. WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THE
RESTAURANTS CAN'T PAY WORKERS
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO
LIVE HERE. AND I THINK WE'RE
SEEING THAT. THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, AND I GOT IT RIGHT. THE
HOUSING WAGE IN THE BAY AREA'S
BETWEEN 40 AND $60 AN HOUR AND I
GET THAT THAT NOT EVERY BUSINESS
CAN PAY EVERY SINGLE WORKER
BETWEEN 40 AND $60 AN HOUR, BUT
SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. WE'VE GOT
TO CREATE THE HOUSING THAT THOSE
WORKERS CAN AFFORD, AND WE HAVE
TO FOCUS ON INCREASING THE
INCOMES AS WELL. AND I REALLY
THINK IT IS A THREAT TO THE
VITALITY. OF CALIFORNIA, AND I
THINK WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT
WITH OPTIMISM OF WHAT CALIFORNIA
WILL LOOK LIKE. IF WE IF WE FIX
THIS, LIKE THIS IS THE
CALIFORNIA DREAM, RIGHT PEOPLE.
THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF THE
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE
FORWARD THINKING PLACE IN THE
COUNTRY. AND I WORRY THAT WERE
THREATENING THAT BY OUR BY OUR
INABILITY TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS. SO WE HAVE THIS MENTIONED THIS
EARLIER. WE HAVE THIS DEBATE IN
SAN FRANCISCO AROUND, UM, MARKET
RATE HOUSING VERSUS BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO IT SOUNDS
LIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO, YOU FOR
FUTURE IS IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED
ON WHAT YOU SAID. THAT'S REALLY
SORT OF A FALSE CHOICE IS THAT
WE CAN DO BOTH, AND WE NEED TO
DEVELOP RIGHT THAT THAT'S REALLY
WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO TRY TO. TRY TO HAVE HAVING TO MAKE
THOSE KINDS OF CHOICES. YES I
MEAN, I HESITATE TO WADE INTO
THE HOUSING, POLITICS OR SELF
DIFFICULT, BUT YES. WE NEED BOTH
RIGHT? WE NEED BOTH. WE JUST
HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE AND NOT
ENOUGH HOUSING, AND ULTIMATELY
IT DESTROYS WHO WE ARE IN SAN
FRANCISCO HAS BEEN THIS SORT OF
PROMISED LAND FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE SO MUCH
GOING FOR IT, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T
AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND THERE IS
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LIKE
YOU KNOW, IF ONE GROUP OF THE
MED STUDENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO
PLACE TO GO, THEY WIND UP TAKING
THE APARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE
TAKEN BY LOW WAGE WORKERS, RIGHT
AND IT SORT OF GOES THERE. I
DON'T THINK THAT I WANT TO BE
CLEAR. WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS BY
ONLY FOCUSING ON MARKET RATE
HOUSING LIKE IT LITERALLY WON'T
WORK. WE NEED DEEP SUBSIDIES. WE
NEED ONGOING SUBSIDIES, AND WE
NEED AS MUCH HOUSING. IS WE CAN
POSSIBLY BUILT AND IF I HAD TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM I WOULD
BUILD ELI HOUSING, RIGHT? THAT
IS WHERE THE ANSWER IS. WE'VE
GOT TO CLOSE THAT MILLION UNIT
GAP. BUT AS YOU KNOW THE MARKET
FUNDAMENTALS, IT'S HARD TO BUILD
THAT ONLY AND ALSO TO BE HONEST
, WE NEED IT ALL. SO I GUESS I
WOULD SAY OUR GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS
SHOULD BE ON THAT ELI HOUSING
GAP LIKE THAT HAS TO BE IF I
WEREN'T ELECTED OFFICIAL I
WOULDN'T GET UP EVERY MORNING
AND ASKED MYSELF WHAT CAN I DO
TO CLOSE THIS GAP? WHAT CAN I DO
TO CLOSE THIS GAP? BUT I AGREE.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T ALSO NEED
MARKET RATE HOUSING. BUT CLOSING
THAT ELI HOUSING GAP IS A
SOLUTION. AND PLEASE DON'T GET
DISTRACTED BY ALL THE LOVE
VOICES WHO ARE LIKE THIS IS A
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM. THIS IS A
SEVENTIES PROBLEM. FOR INSTANCE,
WEST VIRGINIA HIS MUCH, MUCH
HIGHER RATES OF SEVEN ISSUES AND
MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS IN
CALIFORNIA DOES BY BY LIKE MANY
FALL, THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS. WE
MEASURE THIS BY TRACKING SURVEYS
BY OVERDOSE RATES OR WHATEVER.
BUT THEY HAVE MUCH, MUCH, MUCH
LESS HOMELESSNESS. BECAUSE THEIR
HOUSING COSTS ARE SO MUCH LOWER.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HOUSING WE
CAN. WE CAN FIX THE MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROBLEMS. I JUST YOU CAN'T ASK
US TO DO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE
LIVING OUTSIDE. IT'S JUST TOO
HARD. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO
SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT WE
HAVE A. THE POPULATION OF
SENIORS AND THEIR PARENTS. YES,
RIGHT. IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO
CALLED THE SENIOR TSUNAMI. THIS
DOUBLE GENERATION OF, UM ELDERLY
FOLKS. AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT
THAT'S NOT THE APPROPRIATE TERM
TO USE. I'M TRYING TO BETTER
EXPRESS. UM HOW TO TALK ABOUT
THE TWO GENERATIONS OF SENIORS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED
ON AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BILLS
THAT I MOVE FORWARD LAST YEAR
FOR ACTUALLY FOR A FEW YEARS AND
GOT ADOPTED THROUGH THE BUDGET.
WAS THE ELIMINATION OF THE
MEDICAL ASSES TEST. YES, AND SO
I'M CURIOUS IN YOUR DATA MOVING
FORWARD NOW THAT THE WE'RE
IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS IN
WHICH IF A SENIOR CITIZEN OWNS
THEIR HOME. IT'S NOT USED
AGAINST THEM, YES AS COLLATERAL
OR ASSETS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE MEDICAL SHOULDN'T LOSE
THEIR HOME AND BECOME HOMELESS
IN AN EFFORT FOR THEM TO RECEIVE
HEALTHCARE. YES THESE KIND OF I
THINK, SYSTEMIC AND
INSTITUTIONALIZED PRACTICES THAT
CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF POVERTY. UM,
HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE.
IN. TO YOUR POINT EXACTLY THAT
IT'S FOLKS THAT DON'T DIDN'T
EXPECT TO BE HOMELESS FIND
THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE
THEY ARE ON HOUSED. YES AND THEN
YOU HAVE THEIR CHILD WHO IS ALSO
OF AGE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
AND THEIR PARENTS WHILE THEY
ALSO LOST THEIR HOUSE. YES AND
SO PUTTING A PIN ON THAT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD, AND DATA IS SHOWN
AS TO HOW THE ELIMINATION OF THE
MEDICAL ASSETS TEST. WILL PLAY
INTO I HOPE. KEEPING PEOPLE
HOUSE. I HOPE SO TOO, BECAUSE I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ONE OF
THE STORIES WHEN WE DO THIS, WE
DO THESE LARGE SCALE SURVEYS,
BUT WE ALSO DO WHAT WE CALL
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, WHICH IS
WE LITERALLY TURN ON THE
MICROPHONE AND ASK A FEW
QUESTIONS AND HAVE PEOPLE TELL
US A STORY, WHICH SORT OF FILLS
OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING
ON. AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW OFTEN
THE STORY WE HEAR IS I WAS
WORKING. LET'S SAY IN A
WAREHOUSE, YOU KNOW, WORKED
OVERTIME WORKED TWO JOBS AND
MOM. GOT REALLY FRAIL AND HAD TO
GO INTO A NURSING HOME. AND THEN
OUR HOUSE GOT TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE
THE NURSING HOME PAYMENTS ARE
PAID BY MEDICAID, AND THEN THE
HOUSE GETS TAKEN AWAY. THIS IS
YET ANOTHER SORT OF CRUCIAL WAY.
OF COURSE, LIKE HIGH INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS ARE ABLE TO SORT OF
WORK WITH ATTORNEYS AND LIKE
DEAL WITH THEIR ASSETS IN A
CERTAIN WAY, BUT WE'RE SEEING
THIS DISPOSSESSION OF HOUSING
THAT OFTEN YOU KNOW WAS OWNED IN
THE FAMILY, BUT IT'S TAKEN AWAY
FOR THIS REASON. SO I THINK THAT
LEGISLATION IS SO IMPORTANT AND
OBI INTERESTING TO SEE IF PEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO OPERATIONALIZE IT
BECAUSE I THINK WE SEE UM WHAT?
WHAT I WOULD CALL LIKE A LACK OF
ACCESS TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN IN
FOLKS WE SEE MY HUSBAND'S AN
ATTORNEY, AND OCCASIONALLY LATE
AT NIGHT, I'LL READ HIM FROM THE
TRANSCRIPTS OF THE INTERVIEWS
WILL DO AND HE'LL SAY, WELL,
THAT'S ILLEGAL OR THAT'S
ILLEGAL. BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM. IF YOU
DON'T KNOW IT'S ILLEGAL OR YOU
DON'T HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION
TO PROTECT YOU. SO I THINK IT'S
UM WE SEE THAT STORY, THOUGH, A
LOT. AND YOU KNOW IF MOM IS 78
TO THEN HER SON MIGHT BE 51. BUT
BECAUSE OF A LIFE OF POVERTY
BECAUSE OF THE LIFE OF HARD WORK
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS
TO HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE
BECAUSE OF RACISM BECAUSE OF
POVERTY BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THAT 51
YEAR OLD HAS NEEDS, MUCH MORE
SIMILAR TO AN OLDER POPULATION.
MOM GOES TO THE NURSING HOME.
THE HOUSE GETS TAKEN AWAY AND
THE SUN IS ACTUALLY THE ONE ON
THE STREET. THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY
IMPACTFUL. UM ONE FINAL THING I
THINK BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT YOUR
PANEL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
GIVING US ALL THIS TIME EARLIER
, MY COLLEAGUE ASKED. SO 30% OF
THE HOMELESSNESS POPULATION
ACROSS THE NATION IS IN
CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS A BIG
CHUNK. OF THE 30. WHICH COUNTY
HAS YEAH, MOST NEED. SO L A
COUNTY IS OBVIOUSLY THE LARGEST
COUNTY. IT'S LIKE A STATE IN ITS
OWN, AND IT HAS AN ASTONISHING
IT HAS ABOUT 30. 40% GET DOWN
40% OF EVERYONE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. IN CALIFORNIA. IS
AN L, A COUNTY AND YOU KNOW WHEN
WE SEE IT NGUYEN LIKE L. A
COUNTY PASSED MEASURE H AND H H
AND GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLD
ON THE PROBLEM. YOU ACTUALLY SAW
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL
MEMBERS. IT'S JUST SUCH A
DISPROPORTIONATE PROPORTION OF
THE HOMELESS POPULATION ACROSS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW PER
CAPITA SAN FRANCISCO YOU KNOW,
HAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH PER
CAPITA RATE OF HOMELESSNESS.
WE'RE SEEING THE SURROUNDING
AREAS CEMETERY. OH, OUR MEDIA,
YOU KNOW, GO UP, BUT JUST
BECAUSE L. A BOTH HAS A VERY
HIGH PER CAPITA RATE AND IS JUST
SO ENORMOUS. THAT IS THAT IS
SORT OF THE EPICENTER. OF
HOMICIDES. SO 40% OF EVERYONE,
OBVIOUSLY 30% NATIONWIDE, SO YOU
KNOW A LARGE PERCENT OF THOSE
HOMELESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT
560,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS
EVERY NIGHT. UM IT'S PROBABLY AN
UNDERCOUNT, BUT IT'S SORT OF THE
NUMBER THAT WE USE AND PROBABLY
ABOUT 60 OR 62,000 OF THOSE ARE
IN L. A COUNTY ALONE. IT'S
ASTONISHING. YOU DO? IT
MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SOME
WHILE THERE WAS A 15% JUMP IN
HOMELESSNESS. ACROSS THE STATE
THAT SOME SOME PLACES DID BETTER
USE. SAN FRANCISCO SANTA CLARA
CITED THAT THE BEST. ONE OF THE
REASONS WAS THAT THE FACT THAT
THEY RAISED LOCAL DOLLARS.
OBVIOUSLY THE ANGELES COUNTY
RAISED LOCAL DOLLARS AS WELL AS
A FAIRLY SIZABLE JUMP IN
HOMELESSNESS. LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SAID ABOUT FIVE OR 6% OKAY STILL
LOWER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
HARD FOR ELECTED AND HURT FOR
THE PUBLIC REALLY, AND THEREFORE
HARD FOR ELECTED. IS THAT LIKE
IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T LOOK GREAT
TO HAVE A 5. RAISED BUT LIKE WE
HAVE TO THINK, WELL, WHAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MEASURE H AND
H H WHAT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN
WITHOUT THOSE POLICIES AND LIKE
WE SORT OF SCIENCE SPEAKS CALLED
IT THE COUNTERFACTUAL LIKE WHAT
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? HAD THIS
THING THAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW,
YOU LOOK AROUND THE BAY AREA. I
THINK ALAMEDA COUNTY HAD A 30%
RAISE OR 60% LIKE JUST SOME
ASTONISHING RAISE IN SAN
FRANCISCO WENT DOWN A BIT. THAT
IS LIKELY BECAUSE OF A REALLY
SMART USE. NOT ONLY DID THEY
RAISE ALL THESE LOCAL DOLLARS,
BUT THEY STUCK WITH THE
EVIDENCE, AND I THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR THAT IN THE NEXT
PANEL OF HOW THEY REALLY HAVE
THE SINGLE MINDED FOCUS TO GET
PEOPLE HOUSED. YEAH BECAUSE WE
GET CRITICIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO
FOR HOW EXPENSIVE COST TO BUILD
EACH UNIT IS THAT WAS ONE OF THE
CRITIQUES FOR THE MEASURE IN LOS
ANGELES, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT
THE COST IS RIGHT NOW. I MEAN,
THAT'S WHAT THE COST IS, I THINK
ANYWAY, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT WAS
EXCITING ABOUT HUNKY WAS THAT
THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT COST
DOWN A LOT, AND THEY SPEEDED IT
UP. NOW, EVENTUALLY I IMAGINE
THOSE ASSETS WELL, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT AN UNENDING
AMOUNT, BUT I THINK HUNKY WAS A
REALLY EXCITING MODEL. I THINK
THE ISSUE IS HOW DO WE HAVE
ONGOING OPERATING COSTS? WHAT
WANNA GET HUNKY DIDN'T REALLY
CREATE ANY MORE SUPPLY. IT
DIDN'T CREATE MORE SUPPLY, BUT
CONCRETE TURNED THOSE ARE THOSE
HOTELS WERE ALREADY TEMPORARY
HOUSING. THEY JUST WEREN'T MORE
PERMANENT HOUSING. SO YOU HAD
PEOPLE USING THOSE HOTELS FOR
HOUSING. THEY REALLY WEREN'T
TOURIST HOTELS PER SE THEY WERE
HOTELS WERE THE WORKING POOR.
THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD GO WHEN
THEY NEEDED TO BE HOUSED. AND SO
, UM, IN ESSENCE, I THINK THE
CHALLENGE AROUND HOME KIDS
DIDN'T REALLY IT DIDN'T REALLY
SHOW US HOW WE COULD BUILD MORE
CHEAPLY. WE JUST TURNED
TEMPORARY HOUSING INTO SOMETHING
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE
PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE FOR A FEW
YEARS. THAT'S A CHALLENGE. THERE
WAS SOME NOVEL USES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE OF TRYING TO FIND
THINGS THAT REALLY WEREN'T USED
THAT WAY. BUT ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN
AGAIN. I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE
NEED TO BOTH CREATE NEW BUT EVEN
TURNING SOMETHING FROM A SORT OF
TEMPORARY NOT GREAT. USED TO A
PERMANENT PLACE IS STILL A LOT
BETTER. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS ALL THIS
AMAZING INFORMATION AND ALL OF
YOUR TIME, DR KUSHELL. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME FORWARD TO OUR NEXT
PANEL. AN OVERVIEW OF SAN
FRANCISCO'S HOMELESSNESS,
HOMELESS POPULATION SHARING
MCSPADDEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
OH OKAY. THAT'S BETTER. GOOD
MORNING. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU
FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING. UM, I'M JUST GOING TO
GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF HOMELESSNESS
IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND UM, OUR
RESPONSE SYSTEM OVERVIEW. SO I
AM SURE IN MCSPADDEN I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAN
FRANCISCO'S DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING WE CAUGHT. WE ALSO CALL
OURSELVES HSH. AND I USE SHE HER
PRONOUNS. I'M PLEASED TO BE
BEFORE YOU TODAY TO START START
OFF OUR PRESENTATION WITH AN
OVERVIEW OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN
FRANCISCO. AND MORE GENERALLY,
THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM
HERE. SO WHO WE ARE? HSH WAS
LAUNCHED IN AUGUST OF 2016 TO
COMBINE AND COORDINATE CITY
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
IN SAN FRANCISCO. OUR MISSION IS
TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS RARE BRIEF
IN ONE TIME. THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELESSNESS IS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY FOR THE
CITY COUNTY AND CONTINUUM OF
CARE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. WE SERVE
OVER 15,000 PEOPLE DAILY THROUGH
OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE
15,000 PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE EACH
DAY ALL HAVE DIVERSE AND VARYING
NEEDS. THESE UNIQUE NEEDS ARE
ADDRESSED THROUGH THE SIX CORE
COMPONENTS OF OUR SYSTEM. SO
I'LL START OUT WITH STREET
OUTREACH. STREET OUTREACH
CONNECTS THOSE LIVING OUTSIDE
WITH WITH APPROPRIATE RESOURCES
ARE STREET OUTREACH IS LED BY
THE SAN FRANCISCO HOMELESS
OUTREACH, HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
TEAM, OR SF HOT. THAT IS
PROVIDED THROUGH A CONTRACT AND
NON PROFIT PARTNER WHO LUNA
HEALTH SF HEART WORKS IN SMALL
TEAMS OF 27 DAYS A WEEK TO
ENGAGE AND STABILIZE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY
BUILDING TRUST AND
RELATIONSHIPS. SF HOT OFFERS
AVAILABLE RESOURCES REFERRALS,
SUPPLIES, CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES OR ACCESS PARTNER
SERVICES, LIKE PROBLEM SOLVING
CONVERSATIONS AND COORDINATED
ENTRY ASSESSMENTS. SF HOT ALSO
WORKS ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY
PARAMEDICS AS PART OF THE
RECENTLY LAUNCHED STREET
WELLNESS RESPONSE TEAM, ONE OF
THE CITIES FOR STREET RESPONSE
TEAMS. PROBLEM SOLVING AND
PREVENTION OF STRATEGIC
INTERVENTIONS DESIGNED TO
PREVENT DIVERT OR RAPIDLY EXIT
PEOPLE FROM HOMELESSNESS BY
IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS TO RESOLVE
THEIR CURRENT HOUSING CRISES
PRIOR TO THEM, REACHING THE
POINT OF NEEDING SHELTER OR
ONGOING HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
TARGETED HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
USES A RESEARCH INFORMED TOOL TO
OFFER FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT OF
SERVICES TO HOUSEHOLDS MOST
LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS.
WITHOUT IT. SAN FRANCISCO IS
PART OF A REGIONAL PREVENTION
COLLABORATIVE THAT WILL EVALUATE
THESE EFFORTS. PROBLEM SOLVING
CONVERSATIONS ARE CREATIVE,
STRENGTH BASED PERSON CENTERED
CONVERSATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE
IN HOUSING CRISIS EXPLORE ALL
SAFE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM,
EMPOWERING THE HOUSEHOLD TO
DRIVE THEIR OWN SOLUTION.
PROBLEM SOLVING SERVICES CAN
INCLUDE HOUSING, LOCATION
ASSISTANCE, REUNIFICATION,
MEDIATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION
OR FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
. THIS IS AN AREA OF EXPANSION
FOR US. WE CONTINUE TO
PARTICIPATE IN MULTIAGENCY AND
MULTI REGION COLLABORATIONS TO
ENHANCE THESE EFFORTS. WE KNOW
THAT REACHING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY
ACTUALLY BECOME HOMELESS IS KEY.
AND THEN COORDINATED ENTRY IS
THE FRONT DOOR OF THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND
IS DESIGNED TO ASSESS PRIORITIZE
AND MATCH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES. COORDINATED ENTRY
PROVIDES A CENTRALIZED DATA
SYSTEM AND BY NAME DATABASE OF
CLIENTS. COORDINATED ENTRY
ASSESSMENTS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
CONVERSATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
THROUGH HSH FUNDED ACCESS POINTS
ACROSS THE CITY. ASSESSMENTS OR
POPULATION SPECIFIC FORADULTS,
FAMILIES AND YOUTH. EACH ACCESS
POINT. SERVES AS A SPECIFIC
SERVICES SPECIFIC POPULATION IN
PERSON, BY PHONE OR VIA MOBILE
TEAMS. THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE
USED TO DETERMINE IF A HOUSEHOLD
IS ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSING BASED ON
THEIR VULNERABIITY, LENGTH OF
HOMELESSNESS AND BARRIERS TO
HOUSING. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE
LAUNCHED THE COORDINATED ENTRY
EVALUATION PROCESS WITH THE
PRIMARY GOAL OF IMPLEMENTING
MORE EQUITABLE PROCESSES AND
INCREASING ACCESS. TO HOUSING
AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED.
AND DESPERATELY IMPACTED BY
HOMELESSNESS. WE WERE NOW IN A
IN A REDESIGNED PHASE, AND WE
ARE TAKING COMMUNITY INPUT
PROVIDER INPUT AND CENTERING
EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE. WITH
LIVED EXPERTISE TO READ TO
REDESIGN OUR COORDINATED ENTRY
SYSTEM. AND THE NEXT CORE
COMPONENT TEMPORARY SHELTER.
TEMPORARY SHELTER PROVIDES
TEMPORARY PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO
STAY WHILE ACCESSING OTHER
SERVICES AND SEEKING HOUSING
SOLUTIONS. ARE TEMPORARY SHELTER
PORTFOLIO INCLUDES A VARIETY OF
PROGRAM MODELS THAT WE HAVE
CONTINUED TO EXPAND, ENHANCE
WITH LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID
19. WE HAVE CONGREGATE SHELTER,
AND THAT'S STILL A BIG PIECE OF
OUR SHELTER PROGRAM. WE HAVE NON
CONGREGATE AND SEMI CONGREGATE
SHELTER. THIS PORTFOLIO INCLUDES
PROGRAMS LIKE NON CONGREGATE
UNITS IN FORMER PROJECT ROOM,
KEY SITES AND NON CAR
CONGREGATE. CABINS ARE TINY HOME
PROGRAMS. WE HAVE VEHICLE TRIAGE
CENTERS PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR
PEOPLE RESIDING IN VEHICLES TO
REMAIN IN THEIR VEHICLES WITH
WALL CONNECTING WITH SERVICES.
WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. UM. THIS PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH
PLACES TO LIVE FOR UP TO TWO
YEARS WITH INTENSE INTENSIVE
SOCIAL SERVICES WHILE THEY WORK
TOWARDS SELF SUFFICIENCY AND
HOUSING, STABILITY. AND THEN
FINALLY, WE HAVE DROPPED IN
RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND
THEN OUR COVID 19 ALTERNATIVE
SHELTER PROGRAM. MANY OF THE
PROGRAMS THAT SAN FRANCISCO OPEN
TO SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAVE CONTINUED
AS PART OF HSH IS TEMPORARY
SHELTER PORTFOLIO. WE HAVE OUR
AN RV AND TRAILER SITE THAT
UTILIZES THE 117 TRAILERS
RECEIVED BY THE STATE DURING THE
PANDEMIC. AND WILL BE
PERMANENTLY SUSTAINED TO SERVE
THE BAYVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD. WE
HAVE SAFE SLEEP SITES, AND THESE
ARE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO STAY
INTENSE OFF PUBLIC SIDEWALKS
WITH ACCESS TO SERVICES. WE HAVE
SHELTER IN PLACE HOTELS. SAN
FRANCISCO OPENED THE FIRST
SHELTER IN PLACE HOTEL PROGRAM
IN APRIL. 2020 IS PART OF THE
STATES PROJECT ROOM KEY PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED OVER
3700 GUESTS WHO ARE AT THE
HIGHEST RISK FROM FROM THE VIRUS
ACROSS 25 SITES. AND WE'RE
CURRENTLY IN THE LAST STAGES OF
WINDING THE PROGRAM DOWN WITH
THE LAST SITE EXPECTED TO CLOSE
BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THEN WORK COMPONENT HOUSING
HOUSING OFFERS PERMANENT
SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS
THROUGH SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES. OUR DEPARTMENT FUNDS
OVER 11,000 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO TO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAPID RE
HOUSING. SO FOR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TENANTS PAY
UP TO 30% OF THEIR INCOME AND
RENT AND WORK WITH SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES TO REMAIN STABLE,
HOUSED. THE PSH PROGRAM IS BOTH
SITE BASED AND SCATTERED SITE.
SCATTERED SITE INCLUDES PROGRAMS
LIKE THE FLEXIBLE HOUSING
SUBSIDY POOL OR VOUCHER PROGRAMS
LIKE HUD'S EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHER PROGRAM, WHERE TENANTS
LIVE IN THE PRIVATE MARKET IN
PRIVATE MARKET UNITS AND RECEIVE
SUPPORT SERVICES AND THEIR HOME
THROUGH A MOBILE SERVICE
PROVIDER. AND THEN FOR RAPID RE
HOUSING. UM THIS PROVIDES A TIME
LIMITED SUBSIDY THAT GRADUALLY
DECREASES AS THE HOUSEHOLD
STABILIZES. HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN
PRIVATE MARKET UNITS AND ACT IN
ACCESS, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES,
INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND
HOUSING RETENTION ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN THE FINAL COMPONENT. OF
OUR CORE COMPONENTS IS THE
HOUSING LADDER AND THAT OFFERS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO
MOVE FROM INTENSIVE, SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. TWO MORE INDEPENDENT
LIVING AS HOUSEHOLDS MOVE OUT OF
PSH AND ON INTO MORE SELF
SUFFICIENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
. THEIR UNITS BECOME AVAILABLE
FOR OTHER HOUSEHOLDS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND
THEN I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BIT
OF AN OVERVIEW ON OUR
HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO,
POINT IN TIME COUNT. UM SO. THIS
IS BASED OFF RECENT DATA FROM
THE 2022 POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THAT REFLECTED THE FIRST
DECREASE IN HOMELESSNESS IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND OVER FIVE YEARS.
SO IN 2022. WE SAW A 15%
DECREASE IN PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS SINCE
2019. THE DECREASED CORRESPONDS
WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
BOTH HOUSING AND SHELTER
RESOURCES THAT HSH HAS BEEN ABLE
TO BRING ONLINE OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS. SO FOR BACKGROUND
WE HAD 783 FEWER UNSHELTERED
PERSONS. WHICH UM, WENT FROM 51
82 49 43 97, A 24% INCREASE IN
SHELTER. SO WE HAD 829 NET MORE
BEDS. UM AND THIS WAS LIKELY
MOSTLY THE SHELTER IN PLACE
HOTELS. AND THEN 25% INCREASE IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO
28 95 ADDITIONAL PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAPID
REHOUSING SLOTS AND USE. AND
THEN FOR TOTAL HOMELESSNESS. UM. TOTAL HOMELESSNESS IN SAN
FRANCISCO, SHELTERED AND
UNSHELTERED DECREASED BY 3.5%
FROM 2019. WE NOW ESTIMATE. 700
OVER 7700 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT
IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN FOR
SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. WE SAW
AN 18% INCREASE IN PEOPLE LIVING
IN SHELTERS SINCE 2019. THIS
CORRESPONDS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASE OF 24% AND AVAILABLE
SHELTER BEDS. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO
THEN PERCENTAGE SHELTERED.
OVERALL AND HOUSED PEOPLE WERE
MORE LIKELY TO BE SHELTERED IN
2022 WITH 43% SHELTERED IN 2022.
COMPARED TO 36% IN 2019. AND
THEN FINALLY, FOR CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS, THERE WAS A REDUCTION
OF 11% OF CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 2022.
HOMELESS FAMILIES DECLINED 1%
SINCE 2019, AND IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT THIS DECLINE WAS
OBSERVED DESPITE NEW EFFORTS IN
2022 BETWEEN HSH AND OUR
NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY
AND ENGAGE ON HOUSE FAMILIES.
FOR YOUTH HOUSEHOLDS.
UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH HOUSEHOLDS
DECREASED BY 6% AND PARENTING
YOUTH HOUSEHOLDS. DECREASED BY
47. FOR VETERANS. THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF VETERANS REMAIN FLAT
FROM 2019 TO 2022 WITH 608 AND
2019 AND 605 AND 2022. HOWEVER
VETERANS WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE
SHELTERED IN 2022 THAN IN 2019.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS DATA
SAN FRANCISCO'S MAKING MODEST
PROGRESS ON REDUCING OVERALL
HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS ON
REDUCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS
ARE TIED DIRECTLY TO OUR
INCREASED INVESTMENTS IN IN AN
EXPANSION OF SHELTER AND
HOUSING. WE'RE JUST STARTING TO
SEE THE IMPACTS OF THE INCREASE
IN STATE AND LOCAL RESOURCES ON
OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE THEY
ARE POSITIVE AS WE CONTINUE TO
INVEST. OUR LOCALS ARE ARE LOCAL
, OUR CITY, OUR HOME AND STATE
HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESS HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION
PROGRAM FUNDS. WE ANTICIPATE
SEEING CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE THESE DATA. THIS PROVIDES
IMPORTANT GROUNDWORK FOR OUR
DISCUSSION ABOUT STRATEGY AND
INVESTMENTS IN SOLUTIONS TO
HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO
AND AROUND THE STATE. THANKS TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND YOU
WOULD ASK, UM, MY DEPUTY
DIRECTOR EMILY COHEN TO COME UP
TO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, GREAT
HOPE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. I'M CURIOUS. SHOULD WE
MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE SO
WE COULD HAVE A BROADER
DISCUSSION. THE NEXT PANEL,
OKAY? SO WE HAVE YES. SO WE'RE
GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP
CATHERINE KAMINSKY OFFICE OF
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR SANTA
CLARA COUNTY, AS WELL AS PEGGY
JENSEN, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY
EXECUTIVE FOR SOME MATEO COUNTY.
SO THIS PANEL THREE WILL DO AN
OVERVIEW OF HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGIES THROUGH STATE FUNDED
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION
PROGRAMS AND HOME KEY.
BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT YOUR
PRESENTATION AND JUST SOME SOME
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, UM,
YOUTH HOMELESS YOUTH. SO WE'LL
GET INTO A LARGER CONVERSATION
ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS AND THE
ASSISTANCE. BUT PERHAPS FOR THIS
PANEL, YOU MAY START AGAIN AND
THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE OTHER
COUNTIES THAT OKAY CAN DO WELL.
SO WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT HERE ABOUT A CHAP AND
PROJECT HUNKY, UM AGAIN. SO
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING
HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO UTILIZE
AND LEVERAGE STATE FUNDING AND
OUR ONGOING STRATEGIES TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN SAN
FRANCISCO. SO I'LL BEGIN WITH
WITH AND AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE
HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
PREVENTION PROGRAM OR A CHAP IS
WORKING IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE
PARTICIPATED IN ALL THREE ROUNDS
OF THE STATE'S HF PROGRAM AND
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LEVERAGED
THESE FLEXIBLE DOLLARS TO EXPAND
CRITICAL SHELTER ANOTHER
RESOURCES TO FILL GAPS FROM
FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDS THAT
LARGELY FOCUSED ON HOUSING. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SAN
FRANCISCO IS A CITY AND COUNTY
AND A COC, SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO ACCESS FUNDING THROUGH EACH
OF THESE COMPONENTS OF A CHAP.
WE RECEIVED $37.9 MILLION FOR
ROUND ONE. 15.8 MILLION WAS USED
FOR THE OPERATIONS OF FIVE
SHELTERS THAT OPENED IN 2019 AND
EARLY 2020 AND IF SERVED OVER
3500 HOUSEHOLDS SINCE 2019 7.3
MILLION WAS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
THE BAYVIEW SAFE NAVIGATION
CENTER. 850,000 FOR HOMELESS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM H
M, I S AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION REMAINS
IN SAN FRANCISCO IS ON TRACK TO
FULLY EXPAND THE FUNDS BY JUNE
2025 AS REQUIRED BY THE GRANT.
REMAINING FUNDING IS ALLOCATED
TO EMERGENCY SHELTER OPERATIONS
AND SERVICES PLANNING, H M I S
AND OTHER ADMIN COSTS. SO UM,
ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE SHELTERS
THAT WOULD MAKE WAS MADE
POSSIBLE BY FUNDING FROM A CHAP
ROUND NE IS A BABY SAFE
NAVIGATION CENTER. WE WANTED TO
PROFILE THIS PROJECT IS A CHAP
WAS ESSENTIAL FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF
THIS SITE THAT PROVIDED CRITICAL
SHELTER CAPACITY IN A VERY
UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOOD. 7.3
MILLION A CHAP FUNDING FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF THE 200 BEDS,
SAFE NAVIGATION CENTER. 5.2
MILLION HF FUNDING FOR THE
OPERATIONS OF THE PROGRAM. SINCE
OPENING IN JANUARY, 2020 THE NAV
CENTER HAS SERVED 747
HOUSEHOLDS. 37.5% OF HOUSEHOLDS
, OR 288 SERVED IN THE SNAP
CENTER WHERE BLACK OR AFRICAN
AMERICAN, WHICH REFLECTS OUR
FOCUS ON SERVING COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED BY HOMELESSNESS. SAN
FRANCISCO'S ELIGIBLE FOR 47.4
MILLION IN HF AROUND THREE
FUNDING. OUR PROPOSAL FOR THESE
FUNDS INCLUDES CAPITAL FUNDING
TO BUILD OUT OF 24 7 DROP IN
CENTER FOR YOUTH. ALONG WITH SIX
MONTHS OF OPERATING COSTS TWO
YEARS OF OPERATING COSTS FOR TWO
NEW LOW BARRIER SHELTERS THAT
OPENED IN SUMMER OF 2022. THE
BALDWINS SAFE NAV CENTER,
PROVIDING 116 ON CHRONIC NON
CONGREGATE UNITS AND 7 11 POST
PROVIDING SEMI CONGREGATE BEDS
FOR UP TO 250 GUESTS. WE PLAN TO
USE HF THREE FUNDS TO PILOT
ENHANCED SHELTER SERVICES AND
EXISTING CONGREGATE SHELTERS TO
INCREASE OUTFLOW FROM SHELTERS
INTO HOUSING AND OTHER PERMANENT
EXITS FROM HOMELESSNESS AND TO
PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. AT
A NEW, NON CONGREGATE CABIN
COMMUNITY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN
THE DESIGN PHASE. CONTINUE
INVESTMENTS IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY
AND INCLUSION WORK. PLANNING AND
REGIONAL PLANNING. AND THEN
PROVIDING EXTENDED HARM
REDUCTION SERVICES FOR SHELTER
AND HOUSING SITES. SO PART OF
THE HF THREE PLANNED USES IS
FUNDING FOR THE OPERATIONS OF
THE 7 11 POST SEMI CONGREGATE
SHELTER THAT OPENED IN JULY. WE
OPTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PROGRAM
AS IT IS AN ESSENTIAL AND SORRY
, EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE
CREATIVE NEW SHELTER MODELS THAT
REFLECT THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM
COVID. THE FORMER YOUTH HOSTEL
PROVIDES A MIX OF SEMI
CONGREGATE UNITS, DOUBLES,
TRIPLES AND QUADS THAT ALLOWS
PEOPLE TO MOVE INSIDE WITH
PARTNERS, FRIENDS OR CHOSEN
FAMILY. 7 11 POST IS THE FIRST
SEMI CONGREGATE. PROGRAM MODEL
OF ITS KIND IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
WILL SERVE UP TO 2550 GUESTS.
THE PROGRAM ALSO FEATURES
SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY AND
RECREATION SPACE WITHIN THE
BUILDING AND A COMMUNITY
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, UM,
PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE THEM TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I HAVE TO
SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS STARTED OFF.
VERY HOSTILE. DIDN'T WANT THIS
IN PLACE WERE REALLY UPSET ABOUT
IT. THERE'S A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION THAT CAME TOGETHER
REALLY KIND OF TO FIGHT THIS.
AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE NOW COME
TO US AND SAID, THIS IS THE BEST
THING THAT'S HAPPENED FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND MY STAFF. EMILY IN
PARTICULAR, DIDN'T WONDERFUL JOB
OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND REALLY LISTENING TO THEIR
NEEDS. IF I MAY BEFORE YOU%
CONTINUE, CAN YOU EXPAND A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S
I SEE IT A LOT IN L. A COUNTY
AND I'M CURIOUS IF IT'S A
SIMILAR SENTIMENT. WHAT? WHAT
EXACTLY WAS THE RESISTANCE
RESISTANCE REALLY WAS, UM, YOU
KNOW. CONCERN THAT HOMELESS
PEOPLE WOULD BE HANGING OUT ON
THE STREET THAT THERE WOULD BE
THAT WOULD BE A MAGNET FOR DRUG
USE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ON
THE STREET AND THAT PEOPLE
WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET AND SOMEHOW THERE
WOULD BE JUST MORE ACTIVITY.
THEN THERE PREVIOUSLY WAS, AND I
THINK THIS IN PARTICULAR IS A
COMMUNITY THAT FEELS LIKE
THEY'RE HOSTING A LOT OF
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. AND THEY
KIND OF SAID WELL, THIS IS
ENOUGH AND WE CAME BACK AND SAID
THIS BUILDING IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US. LET'S TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED, UM, FOR US
TO PUT IN PLACE. TO MAKE TWO SO
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE
THIS IS A SAFE PLACE TO WALK AND
TO BE OUT WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND
ALL THAT. UM THEY REALLY WANTED
US TO WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS, MAKING SURE
THAT TRASH PICKUP WAS HAPPENING
VERY REGULARLY. THERE WEREN'T
TRASH CANS OUT ON THE STREET. SO
THAT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE, AND THEN
WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY
AMBASSADOR COMPONENT SO THAT
THERE'S A AN ORGANIZATION
PROVIDING COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR
SERVICES ON THE STREET. THEY
ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE
OUT. UM AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF
HANGING OUT ON THE STREET. OR
SITTING ON THE STREET ON THE
SIDEWALK AND, YOU KNOW,
ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENGAGE WITH
SERVICES IN ORDER TO MOVE ON. UM
YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY HAVE
HELPED MAKE THE COMMUNITY FEELS
SAFER, SO IT'S A COMPONENT THAT
HAS WORKED THERE. AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
TO THAT. BUT. I WOULD JUST ADD
THAT ONE THING THAT'S BEEN
HELPFUL IS TO SET UP AN ONGOING
NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY GROUP WITH
HOUSED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
TO ENGAGE WITH THE PROVIDER. AND
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE AT
MOST OF OUR CONTROVERSIAL
SHELTER SITES, AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPS
ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS. FROM
THE BEGINNING. SO FOR THE FIRST
TIME, A CHAP THREE REQUIRED
COMMUNITIES TO SUBMIT A ROBUST
COMMUNITY PLAN. WE FOUND BOTH
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
WITH THE PLANNING COMPONENT
REQUIRED BY THE STATE. ON THE
OPPORTUNITY. SIDE PLANNING
SUPPORTS INCREASED COLLABORATION
WITH CITY AND COUNTY
DEPARTMENTS. PARTICULARLY THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH,
pMAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. A CHAP
THREE. PLANNING ALIGNED THE KICK
OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGIC
PLANNING PROCESS THAT WILL
CULMINATE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
TO END AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS
. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUBLISHING
THAT IN IN JANUARY. AND THEN ON
THE CHALLENGER'S SIDE. SHORT
TIMELINES ALLOTTED FOR PLANNING
WITH NEW AND INCREASINGLY
COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH
ROUND OF FUNDING STAFF CAPACITY
ACROSS PUBLIC AND NON PROFIT
AGENCIES, ALONG WITH LOSS OF KEY
STAFF WITH INSTITUTIONAL
KNOWLEDGE FROM PARTICIPATING IN
IN PAST ROUNDS OF HAVE MADE
MEETING TIMELINES AND
REQUIREMENTS, A CHALLENGE AND
THEN THE COMPLEXITY OF STATE
PROVIDED H D I S DATA. AN
OUTCOME GOAL REQUIREMENTS THAT
DO NOT FULLY ALIGNED WITH LOCAL
DATA OR EXISTING FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS. SIMILARLY. TO THE
PLANNING COMPONENT OF A CHAP. WE
HAVE FOUND BOTH OPPORTUNITIES
AND CHALLENGES WITH CHALLENGES
WITH THE CHAT PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION. COMPONENTS OF A
CHAP THAT HAVE WORKED WELL FOR
SAN FRANCISCO INCLUDE
FLEXIBILITY. THE FLEXIBILITY OF
A CHAP DOLLARS ALLOWS SAN
FRANCISCO TO FUND PROJECTS LIKE
SHELTER AND OTHER CRITICAL
RESOURCES AS FEDERAL AND LOCAL
DOLLARS ARE LARGELY TIED TO
HOUSING. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
ALIGN A CHAP INVESTMENTS WITH
INVESTMENTS FROM OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT
COMPLEXITY OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS
AND THE ABILITY TO TARGET HF
RESOURCES. INTO SIGNIFICANT GAPS
WITHIN OUR SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR
SYSTEM THAT OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES DO NOT COVER AT THE
SCALE OF NEED HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL. ON THE CHALLENGER'S
SIDE. UM. LOOK, THE CHALLENGES
ARE LARGELY CENTERED AROUND THE
ONE TIME NATURE OF A CHAP
FUNDING AND THEY INCLUDE ONE
TIME FUNDING DOES NOT
INCENTIVIZE PARTNERS TO
COLLABORATE FOR THE LONG TERM.
REPEATED ONE TIME INSTALLMENTS
OF UNPREDICTABLE FUNDING OR
ADMINISTRATIVELY BURDENSOME
COMPLEX TO MANAGE AND HARD TO
PLAN AROUND. PRESSURE TO MOVE
DOLLARS QUICKLY WITHOUT THE
GUARANTEE OF ONGOING FUNDING.
AND THEN THE QUICK TURNAROUND ON
INTERPRETING STATE PROVIDED DATA
AND SETTING OUTCOME GOALS. UM
THAT DO NOT ALWAYS ALIGN WITH
OUR SYSTEMS. OVERALL A CHAP HAS
MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON SAN
FRANCISCO'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS
AND IN HOMELESSNESS. OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
IMPROVE THIS PROGRAM ARE BASED
ON THREE SUCCESSFUL ROUNDS OF
PARTICIPATION. AND THEY INCLUDE
MAKING EACH HAPPENED. ONGOING
FUNDING SOURCE FOR HOMELESSNESS
, HOMELESSNESS, MAINTAINING
EXISTING FLEXIBILITY WITHIN A
CHAP SO LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN
CUSTOMIZE BASED ON NEEDS. MAKING
TIMEFRAMES MORE REALISTIC.
STANDARDIZING REQUIREMENTS AND
EXPECTATIONS YEAR OVER YEAR. SO
SETTING 3 TO 5 YEAR GOALS WITH
ANNUAL BENCHMARKS RATHER THAN
HAVING TO REPLANT EVERY YEAR,
THEN BONUS FUNDING INCENTIVE
STRUCTURES SHOULD ENCOURAGE BOTH
AMBITION AND STRONG PERFORMANCE.
ALLOW LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO
IDENTIFY BENCHMARKS BENCHMARK
TARGETS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO
SHIFT OVER TIME. MOVING TO
PROJECT HOME KEY SAN FRANCISCO
HAS BEEN AWARDED A TOTAL OF 225
212.5 MILLION IN HOME KEY
FUNDING TO PURCHASE AND OPERATE
UM SIX PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PSH SITES, BRINGING ON
LINE 799 UNITS. IT'S. 1297 ROOMS
OF NEW PSH FOR ADULTS, FAMILIES
AND YOUTH EXITING HOMELESSNESS.
IN ROUND ONE OF HOME KEY SAN
FRANCISCO RECEIVED 76.9 MILLION
FOR ONE HOTEL CONVERSION, THE
DIVA AND ONE APARTMENT BUILDING
ACQUISITION THE GRANADA CREATING
362 UNITS OF PSH. IN ROUND TWO
OF HONKY SAN FRANCISCO RECEIVED
135.7 MILLION FOR TWO HOTEL
CONVERSIONS INTO APARTMENT
BUILDING CONVERSIONS TO PSH,
INCLUDING 437 UNITS WITH 935
ROOMS. 22 ARE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PORTFOLIO. BUT BEFORE YOU
CONTINUE IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO
THAT LAST SLIDE THE 362 UNITS
ARE THOSE SINGLE BEDROOM. YES IN
COMPARISON TO THE 437 UNITS WITH
9 35 BEDROOMS. THOSE COULD BE
MULTI BEDROOM UNITS, RIGHT? GOT
IT RIGHT. SO WITHOUT PROJECT
HOME KEY SAN FRANCISCO WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS
INCREDIBLE EXPANSION OF
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT HOME
KEY SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE
CITY'S ACQUISITION. SORRY
ACQUISITION COSTS PER UNIT. THAT
WAS THEN SUPPLEMENTED WITH LOCAL
GROSS RECEIPTS. HOMELESSNESS TAX
REVENUE FUNDS, PROPHECY OR OUR
CITY. OUR HOME FUNDS. THROUGH
HOME KEY ROUNDS ONE AND TWO, SAN
FRANCISCO HAS ACQUIRED 799 UNITS
OF PSH THAT WILL PROVIDE
PERMANENT HOMES FOR ADULTS,
YOUTH AND FAMILIES EXITING
HOMELESSNESS. OF THOSE 799 UNITS
. 77 UNITS WILL SERVE YOUTH. 482
UNITS WILL SERVE ADULTS AND 247
SORRY 240 UNITS WILL SERVE
FAMILIES. THERE ARE TWO
PROPERTIES THAT PROVIDE THE
TOTAL OF 77 UNITS SERVING YOUTH
. THESE INCLUDE CASA ESPERANZA
AT 30 61 MISSION STREET IN THE
MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD. 20 THAT'S
25 UNITS OF PSH FOR YOUTH, AND
IT JUST OPENED IN SEPTEMBER. THE
MISSION IN WHICH IS AT 56 30
MISSION STREET IN THE EXCELSIOR.
IT'S 52 UNITS OF TSH FOR YOUTH.
OPEN FOR INITIAL PLACEMENTS IN
SEPTEMBER, AND PLACEMENTS WILL
CONTINUE AS UNITS BECOME
AVAILABLE. AND THEN, UM. OUR
HOME KEY ACQUISITIONS BY
POPULATION CONTINUED, SO THE 482
UNITS FOR ADULTS INCLUDE THE
GRANADA, WHICH IS AT 1000 SUTTER
STREET. THAT'S 232 UNITS OF PSH
FOR ADULTS, AND IT OPENED IN
2021. HOTEL DIVA FOR 40 GARY 130
UNITS OF PSH FOR ADULTS OPEN IN
2021 AS WELL AND WAS A FORMER
SIP HOTEL. 13 21. MISSION STREET
IS 160 UNITS AND 240 BEDROOMS OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR
ADULTS AND FAMILIES. 40 MULTI
UNITS FOR FAMILIES IN 120 UNITS
FOR ADULTS THAT OPENED IN MAY.
2022 LEGISLATION AT THE SAN
FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO RENAME THE BUILDING THE
MARGOT AFTER BELOVED COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS AND FORMER HSH
EMPLOYEE MARGO ANTONETTI. IS
BEING DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD.
NOW UM CITY GARDENS AT 333 3 33
12 STREET IS 200 UNITS AND 16
618 ROOMS OF PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES.
THAT WILL OPEN FOR PLACEMENTS IN
EARLY 2023. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON
THIS SLIDE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
, THE HOME KEY INVESTMENTS HAVE
BEEN REALLY KEY. FOR OUR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IN
SAN FRANCISCO. AND I JUST WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT OUR LATEST HUNKY
AWARDED PROJECTS. CITY GARDENS.
CITY GARDENS IS A NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED APARTMENT BUILDING
THAT PROVIDES IDEAL FACILITIES
FOR FAMILIES EXITING
HOMELESSNESS, GIVEN THE MULTI
ROOM UNITS AND ACCESSIBLE
FACILITIES, INCLUDING LAUNDRY ON
EACH FLOOR. THE STEEP
ACQUISITION COSTS OF 147.5
MILLION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A
48.8 MILLION HOME KEEP DOLLAR
HUNKY CAPITAL AWARD THAT WAS
THEN LEVERAGE WITH LOCAL PROP C
DOLLARS. CITY GARDENS, ALONG
WITH THE FAMILY UNITS AT 13 21,
MISSION STREET WILL PUT A
SIGNIFICANT DENT IN FAMILY
HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
WITH THE OPENING OF THESE
BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS. WE
ANTICIPATE THAT 90% OF FAMILIES,
FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. THAT ENGAGE WITH
SHS COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM
WILL BE REFERRED TO HOUSING
RATHER THAN OTHER RESOURCES, AND
WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH PSH FOR 60%
OF CURRENTLY ON HOUSE FAMILIES
IN OUR COMMUNITY. SAN FRANCISCO
HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES FOR
TOWARD PERMANENTLY ENDING
HOMELESSNESS FOR NEARLY 800
HOUSEHOLDS. THANKS TO PROJECT
HUNKY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED
ON OUR OVERALL POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND THOSE AND THOSE INCLUDE
ADJUSTING AND STANDARDIZING
TIMELINES TO ALLOW FOR LARGE
SCALE PROJECTS AND LOCAL
LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS WHILE
MAINTAINING A SENSE OF URGENCY.
ADJUSTING PROJECT HOME KEY
FUNDING RESTRICTIONS AND
ELIGIBLE USES TO SUPPORT LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS SUCCESSFULLY OPEN
AND TO SUCCESSFULLY OPEN AND
OPERATED HOUSING SITES. A FEW
EXAMPLES HERE INCLUDE. INCLUDING
FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
TO EXISTING PSH SIDES SITES AS
AN ELIGIBLE USE. THIS WILL HELP
IMPROVE EQUITY IN OUR HOUSING
PORTFOLIO AND MAKE SOME OF OUR
OLDER HOUSING MORE ATTRACTIVE TO
TENANTS. INCREASING OPERATING
FUNDS FROM 32 YEARS TO FIVE
YEARS, INCREASING THE PER UNIT
CAP. AND MAINTAINING OR
INCREASING THE CAPITAL FUNDS
LIMIT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO SHARE
HOW WE HAVE UTILIZED THESE
CRITICAL STATE GRANT PROGRAMS TO
LEVERAGE SOLUTIONS TO
HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS INTO THE
FURTHER DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
CATHERINE KAMINSKY, THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA, OFFICER SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. UM COORDINATION RELATED
TO THE STATE FUNDING A CHAP AND
HOME KEY BEGAN BEFORE THESE
THESE AWARDS WERE ANNOUNCED, BUT
WAS GREATLY ENHANCED BY THE
ADDITIONAL STATE RESOURCES IN
SANTA CLARA COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT
MODEL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
, OUR MOST RECENT COMMITTEE PLAN
TO END HOMELESSNESS WAS
DEVELOPED IN 2019 AND 2020 AND
INCLUDED INPUT FROM THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. WAS
ADOPTED BY OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE
ABOARD OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE
ADVISORY BOARD. THE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS, UM 11, LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS AND OUR NONPROFIT
PARTNERS. THE FUNDING DECISIONS
RELATED TO STATE FUNDING,
FEDERAL FUNDING AND LOCAL
FUNDING ARE COORDINATED ACROSS
THESE BODIES AND ALIGNED WITH
OUR COLLECTIVELY AGREED UPON
STRATEGIES. HAPPENED HOME KEY
HIV AND HOME KEY FUNDING HAVE
BEEN CRITICAL TO ADVANCING THESE
STRATEGIES AND MAKING PROGRESS
TOWARDS OUR GOALS. EVERY YEAR.
THE STATE FUNDS ALSO LEVERAGE
OUR FEDERAL CONTINUUM OF CARE
FUNDS ARE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS
GRANTS AND OUR OTHER FUNDS FROM
FROM HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT. UM THEY WERE
LEVERAGING SENATE ARE CLARA
COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY FUNDING
AS WELL AS PRIVATE FUNDING AND
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING
SUCH AS OUR 2016 MEASURING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND. ALL
THESE RESOURCES ARE CRITICAL TO
REACHING OUR GOALS AND A CHAP
AND HOME. KEY AND OTHER STATE
DOLLARS ARE STRETCHING OUR LOCAL
AND FEDERAL DOLLARS EVEN FURTHER
AND IN THE LATE, ENABLING US TO
ASSIST MORE PEOPLE IN OBTAINING
MAINTAINING HOUSING AND
PREVENTING MORE PEOPLE FROM
BECOMING HOMELESS. SO. CRITICAL
TO OUR SUCCESS, AS I MENTIONED
IS UTILIZING THIS COLLECTIVE
IMPACT MODEL TO IMPLEMENT OUR
PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SHARED GOALS,
WHICH LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR
UTILIZING THESE HR FUNDS AND
HOME KEY FUNDING STRATEGICALLY
THE FLEXIBILITY OF A CHAP HAS
MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT SOURCES OF FUNDING. UH
FOR OUR SUCCESS OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS AND WE'VE COME
TOGETHER. AS A COMMUNITY TOLEVERAGE. OTHER SOURCES OF
FUNDING, EXPAND EXISTING
PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY
HOUSING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
AND LAUNCHED NEW INITIATIVES. SO
IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, WE'VE
UTILIZED HIV FUNDING TO EXPAND
OUR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
SYSTEM TO SERVE MORE HOUSEHOLDS
. WE'VE LAUNCHED OUR DIVERSION
PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE UH, WE
CALL HOUSING PROBLEM SOLVING. WE
CREATED NEW INTERIM AND
TEMPORARY HOUSING OPTIONS, SUCH
AS A NEW FAMILY SHELTER PROGRAM
AT A MOTEL EXPANSION OF
CONGREGATE SHELTER THAT WAS ONLY
OPEN DURING THE COLD WEATHER
SEASON, AND IT'S NOW OPEN YEAR
ROUND. AH, WE HAVE FUNDING
ALLOWED US TO REHABILITATE A
MOTEL FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
FOR YOUTH. UM AND, UH, WE HAVE A
PREVIOUSLY UM WHAT WAS USED
PREVIOUSLY AS A RESIDENTIAL CARE
FACILITY FOR INTERIM HOUSING. WE
ALSO EXPANDED OUTREACH AND
MOBILE HYGIENE SERVICES TO MORE
QUICKLY CONNECT PEOPLE WITH
HOUSING AND OTHER SERVICES AND
CREATED A CENTRALIZEDSHELTER
HOTLINE TO INCREASE OUR SHELTER
UTILIZATION AND IMPROVING ACCESS
TO SHELTER BEDS. AND EACH OF
THESE PROGRAM TYPES WE ARE USING
AND WORKING. I SHOULD ALSO SAY
WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE, WE HAVE THREE HAD A CHAT
FUNDING SOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY
FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN JOSE
I AT THE COUNTY WE OVERSEE THE
COC AND THE COUNTY ALLOCATION,
BUT WE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY
WITH THE CITY OF SAN JOSE TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNED AND
USING THESE DOLLARS
STRATEGICALLY, WE'RE MEASURING
OUR SUCCESS REGULARLY AS A
COMMUNITY, UM, BASED ON THE
GOALS THAT WE SET TOWARDS OUR
COMMUNITY PLAN. SO ONE OF THE
EXAMPLES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT WAS SUPPORTED WITH A CHAP
FUNDING IS WILLOW GLEN STUDIOS
ON PEDRO STREET. THIS WAS THE
REST FORMERLY USED AS
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY AS I
MENTIONED A CHAP FUNDING
PROVIDED 1.2 MILLION TO FILL A
GAP AND REHABILITATION FUNDING.
IT'S ALSO BEING USED TO SUPPORT
OPERATIONS. IN COMBINATION WITH
GRANTS FROM OUR PRIVATE FUNDERS
, SUCH AS DESTINATION HOME AND
SUBROTO PHILANTHROPIES. THIS IS
AN INTERIM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
FOR PEOPLE ON A PATH TO
PERMANENT HOUSING. UM THE. ALL
RIGHT. THE WAY THIS DEVELOPMENT
WORKS AS AS WE USED 20 ARE
HOUSING BOND DOLLARS TO DEVELOP
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN
THE MONTHS PRECEDING ONE OF
THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS OPENING,
WE LOCATE THE FUTURE RESIDENTS
AND ARE ABLE TO PLACE THEM IN
PEDRO STREET WORK WITH THEM TO
STABILIZE. UM YOU KNOW, GET
THOSE DOCUMENTS READY THAT DR.
CRUCIAL MENTIONED ARE SO
DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN CONNECTS
FOLKS TO BENEFITS AND REALLY GET
THEM PREPARED TO MOVE INTO THOSE
UNITS IMMEDIATELY, ALLOWING US
TO FILL OURPERMANENT UNITS
QUICKLY, ALLOWING PEOPLE A PLACE
TO STABILIZE AND LOOK FOR UNITS
AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE IN THE
MARKET. AND SINCE WE OPENED
THIS, UH WILL GRANT STUDIOS ON
PEDRO STREET IN MAY OF 20, 2100
AND 44. PEOPLE WHO HAVE STAYED
HERE HAVE MOVED ON TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. THE PLANNING HAD BEGUN
A BIT PRIOR TO R. H UP FUNDING
ALLOCATIONS. STATE FUNDING MADE
THIS THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE AND
WILL HELP SUSTAIN THE OPERATIONS
IN THE FUTURE. ANOTHER KEY
INVESTMENT OF HIV FUNDING THAT I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SYSTEM
IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ARE
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SYSTEM
PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE,
EVICTION AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE
CASE MANAGEMENT TO THOSE WHO ARE
MOST AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
OUR INITIAL TWO YEAR PILOT FOR
OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WAS IN 2017
THROUGH 2019, AND WE SERVED
ABOUT 840 HOUSEHOLDS OVER TWO
YEARS. TODAY WE'VE EXPANDED THIS
SYSTEM WITH THE HELP OF STATE
FUNDING AND OTHER PRIVATE
DOLLARS AS WELL AS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO SERVE 1600
HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY. WE'VE BUILT
THIS SYSTEM TO INCLUDE MORE
PARTNERS TO INCREASE ACCESS FOR
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS
ACROSS THE COUNTY. IN TERMS OF
HOME KEY FUNDING. OUR LOCAL
APPROACH WAS TO UTILIZE HOME KEY
TO IDENTIFY A RANGE OF HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDRESS
CURRENT GAPS. SO WE WORKED WITH
MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS CLOSELY
COORDINATED WITH THE CITIES ARE
NON PROFIT OPERATORS AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND WE HAVE BEEN
AWARDED ACROSS SANTA CLARA
COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 222
MILLION IN HOME KEY FUNDS
AWARDED ACROSS 10 PROJECTS.
THOSE 10 PROJECTS ARE WERE
AWARDED IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES
IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA. UM
THE THESE PROJECTS REPRESENT 224
. NEW PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE
SUPPORT. HOUSING UNITS. 283 NEW
INTERIM HOUSING UNITS FROM HOTEL
CONVERSION AND REHAB. AND WILL
WILL INCLUDE 412 NEW INTERIM
HOUSING UNITS, UM, THAT ARE
EITHER OCCUPIED OR IN
DEVELOPMENT, USING MODULAR
CONSTRUCTION. ALL OF THESE
INVESTMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL
AS I MENTIONED ARE CRITICAL FOR
US REACHING OUR COMMUNITY IDE
GOALS THAT WE SET IN 2020. WE
SET A GOAL AS A COMMUNITY TO
HOUSE 20,000 PEOPLE. AND THROUGH
AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE
HOUSED HELP ASSISTED 8390.
PEOPLE OBTAIN PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT. REDUCING THE
INFLUENCE HOMELESSNESS AND
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING
HOMELESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IS
CRITICAL TO MAKING AN IMPACT IN
OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE SET A GOAL
TO REDUCE OUR INFLOW OF PEOPLE
INTO HOMELESSNESS. PRIOR TO 2020
, THE ANNUAL, UM, NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME
WAS OVER 4700 OVER THE LAST
YEAR. WE'VE SEEN THAT, UH A
LITTLE OVER 3000 FOLKS
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS FOR THE
FIRST TIME. UM AND WE CONTINUE
TO WORK TO EXPAND PREVENTION AND
DIVERSION TO REDUCE THOSE
NUMBERS. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME TODAY AND JUST WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT THAT THESE FUNDS
ARE CRITICAL, THE FLEXIBILITY OF
THEM THE, UM UH, ABILITY TO
LEVERAGE OUR OTHER LOCAL FUNDING
HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL. UM AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
PEGGY JENSEN. I'M THE ASSISTANT
COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND CEMETERY
CANNY AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO
BE HERE TO SHARE THE WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING AND EXTEND OUR
THANKS TO THE STATE FOR THE
SUPPORT THEY PROVIDED TO HELP US
WORK ON ENDING WORKING TOGETHER
TO END HOMELESSNESS LIKE TO
POINT OUT THAT THE THREE PHOTOS
ON THE SLIDE REPRESENT THE THREE
AREAS WHERE WE'VE DEVOTED MCH
OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. OUR
PRIORITIES ARE REACHING OUT TO
OUR OWN HOUSED AND SHELTERED
RESIDENTS MEETING THEM WHERE
THEY ARE BUILDING TRUST AND
HELPING THEM MOVE TO, UM ALL THE
NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS THAT THE
STATE HELPED US DEVELOP
THROUGH THE HOME KEY PROGRAM AND
THEN ULTIMATELY PROVIDING
PERMANENT HOUSING FOR EXTREMELY
LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS, AS REPRESENTED ON THE
SLIDE ON THE PICTURE ON THE
RIGHT WHICH IS OUR COMMON
VETERANS VILLAGE, WHICH HAS A 63
FORMERLY HOMELESS VETERANS. I'D
LIKE TO START OFF BY GIVING YOU
A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY OF THE
HOUSING CHALLENGE AND CEMETERY,
A COUNTY CHALLENGES NEGATIVE
DIFFERENT THAN SANTA CLARA AND
SAN FRANCISCO. BUT OUR SCALE OF
HOMELESSNESS IS THAT DOESN'T
MEAN WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME
ISSUES TO ADDRESS. UM AND SO I'M
PLEASED TO BE HERE TO HEAR ABOUT
WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT ALSO
SHOW WITH YOU OUR APPROACH, UM
AVERAGE MINT FOR TWO BEDROOM
APARTMENT AND CEMETERY COUNTY IS
OVER. $3000 HOUSING PRICES OVER
1.6 MILLION T. MEET THE AVERAGE
RENT. YOU MUST BE MAKING $60 AN
HOUR, WHICH IS FOUR TIMES THE
MINIMUM WAGE. ANOTHER KEY FACTOR
IS THAT WE HAVE OVER 15,000
PEOPLE ON OUR SECTION EIGHT
WAITING LIST PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT THAT AREN'T
GETTING IT TODAY AND FINALLY,
17% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE
EXTREMELY COST BURDENED IN TERMS
OF HOUSING. TURNING TO OUR
HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE
CEMETERY COUNTY AS OF OUR POINT
IN TIME COUNT LAST FEBRUARY, WE
HAD 1808 HOMELESS RESIDENTS. OF
THE 716 WERE SHELTERED. AND 1092
WERE UNSHELTERED. COMPARED TO
SOME COUNTIES WE HAVE, I THINK
SPECIFIC, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS LIVING IN
VEHICLES, CARS AND VANS, ALMOST
TWO THIRDS OF OUR UNSHELTERED
RESIDENTS OF VEHICULAR EARLY
HOUSED AND WE HAVE 362 RESIDENTS
COUNT, LIVING ON THE STREETS
INTENSE AND IN ENCAMPMENTS. IN
TERMS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR
UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS ARE MEN.
44% IDENTIFIED AS CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS DURING THE SURVEY. AND
50% IDENTIFIED AS HAVING ITSELF
IDENTIFIED AS HAVING EITHER
MENTAL HEALTH AND OR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE ISSUES. I SHOULD ADD THAT
HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS
ESTIMATE THAT THAT NUMBER OF
FOLKS HAVING MENTAL HEALTH OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, IT'S
ACTUALLY CLOSER TO ABOUT 80. SO
TURNING TO THE STATE PROGRAMS.
THE HAVE FUNDS. CEMETERY COUNTY
HAS RECEIVED TWO ROUNDS OF HAVE
FUNDS TO DATE TOTALING FOUR
POINT MILLION DOLLARS. WE'VE
INVESTED THOSE FUNDS IN PROGRAMS
TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS WERE
ALREADY OPERATING AND ALSO
PILOTS, SOME NEW AREAS WE
INVESTED IN RAPID RE HOUSING FOR
YOUTH THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH
STAR VISTA. WE CONTRACTED WITH
SAMARITAN HOUSE, THE ONE OF OUR
LEAD CORE SERVICES AGENCIES TO
PROVIDE DIVERSION SERVICES FOR
RELEASE OF INMATE FOR INMATES
JAIL INMATES PRIOR TO THEIR
RELEASE, I HOPEFULLY PREVENTING
THEM FROM BEING RELEASED INTO
HOMELESSNESS. ONE OF OUR COUNTY
GOALS, ACTUALLY THE FIRST STEP
IN OUR COUNTY WIDE UM, YOUR
FOCUS ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN
CEMETERY WAS ADDING SOME
ADDITIONAL SHELTER BEDS FOR OUR
WAITLIST CLIENTS AT OUR EXISTING
CONGREGATE SHELTERS. WE ALSO
FUNDED SOME ONGOING BASIC
SHELTER OPERATIONS AND AS
RAISING THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE
COMPLETED OUR HOMELESSNESS PLAN
FOR THE PERIODS OF LIGHT 2020 22
THROUGH 2025. I'D LIKE TO PUT A
COUPLE OF THINGS OUT ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PLAN. IT WAS
AN OPPORTUNITY AS REQUIRED, BUT
ALSO WE BENEFITED SIGNIFICANTLY
FROM THE COLLABORATION WITH ALL
OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AND ALSO
INCLUDED A SERIES OF I THINK IT
WAS FOUR FOCUS GROUPS WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY WHO
HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE OR
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. AND THEY'RE
IMPORTANT INPUT WAS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THAT PLAN TO IN TERMS OF HOME
KEY FANS. CARNEY HAS BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE AND VERY APPRECIATIVE
OF RECEIVING $117 MILLION IN
HOME KEY FUNDS. THOSE FUNDS HAVE
BEEN USED TO PURCHASE, UH, FOR
HOTELS AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ONE OF OUR NAVIGATION CENTER.
THE ON THIS CHART. ALL OF THE
PROPERTIES ARE LISTED ONES IN
BOLD ARE PERMANENT HOUSING.
SHORT LANDING IS HOUSING THAT
PROVIDES 93 UNITS OF SENIOR
HOUSING FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS
RESIDENTS. THIS IS PERMANENT
HOUSING. THAT PROJECT IS FULLY
OCCUPIED. CASA ESPERANZA, UM,
FORMER FORMER COMFORT IN IN
REDWOOD CITY WILL ALSO PROVIDE
ADULT PERMANENT HOUSING AND THAT
WILL BE LEASING UP OR WE WILL
OCCUPANTS WILL BE WELCOMED
STARTING LATE THIS YEAR. WE USED
THREE OF THE GRANTS FROM THE
HOME. KEY FUNDING WERE USED FOR
INTERIM HOUSING. WHAT IN THE
PAST AND REDUCED AND THEN
REFERRED TO AS SHELTERS. UM, AT
THE PACIFIC SHELTER IN REDWOOD
CITY OFFERS UNITS FOR 75 ADULTS
WHO WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS THAT
IS INTERIM HOUSING THAT'S BEEN
FULLY OCCUPIED FOR ALMOST A
YEAR. CASA EL CAMINO IN SAN
MATEO, ALSO AS ADULTS IN TERMS
OF HOUSING UP WITH 44 UNITS,
PEOPLE RESIDENTS STARTED MOVING
INTO THAT FACILITY LAST WEEK.
AND OUR NAVIGATION CENTERS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BE
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
NEW STATE OF THE ART FACILITY.
IT WILL HAVE 44 240 MODULAR
UNITS OF HOUSING FOR ADULTS
FORMERLY HOMELESS ADULTS. THAT
PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WE
EXPECT OCCUPANCY IN EARLY 2023.
WHEN WE ADD ALL THOSE PROJECTS
TOGETHER, THIS IS GOING TO THE
HOME KEY PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABLE
TO PROVIDE 501 ADDITIONAL UNITS
OF HOUSING BOTH PERMANENT AND
INTERIM HOUSING FOR OUR HOMELESS
RESIDENTS OF FORMERLY HOMELESS
RESIDENTS AND CEMETERY COUNTY. I
SHOULD ADD. THAT WE WERE SO
IMPRESSED WITH THE SUCCESS OF
THE HOME KEY PROGRAM IN TERMS OF
PURCHASING A HOTEL THAT CEMETERY
OH, ALSO PURCHASED ADDITION AN
ADDITIONAL HOTEL WITH SOME OF
OUR OWN FUNDS ON THE COAST SIDE
, WHICH ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 44
UNITS. UM IN CEMETERY COUNTY. WE
HAVE THE COAST SIDE AND THE
BAYSIDE AND PEOPLE DON'T TEND TO
WANT TO TRAVEL FOR SERVICES
BETWEEN US TWO SIDES. UH AND BY
HAVING A ALMOST AN INTERIM
SHELTER THAT NON CONGREGATE INTO
HIM, SHELTER AND HAPPENING BAY
HAS REALLY MADE US TO PROVIDE
HELPED US PROVIDE SERVICES TO
PEOPLE LIVING ON THE COAST.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT
ENCAMPMENTS THE COUNTY SAN MATEO
COUNTY DID NOT APPLY FOR STATE
FUNDS AS THOSE AS YOU ALL MAY
KNOW, CEMETERY COUNTY INCLUDES
20 CITIES. UM MOST OF OUR
ENCAMPMENTS ARE INCORPORATED
AREAS. THERE'S CITY OF REDWOOD
CITY DID APPLY FOR ENCAMPMENT
FUNDING. THEY RECEIVED A GRANT
OF $1.8 MILLION AND THEY ARE
HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN. TO USE
THOSE FUNDS TO ASSIST THEIR 171
RESIDENTS IN ENCAMPMENTS TO
INTERIM HOUSING SUCCESSFULLY TO
ENGAGE THEM AND HELP THEM MOVE.
THE ROMAN CITY FOCUS IS ON
CENTRALLY COORDINATED OUTREACH,
PROVIDING ON DEMAND HOUSING
UNITS ESSENTIALLY BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE PEOPLE HOUSING UNIT
IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY SAY THEY
ARE READY TO MOVE ONCE THAT
TRUST HAS BEEN BUILT AND
DEVELOPED. UH PROGRAMMING,
PLEASE ALL THE WRAPAROUND
SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE
PROVIDED BY OTHER COUNTIES AND
ALSO IN DEPTH DATA ANALYSIS AND
PROGRAM EVALUATION. WE SEE THIS
AS A IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN A
PILOT, BUT IT'S REALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR REDWOOD CITY TO
TEST ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
FEEL WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
NOT ONLY ANOTHER SANTA KO COUNTY
COMMUNITIES WITH POTENTIALLY IN
OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
WORKERS STARTED ON THIS AND THE
COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF IF
WE'RE WORKING IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE CITY, ONE OF THE THINGS
I BOARD OF SUPEVISORS RECENTLY
DID WAS THEY APPROPRIATED $2
MILLION IN ART OF FUNDS FOR WHAT
WE CALLED, ARE WORKING TOGETHER
TO END HOMELESSNESS, INNOVATION
GRANTS. WE RECEIVED GRANTS FROM
FOUR CITIES AND FOR NON PROFITS
WHEN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING
THOSE GRANTS AND WE ANTICIPATE
THAT, UM ACTUALLY, WE HAD THOSE
GRANTS FOCUS ON PROVIDING
SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF
ENCAMPMENTS AND THE VEHICULAR.
HE HAS WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL
PROGRESS TO BE MADE THROUGH
THESE ENCAMPMENT INVESTMENT
PROGRAMS. AND FINALLY, IN TERMS
OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. I WOULD
JUST SECOND ALL THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY MY
COLLEAGUES FROM SAN FRANCISCO
AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND WANT
TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF OTHER
THINGS. UH, QUÊ COMPONENT KEY
COMPONENT OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS
IS PREVENTING HOMELESS FROM
STARTING FROM IT'S FROM EXISTING
AND WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
THE IRAQ PROGRAM OVER $105
MILLION WAS DISTRIBUTED TO
RESIDENTS IN SAN MATEO COUNTY.
UM BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND
WHAT WE ARE HEARING. FROM OUR ON
THE GROUND. OUR CORE SERVICES
AGENCIES ARE PROVIDERS ARE THAT
THEY'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN
HOUSEHOLDS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL
RENTAL SUPPORT. AND AT THIS
POINT THAT RENTALS THOSE
REQUESTS FOR RENTAL SUPPORT
AREN'T NECESSARILY TIED BACK TO
THE PANDEMIC. UM WE ARE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT USING THE FUNDS
THAT WE RECEIVED THAT ARE
CONNECTED TO THE PANDEMIC FOR
ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
PANDEMIC IMPACTED. BUT NOW WE
ARE SEEING IT UP SO YOU CAN MEET
FOR RENTAL SUPPORT BECAUSE OF
INFLATION AND THE FACT THAT THIS
HAS JUST BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME
FOR PEOPLE AND IT'S HOUSING
COSTS GO UP PEOPLE LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK JUST CAN'T
AFFORD AN ADDITIONAL CAUSE. A
SECOND AREA OF SUPPORT THAT'S
ALSO BEEN MENTIONED BY OTHERS IN
SUPPORT FOR THE INTERIM HOUSING
OPERATION. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO
HAVE ALL THOSE NEW UNITS,
PARTICULARLY THE NON CONGREGATE
UNITS, BUT EACH OF THOSE HOTELS
THAT WERE OPERATING AS A NON
CONCRETE UNIT IS COSTING US OVER
$2 MILLION A YEAR IN OPERATIONS.
AND WE JUST OR ABOUT SHOOTER
INTO A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT FOR
THE OPERATION OF OUR NAVIGATION
CENTER. FOR BASIC SERVICES.
THAT'S GOING TO COST US $5
MILLION A YEAR. WE KNOW WE NEED
TO ADD ON THAT, AS OTHER FOLKS
HAVE MENTIONED. IN DEPTH SUPPORT
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR A
O. D FOR ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS
, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, BUT
OUR BASELINE IS GOING TO BE
ABOUT $5 MILLION A YEAR. AN
ADDITIONAL AREA THAT WE'RE
SEEING IS THE NEED FOR VOUCHERS
AND RENT ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE MOVING FROM INTERIM
HOUSING, PERMANENT HOUSING. IN
THE FOLKS THAT WE HAD. WE'VE HAD
150 PEOPLE FROM OUR HOME. CUTE.
UM SITES. HONKY INTERIM HOUSING
SITES MOVED TO PERMANENT HOUSING
, BUT 92% OF THOSE RESIDENTS
NEEDED SUPPORT NEEDED FINANCIAL
SUPPORT LONG TERM PERMANENT
SUPPORT FOR THEIR RENT. AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT ARE HOME KEEP
PERMANENT HOUSING FACILITY FOR
SENIORS FOR 92 SENIORS, WHICH
SUBSIDIZING THAT WITH $1 MILLION
A YEAR. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST
LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
FLEXIBILITY AND FUNDING. UM IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND ALSO
MULTI YEAR FUNDING BECAUSE THE
SITUATION CHANGES WITH
HOMELESSNESS. WE KNOW THERE ARE
MANY COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM
THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. WE KNOW
THAT WE HAVE THIS CONTINUUM OF
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FROM
PREVENTION TO STREET OUTREACH TO
INTERIM HOUSING TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. AND WE ARE PILOTING AND
TESTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES AT
EACH POINT OF FLEXIBILITY AND
LONG TERM FUNDING ALLOWSUS TO
INVEST IN THE AREAS WHERE WE
KNOW WE NEED HELP THE MOST. AND
WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE
TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING IN CEMETERY
COUNTY WITH YOU TODAY.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IF WE
CAN GO BACK AND APOLOGIES THAT I
HAD TO STEP ASIDE FOR A MOMENT.
IF WE CAN BREAK DOWNSOME OF THE
NUMBERS RELATED TO THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING AND
INDIVIDUAL TO GIVE US A BETTER
SCOPE AS TO UM WHAT THE COST
SHIFTS ARE DIFFERENT AND VARIOUS
DIFFERENT AREAS, RIGHT? SO I
THINK I SAW UM WHAT WAS IT ONE
SECOND. MS JENSEN SAN MATEO
COUNTY IS THE LAST LIGHT I SAW,
SO IT WAS 118 RESIDENTS. FOR THE
COST OF HOW MUCH WHAT WAS THE
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN AND, UM AND
THAT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY. UH,
CAN WE CAN WE PULL UP THE SLIDE?
BURN DIFFERENT, UH, GO BACK. IT
WAS A CHART. GENEVIEVE. YOU'RE
ASKING ABOUT FOSTER CARE. NO, IT
WAS HUNKY WE'RE LOOKING AT. I
WAS THINKING ABOUT HOME KEY. I
THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS
101 118 UNITS, BUT MAYBE I
MISREAD IT. SO LET'S LOOK AT
THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, SO OH, SO IF
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM. SENIOR
PERMANENT PLACING AT SHORT
LANDING. THAT PROJECT COST 20
MILLION. AND IT HAS 93 UNITS
FULLY OCCUPIED. IF WE DID THE
BREAKDOWN OF. AND HOW MANY ARE
NOT SURE HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS
ARE IN THE 93 UNITS? THE I'M
JUST TRYING TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING US TO THE
INVESTMENT MADE. AND THE PEOPLE
ASSISTED. WHY WE WHY WE'RE
FOCUSING ON THESE PROGRAMS AND
THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING THEM IN CEMETERY, A
COUNTY THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR
HOMELESS RESIDENTS ARE ADULTS,
PRIMARILY SINGLE HOUSEHOLDS OR
COUPLES, AND THAT'S WHY ALL OF
OUR INVESTMENTS OF HOME KEEP
FUNDS HAVE BEEN FOR ADULT.
FACILITIES I THINK THE OTHER
THING THAT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT
FOR US IS THAT, UM WELL, WE
RECENTLY COMMISSIONED US TO
RESEARCH STUDY CONDUCTED BY
FORMER CHIEF SUSAN MANNHEIMER
FROM THE CEMETERY POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO DO A NASH NATIONAL
RESEARCH ON BEST PRACTICES FOR
HELPING PEOPLE MOVE FROM
ENCAMPMENTS INTO INTERIM
HOUSING. AND THROUGH THAT
RESEARCH, AND I THINK FROM THE
EXPERIENCE WE'VE ALL HAD WE KNOW
THAT THE GOLD STANDARD OF
HOUSING IS A HOUSE IS A DOOR AND
A BATHROOM. IT'S HAVING IT'S NOT
CONGREGATE HOUSING. IT'S HAVING
A ROOM OF YOUR OWN, WHICH IS WHY
WE'VE INVESTED. THIS IS WHY ALL
OF THIS IS ADULT HOUSING, BUT
ALSO HAVING HOTELS HAS BEEN ABLE
TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S BEEN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
WHO WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
WILLING TO COME OFF THE STREET
HAVE BEEN WILLING TO COME NOW. I
SHOULD ADD THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT.
THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.
PROSPERA PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE
RETURNING BACK TO THE STREET
BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE
REQUIRED IN LIVING IN AN INTERIM
HOUSING FACILITY. BUT THAT'S WHY
THIS IS HOW THAT'S WHY WE'VE
INVESTED THE WAY THAT WE HAVE.
SO IF I IF I WERE TO LOOK AT
THIS CHART HERE, UM AND I'M
AGAIN. I'M ONLY ASKING IN TERMS
OF I WANT TO IDENTIFY THE COSTS
WITHIN THE COUNTIES THAT ARE
REPRESENTED TODAY. WE'RE GOING
TO BE HAVING THIS HEARING IN L,
A COUNTY AS WELL AND I'LL BE
ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT
INDIVIDUAL UNITS AND COSTS IN
GENERAL WITH RELATED TO HOME,
KEY AND OTHER PROGRAMS. SO 501
UNITS. NOT SURE HOW MANY OF
THOSE UNITS ARE ONE BEDROOM, TWO
BEDROOM SINGLE, SO I'M NOT
DOESN'T GIVE ME AN ACCURATE
COUNT AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE
RIGHT? SO HOWEVER, IF I DIVIDE
117 MILLION DIVIDED BY FIVE OH
ONE UNITS WE GET JUST ROUGHLY
ABOUT 234,000. 5 233,032. RIGHT?
IS THAT THE AVERAGE. IS THAT
HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE OR IS
THAT LOWER THAN I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND? HOW DOES IT COST?
COMPARE RIGHT? UM ACTUALLY RUN
THOSE NUMBERS LAST NIGHT BECAUSE
I WANTED TO CHECK THAT TOO. UM
IN CEMETERY COUNTY. IT COSTS US
BETWEEN IT COSTS BETWEEN 507
100,000 TO BUILD A UNIT OF
PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO
$250,000 PER UNIT IS EXTREMELY
COST EFFECTIVE. SHE SHE'S ASKING
YOU THE COST TO BUILD HOUSING.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? PLEASE
I'M SORRY THAT THE COST TO BUILD
THE HOUSING IF WHEN WE, UM WHEN
I AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE COST PER UNIT IS BETWEEN 507
$100,000 PER UNIT. SO AT 200 AT
ABOUT $250,000 PER UNIT, OUR
HOME KEY INVESTMENTS HAVE
DEVELOPED HOUSING AT A MUCH
LOWER COST. 500,000 TO 700,000
PER UNIT IS VERY HIGH. WHAT
CAUSES THE THOSE PRICE INCREASE
OR WHAT CAUSES THAT THAT COST?
WHAT PAPER? WHAT WHY IS THE COST
SO HOT? HMM? WHAT'S A VARIETY OF
THINGS THAT OFTEN INCLUDES LAND,
BUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE VERY
, VERY HIGH. THE TIMING THAT IT
TAKES TO DEVELOP THE HOUSING THE
ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. UM IT'S
JUST IT'S JUST THE PROCESS OF
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.
OTHERS FROM OTHER COUNTIES
PROBABLY HAVE A SIMILAR
SITUATION. IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO
ADD MORE DETAIL ON THAT. THANK
YOU AND YOUR CONSEQUENCE TRUCK
SHIN COSTUME. NO LESS THAN OURS
WOULD REALLY WOULD REALLY WANT
TO KNOW. AND AGAIN. I WANT
CLARITY IN TERMS OF LIKE WHEN
WE'RE THINKING WHEN YOU'RE
SAYING 507 100,000, DEPENDING ON
THE COUNTY AND THE PROJECT
THAT'S PER UNIT IN A BUILDING.
CORRECT THAT'S NOT LIKE AN
INDIVIDUAL HOME. THAT'S SHOCKING
ONLY BECAUSE YOU USED TO BE ABLE
TO BUY A HOME. AT THAT COST. UM. AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN L, A
COUNTY AND EAST L. IT USED TO BE
ABLE TO BUY A HOME AND FOR
245,000 JUST FIVE YEARS AGO,
THOSE SAME HOMES ARE 607
$100,000 NOW SO I WANT TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT
TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MEANS.
AND HOW CAN WE BEST ENSURE THAT
THE PROGRAMS ARE WORKING, AND I
THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL
TO US TO UNDERSTAND OUT OF THE
501 UNIT. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE.
BEING ASSISTED WITHIN THIS
PROGRAM. YEAH BEFORE WE ADJUST
THAT I JUST DON'T AND I DON'T
MEAN TO JUST SLOWLY, YOU KNOW?
IT'S JUST A SLIDE THAT'S UP AND
YOU WERE THE LAST TO SPEAK. I
WOULD JUST ADD THAT I DID NOT
INCLUDE AS SOME OTHER AS
FRANCISCO AND SOME OF THE OTHER
FOLKS INCLUDED THE MONEY THAT WE
HAD TO INVEST IN THE PROGRAM AND
MOST OF THIS MUCH. WHEN WE WOULD
IF WE ADDED THAT IN WE HAD TO DO
REHAB. WE ALSO HAD OUR OWN
CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY
DOESN'T RAISE THE COST PER UNIT
ABOVE $300,000, WHICH STILL IS
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE
ORIGINAL INVESTMENT. THERE IS
WORK TO BE DONE THAT QUITE
HONESTLY HAS PUT NEW
RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE COUNTY.
WE'VE TAKEN THAT ON. WE'VE
STEPPED UP TO THAT. UM BUT
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER COMPONENT
THAT WE'VE HAD TO BECOME
FAMILIAR WITH AND START WORKING
ON WITH THE PROJECT. BUT THE
FACT THAT THE BUILDING IS THERE
, IT'S READY TO MOVE IN. IT'S
MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND IT
IS THE THING I KNOW. WE'VE BEEN
ASKED ABOUT WHAT WHAT IS THE KEY
COMPONENT TO OUR ENDING
HOMELESSNESS? IT'S HAVING THAT
INTERIM HOUSING SO. JUST SAY THE
SITUATION IS QUITE SIMILAR IN
SAN FRANCISCO TO BUILD FROM
SCRATCH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S ABOUT $700,000 A DOOR IN
OUR COMMUNITY. MUCH OF THAT IS
CONTRIBUTED BY. LOCAL AND STATE
REGULATION AND THE COST OF
COMPLY WITH THAT LABOR CERTAINLY
IS A AND MATERIALS AS WELL,
REALLY HAS DRIVEN UP THE COST OF
BUILDING. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
AVERAGE OR HOME KEY.
ACQUISITIONS AVERAGED ABOUT
$400,000 A DOOR SO SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS EXPENSIVE TO ACQUIRE AN
EXISTING PROPERTY TO CONVERT TO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THEN TO BUILD FROM SCRATCH, AND
I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH OF BOTH,
AND WE NEED TO BE DOING ALL OF
THE ABOVE IN EACH OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. ONE THING YOU KNOW
TO KNOW. WE PURCHASED TWO
BUILDINGS THAT AREN'T GONNA NEED
ANY WE HAVE IT ALL LIKE THEY ARE
BRAND RELATIVELY NEW BUILDINGS
WE CAN WALK IN. AND THOSE ARE
ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS IS
$700,000 A DOOR SO MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE HONKY OFFSET A LOT OF
THAT. BUT THOSE ARE ALL FAMILY
UNITS OVER 200 UNITS OF OR IT IS
200 UNITS OF FAMILY HOUSING. THE
OTHER READY TO GO PROPERTY WAS
CLOSER TO $500,000 A DOOR. ALSO
OFFSET BY HONKY LEVERAGING LOCAL
DOLLARS. 40 OF THOSE UNITS ARE
FOR FAMILIES. SO AMONG THE 800
UNITS WE ACQUIRED. WE'RE GOING
TO BE SERVING 1300. WE HAVE 1300
BEDROOMS. UM SO 1300 BEDROOMS IN
800 UNITS SPENDING, YOU KNOW,
240 OF THOSE UNITS WILL HAVE
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. AND THE
OTHERS WILL BE FIRST SINGLE
ADULTS OR COUPLES. SO WE
ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CONTINUE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
MARGO DR MARGARET CASHEL SPOKE
REALLY ELOQUENTLY TO THAT NEED,
BUT THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE
EXISTING PROPERTIES. MAKES
HOUSING AVAILABLE MUCH, MUCH
FASTER. AND IN A MORE COST
EFFECTIVE, MORE COST EFFECTIVE
WAY FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
THAT THOSE COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE
THE ONGOING OPERATING SUBSIDIES
AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND WE
ASKED EMATE ABOUT $30,000 PER
YEAR PER HOUSEHOLD IN PERMANENT
, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO IT
THERE'S CERTAINLY THE
ACQUISITION COST, BUT WE WE'RE
THEN MAKING THE LONG TERM
COMMITMENT TO FUNDING. THE
OPERATING SUBSIDIES AND
SERVICES. BUT I GUESS I WAS
TALKING WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO DR
KUSHELL ABOUT THIS ISSUE, TOO.
UM I GUESS THERE'S A MARGINAL
IMPACT ON SUPPLY BECAUSE AGAIN
THOSE UNITS WERE BEING USED. ASK
THEM FORM OF HOUSING. TEMPORARY
OR SUCH. NOW IT'S A I THINK IT'S
A BETTER FORM OF HOUSE BECAUSE
IT'S PERMANENT THEIR SERVICES,
ETCETERA. I THINK IT'S NOT THE
IT'S STILL NOT INCREASE THE
SUPPLY THAT WE REALLY REALLY
NEED. I THINK I THINK THAT'S
THAT'S A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE. I
THINK ONE THING THAT DR KUSHELL
THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT
SHE WAS SPEAKING SO MUCH ABOUT
THE NEED FOR L I HOUSING FOR THE
FOLKS THAT WERE SERVING BUT
WE'RE ALSO SEEING A REAL LACK OF
HOUSING FOR OUR WORKFORCE.
WORKING IN HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE
PEOPLE COMMUTING, ESPECIALLY IN
THE NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS
COMMUTING HOURS MULTIPLE HOURS
TO GET TO WORK EVERY DAY, AND IT
REALLY LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO
GROW THE SECTOR AS WE GET ALL
THESE GREAT NEW RESOURCES. WE'RE
HAVING A LOT OF CAPACITY
CHALLENGES THAT ALSO TIE BACK TO
THE HOUSING. THAT'S A CONSISTENT
, I THINK CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
FAR PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVEL. AND
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'RE
TRYING TO ONE OF THE ISSUES
WE'RE TRYING TO COALESCE IN THE
LEGISLATURE IS ALL OF OUR GOALS
RELATED TO CLIMATE ACTION
CLIMATE CHANGE. THE
ELECTRIFICATION OF AN EXPANSION
OF THE GRID. AND THE FACT THAT
PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVEL MORE. SO
WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE
CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL FUELS AND
YOU KNOW, CREATE A CLEANER
CLIMATE. THE TRUTH IS THAT IF
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE AND
WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR NEARBY
, IT'S JUST CAUSING. IT'S
CAUSING A RIPPLE EFFECT. I MEAN
, IT'S JUST MAKING IT HARDER AND
HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND
HOUSING. GO AHEAD. SO I THINK
DIRECTOR MCFADDEN MENTIONED SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES. AH AROUND THE
FUNDING. I WAS HOPING WE CAN GO
BACK TO SOME OF THOSE SLIDES
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HELPFUL.
WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS UM
WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THIS AN
ONGOING STREAM JUST FOR ALL THE
COUNTIES ALL YOU KNOW THAT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I THINK
WE GOT IT FOR TWO YEARS, WHICH
IS BETTER THAN ONE YEAR BUT NOT
AS GOOD AS 3 TO 5 YEARS, WHICH
IS REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME OF
THEM. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE WHAT THE
USEFUL METRICS ARE. AND YOU HAD
MENTIONED SOME OF THE METRICS
THAT WE USE ARE NOT CONSISTENT
WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES. I
THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL TO GIVE
US IN SPECIFICALLY WHAT METRICS
DO YOU FIND? HELPFUL I THINK,
WHAT ARE OUR CHALLENGES AS WE'VE
BEEN DOING? YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN
FUNDING THIS NOW AND FOUR OR
FIVE. I THINK 44 BUDGET CYCLES
NOW ROUGHLY AND SO I THINK WE
HAVE UM, JUST LIKE THE PUBLIC
THEY'RE SAYING, OH, WE'RE
PUTTING ALL THIS MONEY. INTO
THIS PROBLEM. YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WILL WE START TO SEE IT?
GET BETTER, AND I THINK WE ALL
FOR THOSE OF US WHO DEAL WITH
THIS AT A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THE INFLOW OF
PEOPLE INTO THE POPULATION AND
OUTFLOW OF PEOPLE IN THE
POPULATION. BUT I THINK THE
PUBLIC JUST SEE SOMETHING THAT'S
SOMEWHAT STATIC, I THINK BE
HELPFUL IF YOU HAD MORE SPECIFIC
UM FEEDBACK ON THE. PROGRAM
ITSELF FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
LEVEL WE HEAR FLEX WITH GREAT ON
THE FLEXIBILITY PART. AH BUT
WITH THE FLEXIBILITY I THINK
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY LOOKING
TO MAKE SURE THE METRICS ARE
GOOD. BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DOING
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND IN
GENERAL, IT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE
SEEN SOME BENEFIT. WE HAVEN'T
SEEN AS MUCH OF A POP AS WE'D
LIKE. OBVIOUSLY, JUST IT TAKES
TIME IT TAKES NINE MONTHS FOR
THE MONEY, TAKE IT OUT. AND,
OBVIOUSLY, ONCE THE MONEY'S OUT,
IT TAKES YOU TIME TO ACTUALLY
GO. MUSIC, I THINK ANY ANY
FEEDBACK YOU BOTH HAVE ON THE
PROGRAM WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK
EMILY HAS MORE DETAIL THAN I DO
ON THE ON THE CHALLENGES WE'VE
HAD AROUND DATA AND OUTCOME
BOWLS. UM SO MAYBE YOU COULD
SERVE. THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. I THINK ONE OF THE ONE
OF THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES WE HAD
WITH ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
PLANNING COMPONENT. THAT IS PART
OF ROUND THREE WAS FRANKLY HOW
LITTLE TIME WE HAD WITH THE DATA
. IT WAS A VERY, VERY CRUNCHED.
PLANNING PHASE AND YOU KNOW THE
BONUS INCENTIVES. ARE HELPFUL IN
THAT YOU WANT TO SET GOALS AND.
PROJECTIONS THAT WILL
INCENTIVIZE US AS COMMUNITY
IMPLEMENTER TO GET THERE.
THERE'S ALSO AN INCENTIVE TO
THEN. SET VERY MODEST. UM WHAT I
THINK WOULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVE
IS TO HAVE LOCALLY DRIVEN
BENCHMARKS. UM MORE TIME WITH
THE DATA SO THAT WE CAN ALL
AGREE ON SOME OF THE DATA, UM
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST
THE BENCHMARKS BASED ON WHAT'S
CHANGING IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER
MORE OF LIKE A 3 TO 5 YEAR.
STANDARD AND THAT MORE SIMILAR
TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT SETS
FIVE YEAR GOALS AND THEN ANNUAL
BENCHMARKS FOR ACHIEVING THOSE
GOALS. SO THE ABILITY TO ALIGN
THAT ISN'T WOULD BE INCREDIBLY
HELPFUL RATHER THAN HAVING SORT
OF SEPARATE PROCESSES FOR
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. I'M
SURE CATHERINE RECOMMENDATIONS.
YEAH I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE
WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK
LOCALLY MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES
SANTA CLARA COUNTY INCLUDED. WE
HAVE A PROCESS FOR SETTING
SYSTEM WIDE BENCHMARKS ANNUALLY
AND UPDATING THAT AND I THINK
BUILDING ON THOSE ALLOWING THE
LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BUILD ON
THOSE PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED AND INCLUDE INPUT FROM
ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WOULD BE
TREMENDOUSLY BENEFICIAL. THE
TIMELINE WAS CHALLENGING TO BE
ABLE TO REALLY FULLY INCORPORATE
THAT INTO OUR EXISTING PROCESS.
UM UH, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE
TO BUILD ON WHAT ALREADY EXISTS
AND THE INFERENCE SORT OF DATA
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROCESSES.
WE'VE WE'VE HAVE LOCALLY WOULD
BE TREMENDOUSLY BENEFICIAL. AND
I THINK OUR CHALLENGES IS THAT
IT'S YOU GOT 58 DIFFERENT
COUNTIES. WAS IT? HOW MANY 12 12
13 CITIES 15 CITIES. THAT THEY
ALL DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY,
SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO HAVE
SOME CONSISTENCY SO WE CAN LOOK
AT APPLES TO APPLES, BUT I THINK
THE FEEDBACK IS VERY HELPFUL. SO
I THINK IF YOU COULD GET THAT
DIRECTLY TO TGENEVIEVE. THAT
WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT
BECAUSE I THINK WE DO WANT TO
TRY TO MAKE IT SO IT'S NOT JUST
YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THIS
ADDITINAL WORK. WE'RE JUST
TRYING TO GET METRICS THAT WE
CAN USE TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY
OF THE PROGRAM. THEN, UM. WHAT
11 QUESTION I HAD FOR JUST BOTH.
DR MACDONALD EXPANDING WAS. I
THINK WITH THE OTHER COUNTIES
TALKED ABOUT WAS THE KIND OF THE
INFLOW AND OUTFLOW I THINK YOU
LOOKED AT. YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT
THE POPULATION. WITHOUT REALLY,
UM, DESCRIBING. I THINK THE
OUTFLOW AND INFLOW AND I THINK
THERE'S. I THINK THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE BEING HOUSED OVER THAT
THREE YEAR PERIOD AS WELL AS I'M
CURIOUS WHAT THE INFLOW INTO THE
POPULATION THAT YOU ESTIMATE ARE
YEAH. SO IN IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WE
ESTIMATE THAT FOR EVERY PERSON
HOUSED ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE WILL
BECOME HOMELESS, AND THAT'S HOW
THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, NOT. MANY
MANY PEOPLE SELF RESOLVE THEIR
HOMELESSNESS, BUT. FOR EVERY
PERSON WE HAVE WE ANTICIPATE FOR
WILL BECOME HOMELESS AND THAT
SAID, YOU KNOW, WE SHARED OUR
POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA ABOUT
7700 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OF ONE NIGHT IN SAN
FRANCISCO. AND OUR ANNUAL
IZATION IS CLOSER TO 20,000.
PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR WILL EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS. AND WE HAVE BEEN.
INCREDIBLY FOCUSED ON INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE
PLACE IN THE HOUSING BY ADDING
MORE UNITS AND IMPROVING OUR
PROCESSES. REPLACEMENT, BUT
WE'RE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY
FOCUSING A LOT ON PREVENTING
HOMELESSNESS, AND WE'VE REALLY
RAMPED THAT UP OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS WITH A LOT OF HELP
FROM THE STATE AND FROM FEDERAL
COVID RELATED RESOURCES, BEEN
ABLE TO BUILD REGIONAL AND BE A
PART OF A REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION SYSTEM. I THINK THE
ONE AREA WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE
AND PART OF OUR THREE PLAN. IS
FOR FOLKS WHO FALL WHO WE AREN'T
ABLE TO PREVENT. WHO BECOME
HOMELESS, GET STUCK AND DON'T
MOVE QUICKLY ENOUGH THROUGH THE
SYSTEM. AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING
THAT SOME OF OUR TOP $3 WILL BE
USED TO REALLY INVEST IN
SERVICES IN THE INTERIM SHELTER
SYSTEM. TO FOCUS ON MOVING
PEOPLE OUT. UM SO THAT WE'RE NOT
JUST MOVING PEOPLE OUT AND
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING
HOMELESS, BUT ALSO WORKING ON
THAT MIDDLE COMPONENT TO ENSURE
THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE MORE
QUICKLY. YEAH, I WAS. I WAS
INTERESTED IN THE REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE. THINK WHAT ONE
THING? WE'RE HERE IN SAN
FRANCISCO AT THE TIME IS THAT,
YOU KNOW. BUT I'M SURE PEOPLE IN
OAKLAND FIELD THE SAN JOSE THEY
FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING ALL THIS
AND THEN PEOPLE ARE JUST SENDING
PEOPLE ARE WAY RIGHT. SO I THINK
THE REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE. I
THINK IT'S VERY KEY OF CURIOUS
HOW HOW THAT'S GOING. AND HELP
HOW YOU'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I THINK THE
COLLABORATION IS REALLY STRONG
AND WE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE
SHARE SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, BART IS
A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE. WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FLOW
THROUGH THE COUNTIES AND YOU
KNOW THEY MAY END UP IN SAN
FRANCISCO EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE
ELSEWHERE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE HAD
A BIG OUTFLOW OF PEOPLE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO. PARTICULARLY WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT CERTAIN POPULATIONS
LIKE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION
THAT USED TO BE A LOT HIGHER. WE
KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OUT
TO PLACES LIKE ANTI AACHEN.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO COME
BACK TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY
THEIR HOME. UM, BUT I THINK SO I
DO THINK WE HAVE A REALLY
COLLEGIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH WITH
OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND REALLY
WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN
YOU KNOW, MAKE SYSTEMIC CHANGE
IN THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN WORRY
ABOUT WHETHER SOMEBODY'S QUOTE
SENDING SOMEBODY BACK OR NOT. I
MEAN PEOPLE MOVE AROUND IN THE
REGION FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND
HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN
VARIOUS PARTS OF THE REGION, AND
SO UM, I THINK IT'S GOING FINE,
BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE
WORK TO DO. WHAT WAS THE
PROCESS? PART OF IT IS JUST I
KNOW WE'VE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH
THIS ISSUE FOR DECADES IN SAN
FRANCISCO. IT'S ALSO SORT OF
HELPING PEOPLE, OTHERS HELPING
SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES. RAMP
UP THERE. SKILL SET THEIR
COMPETENCY, WHEREAS THERE
PROBABLY WASN'T AS MUCH INTEREST
IN THIS ISSUE, SAY, EVEN 10
YEARS AGO. I THINK THERE'S A LOT
MORE ACROSS THE NINE COUNTIES.
IT'S PROBABLY JUST A VERY
DIFFERENT DISCUSSION, THEN. EVEN
EVEN I WOULD SAY FIVE YEARS AGO.
I JUST SAY ALL HOME HAS BEEN A
REALLY GOOD PARTNERAROUND THAT
AND IN REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
REALLY HELPED DRIVING A LOT OF
THE DISCUSSION AND WANT TO
CREATE KIND OF A LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WHERE REGIONAL
PARTNERS CAN LEARN FROM EACH
OTHER AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
BEST PRACTICES ARE. AND ARE THEY
DOING THERE? ARE THEY HELPING DO
A LOT OF THE REGIONAL
CONVENIENCES THAT YEAH. GREAT.
THANK YOU. APOLOGIES. I AM. Y
ALLERGIES ARE A MESS EVERY TIME
I COME UP HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
ALLERGIC TO THE GIANTS. WE'RE
NOT PLAYING RIGHT NOW. SO JUST
SHOULDN'T MATTER. THAT'S
PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. THAT'S
PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. UM CAN WE
TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS? AND WHAT
THAT LOOKS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE
HAVEN'T COVERED THAT RIGHT?
THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE
BIGGEST ADVOCACY THAT WE SAW IN
, UM SOME OF THE HEARINGS THAT
WE HAD LAST YEAR. OR, UM, FOSTER
CARE. YOU, THOMAS NOUS. AND WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE. WONDERING IF.
YOU CAN SHARE WITH THOSE
SUCCESSES HAVE BEEN WITH
PROGRAMS WORK AND WHAT YOU SEE
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE CAN CAN WORK ON TO
BE OF MORE ASSISTANCE. UM SO IN
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, I THANK YOU
FOR YOUR QUESTION IN SANTA CLARA
COUNTY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE SEEN WORK ARE, UM
TRADITIONAL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AND
PARENTING YOUNG ADULTS WITH
ONGOING SUPPORT SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT WE HEARD FROM
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN OUR
COMMUNITY IS THIS SORT OF DROP
OFF AND CLIFF THAT MANY FACE
WHEN AGING OUT OF SYSTEMS AND SO
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ONE OF THE
A CHAP FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT WE
HAVE IS THP AFTERCARE, SO
ADDITIONAL ONGOING SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES. UM FOR FOLKS AFTER
THEY'VE AGED OUT OF OR MOVED ON
FROM THP SO WE WERE WORKING WITH
OUR YOUTH ACTION BOARD TO
UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF YOUNG
ADULTS TO, UM TAYLOR OUR
PROGRAMS FOR THEM AS WELL AS,
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE OF
EVERYTHING MORE RAPID RE HOUSING
. IT'S WORKING WELL FOR YOUTH
AND YOUNG ADULTS, UM, AS WELL AS
MORE PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND
HOME. KEY AND HR HAVE BOTH BEEN
SUPPORTING THOSE. IS THERE A
SLIDE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT?
MAYBE TALKS ABOUT YOUR COUNTY
SPECIFICALLY IN NEW
HOMELESSNESS? FOR YOU THAT I
DON'T HAVE A SLIGHT. YEAH BUT
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT AFTER.
YEAH, THANK YOU. I THINK I SAW A
SLIDE FROM SAN FRANCISCO RELATED
TO YOUTH. HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT?
OKAY. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY IN A IN
A DIFFERENT DECK, BUT WE DID
HAVE A 6% DECREASE IN YOUT
HOMELESSNESS BETWEEN 2019 AND
2022. YOU KNOW WHAT? AND A
REALLY TOGETHER THAT THANK YOU,
UM, SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN
PARENTING. YOUTH ALTHOUGH
OBVIOUSLY REALLY SMALL NUMBER
THERE. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR
YOUTH. POPULATION IS A REALLY
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF LGBT
QUÊ. YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. AND ONE INITIATIVE
WE'VE LAUNCHED IS CALLED RISING
UP, AND IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP. TO PREVENT AND END
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. AND THIS
MODEL LEVERAGES. LOCAL UH, LOCAL
RESOURCES AS WELL AS
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS. TO MOVE.
WE HAVE THE GOALS 400 YOUNG
PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS
THROUGH RAPID RE HOUSING AND
PAIRING THAT TEMPORARY SUBSIDY
WITH. EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS WELL
AS DOING PREVENTION. I THINK
IT'S 4 50. IT'S A DAUGHTER AND
HOMELESSNESS AND 500 IS THE GOAL
FOR PREVENTION AND WE'RE WELL ON
TRACK TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT THE
RISING UP MODEL THAT I LIKE.
OBVIOUSLY. LEVERAGING
PHILANTHROPIC AND PUBLIC
RESOURCES, BUT ALSO IF THE YOUTH
ARE DOING REALLY WELL IN THEIR
SUBSIDY, AND THEY FEEL THAT
THEY'RE READY TO MOVE ON FROM
THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, THEY CAN
CASH OUT. THE REMAINDER OF THEIR
SUBSIDY AND USE THAT AS AN
EDUCATION GRANT. SO IF THEY WANT
TO TAKE THOSE RESOURCES TO
EXCEPT STATE, OR, YOU KNOW TO
ANOTHER UNIVERSITY. THEY CAN DO
THAT THEY CAN PAY THEIR YOU
KNOW. DOWN PAYMENT ON A VEHICLE
. THERE'S A NUMBER OF APPROVED
EXPENSES THAT THEY CAN USE. AND
SO IT'S VERY FLEXIBLE. IT'S
REALLY HELPED BIN BEEN DESIGNED
BY YOUNG PEOPLE. AND IT'S BEEN A
REALLY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP.
MANY CITY AGENCY IS A NON
PROFITS ARE INVOLVED. IS THERE A
DATA CORRELATION THAT YOU'VE
COLLECTED RELATED TO FOSTER
YOUTH FOSTER CARE? YOU AND THEN
IMMEDIATE, UM HOMELESSNESS. I
DON'T HAVE THAT DATA OFF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD, BUT I COULD GET IT
FOR YOU. WITH YOU. WE HAVE THAT
IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR HUMAN
SERVICES AGENCY, AND WE'VE
ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON HOW
WE CAN, UM AND THE HOMELESSNESS
FOR FOSTER YOUTH AND MAKE MORE
SEAMLESS. THE TRANSITION FROM
THEIR FOSTER FAMILIES INTO.
ADULTHOOD AND HOW AND BEING
HOUSED. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO
100% YET. UM BUT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT HOW TO GET THERE AND HOW
OUR DEPARTMENTS CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO REALLY SUPPORT THAT
POPULATION. THAT WOULD BE REALLY
GREAT. I MET WITH SOME FORMERLY
FORMER FOSTER CARE YOUTH LAST
YEAR SOMETIME AND THEY TALKED
ABOUT THE TRAUMA OF THE LAST
PAYCHECK. AND SO I YOU KNOW WHEN. PART OF THE AMAZING THING
ABOUT BEING A LEGISLATORS THAT
YOU GET TO MEET AND TALK TO
DIFFERENT FOLKS IN MY WALKS OF
LIFE, AND YOU HEAR THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. I
HAD NEVER HEARD THAT TRAUMA
ABOUT THE LAST CHECK. AND WHEN
THE FOSTER FAMILY GETS THE LAST
CHECK, THEY KNOW THAT MANY
CHILDREN ARE KICKED OUT. YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE KICKED OUT AND SO I
WANT TO FIND I WANT TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE SOLUTION TO THAT
IS, BUT I REALIZED THAT IT ALSO
REQUIRES DIFFERENT AGENCIES
WORKING IN COLLABORATION. AND
FOUR WE ALSO, UM. OFTEN MISSED
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE
ABUSE. THAT'S DISGUSTING. THE
OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE RELATED TO
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. BUT
IT'S OFTEN COMBINED. AND SO
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE
SOLUTIONS. AND SO I GUESS, IN
MANY WAYS, THE QUESTION THEN
BECOMES WHAT'S NEXT? HAPPENS
NEXT. WHAT ARE THE YOU KNOW, UM
, I THINK OUR BUDGET CHAIR SAID
IT BEST THAT WHEN WE DO
TEMPORARY OR ONE TIME FUNDING.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SET YOU UP TO
WIN TO BE ABLE TO PLAN WHAT YOU
NEED TO PLAN. RIGHT AND SO THEN
WE START AGAIN A CYCLE OF NOT
HAVING ENOUGH RESOURCES OR YOUR
LEFT HALFWAY THROUGH A PROJECT.
OR PEOPLE, PEOPLE MOVE RIGHT
THERE, MOVING ACROSS THE STATE
OUT OF THE STATE INTO THE STATE.
AND SO AS WE FIGURE OUT THE
BIGGEST ISSUE FACING OUR SOCIETY
NOW. I'M FROM L. A COUNTY. I'M
FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
SPECIFICALLY. SO I SEE IT THEN
AND DAY OUT. AND THE PURPOSE FOR
THESE HEARINGS WERE TO KIND OF
SEE AND TEST. WHAT'S WORKING
ANOTHER COUNTY'S WHAT ISN'T
WORKING? WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW
CAN WE BE? HOW CAN WE LEND A
HAND TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT?
BUT ALSO IF THINGS AREN'T
WORKING WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE
THINGS THAT WE KEEP THROWING
MONEY AT THAT SIMPLY AREN'T
WORKING. VERSUS THINGS THAT
MAYBE WE SHOULD INVEST IN MORE.
SO THAT THAT'S A BROAD BROAD
QUESTION. BUT ONE THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET DIFFERENT ANSWERS
SOLUTIONS IDEAS TO ACROSS THE
STATE. IN JANUARY WILL BEGIN
HEARINGS AGAIN THAT ARE MORE
ABOUT. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT IN THIS THIS NEXT BUDGET
CYCLE. AND SO YOUR YOUR
PARTICIPATION. YOUR DATA YOUR
INSIGHT. IS INCREDIBLY CRITICAL.
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE
DECISIONS NECESSARY. SO WHAT
DOES HAPPEN NEXT? HMM I'M ASKING
YOU LADIES. WHAT'S MISSING. OH
GO AHEAD WAS JUST GONNA YOU
KNOW, I THINK INTACT CLARE
COUNTY. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO EXPAND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
KNOW THAT ARE WORKING. I THINK
THE CRITICAL NEED IS THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS SUPPORT
SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE AS WE
EXPAND PROGRAMS. WE'RE MEASURING
OUR SUCCESS. WE'RE TWEAKING
PROGRAMS TO BE EVEN MORE
IMPACTFUL. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO PLAN YEAR TO YEAR WITHOUT
SUSTAINED, UH, SUPPORT, SO I
THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING. UM AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE
THE SO COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF
THIS FUNDING BEING ABLE TO WORK
WITH OUR CITIES, OUR COUNTY ARE
CONTINUUM OF CARE. UM AND WILL
SUSTAIN THAT AS WELL. I WOULD
SAY JUST WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS
FIRST CREATED. IT WAS CREATED AS
A ONE TIME PROGRAM IS CREATED AS
EMERGENCY FUNDING. HE WAS
CREATED PRIMARILY BLUE CREATED
FOR CAPITAL DOLLARS. AND, UM.
HEARING HOW MANY OF THE CITY'S
COUNTY COC. ENDED UP USING THEM
FOR OPERATIONS WAS A LITTLE BIT
SURPRISED. IT WASN'T SHOCKING,
BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
SURPRISING. AND I THINK THAT'S
REALLY WHAT HIS YOU KNOW, KIND
OF PUSHED. UM US TO THINK ABOUT
WHETHER IT'S ONGOING. OBVIOUSLY
OUR BUDGET SITUATION IS SORT OF
FLATTENING OUT AS THIS SORT OF
WELL KNOWN ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. IT'S KIND OF THAT
SITUATION, SO I DON'T KNOW IF
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONGOING. BUT
ORIGINALLY THE PROGRAM WAS
CREATED TO FUND CAPITAL REALLY
WASN'T ENVISIONED TO FUND
OPERATIONS. THAT WAS REALLY SORT
OF. I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO
HELP ON THE CAPITAL SIDE AND
THEN LEAVE IT UP TO ALL THE ALL
THE LOCAL ENTITIES TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO HELP FROM THE OPERATIONS
. SO I THINK THAT'S THE I THINK
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. THE
PROGRAM WASN'T ENVISIONED AS A
AS AN ONGOING STREAM BECAUSE IF
IT WAS, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
UM BE GETTING FRANKLY,
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS FLEXIBILITY.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT
ALL THE ONGOING STATE PROGRAMS
THINK ABOUT ALL THE STATE
PROGRAMS YOU ARE PARTICIPATE IN
YOU KNOW, IT'S A YES YOU GET A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT
THERE'S A LOT OF UM,
ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S VERY
IT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE. SOME. I
THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU
ALL TO KIND OF SORT OF GRAPPLE
WITH. DID YOU WANT TO ADD
SOMETHING? I FELT LIKE YOU WERE
ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING AND THEN
NO, I ACTUALLY WASN'T OKAY. OKAY
WELL, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN UM.
MS JENSEN. I KNOW SANTA CLARA.
I'M SO SORRY, SAN MATEO HAS
SAID. THE GOAL IS TO FULLY HOW'S
EVERYBODY AND I FORGOT WHAT BY
WHAT DATA WAS AND I WAS JUST
CURIOUS. UM WHAT STEPS YOU'RE
PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, TO SORT OF
ACHIEVED THAT GOAL, AND IN
PARTICULAR, I KNOW ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT OTHER OTHER
COUNTIES FACES REALLY AROUND THE
PRESERVATION THE PRESERVATION
SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T
KEEP HAVING MORE HOMELESSNESS
COMING ON, THEN YOU CAN HOUSE
PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH SO
, UM, I WAS ASKING, UM SAM
MATTEO HAS MADE A ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT HOUSING ABOUT HAVING ZERO
HOMELESSNESS BY A PARTICULAR
YEAR. I FORGOT THE YEAR. AND I
WAS CURIOUS WHAT PLAN YOUR
PUTTING INTO PLACE. TO ACHIEVE
THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES
THAT ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES FACE
IS WHAT THEY CAN BUILD THE
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SHELTER.
WHEN THE MAJOR CHALLENGES IS
ESPECIALLY FOR THE VERY
EXPENSIVE COUNTY OF THE PEOPLE
BECOMING HOMELESS. SO HOW ARE
YOU GRAPPLING WITH THAT
PARTICULAR ISSUE? THE MICROPHONE
BUTTON. YEAH. SO WE'VE INVESTED
A LOT IN THE INTERIM HOUSING,
BUT HOW DO WE PREVENT PEOPLE
FROM BECOMING HOMELESS? UM
THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE AND IN FACT, ONE OF
THE BIG LESSONS THAT I'VE TAKEN
AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS IS THIS IS
NOT A ONE AND DONE PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH
HOMELESSNESS FOR A LONG TIME
BECAUSE OF THE COST OF HOUSING
AND ON THE PENINSULA THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA, AND THAT'S ONE OF
OUR STRATEGIES IS REALLY GOING
UPSTREAM IN TERMS OF HELPING
PEOPLE FIND GOOD JOBS, HELPING
PREPARING THEM FOR GOOD JOBS
WE'RE CREATING WITH SOME OF OUR
OUR MONEY ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT
CENTER, SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT
PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THE
ABILITY TO BECOME SELF
SUFFICIENT AND TO REMAIN SELF
SUFFICIENT, UM AND THEN
PROVIDING THOSE WRAPAROUND
SUPPORTS, UM, UNRESTRICTED
FUNDS, BUT WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS
WHEN THEY DO FACE CHALLENGES SO
WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THE CAR
REPAIR THAT LETS THEM TO GET GET
TO WORK WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM
WITH THAT ONE MONTH MEANT IF
SOMEBODY HAS AN UNEXPECTED
ILLNESS. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS
OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
, BUT IT'S ONGOING AND THAT'S
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE
FEEL THE MULTI YEAR AND THE
FLEXIBLE FUNDING IS SO IMPORTANT
TO ALLOW US TO DEAL WITH EACH
PERSON'S INDIVIDUAL SITUATION TO
HELP THEM STAY HOME ITSELF THEM
TO HOUSE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S
MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE. THAN
TRYING TO ASSIST SOMEONE WITH
INTERIM HOUSING AND ULTIMATELY
WITH NEW PERMANENT HOUSING. WHAT
WHAT YEAR DOES SAN MATEO PLAN TO
HAVE ZERO HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WE ARE HOPE IS
THAT WE WILL REACH FUNCTIONAL
ZERO, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY
ENDING HOMELESSNESS, BUT AT
FUNCTIONAL ZERO BY THE MIDDLE OF
2023. WHEN WE OPEN OUR
NAVIGATION CENTER. WE ANTICIPATE
HAVING ENOUGH BEDS TO DO THAT.
NOW WHAT? WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS
THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE MEMBERS
OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION WHO
ARE CURRENTLY ON HOUSED THAT MAY
NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE STREET AND
IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. AND
LONG TERM ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM
TO HELP THEM MOVE, BUT WE FEEL
WE'LL BE PREPARED FOR THAT, UM
AND WHEN YOU SAY FUNCTIONAL
THERE, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DEFINE
FUNCTIONAL ZERO SECTIONAL ZERO
IS DEFINED AS OFFERING EVERYONE
WHO IS ON THE STREET. WHO
DESIRES TO HAVE A BED, WHETHER
THAT'S CONGREGATE OR NON
CONGRESS DESIRES TO HAVE A BED.
WE CAN OFFER THEM A PLACE TO
SLEEP. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE WRAP
JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION. AND
THAT'S REALLY MORE DIRECTLY
OCTOBER TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR
STAFF AND EVERYONE YOU WORK
WITH. I THINK PART OF THE
CHALLENGE IS ALSO THAT WE'VE
SEEN IN THE PAST. IT'S JUST, UM,
SUSTAINABILITY OF STAFF. OR
BURNOUT. SO WONDERING WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE HOW CAN WE BE
HELPFUL? AND ALSO TO YOUR POINT,
MS JENSEN THAT THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT. NOT ONLY FOR THOSE
THAT ARE ON HOUSES CRITICAL, BUT
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT DO THIS WORK, WHICH
IS GOD'S WORK. IT'S ALSO
INCREDIBLY CRITICAL AND BOTH OF
THEM GO HAND IN HAND. SO WHETHER
WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW MORE
SOCIAL WORKERS HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS. UM WHATEVER WHATEVER
FEELS THAT IS, YOU KNOW THAT IN
THE METHOD IN WHICH YOU HOUSE
PEOPLE AND HELP PEOPLE. HOW CAN
HOW CAN WE ALSO BE MORE
SUPPORTIVE ON THAT END? AND
THAT'S A THANK YOU FOR RAISING
THAT POINT. IT'S A REALLY,
REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE FOR US
RIGHT NOW, BOTH ON THE NONPROFIT
SIDE ON THE PROVIDER SIDE. OUR
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS RE
CONSTANTLY CHALLENGED WITH
RETENTION OF WORKERS. MHM EMILY
MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE
TRAVELING TO WORK, YOU KNOW,
REALLY, FOR NOT VERY GOOD PAY
HONESTLY. UM SO THERE'S A REAL
REVOLVING DOOR ON THAT SIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MORE
THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT WAGE
EQUITY MEASURES, THE MORE WE CAN
THINK ABOUT PARTNERING WITH
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE
REALLY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WORK
AROUND RETENTION THAT WE'RE
BUILDING CAREER LETTERS AND
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE CAN
ALWAYS USE SUPPORT FROM THE
STATE ON THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS
THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR US ON
THE I MEAN, YOU'RE ALSO RIGHT
THAT YOU KNOW WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY
YOU KNOW, WE'RE A CITY
DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SIMILAR
CHALLENGES. WE'VE LOST THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED TO THE
WORK, BUT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE
THAT LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AND
THE NUMBER OF HOURS THEY HAVE TO
WORK IS ACTUALLY SUSTAINABLE FOR
THEM. WE HAVE I MEAN, JUST IN
OUR OWN DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE 225
. FTE S AND 90 VACANCIES WERE
SMALL DEPARTMENT AND SO WITH
THOSE 90 VACANCIES, IT PUTS A
LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE REST OF
OUR STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
ANSWER IS. I MEAN, WE HAVE
ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF
MEETINGS RECENTLY WHERE WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE
DO? TO REALLY SUPPORT STAFF. YOU
KNOW, THE DEADLINES ARE CONSTANT
AND THE PIVOTING, YOU KNOW, FOR
POLITICAL REASONS IS CONSTANT.
AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY
CHALLENGING. AND. I WOULD SAY,
YOU KNOW IF WE HAD MORE SUPPORT
ON THE NONPROFIT SIDE.
ESPECIALLY AROUND BUILDING THOSE
CAREER LETTERS THAT I MENTIONED
AND A BETTER WORKFORCE PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP
ON THE CITY SIDE, TOO. BUT WE.
BUT WE HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
WE JUST KNOW WHERE WE'RE IN A
CRISIS RIGHT NOW. I THINK PART
OF THE CHALLENGE SOMETHING FRAUD
, THREE COUNTIES. I THINK IN
PARTICULAR FOR US IN SAN
FRANCISCO. IS THERE IS A SENSE
OF NOT LIKE. BECAUSE WHILE THE
NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DOWN,
UH, THERE'S NOT SEEN AS A I
THINK ONE PEOPLE WOULD BE
SHOCKED. I MEAN, THE RESIDENTS
OF SAN FRANCISCO PROBABLY
SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT SAN
FRANCISCO'S DOWN IN FACT, WHAT
WOULD I SAY THAT TO THEM? THEY
KIND OF I THINK THEY WANT TO
CHECK MY FACTS AND WANT ME TO,
YOU KNOW, PROVIDE REAMS OF DATA
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM SO I
THINK PART OF IT IS ALSO A
MESSAGING. BUT I THINK PART OF
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC, HOMELESSNESS HAS
BECOME MUCH MORE LOCAL LIES MUCH
MORE, UM, KIND OF IN YOUR FACE
FOR LACK OF BETTER REASON. SO
BEFORE IS A CERTAIN AREAS. AS I
THINK THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE
IS, YOU KNOW, UM AND AGAIN. BUT
THAT THAT'S A PR PIECE OF IT,
BUT I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS
THAT LIKE LIKE THE REASON YOU
HAD MENTIONED THE REASON I THINK
IT IS CONSTANT BECAUSE WE'RE
CONSTANTLY HEARING ABOUT IT FROM
THE PUBLIC. IT'S JUST THE NUMBER
OF PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC
OF CONVERSATION. UM AND I THINK
IT'S JUST THE CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT IS, UM. I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING? HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING HOUSE? I
THINK PEOPLE WOULD ALSO BE VERY
SURPRISED AT THAT. PEOPLE,
PEOPLE WOULD, UH I THINK THERE'S
AN ASSUMPTION LIKE OH, THERE'S
ALL THIS WORK BEING DONE, BUT
THEN THEY'RE IN THEIR MIND.
THEY'RE LIKE SAYING, OH, HOW
COME IT DOESN'T LOOK ANY BETTER?
YEAH AND THEN THAT'S WHY THEY
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE GO AND I THINK
WHAT DR KERSHAW SAYS THIS IS NOT
THE PROBLEM. BUT THIS IS WHAT
PEOPLE GO TO OH, WELL, THEN IT
MUST BE SUBSTANTIVE USE. IT MUST
BE MENTAL HEALTH THEN BECAUSE
CLEARLY IF IT WASN'T THAT. I
MEAN, NOBODY WANTS TO BLAME
POVERTY, WHICH IS WHICH IS
REALLY THE NUMBER ONE CULPRIT.
BUT IT'S SORT OF A I THINK
CONSTANT BECAUSE IT'S A COST AND
DRUMBEAT AND CANCELING YOUR
FACE. I THINK YOU HAVE TO ALSO
BE CONSTANTLY REITERATING. WHAT
IS BEING DONE AND, UM, YOU KNOW,
FIXED FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE
THIS HOW TO MAKE THIS
SUSTAINABLE CORRECTLY. SO WE'RE
WORKING ON YOUR POINT ABOUT? WE
NEED TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE FOR
SURE. I MEAN, I THINK WE TALK A
LOT ABOUT THAT, AND WE HAVE SOME
WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE REALLY
THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE
THAT OUT. WE HAVE SOME UM SOME
FILM, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS WHO
ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN WORKING
WITH US ON THAT, SO IT JUST IT'S
RIGHT NOW. IT'S DRIVEN IN A VERY
NEGATIVE WAY, AND WE WOULD LOVE
TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE WE THINK WE
KNOW WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD
WORK AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE
HOUSING. YOU KNOW UPWARDS OF
11,000 PEOPLE IN PERMANENT,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THINGS LIKE
THAT, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE
HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED NEED TO
PART TO PROVIDE TO HAVE REALLY
GOOD COORDINATION WITH OUR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. UM
OR DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STATE. WE
WERE SEEING A MUCH DIFFERENT
ISSUE WITH FENTANYL WE'RE SEEING%
, YOU KNOW MUCH DIFFERENT LEVEL
OF ADDICTION, AND IT'S REALLY
CHALLENGING ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO
COLLABORATE AND REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE DOING IN A WAY THAT
WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. SO
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT WE
HAVEN'T CLOSED ALL THE GAPS
BETWEEN OUR SYSTEMS YET. WHAT I
THINK. ALSO JUST TALKING ABOUT,
UM. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEVEL. I
THINK THAT THERE'S SUCH A FOCUS
BECAUSE THAT'S THE FOLKS WHO
MAKE US THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE
ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES OR THE ADDICTION
ISSUES. AS WELL AS WE SEE THEM
IN THE STREET. I GUESS YOU'RE
NOT AS YOU'RE NOT A SHOCKED BY
POVERTY. UM BUT I THINK TALKING
ABOUT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PIECES. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITY. SO WHEN IT AS WE'RE
DEVELOPING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT
IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE
BEFORE, WHICH IS TO MAKE IT LESS
OF A DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGIC PLAN
AND MORE OF A CITY WIDE
STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE WE RELY
SO MUCH ON OUR OTHER PARTNERS,
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
SHARED GOALS WITH OUR OFFICE OF,
UM. HOUSING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A SHARED SOME
SHARED GOALS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE YOU'RE
RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT
REALLY LOOPING INTO THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE NOT REALLY ADDRESSING THE
ROOT CAUSES OF THE ISSUE. AND I
THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. MAYBE,
UM MAYBE IT'S GOOD FOR SOMETHING
TO DO FOR ALL HOME, BUT IT WOULD
BE GREAT TO TALK ABOUT A
REGIONALLY. AH SO THAT IT YOU
KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING ALL
ACROSS THE STATE. IT'S THAT'S
WHY IT'S BECOME A STATEWIDE
ISSUE USED TO BE JUST PRIMARILY
SAN FRANCISCO. LET'S SAY THE
BEAR, BUT THE STATE IT'S NOW
IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE. EVERY
COMMUNITY AND I THINK TALKING
ABOUT IT AT A REGIONAL LEVEL
TOO, BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW,
EVEN EVEN FOR ME IN MY
COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
SAYING, HEY, I'M FOR HOUSING.
BUT LET'S BUILD IT IN STOCKTON.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF CRAZY, I THINK, WHY
DON'T WE JUST BUILD THIS HUGE
HOMELESS SHELTERS AND STOCKED
AND YOU'RE LIKE THINKING THIS IS
REALLY OFFENSIVE TO KIND OF SAY
THAT AS IF THAT'S THE COMMUNITY
WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE THE
DUMPING GROUND FOR THE HOMELESS
OR PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR. AH BUT I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF
RAISE AS A REGIONAL ISSUE SO
THAT WE ALSO TAKE REGIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S ALSO WHY I
THINK WE'VE BEEN PUSHING. VERY
HARD ON ALL THE HOMEBUILDING
GOALS FOR EVERY SINGLE COUNTY.
AND THE PUSH AND MAKE SURE EVERY
EVERY COUNTY IS REALLY HELD
RESPONSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK IF
EVERY COUNTY DOES THEIR PART,
WE'RE GONNA BE FINE. BUT THE
CHALLENGE IS NO COUNTY REALLY
WANTS TO DO REAL, REALLY.
THEY'RE PART OF EVERYONE SAYS
THEY WANT TO DO THEIR PART, BUT
THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING THEIR
PART. AND SO UM, I THINK THAT'S
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING US TAKE
A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION,
UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH IS
UPSETTING A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT TO
REALLY HAMMER DOWN THAT THIS IS
THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY SOLUTION
THAT UNLESS UNLESS YOU WANT TO
STOP ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME TO
CALIFORNIA. THAT'S REALLY THE
ONLY SOLUTION.
WELL AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO THANK
ALL OF OUR PANELISTS FOR MAKING
IT OUT TO TODAY'S HEARING AND
THANK YOU TO OUR BUDGET CHAIR
AND OR STAFF AS WELL. THAT
CONCLUDES OUR HEARING. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALL THE THINK AS OUR SUBJECT
TALKED ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR DOING THE WORK YOU'RE DOING
AND REALLY BEING ON THE FRONT
LINES. I KNOW IT'S A LOT EASIER
SAID THAN DONE TO HOUSE ALL
THESE PEOPLE TO YOU KNOW, TALK
AND ENGAGE ALL THESE FAMILIES
AND ALL THESE FOLKS ON OUR
STREETS ARE REALLY APPRECIATE
ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. THANK
YOU.