WELL TO THE JOINT HEARING OF THE
ASSEMBLY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES, HEALTH,
HUMAN SERVICES AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEES
FOR COMMITTEES TOGETHER, I THINK
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO REVIEW THE
STATE'S PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS, I KNOW THIS IS A
HUGE TOPIC FOR MANY OF US, AND
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE ALL THESE
COMMITTEES AND OUR RESPECTIVE
STAFFS WORK TOGETHER AND ALSO
WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THOSE
COMMITTEES WHO ARE HERE AS WELL.
TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. ALL OF
OUR COMMITTEES SHARE OVERSIGHT
OVER THE STATE'S RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS AND THE AGENCIES
AND DEPARTMENTS THAT MANAGE
THOSE RESPONSES. AND I ALSO
WANNA, UM, ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR
CHAIR BUDGET. SO BEFORE MISS
WENDY CARILLO, WHO OVERSEES THE
BUDGET AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE
HOMELESSNESS FUNDING OUR WORK
CAN OFTEN BE SILOED AND THIS
HEARING IS A CHANCE FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND BETTER THE PROGRAMS
ACROSS OUR SUBJECT AREAS THAT
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WORKING AND
WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND WE KNOW
THAT IMPROVEMENT IS NEEDED, AND
I THINK MANY OF US SEE THAT WHEN
WE GO HOME, UM EVERY THURSDAY
WHEN WE'RE BACK IN OUR DISTRICTS
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, I
THINK THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT
WE ALL HEAR ABOUT IN OUR
DISTRICTS IS THE HOMELESSNESS,
THE GROWING ENCAMPMENTS, THE
CONCERN THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES
THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS. UM
AS WELL AS THE LACK OF ONGOING
UM, UH, FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. AH SO IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE TO
HEAR FROM THE AGENCIES WHO ARE
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON THIS
, UM TO HERE AND HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE CAN DO TO
BE BETTER AS THE CHAIR OF THE
HOUSING COMMITTEE. MY FOCUSES ON
THE IMPACT OF THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RISING
RENTS AND THAT IMPACT ON
HOMELESSNESS AND THE HOUSING
CRISIS. WE KNOW THAT TOO MANY
FAMILIES RIGHT NOW ARE RENT
BURDENED. UM AND ARE LOSING
THEIR HOMES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA STATE HOUSING PLAN
TELLS US THAT WE NEED AN
ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION HOUSING
UNITS, UM, NEEDED HERE IN THE
STATES, OF WHICH OVER ONE
MILLION ARE NEEDED TO BE FOR
AFFORDABLE FOR LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IS
THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE GROWING
NUMBER OF PEOPLE FALLING INTO
HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE MADE HUGE
STRIDES OVER THE LAST SEVEN
YEARS TO SHIFT LONGSTANDING
ENTRENCHED POLICIES THAT HAVE
KEPT OUR HOUSING NUMBERS DOWN.
WE'VE MADE IT EASIER TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE
INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF LAND
THAT MUST BE ZONED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY OVER A
MILLION UNITS. WE HAVE FUNDED,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON A LEVEL
THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, AND
WE ARE HOLDING OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE TO
ZONING AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS
LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
THE REASON THAT WE ARE IN THIS
CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN IS BECAUSE
WE HAVE MADE CONSCIENTIOUS
POLICY CHOICES DECADES AGO THAT
HAVE LED US TO WHERE WE ARE. WE
HAVE MADE IT HARD TO BUILD IN
CALIFORNIA, RIGHT. WE HAVE
UNDERFUNDED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WHEN WE LOST REDEVELOPMENT MONEY
. WE LOST A REALLY CRITICAL TOOL
AND WE HAVE NO ONGOING FUNDING
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT
NOW, AND THAT REMAINS A REALLY
BIG CHALLENGE THAT WE, DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS HAVE TO TACKLE
BECAUSE OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE
IT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH FOLKS ON ALL SIDES
OF THE AISLE TO HELP TACKLE THIS
PROBLEM. UH THE HEARING IS ABOUT
MOVING FORWARD. IT'S ABOUT
SHOWING PROGRESS. IT'S ABOUT
FIGURING OUT WHAT IS WORKING AND
WHAT IS NOT WORKING, AND TO HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE
PUBLIC BECAUSE THE PUBLIC
DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE ON THIS ISSUE AND
ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS
MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MORE
QUICKLY TO MOVE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTO
SAFE PERMANENT HOUSING. WE HAVE
TO TREAT THIS PROBLEM LIKE A
CRISIS AND IT WARRANTS ALL OF
OUR ATTENTION TO DO SO. AND WE
AS ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT. UM,
AND IT DEMANDS THAT THAT WE
ACTUALLY ACT ON THIS THAT WE DO
THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT
WE MAKE TOUGH POLICY CHOICES
THAT WE MAKE TOUGH BUDGET
CHOICES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS, AND WE TREAT THIS LIKE
THE CRISIS THAT IT IS. SO I WANT
TO TURN IT OVER TO MY CO CHAIRS
OF THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE REMARKS
OPENING REMARKS, AND THEN WE
WILL HEAR FROM OUR FIRST PANEL,
WHICH I WILL BE INTRODUCING. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR
OF HEALTH COMMITTEE, MR WOOD.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING
. UH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS OR
ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE FIVE
COUNTIES THAT I REPRESENT IN MY
DISTRICT. I'M SURE IT'S NO
DIFFERENT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF MY COLLEAGUES. THE REASONS
ARE COMPLEX, RIGHT? A PERSON OR
FAMILY CAN BECOME HOMELESS FOR
MANY REASONS, IT MAY START
BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EVER RISING
COST OF HOUSING, COMBINED WITH
DISPROPORTIONATE WAGES. OR IT
MAY START BECAUSE OF JOB LOSS OR
MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE
THREE THAT COMPLEXITY REQUIRES
SOLUTIONS. BUT MORE THAN THAT,
IT REMINDS US THAT WE ALSO NEED
TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN
PREVENTION RIGHT NOW.
HOMELESSNESS RESULTS IN CRISIS
DRIVEN AND EXPENSIVE EVENTS.
ENFORCEMENT CALLS, AMBULANCE
RIDES, EMERGENCY ROOM CARE JAIL
STAYS DETOX TREATMENT AND THEN
EVENTUALLY TRYING TO FIND THE
PERSON HOUSING AND PROVIDING THE
WRAPAROUND SERVICES THEY NEED IN
MY DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES FIVE
COUNTIES ALMOST ALL SHOW AN
INCREASE IN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS
. IN THE LAST POINT IN TIME
COUNT, IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO
SEE. EVEN WITHOUT COUNTING IN
SONOMA COUNTY, 32% SAID THEIR
CURRENT HOMELESSNESS WAS THERE
FIRST. THE TOP CAUSE WAS A LOSS
OF A JOB WITH THE PRIMARY REASON
THE COST OF RENT. SOME RESULTS
WERE GOOD. 40% DROP IN HOMELESS
FAMILIES. THAT STATISTIC IS
ACCURATE. SOMETHING'S WORKING IN
THAT POPULATION. BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND, THERE WAS A 29%
INCREASE IN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS AS 67% INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF UNACCOMPANIED
CHILDREN AND UNDER 18 AND
TRANSITIONING AGES, 18 TO 24.
FROM 2020 TO 2022. AND A 37%
INCREASE IN HOMELESS VETERANS.
IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, 48% SAY THEY
ARE SUFFERING WITH MENTAL HEALTH
, MENTAL ILLNESS AND OR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. CAL POLY
HUMBOLDT. HOUSING AND FOOD
INSECURITY HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES, ALTHOUGH HOUSING HAS
BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS,
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, STUDENTS
WERE INFORMED THAT ON CAMPUS
HOUSING WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR
ANY RETURNING STUDENTS, ONLY
FRESHMEN OR TRANSFERS STARTING
THIS FALL, BUT IN STUDENTS UP
SUPER EIGHT MOTEL OR THE MOTEL
SIX IN ARCADIA INSTEAD OF
CAUSING, UH, INSTEAD OF CAUSING
STUDENTS STUDENTS TO CONSIDER OR
AND INSTEAD CAUSING STUDENTS TO
CONSIDER DROPPING OUT OR
TRANSFERRING OUT OF CAL POLY
HUMBOLDT WE HEARD RECENTLY, CAL
POLY HUMBOLDT OFFICIALS OR EVEN
THINKING OF HOUSING STUDENTS ON
A FLOATING BARGE ANCHORED IN
EUREKA, ABOUT EIGHT MILES FROM
THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. WHAT
COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG THERE?
UM I SUPPORT FINDING WAYS TO
INCREASE HOUSING. I SUPPORT
INVESTING IN WAYS TO SOLVE
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL TO STAY WITH THE
SOLUTION TO SAY WITH THE
SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IS
HOUSING OVERSIMPLIFIES THE
ISSUES, BUT IT STARTS TO PROVIDE
THE ADDITIONAL BY STARTS. IS
THIS THE START TO PROVIDING THE
ADDITIONAL SERVICES THEY MAY
NEED? AND CERTAINLY MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY WELL
PREVENT FUTURE CALIFORNIANS FROM
BECOMING HOMELESS. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND NEXT
, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR
CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY, MISS
PETRIE-NORRIS. THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT.
173,000 CALIFORNIANS FIND
THEMSELVES WITHOUT A PLACE TO
SLEEP. AH! HOMELESSNESS ALL
ACROSS OUR STATE IS A TRAGEDY.
IT IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND
AS CHAIR WICKS AND CHAIR WOULD
HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED IT IS THE
NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR OUR
CONSTITUENTS UP AND DOWN THE
STATE IN COMMUNITIES URBAN AND
RURAL, POOR AND RICH EAST COAST,
WEST COAST, NORTH AND SOUTH. IT
IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS WANT US TO ADDRESS
AND RECOGNIZING THAT OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS,
THE LEGISLATURE IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,
WE'VE MADE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS
. WE'VE INVESTED BILLIONS. AND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROGRAMS
TO INCREASE THE STOCK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE
STATE AND TO IMPROVE OUR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. THESE
INVESTMENTS REALLY DO UNDERSCORE
THE URGENCY OF THE CRISIS AND
THE URGENCY WITH WHICH WE ARE
ACTING TO RESPOND. BUT THE
REALITY IS THAT WRITING THE
CHECK IS THE EASY PART. THE HARD
PART IS NOW THE HARD PART IS
DELIVERING. THE HARD PART IS
ACTUALLY GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS AND INTO PERMANENT
HOMES. AND SO I'M REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONVENE THIS HEARING TODAY AT
BECAUSE AS THE LEGISLATURE, WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROGRAMS
ARE WORKING AND WHAT PROGRAMS
ARE NOT. WHERE ARE WE SEEING A
RETURN ON THESE INVESTMENTS? AND
WHERE ARE WE SEEING REAL RESULTS
ON THE GROUND? WE'VE GOT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY. BEST
PRACTICES AND SUCCESS STORIES
AND THEN ROLL THOSE OUT ALL
ACROSS THE STATE. EQUALLY, WE'VE
GOT TO UNDERSTAND. WHERE ARE THE
DOLLARS NOT DELIVERING. AND
WHERE DO WE NEED TO SPEND OUR
TAXPAYER DOLLARS MORE
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY? SO
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL
OF OUR PANELISTS WHO ARE JOINING
US TODAY TO MY FELLOW CHAIRS FOR
CONVENING THIS HEARING AND ALL
THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
AND LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THIS
CRISIS AND ENDING HOMELESSNESS
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND I
ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM AND
HAVE DO. OPENING REMARKS ARE
CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR COREY
JACKSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL
LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW CHAIRS
ALSO FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE
THIS INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH,
UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE A HEAVY LIFT FROM
MULTIPLE CROSS SECTIONS OF
POLICY OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM AND
AS OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE UM, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS SHARE OF
HUMAN SERVICES THAT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSING PEOPLE
IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP TO THIS
PROBLEM. AND ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO
GET FOLKS INTO HOUSING, THEN WE
NEED TO GET THEM ON A PATH TO
GET OUT OF CRISIS MODE.
STABILIZE HEAL AND BE ON A PATH
TO UPWARD MOBILITY. SO THIS IS
THE LONG GAME. THIS IS NOT A
QUICK FIX. AND WE WAS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE DISCIPLINED
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO STAY THE
COURSE. AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
NOT JUST SEE THIS ONE BIG
INVESTMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO MAKE MULTIPLE BIG
INVESTMENTS. UM IT'S ABOUT
PRIORITIES. UM AND I AM PROUD TO
SAY THAT THIS LEGISLATURE IS
MAKING THIS ONE OF HIS GREATEST
PRIORITIES AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT
HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE THAT
TOUCHES EVERY PART OF OUR STATE.
AND IT'S VITAL THAT AS
POLICYMAKERS WE COME TOGETHER
ACROSS YOUR JURISDICTIONS, PARTY
LINES TO BETTER SERVE OUR MOST
VULNERABLE AMONGST US, SO I
VALUE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A
DEEP DIVE INTO THE STATE SUPPORT
STRUCTURE AND LOOK FORWARD TO A
ROBUST CONVERSATION. AND, OF
COURSE, MANY MORE TO COME. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU AND I BEFORE OUR FIRST
PANEL ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
CHAIR OF BUDGET SUB ONE. MR
JOAQUIN ARAMBULA, WHO ALSO MISS
HERE, IN ADDITION TO OUR BUDGET,
SUB FOUR CHAIR, SO THANK YOU
BOTH FOR BEING HERE AS WELL AS
THE OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE
AND NOW WE WILL BEGIN OUR FIRST
PANEL. IF WE COULD GET SECRETARY
CASTRO RAMIREZ AND SECRETARY
MARK GALLI UP HERE, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT. SECRETARY RAMIREZ AND
SECRETARY GALLEY. OH, OKAY. UM
ARE CO CHAIRS OF THE STATE'S
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL AND
HOMELESSNESS THEY COUNCIL
OVERSEES COORDINATING THE MANY
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THAT
MANAGE THE PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS. AND WE'RE HERE
TODAY FROM THESE TWO SECRETARIES
ON WHAT THE COUNCIL IS DOING TO
BETTER COORDINATE OUR RESPONSES
. AND WITH THAT THE FLOOR IS
YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM
CHAIR, GOOD MORNING CHAIRS AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M
LOURDES CASTRO. RAMIREZ AND I
SERVED AS SECRETARY OF
CALIFORNIA'S BUSINESS, CONSUMER
SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY. I
ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING
AS A CO CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS. ALONG WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, DR MARC GALLE, AT THE
SECRETARY OF CALIFORNIA'S HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. THANK
YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO
TESTIFY THIS MORNING. LIKE MANY
STATES ACROSS THE NATION,
CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGES HAVE
BEEN LONG IN THE MAKING, AS WAS
NOTED EARLIER. FOR DECADES. WE
SIMPLY HAVE NOT BUILT ENOUGH
HOUSING. THE PROBLEM IS SO
SEVERE THAT IN OUR STATE FOR
EVERY 100 LOW INCOME WORKING
HOUSEHOLDS THERE ARE ONLY 30
AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE HOMES.
ALMOST 60% OF CALIFORNIANS, UM,
CALIFORNIA RENTER HOUSEHOLDS PAY
MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON
HOUSING AND ALMOST 80% OF
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
SPEND MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR
INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS. LIMITED
HOUSING SUPPLY, VACANT, LOW
VACANCY RATES AND HIGH RENTS ARE
SQUEEZING LOW INCOME FAMILIES
AND PUTTING THEM AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS. THESE ADVERSITIES
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BLACK,
INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS,
AS WAS NOTED EARLIER THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
INCLUDING POVERTY AND
UNEMPLOYMENT. HOWEVER WHILE THE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE VARIED
, WE KNOW OUR RESPONSE MUST
CENTER ON BUILDING MORE HOUSING.
HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND
THAT PROVIDES THE SUPPORT TO
HELP PEOPLE EXIT HOMELESSNESS.
ULTIMATELY NO AGENCY CAN ADDRESS
THE CHALLENGE OF THIS SCALE. ON
ITS OWN. IT REALLY REQUIRES
COORDINATION. IT REQUIRES AN ALL
OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH IT
REQUIRES AT THE LEVEL OF
INTERSECTIONAL COLLABORATION
THAT WAS NOTED EARLIER, AND IT
REQUIRES A PARTNERSHIP WITH
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE ON
THE GROUND DOING THIS WORK EVERY
SINGLE DAY. TODAY I WILL PROVIDE
AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATE'S
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
SPECIFICALLY THE WORK OF THE
CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
ON HOMELESSNESS AND THE PROGRESS
THAT THE STATE IS MAKING AS WE
FACE THIS CHALLENGE HEAD ON.
FIRST LET ME START WITH THE
COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL WAS
ESTABLISHED TO OVERSEE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE'S
HOUSING FIRST POLICIES AND TO
FORGE CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION
ACROSS STATE DEPARTMENTS. JUST
LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL WAS
RESTRUCTURED TO INCLUDE
SECRETARY GALLEY AND ME AS CO
CHAIRS WITH THE GOAL TO FURTHER
ENHANCE THE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN HOUSING AND HEALTH
SYSTEMS. TODAY L I C H IS
COMPRISED OF A 20 MEMBER COUNCIL
THAT INCLUDES 18,
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS. TO
DIRECTLY COMPLEMENT THE WORK OF
THE COUNCIL, THE CALYX CH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS
ESTABLISHED. IT'S COMPRISED OF
31 MEMBERS, INCLUDING PEOPLE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND
STAKEHOLDERS WITH VAST EXPERTISE
ROOTED IN ADVANCING EVIDENCE
BASED BEST PRACTICES AND
SOLUTIONS. IN A SENSE, THE
STRUCTURE OF THE COUNCIL. IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT I BELIEVE
WE ALL HOPE TO SEE IN GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT THAT IS COORDINATED
AND THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE
SERVING. NOW I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY
DISCUSS SEVERAL OF THE RECENT
COUNCIL INITIATIVES. IN 2021,
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FIRST
ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING AND
ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA. WHICH IS FOCUSED ON
ACTION ORIENTED COORDINATION AND
ALIGNMENT AMONG STATE FUNDED
PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE PLAN HAS
FIVE ACTION AREAS, INCLUDING OUR
ONGOING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE SHELTERING INTERIM
HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT OF
OUR STATE LEVEL COORDINATION,
THIS DATA DATA THAT CAN BE USED
TO ASSESS OUR SERVICE DELIVERY
OUTCOMES. EMERGING TRENDS AND TO
ALSO INFORM THE STATE'S POLICY
RESPONSE. TO THIS END IN 2021. I
SEE. A LOT OF MY CH LAUNCH THE
HOMELESS DATA INTEGRATION
SYSTEM, OR H D I S H E I S WAS
ESTABLISHED TO LEVERAGE THE
EXISTING DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT'S AVAILABLE TO LOCAL
HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS OR H M. I S
I KNOW A LOT OF ACRONYMS HERE.
AH FOR WELL OVER A DECADE. LOCAL
H M I S DATA WAS CAPTURED BUT
NEVER FILTERED UP AND AGGREGATED
TO US AT THE STATE LEVEL. THOSE
DAYS ARE PAST US NOW WITH THE I
S, UM H E I S PROVIDES US WITH
THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TRACK
VARIOUS LOCAL INPUTS AT THE
STATE LEVEL, PLAYING A PIVOTAL
ROLE IN OUR OVERALL POLICY
RESPONSE. THAT CHICHA WITH
GRANDMA BY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
HOMELESSNESS WILL DISCUSS THE H
E. I S HOW WE'RE USING THE H I S
DATA AND HOW IT WAS USED TO
SHAPE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
STATEWIDE HOMELESSNESS LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE
AGENDA. NEXT LET ME SPEAK TO
PROGRESS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
COUNCIL WITH YOUR SUPPORT WITH
THE SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATURE
AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITIES, WE ARE MAKING REAL
PROGRESS. AND THIS PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF
OUR FOCUS ON POLICY AND FUNDING
SOLUTIONS THAT WE KNOW WORK.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS HEADWAY AND
PROVIDING A VARIETY OF NEW LAND
USE LAWS AND HOW HOUSING
POLICIES DESIGN WITH ONE OVERALL
GOAL IN MIND TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING. THESE POLICIES HAVE
BEEN COMPLEMENTED. IT WAS, AS
WAS NOTED BY THE CHAIR BY
UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SOLUTIONS. SPECIFICALLY THESE
RESOURCES RANGE FROM LONG TERM
CAPITAL SUBSIDIES. FUNDING MORE
FUNDING FOR THE LOW INCOME
HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM,
FLEXIBLE AID THROUGH THE
HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
PREVENTION PROGRAM AND THE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION RESOLUTION
FUNDING PROGRAM. AND THE RESULTS
ARE PROMISING. FROM 2018 TO 2021
. THE STATE PROVIDED FUNDING TO
PRODUCE AND PRESERVE NEARLY
60,000 UNITS OF PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THESE UNITS
ARE BOUND BY AFFORDABILITY
COVENANTS FOR 55 YEARS. SO WE
WILL SEE THE BENEFIT FOR THE
LONG HAUL OVER 55 YEAR PERIOD AT
A MINIMUM. AND THERE ARE MORE
UNITS IN THE PIPELINE. JUST LAST
WEEK, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED
FUNDING TO SUPPORT NEARLY 10,000
NEW UNITS THAT WILL BE CREATED.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING EVERY
TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE AND TO
DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN
TOWARDS ACCELERATE OUR WORK TO
GET PEOPLE HOUSED. WHILE OUR
STATE IN MANY ACROSS THE NATION
HAVE WITNESSED YEAR OVER YEAR
INCREASES IN UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS. THERE ARE A FEW
BRIGHT SPOTS HERE IN THE STATE.
BETWEEN 2020 AND 2022
UNSHELTERED. HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA INCREASED AT HALF THE
RATE OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IN
LARGE PART, THESE STRIDES CAN BE
TIED TO THE SUCCESSFUL ROOM KEY
TO HOME KEY STRATEGY THAT WAS
DEPLOYED AS PART OF OUR RESPONSE
TO THE PANDEMIC. WHICH ASSISTED
ON HOUSE CALIFORNIANS. HOME KEY
ALONE HAS LED TO NEARLY 13,000.
SHORT TERM AND PERMANENT UNITS
THAT WERE CREATED. SO I'M
OPTIMISTIC. I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
OUR COLLECTIVE PROGRESS. THE
FOUNDATION OF SYSTEMS THAT WE
HAVE PUT IN PLACE IN THE
CAPACITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN
COMMUNITIES. PROVIDING REAL
LASTING CHANGE REQUIRES
COORDINATION. CONTINUITY AND THE
FULL SPECTRUM OF SUPPORTS,
INCLUDING PREVENTION, RE HOUSING
EFFORTS, INTERIM AND PERMANENT
HOUSING OPTIONS AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES. IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT
WE TAKE INTENTIONAL STEPS TO
REMEDY THE DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS ON
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. JUST LAST
WEEK, I VISITED THREE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES, ALL SUPPORTED WITH
STATE FUNDING. EACH HAD ITS
UNIQUE ASPECT TO THEIR RESPONSE.
BUT THERE WAS ONE COMMON
DENOMINATOR AND THAT WAS
COLLABORATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN
BAKERSFIELD, I JOINED MAYOR GO
COUNTY AND HEALTH OFFICIALS AND
CELEBRATING THE EXPANSION OF A
COMPREHENSIVE NAVIGATION CENTER
THAT IS SERVING PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. IN
DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE I VISITED,
VISITED A HOME KEY SITE AND THEY
WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR
TRANSIT AND KEY AMENITIES THAT
SUPPORT HOMELESS. LGBT Q. PLUS
YOUTH THAT ARE LIVING WITH HIV
OR AIDS. IN LOS ANGELES. I
JOINED MAYOR BASS AND COUNTY
SUPERVISOR SO LEASE IN THE
OPENING OF AN 82 UNIT PERMANENT,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY,
WHICH INCLUDES ON SITE
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. I APPLAUD
THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
WORKING TOGETHER WITH US EVERY
SINGLE DAY TO BUILD MORE
DIGNIFIED, STABLE AND AFFORDABLE
PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO CALL HOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND PARTNERSHIP. AND NOW I'D
LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE, SECRETARY DR MARK
ALI. GREAT TO HEAR ME. I THINK
SO. YES, UM SECRETARY CASTRO
RAMIREZ. THANK YOU, UH OR THAT
HANDOFF AND TO EACH OF THE
CHAIRS APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO
BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING TO TALK
ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT I KNOW I'VE
HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO MANY OF
YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS. I JUST WANT TO
LIFT UP A FEW OF THE OPENING
COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK THE
CHAIRS EACH FRAMED AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO SOLVE THAT IMPORTANT,
FOCUS ON CHAIR WICKS. YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE RIGHT OF
FROM DECADES AGO THAT WORK
PROBLEMS. WE HAVE THE SAME SORT
OF POLICY PROBLEMS NOT JUST ON
THE HOUSING SIDE, BUT ON THE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SIDE
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UM
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL
HAVE SUPPORTED THE GOVERNOR HAS
LED ON. WE ARE STARTING TO TURN
THE TIDE ON THOSE. I'LL TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE IN A MINUTE
CHAIR WOODS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
COMPLEXITY AND THE FOCUS ON
PREVENTION. I THINK THERE'S A
LOT THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM BOTH
TWO OF OUR LEADERS TO WOMEN IN
THE ROOM WITH ME TODAY DIRECTOR
KIM JOHNSON AND HER MEDICAID
DIRECTOR, J. C. COOPER WHO WILL
SHARE IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
WE'RE USING SOME OF THE TOOLS IN
OUR TOOL KIT TO REALLY ADDRESS
THOSE COMPLEXITIES. UH CHAIR
PETRIE-NORRIS. YOU MENTIONED
THAT THE EASY PART IS WRITING
THE CHECK AND THE HARD PARTS
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND I CAN'T
AGREE MORE. I THINK OUR FOCUS IS
ON. HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT BETTER?
HOW ARE WE TRANSPARENT ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE DOING? HOW DO WE HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WELL
BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE HAS TO, UM,
AND I HOPE WE'LL GET INTO A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT, AND THE
FOCUS OF WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING
WELL, AND WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER
ON AND THEN CHAIR JACKSON. I
THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE FIRST STEP THIS HOUSING
FIRST MODEL THAT WE'VE ALL
TALKED ABOUT FOR SUCH A LONG
TIME AND GET PEOPLE HOUSED FIRST
. BUT DON'T FORGET THE ENTIRETY
OF THE WRAPAROUND. IT KEEPS THEM
HOUSED AND THINK YOU'LL HEAR. UH
FROM BOTH KIM AND J. C IN A BED
ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
WE PUT IN PLACE THAT ASPIRE TO
REALLY SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS. I'VE
SEEN FIRSTHAND EITHER IN MY WORK
IN, UH IN THE BABY HUNTERS POINT
COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO OR
THE WORK IN L A AND LORD IS
MENTIONED. UH OPENING OF A
PROJECT THAT FOR BETTER FOR
WORSE, I HAD A CHANCE TO THINK
ABOUT JUST OVER FOUR YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS IN LOS ANGELES THAT
OPENS NOW. SO YOU KNOW, FOUR
YEARS TO GET SOMETHING OPEN, I
THINK IS ANOTHER AREA OF
CRITIQUE. BUT THE POINT IS THAT
WE CAN BUILD WE SHOULD CONTINUE
TO BUILD UP. THESE ENVIRONMENTS
WHERE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM NOT
JUST THE QUALITY OF HOMELESSNESS
, BUT REALLY THE BEHAVIORAL,
HEALTH ISSUES, SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER ISSUES AND CHRONIC
HEALTH CONDITIONS. UH OVER A
DECADE AGO, I REALIZED THAT WE
DO HAVE A HOMELESSNESS SOLUTION
FOR SOME OF THE SICKEST ON OUR
STREETS. AND IT'S CALLED
HOSPITALIZATION AT OVER $3000 A
DAY. AH AH AH AND, UH VERY
COMPASSIONATE PHYSICIANS WHO ARE
IN EMERGENCY ROOMS. DO WHAT WE
CALL SOCIAL ADMITS. GET PEOPLE
INTO THE HOSPITAL BED BECAUSE
IT'S TOO COLD TO SEND THEM OUT
OF BACK ONTO THE STREETS, AND
THEY END UP STAYING AND WE ORDER
A CT SCANS AND MRIS TO HAVE A
GOOD REASON TO CLINICAL DRIVER.
TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THAT BED. AND
UH, AT THAT SORT OF PRICE AND
FRANKLY, THE $3000 A DAY DATA
POINT IS OUTDATED. IT'S PROBABLY
WELL NORTH OF THAT, FOR SOME
FACILITIES THAT WE CAN DO BETTER
FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE SOME OF
THOSE RESOURCES IN COMMUNITY
SETTINGS WHERE PEOPLE CAN
ACTUALLY FEEL CONNECTED TO
OTHERS TO LOVED ONES. AH AND
ENJOY THE THINGS MANY OF US HOPE
TO ENJOY OURSELVES IN OUR
FAMILIES AND UH, J. C I KNOW
WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT PARTS OF CAL AIM THE
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THAT REALLY
START TO DO THAT. DEPENDS ON A
LOT OF WORK. IT DEPENDS ON
IMPLEMENTATION. IT DEPENDS ON
PUSHING NOT JUST US AT THE STATE
LEVEL, BUT THOSE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE
FOUND SO MANY OF THE HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA.
AH! FUNCTION OF THE SIZE OF OUR
HISTORY FUNCTION OF THE SIZE OF
THE STATE ITSELF. UH BUT THE
NEED TO WORK WITH OUR HEALTH
PLANS IN DEEPER, MORE IMPORTANT
WAYS. THE PUSH ON THEM TO, UH BE
MORE TRANSPARENT TO BE MORE
ACCOUNTABLE TO DO THIS WORK WITH
THE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY,
WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE HEALTH
SIDE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE SIDE
IS KEY. NOT JUST COUNTY RUN
OPERATED PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO
THOSE NONPROFITS THAT I THINK
MANY OF US REALLY ENJOY WORKING
WITH. AND SUPPORTING. IT REALLY
TAKES THE KNITTING TOGETHER OF
ALL OF THOSE PIECES TO MAKE THIS
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN COME
TOGETHER IN THE WAY. I KNOW EACH
OF YOU EXPECTS US TO PUT IT
TOGETHER ON THE STREETS. UH, I
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CO
CHAIRING THAT CALYX CH FOR THE
LAST YEAR WAS SECRETARY CASTRO
RAMIREZ, SIX OF THE DEPARTMENTS
IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ARE
PART OF THAT, UH THEY EACH PLAY
DISTINCT BUT VERY KEY IMPORTANT
ROLE YOU'LL HEAR FROM TWO
DIRECTORS, UH, TODAY UH, WITH
REGARDS TO THEIR WORK. AH I
THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS COMING BACK TO THEIR
WICKS TO HOW YOU OPENED THIS. UH
WE HAVE MOVED FROM A PLACE OF
LET'S DREAM UP WHAT WE CAN
AFFORD AND INVEST IN. HOW DO WE
REALLY HOLD OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE? AND I THINK HAL I
CH IS FOCUSED ON SO MANY
IMPORTANT PARTS OF THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY. THE DATA PIECE
MOVING FROM H M I S T H D. I S
IT'S A TREASURE TROVE. WE'RE
JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE ON
HOW BRINGING TOGETHER STATEWIDE
DATA CAN EMPOWER US TO NOT JUST
MAKE NEW DECISIONS BUT TO
EVALUATE THE ONES THAT WE'VE
ALREADY MADE. SO LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF
THAT WORK AND BEING ABLE TO USE
IT AS A TOOL, NOT JUST FOR
CRITIQUE, BUT FOR PLANNING AND
POLICY CHANGE, AND THEN THE
IMPORTANT ROLE AND I SEE MYSELF
AND SECRETARY CASTRO RAMIREZ IS
CHIEF DOT CONNECTORS AS THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING THE
QUESTION. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
THE HOUSING IS DEEPLY CONNECTED?
UH YOU ALL KNOW WE WORKED HARD
ON SOMETHING CALLED THE CARE
ACT. AND THE VISION OF CARE
ACTORS, IN PART, ADDRESSING NOT
DIRECTLY HOMELESSNESS, BUT THE
SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
THAT AFTER IN LEAD TO
HOMELESSNESS, AND, UH, KEEP
HOMELESSNESS MORE PERSISTENT,
AND YESTERDAY WE HELD THE FIRST
WORK GROUP. UH GROUP OF ROUGHLY
15 TO 20 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE
INVITED TO HELP ADVISE ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION. OF THE CARE ACT,
AND THE FIRST TOPIC THAT
WORKGROUP TACKLED WAS HOUSING.
WHAT ARE THE HOUSING TYPOLOGY IS
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THEM?
HOW DO WE PAY FOR THEM? WE
TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU
WITH THE GOVERNOR SUPPORTED IN
THE BUDGET. THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH BRIDGE HOUSING PROGRAM,
WHICH IS NEARLY AVAILABLE IN TWO
COUNTIES. THAT IS GOING TO BE
THAT BRIDGE. $1.5 BILLION, GOING
OUT TWO COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS TO FIND THOSE
INTERIM HOUSING SITES TO FIND
THE IMMEDIATE AVAILABLE UNIT TO
PAY A RENTAL SUBSIDY TO HELP
SOMEONE GET CONNECTED WITH THE
VARIOUS CALLUM COMMUNITY
SUPPORTS TO PIECE SOMETHING
TOGETHER TO CONNECT THE DOTS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER ON
THIS PROMISE. THAT WE ALL HAVE
BEEN PLANNING OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. UH THE OTHER
PIECE IS THE NEARLY $2 BILLION
OR OVER $2 BILLION WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM THAT'S
ALREADY IMPACTING COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE BUILDING
THE GROUNDBREAKINGS. THE
RENOVATION PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF
BAD TYPES TREATMENT SLOTS THAT
COVERED NOT JUST BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, BUT SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS AS WELL, THAT WE HOPE
AS UH CHAIR, JACKSON SAID, GIVES
US THE TOOLS TO WRAP AROUND.
PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY DO NOT JUST
ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THEM TO
GET HOUSED. BUT KEEP HOUSE
BECAUSE WE KNOW AND I KNOW
FIRSTHAND THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU
GET SOMEONE HOUSE, IT DOESN'T
MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO STAY
THERE. AND WE HAVE TO WORK HARD
TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT WRAPPER ON
SERVICES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, I COULD GO ON AND ON, AND I
KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENT
LEADERS WHO ARE JOINING TO FILL
IN SOME OF THE IMPORTANT GAPS TO
REALLY EXPLAIN HOW THE GRAND
PLAN IS ABOUT A FULL CONTINUUM
OF SERVICES THAT INCLUDES
HOUSING, BUT A LOT LOT MORE THAN
THAT. AND UH, IN THE VEIN OF
CONNECTING THE DOTS. I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE
SAID IN THESE VENUES AND TALK
ABOUT THE STATE ACTIONS, WE
DON'T FORGET THAT SO MUCH OF
WHAT HAPPENS IN CALIFORNIA IS
REALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND
THE NEED TO NOT JUST LISTEN TO
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE KNOW
EXISTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. BUT
TO CHALLENGE OUR LOCAL PARTNERS
TO THINK DIFFERENTLY TO THINK
BIGGER. YOU'VE ALL UM, INVESTED
SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS PUBLIC
DOLLARS IN THESE PROGRAMS I TAKE
SERIOUSLY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENTS
WITHIN MY AGENCY, UH, ARE ARE
USING THOSE TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT POSSIBLE TO DELIVER ON
THE VISION THAT THIS BODY AND
THE GOVERNOR HAVE SET FORTH, BUT
WE HAVE TO PUSH LOCALLY TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW THESE DOTS
CAN CONNECT. UM SOME EXAMPLES OF
THAT ARE WE OFTEN HEAR FROM
CITIES. THAT SERVICES HEALTH
HUMAN SERVICES. THOSE ARE COUNTY
ISSUES. THAT'S NOT THE CASE
UNDER CALAIS. THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAYORS AND
CITY LEADERS TO CONNECT WITH
THEIR HEALTH PLANS TO DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY. SECRETARY CASTRO
MEMORIES AND I ENJOYED THE
CONVERSATION WITH SACRAMENTO
LEADERS. CITY COUNTY COC LEADERS
JUST LAST WEEK. UM TALKING ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE USING THESE
OPPORTUNITIES AND HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES DIFFERENTLY. BUT
THE CITY VOICE WAS SLIGHTLY
QUIET. RIGHT NOT SEEING IT AS
THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I LOOK TO
ALL OF YOU TO HELP US ENCOURAGE
THOSE DOT CONNECTIONS, RIGHT
PUSH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO DO IT
DIFFERENTLY. NOT ALWAYS DO MORE
BUT DO DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I
THINK AND JUST END WITH THIS, UH
, CHAIR BETWEEN US. YOU SAID IT
WE CAN. WE CAN DO THIS. UH, I
BELIEVE THAT IF OUR LIVES
DEPENDED ON US, WE COULD HOUSE
ON HOUSED CALIFORNIANS, EVEN
THOSE WITH THE MOST SEVERE AND
COMPLEX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS, EITHER SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS OR OR MENTAL HEALTH.
CONDITIONS WERE TAKING A LOT OF
STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT HOW DO WE TREAT THIS? LIKE
THE CRISIS THAT IT IS? THE
SITUATION ON THE STREETS IS
INDEED THAT TOO MANY
CALIFORNIANS ARE DYING. AH IF
THIS WERE THIS STORM FROM A PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A FEW WEEKS
AGO, WE WOULD RALLY ALL THE
TROOPS AND DO SOMETHING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, AND I BELIEVE WITH
THAT SAME MINDSET WITH THAT SAME
URGENCY WITH THAT SAME SENSE OF
PRESSURE THAT IT'S OUR FAMILY
MEMBERS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE CAN AND
WILL DO IT AND YOU CERTAINLY PUT
THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO GET
THAT DONE. AND I FEEL A GREAT
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK TO
DELIVER ON THAT VISION WITH
SECRETARY CASTRO RAMIREZ AND SO
MANY OTHER STATE AGENCY LEADERS
TO SEE NOT JUST WHAT WE DO IN
THE SHORT RUN, BUT HOW WE REALLY
SORT OF BEND THE ARC OF THE
LIVES OF NOW HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS. UH
WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS ON A
DAILY BASIS. TO CREATE THAT
ENVIRONMENT THAT I THINK WE CAN
ALL BE PROUD OF. SO WITH THAT,
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU BOTH
FOR PRESENTING, AND WE WILL NOW
OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. UM,
FROM THE DICE AND I WAS A MEMBER
OF QUIRK-SILVA HAS A QUESTION,
FOLLOWED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
CHAIR WOULD. GOOD MORNING TO
EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE
IMPORTANT WORK THAT IS HAPPENING
ACROSS THE STATE. UM I DO HAVE A
QUESTION. BUT I ALSO HAVE A
STATEMENT, WHICH IS THERE ISN'T
A LACK OF EFFORT THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE LAST DECADE, UM
, FOR HOMELESSNESS, AND YET WE
ARE DYING ARE WAY QUOTE DYING
OUR WAY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
WHICH MEANS THAT IN ORANGE
COUNTY 45 PEOPLE DIE A MONTH IN
THE LOS ANGELES IT'S PROBABLY
DOUBLE THAT. AND WHEN WE ARE
REDUCING HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE
TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. SO MY
QUESTION IS WHY, IN FACT, HAVE
WE NOT DECLARED THIS? A STATE OF
EMERGENCY? DECLARED COVID. WE
SAW WHAT WE COULD DO. UH WHEN WE
HAD AN EMERGENCY AND HEALTH, AND
THIS, IN FACT IS AN EMERGENCY,
UH FROM NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO
CONTINUE TO FALL INTO
HOMELESSNESS. UH BUT EVERYTHING
FROM PREVENTION WE RARELY TALK
ABOUT. I'VE BEEN NOW ON HOUSING
FOR. I THINK FOUR YEARS, UH,
HERE AT THE STATE. UM AND WE'VE
HEARD A LOT. I KNOW FOR SOMEONE,
MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE NEED MORE
DATA. WE NEED REPORTS, BUT WE
OFTEN DON'T SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THAT. SO MY QUESTION IS,
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY? MY SECOND QUESTION.
IS WHAT ABOUT OUR SURPLUS LANDS
, THE GOVERNOR DECLARED PROBABLY
3 TO 4 YEARS AGO IN A STATE OF,
UH, UNION. AND BY THE WAY, I
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD COVID
THAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE, BUT
WE DID AN AUDIT ON STATE SURPLUS
LAND, AND WE ARE BUILDING ALMOST
NOTHING ON STATE LAND. AND, UH,
SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
SURPLUS LAND STATE OF EMERGENCY.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
QUIRKS SILVER FOR THE QUESTION
ON SURPLUS LANDS. WE ARE.
LEVERAGING THE STATE OWNED LANDS
AND UNLOCKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. JUST A FEW
WEEKS AGO, WE RELEASED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE G S A
NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS FOR
THREE STATE OWNED BUILDINGS HERE
IN SACRAMENTO. UM WE'RE ALSO
PARTNERING VERY CLOSELY WITH
CITIES. TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE THESE
LANDS ARE LOCATED IN THE ABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT JUST
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT MIXED
INCOME HOUSING AND THE
CONNECTION TO OTHER SORT OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES. UH I ALSO KNOW
THAT A NUMBER OF CITIES ACROSS
THE STATE ARE ALSO TAKING
INVENTORY OF THEIR CITY COUNTY
OWNED LANDS, TOO. TO LOOK AT
WAYS TO LEVERAGE. UM, BUT PLEASE
KNOW THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON
USING THIS RESOURCE TO PRODUCE
MORE HOUSING. UM WITH REGARD TO
THE OVERALL SORT OF APPROACH TO
HOW WE'RE RESPONDING TO
HOMELESSNESS. UM YOU KNOW, I
JOINED THE ADMINISTRATION IN
MARCH OF 2020 RIGHT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, AND
WE WENT RIGHT INTO AN EMERGENCY
RESPONSE MODE AS WEAKNESS. WE
ALL KNOW, UH AND THAT, YOU KNOW,
EMERGENCY RESPONSE MODE WHERE WE
WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AT THE
STATE OPERATIONS CENTER ACROSS
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, UH,
LED TO THE INNOVATIVE, UM. NOT
JUST AN INNOVATION THAT WE
CREATED THROUGH HOME KEY AND
ROOM KEY, BUT ALSO THE SENSE OF
URGENCY IN THE SENSE OF MOVING
WITH SPEED AND BEING RESPONSIVE
TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AND I
WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS THE SAME
LEVEL OF URGENCY THAT WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE. AS WE DEPLOY,
UM AND PROVIDE AND IMPLEMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS AS WE IMPLEMENT
NEW POLICIES AND LAWS TO CREATE
MORE HOUSING. AS WE LOOK AT WAYS
TO STRENGTHEN THE PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN HOUSING AND HEALTH. UH,
SO I. YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, WE
ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE WITH A
SENSE OF URGENCY. MAYOR IN LOS
ANGELES KAREN BASS JUST DID
DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR
HOMELESSNESS AND ONE OF THE
REASONS SHE DID THAT I
UNDERSTAND FROM HER OWN REMARKS
THAT IT ALLOWS HER TO MOVE
QUICKER THROUGH SOME OF THE
PROCESS OR IF YOU WANT TO SAY
RED TAPE, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M YOU
KNOW, MANY TIMES WE GET STUCK IN
BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES, AND IF
THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO MOVE
QUICKER TO ADDRESS THIS, WE'RE
GOING TO SAVE LIVES. YEAH MAYBE
I CAN JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT TOO.
THAT LAST POINT. I AGREE WITH
SECRETARY CASTRO RAMIREZ THAT,
UH, IN ACTUALITY, THE WAY WE SET
UP A LOT OF THE BUDGET
INITIATIVES, SO YOU TAKE, FOR
EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE THINGS
RUNNING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES, THEY
COME WITH EXEMPTIONS AROUND SOME
OF THAT RED TAPE THAT I KNOW
THAT IN THE CASE OF L, A AND
SOME OTHER PLACES, CONSIDERING
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO UH,
GET THROUGH MORE QUICKLY. SO WE
ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
APPROACHES TO STREAMLINE MAKE
THINGS MOVE FASTER AND TO THE
QUESTION ABOUT UNUSED STATE
PARCELS THINK THE RENEWED EFFORT
THAT I HOPE WILL, UH, QUICKLY
BECOME APPARENT TO USE THOSE
PROPERTIES MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH
MORE URGENCY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS AS
SECRETARY SRM IS BEING SORT OF
REIGNITED AND EXPLORED. YOU'RE
RIGHT. KIND OF STARTED HAD MAJOR
INTERRUPTION THROUGH THE COVID
EMERGENCY AND NOW PICKING UP
SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT IDEAS,
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO
SHOW THAT THANK YOU. CHAIR WOULD
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATIONS VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK, UM,
ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL GO BACK
TO A LITTLE BIT CHAIR WICKS
TALKED ABOUT. UM, WE'RE HERE NOT
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF DECISIONS
THAT WERE MADE OVER DECADES. UH
AND THEN AND THEN I THINK SOME
EXACERBATED BY DECISIONS HAVE
BEEN MADE IN RECENT YEARS AND
WE'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF
REDEVELOPMENT AS AS AS A TOOL
THAT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I
CAME FROM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WE
USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS WE DID. WE'RE ONLY A
COMMUNITY OF 11,000 PEOPLE. WE
DIDN'T BUILD STADIUMS. WE DIDN'T
DO ANY OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. WE
USED IT FOR HOUSING. AND WHEN
THAT WAS THOSE WERE DISSOLVED.
THAT FUNDING TO WIN AWAY AND OUR
ABILITY TO DO THESE PROJECTS
GREATLY DIMINISHED. ONE OF THE
CITY'S IN MY DISTRICT IS USING
THEIR ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A LOT
OF PIECE OF LAND AND ARE HELPING
WITH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS
WORKING WITH AN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPER TO ACTUALLY
MAKE THE PROCESS THAT THE MORE
EFFICIENT IN A CITY OF 16,000
PEOPLE. THEY'RE GONNA THEY'RE
THEY'RE MOVING ON A 64 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH,
APARTMENT COMPLEX. A PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CITY, BUT BUT THEY
CAN'T DO THAT CONSISTENTLY
BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESOURCE
AVAILABLE FOR CITIES TO USE TO
BUY LAND THAT CAN BE LEFT INTO
LEFT THERE FOR A LONGER PERIOD
TIME OR OR A TRUST THAT COULD BE
REVOLVING. UM THE CHALLENGE FROM
YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS
THAT UH, YOU LOOK AT LARGE URBAN
AREAS. UM IT'S DIFFERENT, AND WE
DO A LOT OF OUR POLICIES AROUND
THE THOSE LARGE URBAN AREAS, BUT
BUT ARE SMALLER AREAS. WE NEED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WE NEED
FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THE
LANDSCAPE IS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT THAN NEEDS ARE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. YET THERE
ISN'T A LOT OF THAT. AND SO A
LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES, RURAL
COMMUNITIES I SIMPLY DON'T HAVE
THE BANDWIDTH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF A LOT OF PROGRAMS SO THEY
DON'T EVEN TRY. SOME OF MY
COMMUNITY HAVE GIVEN UP ON CDBG
PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S SO
CUMBERSOME AND DIFFICULT TO WORK
WITH, AND FEAR OF CLAWBACKS, UM
FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
PROJECTS. SO, UM I GOING
FORWARD? THIS HUGE TRANSFER
MONEY IS FABULOUS. OR THE SHORT
TERM, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
DO? LONG TERM? BECAUSE WE CAN'T
WE NEED A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING TO
MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. UM
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
PREVENTION, WHICH IS IMPORTANT
TO ME, UM WHERE? IN MY DISTRICT
ALONE WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN
CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE
POPULATION. THAT ARE BECOMING
HOMELESS INCREASES MORE AND MORE
INCREASES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
173,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ON
ANY GIVEN NIGHT ARE SOMEWHAT ON
ON ON HOUSED. UM AND THE NUMBER
CONTINUES TO GROW. UM AND I
APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE, YOU
KNOW, 13,000 UNITS. BUT IF THE
POPULATION IS CONTINUING TO GROW
, YOU KNOW IT'S YOU KNOW, FEW
STEPS FORWARD OR STEP AND A HALF
FORWARD AND THREE STEPS BACK
SOMETIMES. SO UM, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE MY CONCERN IS THE
URGENCY BUT ONE OF THE POINTS. I
WANNA I WANNA GET YOU AS WE
TALKED ABOUT COORDINATION. UM
AND YOUR H E. I S DATA SYSTEM. I
WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE
HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE DATA
THAT CAN BE COORDINATED AS PART
OF THAT, UM, I HAVE HEARD FROM
EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIANS WHO
SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE GOT
HOSPITALS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO
ONE ANOTHER. PEOPLE GO FROM ONE
HOSPITAL TO THE OTHER. THE
HOSPITALS DON'T COMMUNICATE.
NOBODY KNOWS THEIR DUPLICATION
OF SERVICES, INCREASED COSTS AND
WITH WAS THAT A HEALTH
INFORMATION EXCHANGE TYPES OF
SYSTEMS WE CAN HAVE BETTER DATA
TO TACKLE SOME OF THESE
CHALLENGES. AND THEN UM, AND
FINALLY I SAID, I THINK OF, UM
UH, WHEN I CAN'T. I'LL NEVER
FORGET THIS WHEN UM, SENATOR
WIENER A FEW YEARS AGO, TALKED
ABOUT A PERSON IN SAN FRANCISCO
WHO WAS PICKED UP 100 AND 50
TIMES IN A YEAR BY EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES TAKEN TO A
HOSPITAL. THE INCREDIBLE COSTS
OF THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. SO I
THINK CARE COURT WILL HELP US
WITH PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. BUT
THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ALL
OVER THE PLACE. AND THE
INCREDIBLE COSTS DIDN'T EVEN
TOUCHED ON ME. THE HORRIBLE COST
OF HOUSING WHEN, UH AND MORE
THAN HALF THE STATES IN THIS
COUNTRY. YOU CAN BUY IT. OH
THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOME FOR
$250,000. AND THESE OTHER UNITS
THAT WE'RE DOING HERE ARE
COSTING UPWARDS OF 34 $500,000
PLUS FOR STUDIO. STUDENT 600,000
FOR STUDIOS, NOT THREE BEDROOM,
TWO BATH HOUSE. WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
AFFORDABILITY. PIECE OF THIS AND
HOUSING. SORRY I WILL GET OFF MY
SOAPBOX. NOW, MADAM MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS INDEED A SOAPBOX, BUT
THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC
CONVERSATION. SO WE APPRECIATE
HEARING YOUR COMMENTS THERE
WOULD AND IF THERE'S SOME
RESPONSE HERE FROM PARTICULARLY
AROUND THE HIV. I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
YEAH I MEAN, I THINK YOU KNOW
WHAT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF. WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THAT
CALIFORNIA YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, FRANKLY, DATA
EXCHANGE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING
IN THAT PROJECT IS REQUIRING A
NUMBER OF ENTITIES NOT JUST ON
THE HEALTH SIDE, BUT ALSO ON THE
SOCIAL SERVICES SIDE, INCLUDING
HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS. TO
FEED IN DATA TO AN EXCHANGE. UH
AGNOSTIC OF THE PLATFORM. WE'RE
NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO USE THIS,
UH YOU KNOW EACH I E HEALTH
INFORMATION EXCHANGE PLATFORM,
BUT THAT THERE ARE REQUIRED
ELEMENTS IN THE GOAL OF THAT IS
NOT JUST AROUND THE HEALTH DATA
BUT ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES DATA
. SO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
SO THAT THE SOCIAL WORKER WHO
MEET SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME
WHO, FRANKLY HAS HAD THREE OTHER
SOCIAL WORKERS HELP FILL OUT THE
SAME FORM THAT HE OR SHE IS
GOING TO FILL OUT. THEY HAVE A
HEAD START. THEY HAVE SOME OF
THAT INFORMATION ALREADY. SO
THAT WE CAN NOT JUST BE
EMPOWERED AS PROVIDERS. TO
SUPPORT AND SERVE PEOPLE BETTER
, BUT THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT
FOLLOWS THEM THAT THEY CAN USE
TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR A UNIT
OR A PROGRAM OR WHATEVER IT IS
THAT THEY NEED. SO WE, UH, HAVE
REQUIRED ENTITIES THAT ARE
SIGNING AGREEMENTS TO DO THAT
NOW AGREE TO START SHARING THAT
INFORMATION AS SOON AS EARLY
NEXT YEAR. AND HOPEFULLY
EVERYONE IN BY THE BEGINNING OF
2026, SO A BIT OF A RUNWAY, BUT
THIS PUTS CALIFORNIA TO PLACE TO
FINALLY CATCH UP WITH SOME OTHER
STATES THAT ARE ALREADY DOING
THIS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL
HEAR FROM A CINEMA. RABIN'S
FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR NUMBER.
MCCARTY YES. GOOD MORNING. UM
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS. SO
MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS,
UM, I KIND OF WANT TO ECHO SOME
OF DR WOOD'S COMMENTS. UM BUT
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN
BAKERSFIELD ABOUT A WEEK AGO,
RIGHT? AND WHEN THEY WERE DOING
THEIR RIBBON CUTTING, I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT THAT. UM NEVER MIND.
I'M THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER OVER
CURRENT COUNTY. BUT FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I'M A DOCTOR OF A
RECOVERY CENTER IN BAKERSFIELD.
UM AND WHEN I WHEN I'LL GIVE YOU
A REAL LIFE SITUATION OF WHAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK, I WAS
WALKING ONTO SESSION AND I GET A
CALL FROM A MOTHER. CRYING
SAYING, MY CHILD IS DRINKING
AGAIN. THEY'RE DOING DRUGS AGAIN
. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. CAN
YOU PLEASE PLACE THEM IN YOUR
RECOVERY CENTER? WE HAVE NO
SPOTS OPEN. WHAT DO I TELL THIS
MOTHER? AND WHAT SHE TOLD ME WAS
, IF I LET IF I KICK HIM OUT OF
THE HOUSE, HE'S GOING TO GO TO
THE STREETS AND THAT ALL ENABLE
HIM EVEN MORE. HE'S DOING DRUGS,
BUT AT LEAST HE'S DOING IT AT
HOME UNDER MY SUPERVISION. WHAT
ABOUT KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT?
AND THEY GET KICKED OUT TO THE
STREETS. AND THEY CAN'T FIND A
BET IN A RECOVERY CENTER. SO I
REACHED OUT. I SAID, WELL, I SEE
ON FACEBOOK THAT WE JUST OPENED
UP A NEW NAVIGATION CENTER. AND
WHEN I REACHED OUT TO MY
RECOVERY CENTER THERE LIKE IT'S
ALREADY BOOKED, DOCTOR BAINES.
WE PULLED SOME STRINGS. WE GOT
HIM INTO A DETOX CENTER RIGHT
AWAY AND OPENED UP A BED FOR
HIM. BUT THIS MOTHER HAD MY
NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE GOT
MY NUMBER. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
MOTHERS OUT THERE THAT DON'T
HAVE A DOCTOR ON SPEED DIAL TO
CALL. THIS IS A REAL SITUATION
AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES WITH
PHYSICIANS WITH PEOPLE ON THE
FRONT LINE OF SUBSTANCE USED TO
SORT OF TREATMENT NEED TO BE
INTEGRATED INTO THIS PROCESS,
AND THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY
DOCTORS IN RURAL AREAS LIKE KERN
COUNTY. UM IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT
WE OPENED UP THE NAVIGATION
CENTER FOR WHERE IS THE
INTEGRATION WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND RECOVERY CENTERS,
RESIDENTIAL BASED TREATMENT
FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE. UM
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK WE NEED TO
DO TO INTEGRATE WITH HEALTHCARE.
I PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE CANNOT WAIT
TILL 2026. AH! I CAN'T AGREE
MORE THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO
GO. I THINK WE HAVE MADE VERY
IMPORTANT STARTS. WE ARE, UH,
YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS TRYING TO
CONNECT THESE DOTS, AND I WOULD
SAY THAT, UH, SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER SERVICES, AS I THINK
MANY OF YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN IN
THE SHADOWS FOR A REALLY LONG
TIME. THIS STATE HAS MADE SOME
IMPORTANT EFFORTS, BUT WE STILL
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. THE
SCIENCE BEHIND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS IS WAY BEHIND. THE
TREATMENT MODALITIES ARE WAY
BEHIND. IT'S OFTEN USED AS THE
REASON WHY WE DON'T INTEGRATE
AND WE DON'T COORDINATE AS WELL,
ESPECIALLY WITH HOUSING. IT'S
HARD. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
DON'T CONTINUE TO WORK AT IT. I
THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS
BEEN GAINED OVER THE LAST
HANDFUL OF YEARS WITH
CALIFORNIA'S ORGANIZED DRUG
DELIVERY SYSTEM UNDER MEDICAID
TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF
TREATMENT SLOTS THE WAY THAT
THEY'RE FUNDED THE WORKFORCE
PIECES AN URGENT ISSUE. UH WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER COUNSELORS. WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS.
WE DON'T HAVE AH, THE PLACES TO
TRAIN INDIVIDUALS, BUT THAT IS
STARTING TO CHANGE IT. UH, I'M
NOT CALLING FOR PATIENTS.
THERE'S URGENCY AS WELL. AND WE
ARE WORKING TO PUT A LOT OF
THOSE THINGS IN PLACE, AND I
THINK THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE
CENTER YOU MENTIONED, UH I HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING TO THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO PUT THAT
TOGETHER. AND ADVISING THE
HANNAH HOW IT COMES TOGETHER.
HOW YOU INTEGRATE SOME OF THOSE
SERVICES HOW YOU INTEGRATE THE
FUNDING? UM AND THEY REACHED OUT
AND SAID, HOW DO WE DO THIS? HOW
ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?
AND TO SEE IT HAPPEN, FRANKLY,
IN RELATIVELY SHORT ORDER,
COMPARED TO WHAT IS OFTEN 3 TO 5
YEARS TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS
OPEN, UM, IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
LEADERS THERE. AND THE ABILITY
TO PULL THAT OFF, AND WE NEED TO
REPLICATE THAT ACROSS THE STATE
, RIGHT AND GETTING THE FACILITY
OPEN IS STEP ONE. AND THEN
INTEGRATING IT WITH EVERYTHING
AROUND IT HOPEFULLY IN THE
PLANNING PROCESS, AND I WOULD,
UM, SUSPECTED SOME OF THAT
HAPPENED, BUT THERE'S MORE TO
DO. UH HUH. AND I THINK WE
SHOULD LIFT THAT LOCATION UP AS
A REAL OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR
THE REST OF THE STATE, BUT
CURRENT DOING MORE OF THAT AND
SEEING US REACH A LEVEL OF
CAPACITY WHERE YOU CAN AS THE
LEADER OF THAT AREA, BE ABLE TO
MORE EASILY GET SOMEONE ACCESS
TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED. YEAH
I WOULD ALSO, JUST ADD FIRST OF
ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
REMINDING US THAT THIS IS ABOUT
REAL PEOPLE RIGHT THAT ARE
STRUGGLING THAT ARE LOOKING FOR
THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE. AND I COMPLETELY
AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, SECRETARY
GALLEY IN TERMS OF THE ROLE THAT
THE STATE HAS IS IN PROVIDING
THE LEVEL OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY
TO GET THESE TYPES OF SERVICES
AND REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, UM UH,
PLACES LIKE THE NAVIGATION
CENTER IN PLACE. BUT THE OTHER
THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS WHY
SECRETARY GALLEY AND I HAVE BEEN
SO FOCUSED ON WORKING. UM WITH
CITIES COUNTIES CONTINUUM
HOUSING AUTHORITIES WE WANT. WE
NEED TO SEE MORE REGIONAL
COORDINATION. MORE COORDINATION
OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE
UNDERGROUND TO BE ABLE TO
STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY NET SYSTEM
RIGHT AND TO BE ABLE TO DO A
BETTER JOB IN TERMS OF PROVIDING
THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION. THAT
UM MOTHERS FAMILIES ARE LOOKING
FOR AND SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW VERY
MUCH CONTINUING TO STAY FOCUSED
ON THAT THROUGH. I THINK YOU ALL
KNOW THROUGH THE HOMELESS
THROUGH THE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM
THROUGH HAP. COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE STATE WERE REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE LOCAL ACTION PLANS. UH
AND THESE LOCAL ACTION PLANS.
INCLUDE A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF
THE POPULATION THAT IS BEING
SERVED SERVICES THAT ARE BEING
PROVIDED A FOCUS ALSO ON
OUTCOMES. UM BUT, YOU KNOW,
CRITICAL TO THE OVERALL SORT OF
ACTION PLAN. WE ENCOURAGE
COMMUNITIES TO LOOK AT WAYS TO
CONSOLIDATE INTO COORDINATE AND
TO CREATE MORE REGIONAL PLANS,
AND I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT OF
THE 120 OR SO POTENTIAL
APPLICANTS ACROSS THE STATE. WE
RECEIVED 75 APPLICATIONS AND FOR
US 75 APPLICATION MEANS THAT
COMMUNITIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER
ARE FORGING STRONGER REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS. AND UM, YOU KNOW,
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
LEVEL OF GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE
WE THINK IT'S UM, FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
COORDINATION ON THE GROUND.
THANK YOU, UH, AND JUST ALSO IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME ASKING AND
WE'VE GOT, I THINK SIX MORE
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS. IF FOLKS
COULD BE CONCISE, BOTH, UM, MY
COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE
PANELISTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT,
ALTHOUGH WE DO LOVE HEARING AND
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. NEXT
UP IS A SEDIMENTARY MCCARTY
FOLLOWED BY CHAIR PETRIE-NORRIS.
I THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION
THAT FRANKLY, WE COULD ASK OF
ANY PANEL. AND LIKE ALL
SUBCOMMITTEES, MOST THE
QUESTIONS TO BE FOR THE FIRST
PANEL BY THE THIRD BY THE LAST
PANEL PRETTY QUIET HERE. UM BUT
FIRST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG
ISSUE AND OTHERS FOR COMMITTEES
HERE. I THINK THERE'S 30 OR SO
MEMBERS, BUT ALL 80 MEMBERS
WOULD BE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS
THE COLLECTIVE ALBATROSS HANGING
AROUND OUR NECK FOR THIS YEAR
AND PRIOR YEARS WITH NO NO EASY
SOLUTION, AND SO YOU KNOW, PART
OF OUR CHALLENGE HERE IS TO
IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, WHICH
CLEARLY WE SEE AND IT'S
EVIDENCED, UM BY NUMBERS AND
DRIVING TO WORK TODAY WE SEE
WITH OUR OWN EYES. UM AND THEN
WE HAVE TO BASICALLY PRIORITIZE
SOLUTIONS. AND, YOU KNOW,
SPEAKING FROM A BUDGET LENS, WHO
SHARES ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES,
EVERYTHING AT THE BUDGET, IT'S
ALL ABOUT CHOICES AND MONEY. SO
UM, BUT THE QUESTION I THINK IS
IN MY EYES IS THE KEY. ONE IS
THAT, AS MS PETRIE-NORRIS SAID
EARLIER, THERE'S A ROUGHLY
175,000 HOMELESS AND IN
CALIFORNIA. AND THE BEST
SOLUTION FOR THEM IS PERMANENT,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS
ROUGHLY $600,000 PER UNIT. AND
MULTIPLY THAT TIMES THAT IS
ABOUT 100 AND $5 BILLION AND IN
THE LAST FIVE YEARS DURING
AMAZING BUDGET YEARS, YOU KNOW,
LITERALLY ONCE IN A GENERATION
CYCLE, WE MUSCLED UP, YOU KNOW,
12 TO 15 BILLION OR HOMELESSNESS
. I GUESS THE LAO SAYS 20
SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S
BEHAVIORAL, HEALTH AND SOME
OTHER STUFF. SO ATTENDED 10 12
15 SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE. AND
IF WE IF WE NEED 100 AND. FIVE
UM YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE? HOW DO
WE DO THAT? AND YOU KNOW, LIKE,
I'M SURE DR ARAMBULA IS THAT ER
DOCS ABOUT TRIAGE, LIKE SERVE
PEOPLE, THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND
SO I THINK THE ISSUE WE SEE IS
THE DEBATE SHELTER VERSUS
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND WHAT DO WE DO? AND EVERYONE
SAYS BOTH. BUT WE DO BOTH. WE'RE
GONNA FAIL ABOUT WE HAVE BEEN
FAILING. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE
TOUGH CHOICES. AND UM, I LET ME
JUST GIVE YOU A HYPOTHETICAL
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. CITY NOT TO
BASH ON OUR CITY, BUT THEY MADE
A CHOICE THEY SET ASIDE. I THINK
50 MILLION FOR SHELTER FOR
EMERGENCY SHELTER LIKE SOME OF
THE VACANT LAND BECAUSE YOU
COULD USE VACANT LAND TO DO
SHELTER READILY AVAILABLE AND
PRETTY CHEAP TO BUILD PERMANENT,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND YOU'RE
GONNA NEED THE BILLIONS, SO IT'S
GOING TO TAKE 34 YEARS.
SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT TO MENTION
ALL THE NIMBY LAWSUITS AND
STUFF. SO THE CITY DECIDED THEY
HAD ABOUT 50 MILLION. UM THAT
THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON SHELTER
AND RECENTLY IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT
SHELTER IS A BAND AID, WHICH IS
TRUE. THERE'S NO RUNNING WATER
AND HEAT AND SO FORTH, SO WE
SHOULD FOCUS AT 50 MILLION. ON
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO
THERE'S 5000. PEOPLE IN
SACRAMENTO CITY OF SACRAMENTO,
THE CITY WHO ARE LIVING OUTDOORS
RIGHT NOW. AND WITH THAT 50
MILLION DIVIDED BY 600,000 IS 83
UNITS. SO 83 UNITS ARE GOING TO
HAVE GREAT SOLUTION, BUT THERE'S
83 UNITS ARE PROBABLY GONNA TAKE
THREE YEARS AT LEAST. IF WE'RE
LUCKY. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW
95% HAVE NOTHING. SO I KNOW THAT
THAT THAT WE GO BACK AND FORTH,
BUT WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO MAKE
TOUGH CHOICES HERE AND OUR
CONSTITUENTS. DON'T SAY CONGRATS
ON SERVING THE 5. THAT'S ATTA
BOY. THERE THEY GO BY, AND THEY
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL SEE IT.
MY KIDS WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL
AND WALKING AND THE REALITY.
THEY SEE IT. IT'S NOT CHANGING
EASILY, SO SECRETARIES AND THIS
COULD BE FOR EVERY PANEL. DO WE
KEEP DOING THAT? A LITTLE
SHELTER, LITTLE PERMANENT,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND WHITTLED
DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR LIKE REALLY
RIP OFF THE BAND AID AND FOCUS
ON SOMETHING LIKE GETTING PEOPLE
OFF THE STREETS. THAT'S MY
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO LIKE I'D
RATHER HAVE PEOPLE, EVEN IF IT'S
NOT A PERMANENT, AT LEAST HAVE
ACCESS TO A BATHROOM. WATER
TRASH CANS, MAYBE LIKE A MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELOR TO COME BY THE
SHELTERS, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY
OH, YOU'RE JUST LEGALIZING
SHANTYTOWNS AND TENT CITIES, BUT
WE DO THAT AFTER MAJOR
EARTHQUAKES ACROSS THE GLOBE AND
TORNADOES AND YOU KNOW
HURRICANES, HURRICANES AND SO
FORTH, AND SO IT JUST SEEMS TO
PERPLEX ME. THOUGHTS ANSWERS.
YES THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S,
UM, WE NEED TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING. WE NEED TO BE MORE
PERMANENT HOUSING. WE NEED TO
BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CHAIR, WICKS POINTED TO THE
STATEWIDE HOUSING ASSESSMENT OR
THE STATE RIGHT HOUSING PLAN
THAT WAS RELEASED. IN 2022 THAT
CALLS FOR 2.5 MILLION NEW UNITS
THAT HAVE TO BE PLANNED FOR BY
2030. THIS IS VERY MUCH, UH, THE
ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH
AFFORDABILITY, THE ISSUES THAT
WE'RE HAVING WITH HOMELESSNESS
OR TIED TO THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE, UM,
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY THE
COURSE ON PROVIDING MORE HOUSING
OPTIONS ACROSS THE STATE. UM,
INSURING ALSO THAT WERE
DEMANDING MORE FROM OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO RENTAL
ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THAT SOME
OF THOSE UNITS ARE DEEPLY
AFFORDABLE. UM WE ARE VERY
MINDFUL ASSEMBLY MEMBER ABOUT
THE CONCERNS WITH THE COST OF
BUILDING UNITS AND, UH AT THE
STATE LEVEL. WE'RE FOCUSED ON
DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO
STREAMLINE. THE DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS TO BETTER ALIGN OR
HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEM. WORKING
CLOSELY WITH TREASURE MÀ, UH, TO
ALSO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
CONSOLIDATING PROGRAMS SO THAT
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS
MORE PREDICTABILITY WHEN THEY'RE
COMING, UM FOR FUNDING OR
FINANCING, AND, UM. YOU KNOW, I
THINK THE OTHER IMPORTANT
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IT. THE
COVENANTS. THE AFFORDABILITY
COVENANTS THAT ARE TIED TO THESE
UNITS, RIGHT? THESE ARE UNITS
THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR THE LONG
HAUL FOR AT LEAST 55 YEARS. AND
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS. UH AND TO
ENSURE THAT WE MOVE MORE QUICKLY
TO BUILD UNITS, BUT I WOULD ALSO
AGREE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THAT AS
WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING THAT IS TO CATCH UP WITH
POPULATION GROWTH. WE NEED TO
STAY NIMBLE AND PROVIDE OTHER
SHELTERING OPTIONS. TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, INTERIM HOUSING THE TO
GET CREATIVE, YOU KNOW, WITH
COMMUNITIES. UH AND SO WE'RE
DOING BOTH WERE DOING BOTH. AND
WE HAVE TO, UM I THINK THAT THIS
SITUATION REQUIRES THAT WE
CONTINUE TO DO BOTH. AND I GUESS
IT MAY BE THE LAST COMMENT THAT
I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UM THE. THE
SOCIAL SERVICES PIECE BECOMES
REALLY IMPORTANT, SO IT'S NOT
JUST THE BUILDING IN THE UNIT.
IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT AS
INDIVIDUALS MOVE INTO HOUSING
THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT
NECESSARY TO BE STABLE, BUT ALSO
TO WORK TOWARDS THEIR THEIR
DREAMS, SO TO WORK TOWARDS WHAT
THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, AND SO
UM, THAT THAT'S SORT OF MY
PERSPECTIVE. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
MAYBE JUST TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE
AS THE HOUSING SECRETARY, UM IS
THIS ENERGY TRANSMISSION AS
WELL? AND I KNEW YOU WOULD SAY
BOTH BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAYS
BOTH. AND YEAH, MY KIDS WANT TO
HAVE BOTH PRESENTS FOR THEIR
BIRTHDAYS. AND EVERYBODY WANTS
BOTH. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT. AND
SO IF WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT
OF MONEY WE'RE JUST FAILING. AND
SO WHAT POINT DO WE SAY? OKAY,
MAYBE WE YOU KNOW, BITE THE
BULLET AND JUST IN THE MAIN ROOM
FOCUS ON 175,000 OR SOULS WHO
HAVE NOTHING. YOU ARE SLEEPING
IN THE COLD RAIN, THE HEAT AND
JUST, YOU KNOW, THE NEW YORK
MODEL SHELTER. AND THAT'S JUST
TRIAGE THAT AT WHAT POINT DO WE
DO THAT IF WE CAN'T REALLY
PENCIL OUT BOTH. YEAH, WELL, YOU
KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH IF.
FOR EVERY PERSON THAT GETS HOUSE
. WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE
THAT ENTER INTO THE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM 60% OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FIRST
TIME EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
BEING EVICTED, LOSING THEIR
HOUSING. THEY CAN'T SUSTAIN
THEIR HOUSING AND SO IT'S THIS
IS WHAT MAKES THE SITUATION VERY
COMPLEX, AND I THINK YOU ALL
HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF COMPLEXITY IN TERMS OF
ADDRESSING THE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES IN THE
HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABILITY
CHALLENGES AND THIS IS WHY I
THINK WE HAVE TO PROVIDE US FULL
SPECTRUM OF SUPPORTS. WE HAVE TO
FOCUS ON PREVENTION. WE HAVE TO
FOCUS ON INTERVENTION. WE HAVE
TO FOCUS ON INTERIM AND
PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS. I
DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE IN THE
PLACE WHERE WE CAN JUST FOCUS ON
ONE AND NOT AND SORT OF IGNORE
THE OTHER OPTIONS. THANK YOU NOW
WILL HAVE CHAIR PETRIE-NORRIS,
FOLLOWED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BONTA. GREAT THANK YOU. I'M SO
IN. I THINK IT WAS MARCH OF 2021
, THE AGENCY COUNCIL AND
HOMELESSNESS. YOU ADOPTED YOUR
FIRST. I THINK IT WAS YOUR FIRST
ACTION PLAN. CAN YOU JUST
QUICKLY AND TOP LINE AT WALK US
THROUGH KIND OF THE KEY GOALS
THAT WERE ARTICULATED IN THAT
ACTION PLAN. SO, UM, NUMBER OF
IT'S PART OF HOUSING UNITS BUILT
NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS. NUMBER
OF CALIFORNIANS SERVED. UM AND
THEN HOW ARE WE TRACKING
RELATIVE TO THOSE GOALS OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS? SO
LET ME LET ME START A FRAME OF
THE WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS SO
THE ACTION PLAN WAS FIRST. THIS
IS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE
ACTION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY
THE COUNCIL IN 2021. IT DOES
INCLUDE FIVE ACTION AREAS WHERE
THE FOCUS ON THE SPECTRUM OF
SUPPORTS, UM AND IT ALSO STANDS
VERY MUCH ON THE FOUNDATION THAT
AS WE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. WE
NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT THAT
HOMELESSNESS IS HAVING ON BLACK
, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
. AND SO THERE'S EQUITY THAT IS
DRIVEN ACROSS THESE FIVE AREAS.
UH FROM, UH, FROM A SORT OF THE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT ARE WHAT ARE
THE OBJECTIVES RIGHT AND THE
GOALS. UM FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT
IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE 18
STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
THAT ARE UM, THAT MAKE UP THE
COUNCIL. UM HAVE IDENTIFIED
GOALS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE
FIVE ACTION AREAS. SO IN THE
HOUSING SPACE, THE PRODUCTION OF
MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNITS. UM IT IS ALSO
ABOUT LOOKING AT WAYS TO
STRENGTHEN THE COORDINATION
BETWEEN HOUSING AND HEALTH AND
SERVICES. SO IT'S A ROADMAP, UM
, CHAIR THAT ENABLES, UM ALL
ENTITIES WITHIN THE STATE THAT
ARE THAT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ADMINISTERING HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS TO FOCUS THEIR
ATTENTION ON REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENTERING
INTO THE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM. UM
IT IS ALSO ABOUT MEASURING HOW
QUICKLY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
EXITING THE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM AND MOVING INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING. UM AND FOR
THE FIRST TIME WE NOW HAVE UM,
AND EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
THROUGH THE, UH, HOMELESSNESS
LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT THAT GIVES
US THE DATA THAT SHOWS HOW THESE
ENTITIES AND THE PROGRAMS THAT
ARE BEING ADMINISTERED THE
IMPACT ON THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE
ACHIEVING. UH AND I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE MEMBERS. UH OF THE TURNER
CENTER CENTER AND ALSO MY DEPUTY
SECRETARY FOR HOMELESSNESS, WHO
WILL SPEAK MORE TO THE FINDINGS
, BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO MORE
CAPACITY. WE'RE SERVING MORE
PEOPLE THROUGH THE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM. WE ARE
PRODUCING MORE UNITS AS I
MENTIONED DURING MY OPENING
STATEMENTS, 60,000 UNITS
PRODUCED OVER A THREE YEAR
PERIOD. UH AND YES. AND I MAYBE
WOULD, UM, ASK SECRETARY GAL. IF
YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE
I WILL. THANKS IN 2021 WHEN THE
FIRST ACTION PLAN WAS ADOPTED,
IT WAS BEFORE I JOINED FORCES
AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT HOW
IT WAS REVISED IN 2022 YOU SEE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
SCAFFOLDING IF YOU WILL AROUND
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, SO
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH. UH OUR STATE HOSPITALS,
OUR AH SOCIAL SERVICES AND
HEALTH CARE SERVICES, REALLY
SETTING ITS OWN SORT OF
FINGERPRINTS ON THAT PLAN
PUSHING FORWARD AROUND THIS
REALLY SUPPORTIVE, WRAPAROUND
MODEL THAT I THINK REALLY
SIGNIFICANTLY BUTTRESSES. THE
IDEA OF HOW DO WE MAKE THE
HOUSING MORE IMPACTFUL? MORE
MEANINGFUL, MORE STICKY IN CASES
WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF LESSONS
LEARNED ABOUT HOW IT CAN EASILY
FALL APART WITHOUT THOSE SO I
THINK THE SORT OF EVOLUTION FROM
21 TO 2022 INTO 2023 REALLY
DEMONSTRATES THIS COORDINATION
ACROSS HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES IN A WAY THAT
REPRESENTS YOU KNOW THE WORK OF
THE ALL 18 DEPARTMENTS AND THE
MANY AGENCIES INVOLVED. GREAT
AND SO. IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING CORRECTLY, WE'VE
GOT REALLY GREAT KIND OF
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES, BUT WE
DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC GOALS. FOR
STATEWIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNITS. SHELTER BEDS. AND
CALIFORNIANS SERVED ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS HAS HAS THE INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL ARTICULATED THIS. NOT TO
THE LEVEL THAT YOU'VE YOU'RE
DESCRIBING IN THE HOUSING SPACE
. WE HAVE THAT THE HOUSING PLAN
THAT CALLS FOR 2.5 MILLION UNITS
BY 2030. AND SO WE ARE MEASURING
, UM, OUR BOTH PRESERVATION AND
PRODUCTION GOALS AGAINST THE 2.5
MILLION. SO EACH MEMBER OF THE
COUNCIL HAS THEIR SORT OF SET OF
PRIORITIES AND THEIR GOALS AND
THEIR REPORTING UP THROUGH THE
ACTION PLAN. AND I GUESS, UM. SO
I THINK DOING MORE AND DOING
BETTER ISN'T ACTUALLY A PLAN.
AND WHILE IT MIGHT SOUND OVERLY
SIMPLISTIC, I THINK IT'S REALLY
, REALLY IMPORTANT AS A WAY TO
ORGANIZE OUR STATEWIDE RESPONSE
TO HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER. THAT
WE ARE AIMING FOR ACROSS THE
STATE BECAUSE THEN THAT ENABLES
YOU KNOW YOU AS INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL TO SIGN RESPONSIBILITY,
WHETHER IT'S OUR STATE
DEPARTMENTS ARE LOCALS TO
ACTUALLY BUILD THAT TO CREATE
THAT NUMBER, RIGHT? IT'S THE
SAME WAY LIKE WE'VE GOT CARB. WE
HAVE A SCOPING PLAN. WE BREAK
DOWN. WE DON'T JUST SAY WE WANT
TO LOWER EMISSIONS HAVE TO BREAK
THAT DOWN. AND THAT'S THE WAY
THAT WE CAN TURN IT INTO REALLY
CONCRETE ACTION, SO WE DON'T
HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS. I WOULD
REALLY CHALLENGE US TO ADOPT
THOSE. I THINK IT'S A JUST A
CRITICAL PIECE AND SECRETARY
CASTRO. MIZ CAN PROBABLY SPEAK
TO IT. THE ACTION PLAN GUIDES
THE WORK OF THE INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS.
I THINK THERE'S WORK AT CAL, I
CH AROUND HALF AND OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT DO SAID, UH,
COLLECTIVE. SORT OF TAKING THE
COLLECTION OF PLANS AND
INITIATIVES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND
MARCHING OUT. THIS IS WHAT WILL
BE DELIVERED IF YOU WILL, IN
TERMS OF SHELTER BEDS IN TERMS
OF HOUSING UNITS NOW IS THAT
PEGGED AGAINST THE GOALS THAT
YOU'RE SAYING MAYBE NOT
NECESSARILY, BUT THE ABILITY TO
QUANTIFY BECAUSE OF THE DEEP
INTO ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND HOW
THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED.
AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR,
I THINK IS THE REALLY FIRST STEP
IN THAT, UH AND I THINK YOU'LL
SEE MORE OF THAT COMING. IT'S
NOT THE END. IT'S THE BEGINNING
OF SOME OF THAT. BUT YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITHOUT THE
GOAL SET, EVEN IF IT'S IN
AUDACIOUS GOAL EVEN IF IT'S
REALITY TESTED AROUND $600,000
PER UNIT IN SOME PLACES, AND
HOPEFULLY INNOVATIVE MODELS TO
BRING THAT WAY DOWN IN OTHER
PLACES. UM WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
TRACK THAT, BUT I THINK THE
SUBSTRATE TO GET THERE IS
STARTING TO BE BUILT AND THE
EXPECTATION BEING PUT OUT THERE.
GOT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. AH
NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA, FOLLOWED
BY CHURCH, JACKSON. THANKS SO
MUCH CHAIR. UH I JUST WANT TO
FOCUS IN A LITTLE BIT ON CAL, I
CHS WORKGROUP AROUND RACIAL
EQUITY IN RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING. UH AND
SPECIFICALLY LIKE NOTING THE, UH
THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT THAT
SECRETARY CASTRO RAMIREZ TALKED
ABOUT IN TERMS OF, UM, ON BLACK
AND AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO
AND INDIGENOUS FOLKS IN
PARTICULAR. UH ONE OF THE
FORMULAS THAT WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT IT SO VERY SIMPLE,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WRAPAROUND
SERVICES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I
JUST DID AN AFFORDABLE FAITH
BASED HOUSING TOUR IN MY
DISTRICT AND IN WITHIN A FIVE
BLOCK RADIUS. THERE WERE 250
UNITS. UH AVAILABLE FOR
DEVELOPMENT THAT THE FAITH BASED
LEADERS WANTED TO BE ABLE TO
DEVELOP. AND THESE ARE THE FAITH
BASED LEADERS THAT SET UP POP UP
TENTS FOR COVID TESTING THAT GOT
PEOPLE VACCINATED THAT ON THE
DAILY PROVIDE FOODS, FOOD
DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PROVIDE
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. EVERYTHING
ALREADY THERE, EXCELLENT IN THE
COMMUNITY EXISTING ALREADY. UH I
WANTED TO JUST HAVE YOU ALL
SPEAK TO WHAT WE DO TO MOVE FROM
, UH, NOT ONLY A HOUSING FIRST
MODEL, BUT TO A HOUSING NEXT
MODEL BECAUSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
ALREADY WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
SERVICES AND WRAP AROUND
SERVICES. UM AND ALL THEY WANT
TO DO IS BE ABLE TO BUILD THEIR
ONE. YOU KNOW, 2 TO 8 UNITS ON
THE PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE NEXT
TO THEM OR THE 150 UNITS THAT
THEY HAVE THAT ALREADY HAS A
CHILDCARE CENTER READY TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD
BE THERE. UH AND I WANT TO JUST
HAVE YOU TOO. WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT EQUITY, REALLY? ARE WE
ADDRESSING? THESE CONCERNS FROM
A BOTTOM UP STRATEGY. UH AND
GETTING OUT OF OUR HEADS A
LITTLE BIT AND JUST THINKING
EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT THESE TOP DOWN
STRATEGIES. THESE ARE ALREADY
COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO BUILD UP THEIR ASSETS. UH,
NOT TRY TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURES ON THEM. UM AND I
DON'T THINK WE'RE TAKING FULL
ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO WANTED YOU
TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT A
LITTLE BIT. UM AND THE REALITY
THAT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT ALL
OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, WHICH THERE
ARE MANY AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM
HIS GROUPS WAS AT THE END OF THE
DAY. WE WANT TO BUILD HOUSING SO
THAT WE CAN BUILD OUR
COMMUNITIES AND THERE'S NO
GUARANTEE BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THAT WE'VE SLICED AND DICED
QUALIFYING INTO THESE HOUSING
THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE
TO ENSURE THAT THE MOTHER WHO'S
ALREADY WORKING AND JUST AS
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAVE HER
CHILD AND HER ARREST HER HEAD.
YOU KNOW WHO GOES TO THE CHURCH
NEXT DOOR WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE
TO GET HOUSING IN THE FACILITY
THAT THEY BUILT. AND SO I THINK.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOVERNMENT. I
KNOW THAT WE ARE STATE. I KNOW
THAT WE THINK BIG. IN SOME
INSTANCES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
ENABLE OUR COMMUNITIES I THINK
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
FACILITATE THE SMALL AND THE
ALREADY EXISTING ASSETS AND I
WANTED YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT A
LITTLE BIT. COMPLETELY AGREE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. UM I THINK
EQUITY IS BOTH UNDERSTANDING WAS
BEING SERVED RIGHT OR WHO'S WHO
NEEDS TO BE SERVED WITHIN THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND
UM, THAT EQUITY ALSO MEANS
CREATING GREATER ACCESS FOR
INSTITUTIONS ON THE GROUND THAT
ARE ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE, UM,
THAT HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THE
HOUSING AND THE SUPPORTS AND ARE
IN NEED OF STATE FUNDING TO BE
ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK. IN THIS
YEAR'S THROUGH THE HOUSING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
IN THIS YEAR'S SUPER NOTICE OF
FUNDING AVAILABILITY, AWARE THAT
DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO
CONSOLIDATE, UM OR TO BRING
TOGETHER FOR HOUSING FINANCE
PROGRAMS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. UH
TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR
APPLYING FOR HOUSING FINANCE. UM
WE, UM WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL IN
THE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY
INTENTIONAL AND ESTABLISHING A
SET ASIDE WITHIN THAT FUNDING
STRUCTURE. FOR EMERGING
DEVELOPERS FOR SMALL, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
LOOKING TO BUILD, UM FOR 68
UNITS, RIGHT THAT ARE VERY SORT
OF TARGETED. UH AND THERE WAS A
LEVEL OF, UM, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE THAT WAS PROVIDED.
DIRECTOR VELASQUEZ AND I WERE IN
COMPTON MET WITH IN THE CITY OF
COMPTON AND MET WITH A NUMBER OF
FOLKS ON THE GROUND. THAT ARE
DOING THE WORK ALREADY, BUT
DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS FUNDING
AT THE STATE LEVEL, SO I THINK A
RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE A
STATE LEADERS IS TO CREATE
GREATER ACCESS SO THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO ADDRESS UM THE LOCAL
NEEDS AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES
BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, AS A
COMMUNITY DEVELOPER AS A
COMMUNITY PLANNER, I REALLY
BELIEVE THAT HOUSING NEEDS TO BE
HOUSING THIS ONE PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE, RIGHT? UM HOUSING LIVES
IN COMMUNITIES, AND IT NEEDS TO
BE CONNECTED TO THE FABRIC OF
THAT COMMUNITY AND SO I JUST
WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE WERE
MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT THE
STATE NEEDS TO DO MORE WITHIN
THE TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION. UM,
PROCESS. WE ALSO HAVE WORKED TO
ESTABLISH, UM, SET ASIDES FOR BY
PARK LEAD DEVELOPERS TO ALSO,
UM, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UM
TO APPLY FOR FUNDING WHERE
THEY'RE NOT JUST, UM THEY HAVE A
GREATER ACCESS RIGHT? AND IN
SOME CASES TO APPLY FOR FUNDING
NOT JUST TO CREATE HOUSING UNITS
BUT CREATE A MORE SORT OF
COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UH AND THEN THE LAST POINT THAT
I WOULD JUST MAKE AND I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO SECRETARY GALLEY HERE
ON EQUITY, BUT WITHIN THE, UM
THE NEW REQUIREMENT OF
RECIPIENTS OF HAP FUNDING, UM
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
ANNUAL LOCAL ACTION PLANS AS I
MENTIONED, UM AND THEN THE IN AS
IT RELATES TO IT TO EQUITY. UH
THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
UM, INFORMATION ON THE UNEVEN OR
DISPARITIES RIGHT THAT THEY SEE
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE OVER REPRESENTED IN THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM,
AND THEY'RE ASKED TO PROVIDE, UM
DESCRIPTION OF THE STRATEGIES
THAT SORT OF TARGETED STRATEGIES
THAT THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING
TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL IN TERMS
OF HOW SERVICES ARE BEING
DELIVERED, UH, AND HOW THEY'RE
MEASURING THE PROGRESS THAT
THEY'RE MAKING AND ALSO HOW
THEY'RE INCORPORATING PEOPLE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP
INFORM THE DELIVERY OF THOSE
SERVICES. UM I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION AND I THINK THE
OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR QUESTION,
LET'S JUST PUT THE FINE POINT ON
SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SAID, WHICH
IS THE DATA POINT, CALIFORNIA 6%
BLACK. 30% ROUGHLY OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING. HOMELESSNESS ARE
BLACK IN L. A. THAT'S UP TO 40.
RIGHT SO THIS ISN'T JUST, YOU
KNOW, HEALTH ISSUE. THIS IS A
DEEP RACIAL EQUITY ISSUE. I
THINK YOU SPOKE CHAIR WICKS
ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORIC
POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE NOT
JUST UNDONE BUT RECTIFIED IN A
NUMBER OF AREAS. UH, I ACTUALLY
APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU PUT IT.
WE OFTEN THINK BIG. AND WHAT
THAT USUALLY MEANS IS BIG
EFFORTS PARTNERS WITH LOTS OF
DEEP CAPACITY AND WHAT WE FIND
EVEN IN SOME OF OUR OWN, AH,
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PUT OUT
THERE AND COMMUNITY THAT THE
QUOTE MORE SOPHISTICATED
PROVIDERS ARE ABLE TO GET THE
DOLLARS AND THOSE WITH LESS
SOPHISTICATION AREN'T AND THAT
OFTEN TRANSLATES INTO YOU KNOW
THIS SMALLER CAPABLE I HAVE
ACCESS TO UNITS WOULD BE GREAT
TO FILL IT WITH PEOPLE WERE
SERVING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
PLACES. WE DON'T WE DON'T TAP
INTO THAT ENOUGH BECAUSE WHEN
YOU ADD EIGHT PLUS EIGHT PLUS
EIGHT, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET
UP TO THE GOAL, BUT FRANKLY, TO
THE POINT OF WHERE OUR OPTIONS
AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE
TIMELINES AND THE COSTS OF HUGE
PROJECTS. WE PROBABLY NEED TO
SPEND MORE TIME TO HAVE BEEN
INTO THE MORE I WOULD SAY
HOMEGROWN COMMUNITY BASED
SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT BE FOUND IN
FAITH COMMUNITIES OR OTHER
COMMUNITIES, AND I KNOW
SECRETARY CASTRO. RAMIREZ THINKS
SIMILARLY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY THERE AND THE NEED
TO PIVOT AND FOCUS THERE, I
THINK IS NEEDED. THAT ISN'T THE
ONLY THING WE NEED TO DO TO
ADDRESS THE DEEP RACIAL EQUITY
ISSUES IN THIS PROBLEM, BUT
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE
SHOULD TAP INTO MORE THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT, NEXT WE'LL HEAR
FROM CHAIR JACKSON. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. THERE
ARE UM, JUST TWO THINGS I WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT. THE FIRST THING
IS, UM, I'M ACTUALLY ALTHOUGH
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS A UH UM,
A PART OF OUR STRATEGY I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT UM SOME OF THE
TIMES CERTAIN ASPECTS OF
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, RIGHT. WE
KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS ON THEIR
OWN JOURNEY ON THEIR OWN TIME.
AND EVEN THOUGH FOR A PARTICULAR
AMOUNT OF TIME WE ARE ABLE TO
HOUSE THEM. SOMETIMES WE HAVE
TIME CERTAIN SOMEWHERE. WE'RE
PUSHING THEM BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS. WHAT? WHAT THINGS
HAVE WE DONE? OR CAN WE OR WHAT
CAN WE DO TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS
RIGHT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY
YOU KNOW IF WE'RE TOO RIGID HERE
, AND WE HAVE A COOKIE CUTTER
APPROACH, AND AS HUMAN BEINGS,
WE'RE NOT COOKIE CUTTER PEOPLE.
UM WHAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT
THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE FUNDING
IN AND OF ITSELF MIGHT BE
PUSHING PEOPLE BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS. ANY THOUGHTS. SURE
I CAN TELL YOU HAVING MOVED
ACROSS THE STATE. THERE'S
SOMETHING CALLED RECUPERATIVE
CARE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY UH,
INTERIM HOUSING THAT IS
CLINICALLY WELL SUPPORTED, OFTEN
USED FOR PEOPLE TRANSITIONING
OUT OF INSTITUTIONS, HOSPITALS,
EVEN JAILS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE
BE HOMELESS WITH SIGNIFICANT
HEALTH CONCERNS, EITHER BEAVER
AUTHOR OR PHYSICAL HEALTH THAT
NEED THAT SUPPORT, AND I BEND TO
SOME COUNTIES THAT SAY, YOU
KNOW, 180 DAYS, THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN HAVE THROUGHPUT. IS 180 DAY
LIMIT. AND THEN EXACTLY YOU'VE
DONE ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK
STABILIZED AND INDIVIDUAL 180
DAYS COMES WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE
TO FIND A PERMANENT PLACE, SO
THEY EXIT THE PROGRAM AND WHERE
DO THEY EXIT THEY OFTEN EXIT
INTO SITUATIONS THAT AREN'T
PERMANENT HOUSING BACK TO THE
STREET. EVENTUALLY OTHER
COUNTIES HAVE CHOSEN TO SAY, YOU
KNOW, WE HEAR YOU 180 DAYS WOULD
BE IDEAL. BUT IF IT TAKES 250 TO
FIGURE OUT YOUR NEXT LOCATION,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. SO
HOW DO WE AS THE STATE SUPPORT
THE SECOND PARADIGM SO THAT WE
DON'T LOSE THE GAINS? SOMETHING
IN FAVOR? HEALTHY? TALKED ABOUT
CONSOLIDATING GAINS. YOU PUT ALL
OF THIS WORK INTO SOMETHING, AND
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LET IT ALL
GO. BUT IF YOU INVEST A LITTLE
BIT MORE YOU SEE IT? TIP YOU SEE
IT WELL SUPPORTED. YOU SEE IT
STICK. UM, I THINK THAT THAT
ESPECIALLY IN THOSE CLINICALLY
ENRICHED ELEMENTS IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP OUR EYE
ON. WHAT IS GOING TO BE
CHALLENGING, THOUGH, IS SOME OF
THE RULES OF THE PROGRAM. HOW
IT'S FUNDED. HOW IT SUPPORTED
EVEN BY FEDERAL DOLLARS. IT'S
GOING TO HAVE DEADLINES AND
TIMELINES ON IT, AND I THINK THE
STATE THROUGH ITS CREATIVITY AND
ITS OWN RESOURCES, UM, HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
THROUGH THAT. AND I KNOW THAT
THE LEADERS THAT I HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH OUR
THINKING IN THAT WAY, HOPING TO
CREATE PROGRAMS THAT DON'T SORT
OF HAVE THAT RIGID TIMELINE AND
DEADLINE, AND, UH, ARE FORGIVING
AND GRACEFUL IN A WAY THAT
ALLOWS US TO HAVE THESE THINGS
BE STICKY AND MEANINGFUL OVER
THE LONG RUN. THAT DOES, THOUGH
, TO THE POINT OF PRIORITIES AND
MAKING CHOICES. IT MEANS THAT
SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET INTO THAT
BED RIGHT AWAY. SOMEBODY DOESN'T
YOU KNOW, REPLACE THEM IN THE
PREDICTED SORT OF PLANNED WAY
THAT WE START WITH, AND I THINK
WE ALL NEED TO BE OKAY AND
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PART OF
THE CHALLENGE THAT IF WE DON'T
BUILD UP THE NEXT THING, THE
EXIT. THE BACK DOOR TO SOME OF
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE LONGER LENGTH OF STAYS,
AND THAT PROBABLY IS SOMETHING
THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME
CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION. BUT
I CERTAINLY HAVE A VIEW THAT WE
NEED TO CONSOLIDATE THE GAINS
AND SUPPORT PEOPLE ON TO THE
NEXT. SECRETARY RAMIREZ, RIGHT?
YES, APPLICATION. YOU CAN CHECK
OFF THAT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
BOX. YOU CAN ALSO DO IT FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE TO AND THE YOUNG
YOUNG PEOPLE DISCRETION, RIGHT?
AND SO WHAT? WHAT ANY THOUGHTS
OR I'M NOT EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE
THE WHOLE ANSWER NOW, BUT I'M
JUST TRYING TO BEGIN TO MAKE
SURE THAT RIGHT WE GOT TO END
THE CYCLE HERE. UM AND WE MIGHT
BE CONTINUING THE CYCLE IN OUR
VERY OWN STRUCTURES THAT ARE
MEANT TO BREAK CYCLES. YOUR
THOUGHTS. I AGREE OF FIRST OF
ALL ASEM CHAIR JACKSON. PLEASURE
MEETING WITH YOU YESTERDAY. UH
AND I AGREE. I THINK THAT IT IS
, UM, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR
US TO RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE
WORKING TO TOWARDS, UM PEOPLE
ARE WORKING TOWARDS THESE AT
RESOLVING THESE ISSUES. I THINK
OUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
ELIMINATING OR REDUCING BARRIERS
. UM THAT SLOWED DOWN THE
PROCESS OF MAKING THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN TRANSITIONAL TO
PERMANENT HOUSING. UH I THINK
OUR JOB IS ALSO TO MAKE SURE
THAT, UH, THE AH! PROGRAMS THAT
ARE IN PLACE ARE, UM ARE NOT IN
THEIR INTERFERING WITH, UM, THE
ABILITY OF A PERSON TO MOVE INTO
A STABLE, LONG TERM, SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING ENVIRONMENT. AND SO, UM,
THAT INCLUDES TAKING A LOOK AT
HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE USING
THEIR HOUSING, CHURCH VOUCHER
PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW
, TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER OR
NOT YOU KNOW COMMUNITIES ARE
HAVE TOO MANY RULES. TOO MANY
REGULATIONS RIGHT THAT IMPEDE
PEOPLE FROM MOVING MORE QUICKLY
. UM AND SO THAT'S THE WORK
THAT, UM THAT THAT I THAT IS
IMPORTANT ALSO FOR THE STATE TO
PAY ATTENTION TO AND WE ARE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. UH AND
THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD
SAY IS SPEAKING OF THE HOME QUÊ
MODEL. THE HOME KEY MODEL
PROVIDES FOR FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
AN ADAPTIVE REUSE MODEL, RIGHT?
WE'RE TAKING HOTELS, MOTELS,
UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS,
CONVERTING THEM INTO INTERIM AND
PERMANENT HOUSING. THE COST IS
CHEAPER, THE TIME THAT IT TAKES
TO GET THOSE UNITS IN PLACE IS
FASTER. UH AND THE ABILITY FOR
US TO HAVE BOTH TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING OR SHORT TERM HOUSING.
UH AND TO HAVE, UM, PERMANENT
HOUSING, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S
THE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY THAT WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UM,
AND SUPPORT LOCALS AS THEY
DEVELOP THEIR, UM, SPECTRUM OF
SUPPORTS OR THEIR CONTINUUM OF
HOUSING OPTIONS. THANK YOU FOR
THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN I'M WHEN I'M
LOOKING AT THIS FROM AND A LOT
OF ECOLOGICAL APPROACH RIGHT
SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVES HERE. AND
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONTINUUM
OF WHAT A HUMAN BEING NEEDS TO
BE HEALTHY. TO BE ABLE TO
THRIVE, RIGHT? UM. OH WHAT WE'RE
REALLY FACING IS A PERFECT
STORM. OF A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN
OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR STATE.
ALL THE THINGS THAT THE STATE IS
SUPPOSED TO BE. PROVIDING RIGHT
THE HEALTH AND WELFARE. OF OUR
CITIZENS. UH UM. IT SEEMS THAT
WE'VE WE NEED TO GET BACK TO
BASICS. OF WHAT HUMAN NEED.
WHAT? WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONS
OF HUMAN EXISTENCE HUMAN NEEDS.
UH WE KNOW THAT THERE'S THREE
TYPES OF CAPITAL THAT A HUMAN
NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BE ON A
STRONG PATH. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
MOBILITY, RIGHT? WE KNOW WE NEED
SOCIAL CAPITAL. HOW STRONG OUR
FAMILIES HOW WELL CONNECTED ARE
PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES
TO VARIOUS SOURCES OF SUPPORT?
WITHIN THAT SOCIAL CAPITAL. WE
HAVE PEOPLE LIKE US WERE PART OF
THAT SOCIAL CAPITAL THAT
INSTITUTIONS THAT WE CREATE FOR
FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. AND
THEN, OF COURSE WE HAVE HUMAN
CAPITAL. AS YOU TYPE OF
EDUCATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR
OUR CITIZENRY, THE TYPE OF
HEALTH WE PROVIDE TO THEM HEALTH
CARE, MENTAL HEALTH THE WHOLE
SPECTRUM. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL.
UM, THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT
PEOPLE CAN DO TO BEGIN TO BUILD
WEALTH, UM, AND TO BUILD A
STRONG SENSE OF STABILITY. WHEN
WE LOOK AT THIS CONTINUUM HERE.
OH WITHIN THE STRATEGY THAT
YOU'RE ALL LOOKING AT. WHAT WHAT
DO YOU THINK, IS SOME OF OUR
CORE WEAKNESSES WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THESE VARIOUS FORMS OF CAPITAL
THAT ARE FOLKS NEED TO BE ABLE
TO THRIVE AND TO RAKE CYCLES OF
POVERTY. UH, IS THERE A POINT
PART THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT WE
STILL NEED TO DO A BETTER DROP
AND PUTTING INTO THE
CALCULATIONS AND THE VERY
STRATEGIES OF HOW WE'RE TRYING
TO MOVE. OUR UH, POPULATION
FORWARD. I KNOW I'M GETTING IN
THE WEEDS THERE. THAT'S MY
SOCIAL WORK HAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU
LAID IT OUT. UM CHAIR, UM, FOCUS
ON SOCIAL CAPITAL. THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH
EACH OTHER, UM, AND WHETHER OR
NOT WHETHER IN OUR COMMUNITIES
RIGHT? WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT IS
NECESSARY WHEN WE HEART FALL ON
HARD TIMES, THE HUMAN CAPITAL,
THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING
IN PEOPLE IN THEIR ABILITY TO BE
ABLE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.
UM AND THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL,
WHICH IS, UM, THE WAY THAT WE
DEPLOY INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT,
UM, COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT
PEOPLE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT ALL
THREE MATTER UM UM IN AND WE'RE
TRYING TO DO I THINK THROUGH IN
SOME WAYS AND YOU KNOW HAVING
THAT REALLY DID OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK CLOSELY WITH SECRETARY
GALLEY AND MANY DEPARTMENTS
WITHIN, UM WITHIN THE STATE THAT
ARE, UM, DOING THEIR BEST TO
ADMINISTER AND TO PROVIDE SOME
FUNDING AND PROGRAMS. I THINK
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO STAY
FOCUSED ON THE THREE PIECES THAT
YOU HAVE JUST LAID OUT. UM FROM
A HOUSING PERSPECTIVE. UM I
THINK HOUSING, UM IN THE DESIGN
OF HOUSING AND HOW HOUSING IS
INTEGRATED INTO A COMMUNITY. UM
CAN HELP BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL.
RIGHT? UM, FROM A, UM FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF, UM THE WORK THAT
WE DO IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN,
UM OUR AGENCY ALSO OVERSEES THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
WHERE WE PROVIDE LICENSING TO
PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESSES
ACROSS THE STATE. SO HOW ARE WE,
UM ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE
LICENSING PROCESS ARE ABLE TO
MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, GET THEIR LICENSE THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO PRACTICE THEIR
TRADE THEIR PROFESSION. SO I
WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING
TO ADDRESS ALL THREE IN THE WORK
THAT WE DO, AND THIS IS WHY I
THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT THIS
COUNCIL CONTINUE TO DO ITS WORK
COMING TOGETHER, WORKING ACROSS
SYSTEMS, LOOKING AT WAYS TO LIFT
UP THE GOOD PRACTICES THAT ARE
HAPPENING ON THE GROUND, AND
ALSO LOOKING AT YOU KNOW WHERE
WE, UM NEED TO IMPROVE WHERE WE
NEED TO MEASURE THINGS THAT
MAYBE WE'RE NOT MEASURING, UM AS
CHAIR PETRIE-NORRIS MENTIONED
EARLIER. UH, THANKS FOR THE
QUESTION, AND I THINK THE FRAME
IS RIGHT ON. I'M GONNA FOR THE
INTEREST OF TIME RESTRAINED
MYSELF A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THE WHOLE
HOUR, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO
SAY FIRST, UM I THINK THE
QUESTION AROUND CAPITOL IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. BUT I
THINK THE TIMING OF WHEN THAT
CAPITAL IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE
IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU
LOOK AT RE ENTRY AND EXITS OUT
OF INCARCERATION OR INSTITUTIONS
WERE OFTEN NOT THERE WITH THE
CAPITAL. RIGHT AND IF YOU LOOK
IN L, A COUNTY, WHICH I KNOW THE
BEST THERE IS, FRANKLY A
SUPERHIGHWAY BETWEEN THE JAIL
AND SKID ROW. AND WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE THE RAP THE SERVICES AT
THE POINT OF EXIT HAVE NOT
ALWAYS BEEN THERE. I THINK I'M
PROUD TO SAY AND, UH, J. C
COOPER WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT CMS MEDICAID APPROVED
FOR CALIFORNIA, FIRST IN THE
NATION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS
90 DAYS OF REENTRY SUPPORT FOR
MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES IN JAILS
AND PRISONS AND JUVENILE
DETENTION FACILITIES. I REALLY
CRITICAL TIME WE SPOKE EARLIER
ABOUT CRISIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT A
STATEWIDE CRISIS IS ABOUT A
CRISIS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AT A
MOMENT. AND BEING THEIR
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, DR RAMBLAS
EXPERIENCE LIKE MAKING SURE THE
CAPITAL SHOWS UP AT THE RIGHT
TIME IS ALSO PART OF THE
EFFECTIVE PEACE AND NO BETTER
AND I'M SURE DIRECTOR JOHNSON IF
SHE WAS UP HERE RIGHT NOW, SHE
WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT E I T
C AND CAL WORKS GRANTS AND CAL
FRESH AND DURING THE PANDEMIC,
THE DATA ON HOW A LITTLE BIT OF
EXTRA FOOD ASSISTANCE FRANKLY, A
LOT OF EXTRA FOOD ASSISTANCE
TIPPED PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS
INTO POVERTY. DEEPER POVERTY WAS
VERY IMPACTFUL. SO WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL AND
YOU ASK CAME VOTE, WHICH IS MOST
IMPORTANT BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT A LITTLE BIT
OF EXTRA FINANCIAL SUPPORT MAKES
A DIFFERENCE. THIS WHOLE NOTION
OF SHALLOW RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME THAT FOCUSES ON
PREVENTION. WE DON'T HAVE IT
RIGHT EXACTLY ANYWHERE, BUT WE
KNOW THAT TO PUT A FEW $1000 AT
THIS MOMENT AT THIS CRISIS
MOMENT TO PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM
LOSING THEIR PLACE, ENDING UP IN
THEIR CAR FEELING PERSECUTED BY
THE STREETS, DECIDING TO USE
SUBSTANCES FOR SERVICE, YOU
KNOW? SELF MEDICATE AND SURVIVE
MEAN THAT ROAD IS ALSO PRETTY
WELL KNOWN. SO I GUESS MY FRAME
OR MY WAY OF ANSWERING IS ALL OF
THE CAPITAL'S THAT YOU MENTIONED
THE RELATIONAL FINANCIAL. THE
HUMAN ARE DEEPLY IMPORTANT, BUT
I DO THINK WE SOMETIMES GET THE
TIMING WRONG. AND IF WE CAN BE
MORE EXACT AND HOW WE TIME THE
AVAILABILITY OF THE SUPPORT OF
THOSE CAPITAL, WE MAY BE ABLE TO
CHANGE THE ARC OF THE LIVES OF A
LOT OF FOLKS IN CALIFORNIA, AND
HOPEFULLY THE OVERALL SENSE OF
CRISIS, WHETHER IT'S ON OUR
STREETS OR IN OUR JAILS OR IN A
NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL NOW
HEAR FROM SOME OF THE MEMBER
CARILLO, FOLLOWED BY A SEVEN
MEMBER ARAMBULA. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR AND FOR SOMEONE JUST
SAY THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH FOR
YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA AND TO THE INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT YOU
FACE IN IN YOUR POSITION AND
YOUR PARTNERSHIP. WITH THE
LEGISLATURE. UM. YOU KNOW, JUST
FOR PURPOSE OF HISTORY. THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HASN'T
ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED. IN
ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS. IT IS A FAIRLY
NEW ATTEMPT FOR US TO BE
INVOLVED IN THIS INCREDIBLY
LARGE SCALE. UM CRISIS THAT WE
HAVE ALL BEEN CHARGED IN SOLVING
AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY
COLLEAGUES IS A VERY REAL
DISCONNECT FROM CITIES COUNTIES
, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, ALL OF
THE ENTITIES INVOLVED ACROSS THE
58 COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND THE MOST
PRESSING THING IS WHAT IS THE
ROLE OF THE STATE? HOW LONG WILL
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BE
INVESTED IN FINDING A SOLUTION?
AND FOR HOW LONG RIGHT BEFORE WE
TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, THE LOCAL
CONTROL PIECE THE ALL OF THE
VARIOUS DIFFERENT ISSUES RELATED
TO WHAT TYPE OF HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS WE ARE ADDRESSING WHETHER
IT'S SOMEONE LIVING IN THEIR
VEHICLES, SOMEONE BEING EVICTED
FROM THEIR HOME. SOMEONE
EXPERIENCING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS FOR DECADES, HAS
BEEN LIVING ON THE STREETS OF
SKID ROW FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
DIFFERENT AND NEED TO BE A NEED
TO HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO
THEM. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DAY
TO DAY. THE LEGISLATURE TO SAY
DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE DAY
TO DAY INFORMATION AS HOW
VARIOUS DIFFERENT ENTITIES
OPERATE THEIR SYSTEMS OR HOW
THOSE SYSTEMS ARE COMMUNICATING
WITH EACH OTHER. AND I'M SAYING
IF THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND THEY CHOOSE TO
TRAVEL THE STATE AND END UP IN
LOS ANGELES. HOW ARE THE SYSTEMS
TRACKING THAT INDIVIDUAL IN
RESPONSE TO THE TYPE OF SERVICES
THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED? AND
WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS
TO RECEIVE HOUSING. AND SO WHILE
WE TRY TO FIGURE ALL THAT PEACE
OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHAT
IS THE ROLE OF THE STATE? AND
HOW ARE THE, UM HOW ARE YOUR
BOTH? HOW THE BOTH AGENCIES THAT
YOU, UH, HAVE LEADERSHIP IN
PROVIDING THOSE SOLUTIONS? WHAT
DO WE NEED TO DO? DIFFERENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN
AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ALSO, UM. WITHIN SUB
FOR IN THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN
DONE. UM AND INVESTING IN, UH
THE H E I S SYSTEM, FOR EXAMPLE
, BECAUSE I THINK DATA IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO INFORM
THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. UM SO
I WOULD SAY THAT UM, IN TERMS OF
YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE
DISCONNECT AND THE ROLE OF
GOVERNMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I DON'T
THINK THAT WE HAVE. FOR MANY
YEARS. WE UM WE WERE NOT FOCUSED
ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS THE
WAY THAT WE ARE NOW. OUR FOCUS
IN THIS SPACE IS STILL
RELATIVELY RECENT, RELATIVELY
NEW OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS. AND WE ARE, UM MAKING UP
FOR 30 40 YEARS OF NOT INVESTING
IN HOUSING THE WAY THAT WE
SHOULD, AND THIS IS NOT JUST THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS IS HOW
THIS HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. UM THIS THE BIDEN
HARRIS ADMINISTRATION LAST YEAR
PROVIDED A BLUEPRINT AROUND
INCREASING THE HOUSING SUPPLY,
RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE NOT
BUILT ENOUGH SO IN TERMS OF OUR
AGENCY, BCS H AND OUR PRIORITIES
WERE LASER FOCUSED ON DOING
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SPEED
UP THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING
UNITS. UM AND THAT, YOU KNOW,
INCLUDES WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE LEGISLATURE TO IDENTIFY NEW
POLICIES OR LAWS AND TO
IMPLEMENT THEM AND TO MOVE WITH
A SENSE OF URGENCY AND SPEED AS
WE IMPLEMENT THESE THESE NEW
POLICIES. WE'RE ALSO INNOVATING
RIGHT OR NOT JUST ADMINISTERING
THE SAME OLD HOUSING PROGRAMS.
WE'RE CREATING NEW PROGRAMS AND
MOVING MORE QUICKLY. UM AND THAT
IS NOT JUST, UH, HOME KEY, WHICH
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF, AND WHICH
HAS BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL, BUT
IT'S ALSO THE HOUSING
ACCELERATOR PROGRAM RIGHT
LOOKING AT THE PIPELINE OF
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE
STUCK. FOR MANY YEARS AND BEING
CREATIVE WITH FEDERAL RESOURCES
IN STATE RESOURCES TO FUND MORE
UNITS. ALMOST 5000 UNITS FUNDED
LAST YEAR AND 2022 UM, WE'RE
ALSO VERY MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE
TO BUILD MORE CAPACITY WHEN YOU
HAVE NOT INVESTED THE WORD THE
WAY THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN
CURRENTLY. UM YOU CAN'T EXPECT
FOR PEOPLE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN
HAVE THE SKILL SET TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD, UM, UNITS AT SCALE, SO
WE'RE VERY MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE
TO BUILD CAPACITY AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, HENCE PROVIDING MORE
PLANNING TOOLS, PROVIDING MORE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND, UM TO
THE CHAIR CHAIR. WOODS EARLIER
COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
US RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS
DIVERSITY IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF
THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING MORE
TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT
TO RURAL COMMUNITIES, TRIBAL
NATIONS, UM AND SO WE'RE VERY
MINDFUL RIGHT THAT IT HAS TO BE,
UM, THAT ARE SERVICES AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
RESOURCES NEED TO REACH SOME OF
THE COMMUNITIES THAT TYPICALLY
OR IN THE PAST, MAYBE HAVE LEFT
BEHIND. UM, SO FROM YOU KNOW,
SIR, TO YOUR TO YOUR QUESTION,
UM ASSEMBLYWOMAN IN TERMS OF
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE STATE? I
THINK THE ROLE OF THE STATUS TO
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
LEGISLATURE TO IDENTIFY. MALLS
AND POLICIES THAT ENABLE US TO
CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS
BUILDING MORE UNITS MORE QUICKLY
AT AN AFFORDABLE, UM, PRICE FOR
FAMILIES THINK OUR JOB IS TO
IMPLEMENT AND EXECUTE, UM TO BE,
UM. YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED IN
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT. I
REALLY SEE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO
ENSURE THAT WHEN WE'RE
DELIVERING PROGRAMS, WE'RE
DELIVERING THEM WITH A SENSE OF
INTEGRITY, A SENSE OF
TRANSPARENCY, A SENSE OF QUALITY
AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO PEOPLE.
AND SO I THINK THE ROLE OF STATE
GOVERNMENT IS TOO. TO BE, UM,
EXECUTIVES IN AND TO PAY
ATTENTION TO HOW WE'RE
IMPLEMENTING AND EXECUTING THE
PROGRAMS. RIGHT UM, THAT ARE
FUNDED THANKS TO THE LEGISLATURE
AND THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR AND
TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, UH
AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD SAY
THAT THE ROLE OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT IN THIS IS TO UM TO
BE HUMBLE. UH, UM. AND YOU KNOW
TO KNOW THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL
THE SOLUTIONS, RIGHT? UM AND TO
TAKE A STEP BACK AND ASSESS AND
EVALUATE AND THE FIGURE OUT WHAT
MORE DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT
HAPPENED? WE'VE BEEN DOING
WHAT'S YOU KNOW THE ROLE OF
PHILANTHROPY? WHAT'S THE ROLE OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? UM SO
CAN TO CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT
WASTE TO GET BETTER AT WHAT WE
DO. UM, GOVERNMENT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT IN ADDRESSING THESE
ISSUES, AND I'M I THINK WE'RE. I
THINK WE HAVE A VERY, UM VERY
GOOD PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR STATE
GOVERNMENT THAT ARE TRYING TO
TACKLE THESE ISSUES THEY IN AND
DAY OUT, UM, WITHIN, YOU KNOW,
THE DEPARTMENT SAID. I
ADMINISTER OR HOWEVER SEE AND I
WORK WITH, UM H C D COLLEGE IF A
DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE UM SO
AH! AND I GUESS AN ANSWER TO
YOUR QUESTION. UM,
ASSEMBLYWOMAN. THE ROLE OF THE
STATUS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND,
UM, I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
THANK YOU. I'LL JUST BE BRIEF
AND SAY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE
PERCH OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES. WE RUN A LOT OF
PROGRAMS THAT, FRANKLY UH UM.
GET EXECUTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
UH SO I HAVE NEVER SEEN UH, SORT
OF DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WHAT
WE DO AT THE STATE WHAT WE DO
LOCALLY, WHETHER IT'S A CITY A
PLAN C O C, OR ANY OF THE THINGS
THAT THE SERVICES THAT COME
THROUGH HHS SUPPORT. I THINK THE
NEWER RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY
IN THIS SENSE OF THE SOCIAL
DRIVERS OF HEALTH AND THE
CONSTRUCT OF CAL AIM AND THE
SUPPORT SERVICES THAT FRANKLY
AREN'T JUST A DHC S CONSTRUCT,
BUT ARE DEEP IN THE FABRIC OF SO
MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS I ENJOY
WORKING WITH, UH, I THINK THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO CONNECT THE
DOTS AND PUSH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS
WHO'VE BEEN ADMINISTERING THESE
PROGRAMS IN CERTAIN WAYS FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME TO SEE IT
DIFFERENTLY AND TO SEE THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AS A
RESPONSIBILITY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES THAT IT IS A DEEP
HEALTH ISSUE. THAT IS A DEEP
SOCIAL SERVICE ISSUE, I THINK IS
THE STATE LEADERSHIP ENROLL AND
ONE THAT WELL BEFORE YOU KNOW,
WE TALKED ABOUT HE, PERHAPS FOR
THE LARGE DOLLAR INVESTMENTS ON
HOMELESSNESS DIRECTLY TO
COUNTIES AND CITIES. I THINK
THAT HHS WAS DOING ALL ALONG,
AND I THINK OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
THE GOVERNOR'S LEADERSHIP, WE'VE
TAKEN A REAL STRONG POSITION,
NOT JUST IN CALIFORNIA, BUT
NATIONALLY ABOUT HOW HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES IS NOT JUST A
LAGGING ISSUE ON HOMELESSNESS,
BUT ACTUALLY A LEADING ISSUE.
AND I THINK THAT SHOWS UP EVERY
DAY AND I HOPE WILL BE A
PERMANENT PART OF THE FABRIC OF
WHAT WE DO. MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT QUESTION
IS FROM SOME MEMBER ARAMBULA.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRS AND MR
CHAIRS FOR THE COORDINATION OF
THIS HEARING AND FOR BOTH CO
CHAIRS OF THE INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL OF HOMELESSNESS OR
AVAILING YOURSELF AND ANSWERING
OUR QUESTIONS. IT SHOWS THE
ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO
FACING THIS CHALLENGE, HEAD ON
AND ADDRESSING THE CRISIS THAT
WE HAVE AS A STATE. BUT I WANT
TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU SPOKE
ABOUT REGARDING COLLABORATIONS
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE
HAVE WHEN WE WORK WITH OUR LOCAL
MAYORS AND PARTNERS WHEN THEY
ARE AVAILABLE. I WANT TO UPLIFT
PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE HAD IN FRESNO
AS AN EXAMPLE WITH PROJECT ROOM
KEY AND THE FRAMING THAT YOU
SPOKE ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE
TREATING IT AS IF IT'S SOMEONE
WHO'S IN YOUR FAMILY. MAKES MANY
OF US REMEMBER THE VALUE THAT
YOU SHOULD TREAT OTHERS AS YOU
WISH TO BE. WHEN WE FOCUS ON
THAT, I BELIEVE WE WILL BE
DRIVING TOWARDS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE NEED
WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS. I KNOW
LATER WE WILL HEAR FROM DIRECTOR
JOHNSON ABOUT HOW SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES OR INTEGRATED INTO ALL
OF OUR HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS.
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BRINGING
FAMILY HOMES WITHIN CHILD
WELFARE SERVICES OR HOUSING AND
DISABILITY ADVOCACY PROGRAM
WITHIN DD OR WITHIN CAL WORKS,
THE HOUSING ADVOCACY PROGRAM.
THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WITHIN, UH, A PS. WE'VE
INSTITUTED HOME SAFE AS AN
EXAMPLE AND LOWERED THE AGE OF
THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR A P S
SERVICES. AS EXAMPLES OF WHERE
WE ARE ABLE TO EMBED
COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR OUR
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IS A
SIGN OF THE LEADERSHIP DOCTOR
GOLLY, THAT YOU'VE BEEN LEADING
WITHIN THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR
THE LAST MANY YEARS AND WANT TO
FOCUS IF I CAN ON A QUESTION
REGARDING CALAIS. I BELIEVE THIS
TO BE THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE
AND FOUNDATIONAL CHANGE TO OUR
MEDICAID PROGRAM SINCE IT BEGAN
, AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH MANY OF
THE ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT AND
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED, BUT I'M HOPING THAT
YOU CAN SPEAK TO WHAT IT WILL
MEAN FOR CAL AIM TO PROVIDE
THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY, POTENTIALLY
THE SIX MONTHS OF TRANSITIONAL
RENT PAYMENTS FOR ITS
BENEFICIARIES. TRANSFORMATIVE
WILL THIS BE FOR CALIFORNIA? AND
KNOWING THAT THIS SERVICE IS AN
OPTIONAL BENEFIT. CAN YOU SPEAK
TO THE LONG TERM COST SAVINGS
PLANS MAY SEE IF THEY CHOOSE TO
INCLUDE. YEAH I THINK REALLY
IMPORTANT FRAME AND I APPRECIATE
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON THE
COLLABORATION AND I'M GRATEFUL
FOR WORKING WITH LEADERS WHO
TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. I HEAR
DAY IN AND DAY OUT HOW THREE OR
FOUR DIRECTORS GET TOGETHER TO
TALK ABOUT A PROBLEM AND SOLVE
IT. I HAVE MY OWN DIRECTOR IS
TELLING ME YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME
WE TALK, CAN I INVITE SO AND SO
AND SO AND SO BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY US WORKING TOGETHER, AND
I FEEL LIKE THAT IS PART OF THE
HEARTBEAT OF HHS, AND I'M PROUD
OF THAT. I THINK IT'S UM
SOMETHING THAT YOU HIRE FOR IT.
YOU BRING PEOPLE ON WHO BELIEVE
THAT'S THE APPROACH AND I
BELIEVE IT'S TRICKLING ACROSS
OUR AGENCY AND IT INTO THE
COUNTIES WE WORK WITH. UM YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. CALUM IS VERY
TRANSFORMATIVE. WE TALKED ABOUT
SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.
IT'S TRANSFORMING. NOT JUST, UH,
YOU KNOW THE STANDARD BENEFITS
IN HOW THEY'RE INTEGRATED. LET'S
SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ACROSS
BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH,
IT TRANSFORMS HOW WE PAY FOR THE
SERVICES, BUT IT REALLY PUTS AT
THE CENTER THE SOCIAL DRIVERS OF
HEALTH WHETHER IT ENHANCED CARE
MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE
BENEFIT ALL PLANS DOING IT
REQUIRED TO QUALIFY PEOPLE BASED
ON NEED INTO THESE PROGRAMS
CREATE A PROVIDER NETWORK WHO
CAN PROVIDE FRANKLY THIS SUPER
ENRICHED SET OF WRAPAROUND
SUPPORTS IN TERMS OF CASE
MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION,
NAVIGATION FOR SOME OF THE MOST
COMPLEX INDIVIDUALS, MANY WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND THEN A NUMBER OF OTHER
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, WHICH ARE
NOT REQUIRED BENEFITS BUT
OPTIONAL BENEFITS BEING SORT OF
ADOPTED PLAN BY PLAN ACROSS THE
STATE IN WAYS THAT FRANKLY, AS
WE TRACK WE'RE SEEING SOME
INCREASED UPTAKE, BUT NOT AS
MUCH AS I THINK WE WOULD LIKE
AND SO IT'S THE PUSH THE PULL
THE INSISTENCE ON FIGURING OUT
HOW TO DO THAT IT'S HAPPENING
FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
REASONS THAT YOU SEE THE
VARIABLE UPTAKE. SOME OF IT IS.
PLANS AREN'T USED TO THIS WORK.
THEY'RE JUST GETTING FAMILIAR
WITH IT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE
PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY. THEY
DON'T HAVE THE BENCH OF PEOPLE
AND PARTNERS IN THE HOMELESS
SERVICES WORLD, SO WE'RE SEEING
THAT COME UP THE PATH FUNDING.
THAT IS ALREADY OUT A LITTLE BY
LITTLE IN COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP
THAT CAPACITY TO SAY HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDER. YOU DON'T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT MEDICAID TODAY, BUT
HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOU TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO TAP INTO THOSE
RESOURCES, SO ALL OF THAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE HOPES THAT NOT
JUST DO WE SEE THIS HAPPEN AS AN
OPTIONAL BENEFIT? BUT OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS IN THIS SETTING,
WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ON HOW
WE LOOK AT THE RETURN ON
INVESTMENT, NOT JUST ON THE
DOLLAR SIDE, BUT ON THE ACTUAL
STABILIZATION OF THE LIVES. I
MEAN, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW MUCH DO YOU GET TO ENJOY
THAT CALIFORNIA FOR ALL THAT WE
OFTEN TALK ABOUT? I THINK THAT'S
REALLY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND AS WE
PICK THAT UP, YOU KNOW, UH,
JASON COOPER. WE'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT THE RETURN ON
INVESTMENT OF SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS HAD BEEN UNDER THE
WHOLE PERSON CARE PILOTS, RIGHT
? AND OUR NOT JUST HUNCH BUT
HARD DATA THAT THIS DOES SAVE
DOLLARS, BUT SO MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THAT IS, I THINK
IT IT REALLY DOES TRANSFORM
LIVES. SO IT'S NOT AN
UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT
CALLUM IS THAT KIND OF
TRANSFORMATION, THE JUSTICE
INITIATIVE THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER ANOTHER PART OF THAT
MORE TO DO ON THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH POLICE WITH THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMUNITY
BASED CONTINUUM WAIVER CONCEPT
THAT IS REALLY PUSHING SOME OF
THE SAME IDEAS THE SAME
PARTNERSHIPS. AROUND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH THAT THAT WE'RE LACKING,
SO THIS WHOLE SCALE
TRANSFORMATION THAT IS DEEP IN
COLLABORATION DOES EVER RETURN
ON INVESTMENT, BUT NOT JUST IN
I THINK IT'S A REAL PROUD MOMENT THAT
WE SHOULD ALL RALLY AROUND AND SEE -- CONTINUE TO BUILD IN
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU -- I KNOW WE'RE HEADING UP HERE AGAINST
TWO HOURS I AM RESERVING THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE LAST QUESTION
FOR THIS PANEL THEN WE'LL LET YOU GO BACK TO YOUR YOUR
DAY JOBS -- BUT ONE OBVIOUSLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION
TODAY AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE -- THERE'S A LOT OF
INTEREST FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN SOLVING THIS PROBLEM --
MY AT MY FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU ALL AS YOU KNOW WE KNOW
WE KNOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT WORK WE KNOW THAT WE SEE IS
SUPPORTING THINGS LIKE EVIDENCE BASED APPROACHES LIKE SUPPORT
OF HOUSING WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT PEOPLE THAT NEED
IT THAT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL MODEL THAT HELPS PEOPLE GET
OFF THE STREETS GET ON THEIR FEET AND THEIR LIFE IN ORDER
WE KNOW THAT HOUSING FIRST WORKS THERE'S THINGS THAT WE
KNOW WORK -- WHILE AT THE SAME TIME AND I APPRECIATE SEPTEMBER
KRIOS COMMENTS THAT THE STATE
THIS PROBLEM. YEP. UM AND I
THINK IT WARRANTS STATE ACTION.
BUT WHILE THE SAME TIME WE KNOW
THAT WE HAVE THINGS WORK, WE
ALSO KNOW THAT IN SAN DIEGO LAST
YEAR, EVERY 10 PEOPLE WHO CAME
OUT OF HOMELESSNESS 13 PEOPLE
BECAME HOMELESS. AND SO WITH
THOSE NUMBERS, IT SORT OF FEELS
LIKE WE'RE IN QUICKSAND, AND
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO FROM
FROM YOUR RESPECTIVE POINTS OF
VIEW, WHAT ARE THE JUST THE TOP
LIKE ONE OR TWO STRUCTURAL
THINGS THAT WE AS A STATE NEED
TO DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND
I HAVE MY OWN THOUGHTS AS
HOUSING CHAIR? UM BUT I'D BE
CURIOUS. AND I THINK THIS COULD
JUST BE LIKE 32ND RESPONSES.
JUST THE TOP. KEY STRUCTURAL
THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IF YOU
COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM IN THE NEXT, YOU
KNOW, IMMINENTLY QUICKLY. WHAT
WOULD IT BE? YEAH UM, HOUSING?
UH 1ST, 1ST AND FOREMOST
CONTINUING TO DO OUR BEST TO
MOVE MORE QUICKLY TO BUILD MORE
UNITS OR UNITS THAT ARE DEEPLY
AFFORDABLE THAT HAVE, UM LONG
TERM AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS.
SECOND THING IS, WE NEED MORE
RENTAL SUBSIDY AND ASSISTANCE.
UM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONLY ONE
EVERY FOUR FAMILIES THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. IT'S ONE OUT OF
13. RIGHT SO WE HAVE GREATER
NEEDS. WE NEED MORE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES. UM,
AND THE THIRD PIECE AND I, YOU
KNOW SPEAKS TO WE CAN'T JUST
SORT OF FOCUSED ON CONNECTING
PEOPLE TO HOUSING AND STABILITY
. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON INFLOW.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
ENTERING INTO THE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM. BUT WE FOUND,
UM UH AND SAW CLEARLY WITH DEEP
FEDERAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM. RIGHT UM, ALMOST
350,000 OR JUST OVER 350,000
HOUSEHOLDS WERE ABLE TO STAY
HOUSED, NOT LOSE THEIR HOUSING.
UM AND, UH AND SO I THINK IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK
ABOUT, UM EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE. UH, FUNDING IN SOME
OF THE DOLLARS THAT THE STATE
ADMINISTER PROVIDE THE
FLEXIBILITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO
QUICKLY, UH ECHO SECRETARY
CASTRO RAMIREZ HOUSING, HOUSING,
HOUSING AND NOT OF THE 500 TO
600 K VARIETY LIKE WE CAN DO
BETTER. THERE ARE MODELS. IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO. YOU KNOW, I'M
SURE EXPERTS BEYOND ME OR GOING
TO TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT
WE KNOW THEM. I MEAN,
ASSEMBLYWOMAN VONTAZE
REFERENCING SOME OF THEM IN HER
COMMUNITY. I'M SURE YOU EACH
HAVE A VERSION THAT ISN'T
$600,000 A DOOR. SO WHAT ARE
THEY? HOW DO WE FOCUS ON THOSE I
THINK IS 12 IS WORKFORCE
WORKFORCE WORKFORCE. UH THE
SOCIAL HEALTH SERVICES WORLD
THAT REALLY DOES THAT SUPPORT
THAT WRAP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
AUTOMATICALLY. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
BY A COMPUTER. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
BY AN ALGORITHM. IT HAPPENS BY
TRAINED PEOPLE OFTEN WOULD LIVED
EXPERIENCE. WHO UM AND, FRANKLY
LIVING EXPERIENCE THAT CAN
REALLY SUPPORT THIS. WE HAVE
SOME REALLY INTERESTING IDEAS ON
THE TABLE ALREADY. BUT WHAT MORE
CAN WE DO? HOW DO WE INVEST IT?
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
REAL AND NOT CONSTRAINED BY THE
TYPICAL THINGS THAT CONSTRAIN
BUILDING UP THE WORKFORCE? THINK
WE HAVE TO BE NOVEL AND THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER CONCEPT
AND BENEFIT? THAT IS NOW UNDER
MEDICAID. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
HERE. I TELL MAYORS AND COUNTY
MEMBERS TALK TO YOUR PLANS ABOUT
HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS TO
REALLY BUILD UP THE WORKFORCE.
THAT'S FOCUSED ON THIS AND THEN
UH, NIMBY RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT
NOT IN MY BACKYARD. WE KIND OF
BLOW OVER IT. WE MAKE IT THE BUT
IT'S A REAL ISSUE, RIGHT? YOU
CAN'T PLACE SOME OF THESE
SETTINGS. WE TALKED ABOUT STATE
LAND OR COUNTY LAND, BUT, UH,
YOU KNOW THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT MY TEAM TALKS TO ME
ABOUT IS HOW DO WE GET THROUGH
WHEN WE BUILD A PROGRAM WHETHER
IT'S THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM OR THE
COMMUNITY CARE EXPANSION. HOW DO
WE GET AROUND? SOME OF THOSE,
YOU KNOW DOORS OF DEATH IF YOU
WILL, WITH THE NIMBY PROBLEM,
AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU
CAN CITE THIS? SO YOU KNOW THE
HOUSING NEEDS TO BE CITED. THE
PROGRAMS NEED TO BE CITED, AND
THEY'RE EMPTY BUILDINGS UNLESS
WE BRING UP THE WORK FOR US, AND
THERE'S GOOD IDEAS ON HOW TO DO
THAT FASTER. WELL THANK YOU FOR
THAT. I AS THE HOUSING CHAIR,
APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, AND I
AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I THINK
THE NEED FOR ONGOING FUNDING IS
GOING TO BE CRITICAL. HAPPY TO
PARTNER ON TAKING ON THE
NIMBYISM AND ALL THE OTHER
ISSUES AND STREAMLINING, MAKING
IT EASIER FOR US TO BUILD
HOUSING. HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WE
ARE NOW CONCLUDING THIS FIRST
PANEL ONLY TOOK TWO HOURS,
EVERYONE WE ONLY HAVE 34 MORE
PANELS, SO BEAR WITH US
AUDIENCE. BUT I WANT TO
APPRECIATE. UH THANKS FOR HAVING
ME TREMENDOUSLY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU
FOR COMING. I'M GOING TO PASS
THE GAVEL OVER TO CHAIR JACKSON
, WHO IS GOING TO MODERATE PANEL
NUMBER TWO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
, MADAM CHAIR. WE WILL NOW OPEN
THE FLOOR UP TO PANEL TOO, IF
THEY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY ON UP UM
, WHICH WILL SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY
TO THE PROCESS AND RESULTS OF
THE STATEWIDE HOMELESS
ASSESSMENT. UM I KNOW IT IS HOT
OFF THE PRESS. AH, WITH A FEW
100 PAGES. AND SO WE WILL
FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVEN'T FOUND
THE TIME TO READ THE ENTIRE
DOCUMENT WITHIN 24 HOURS. UH UM.
BUT WE STILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE
ALL THE ANSWERS, OKAY? WILL YOU
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? YES
THANK YOU. CHAIR JACKSON. MY
NAME IS DOC SCHICKEL, IKRIMA AND
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
HOMELESSNESS AT THE BUSINESS,
CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING
AGENCY. I WORK FOR CABINET
SECRETARY CASTRO RAMIREZ. HI
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE. MY NAME IS RYAN FINNEGAN
I'M A SENIOR RESEARCHER AT THE
TURNER CENTER FOR HOUSING
INNOVATION AT UC BERKELEY. AND I
WAS ONE OF THE ANALYSTS FOR THE
PROJECT. FANTASTIC WOULD YOU
LIKE TO BEGIN WITH YOUR COMMENTS
? YES, PLEASE CHAIR JACKSON, AND
I THINK THERE'S A POWER POINT
THIS UP. OKAY GREAT. OH, NO, NOT
THAT ONE, THE ONE WHICH IS MUCH
MORE BORING LOOKING. IT HAS LIKE
CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
AND HOMELESSNESS LOGO ON IT.
AS WE KNOW THAT AS WE THERE'S
MANY PANELS WITH MANY
PRESENTATIONS AND SO AND MAYBE
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE CHILDREN,
AXON, I'LL JUST REMIND PEOPLE
PLEASE DO THAT. THIS IS A REPORT
AS WAS REFERENCED EARLIER BY THE
CO CHAIRS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE
POWER OF HD. I S THE SYSTEM THAT
WAS CREATED IN 2021. IT'S THE
FIRST TIME NOW CALIFORNIA CAN
REALLY AGGREGATE DATA THAT ARE
COLLECTED AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
LEVEL. SO THERE ARE 44 ENTITIES
CALLED CONTINUUM OF CARE
FEDERALLY MANDATED BY HUD, THE
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY. THOSE FEDERAL
MANDATES INCLUDE COLLECTING DATA
ON THE PEOPLE BEING SERVED WHO
ARE HOMELESS. SENATE RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS COLLECTED THROUGH
THIS THING CALLED THE HOMELESS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
EACH LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS THIS
AND THROUGH HD, I S NOW THERE WE
GO. WE ARE ABLE TO AGGREGATE
THIS LOCAL DATA AT THE STATE
LEVEL AND GIVE YOU A STATEWIDE
PICTURE. SO THROUGH A ASSEMBLY
BILL 1 40 IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE OH, GOOD NIGHT. THERE YOU
GO. OKAY THROUGH ASSEMBLY BILL,
UM 1 40, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN
2021. THE CALIFORNIA AND REGENCY
COUNCIL IN HOMELESSNESS WAS
REQUIRED TO USE HD I S AND OTHER
DATA SOURCES TO PROVIDE A
PICTURE A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. IF
YOU WILL OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS
THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE STATE,
BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS THAT
SOMETIMES ARE NOT FUNDED BY THE
STATE AND PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT
OVER A THREE YEAR STUDY PERIOD.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE
NEED FULL YEARS WORTH OF DATA,
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT FOR
THREE YEARS. THAT'S 18 1919 2020
21. SO EVERYTHING I REFERENCED
THAT RYAN AND I REFERENCED TODAY
WILL BE TIME BOUND WITHIN THE
THREE YEAR STUDY PERIOD FOR
WHICH WE HAD THREE FISCAL YEARS
OF DATA. AND THE ASSESSMENT
ASKED US TO ADDRESS THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH
STATE ADMINISTERED FUNDING WAS
ALLOCATED TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS IN THAT THREE YEAR
PERIOD. AND HOW WERE THOSE FUNDS
USED? WHO WAS SERVED BY THESE
PROGRAMS DURING THE THREE YEAR
STUDY PERIOD. WHAT TYPES OF
SERVICES WERE PROVIDED. HOW MUCH
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT HOUSING
WAS CREATED. AND WHAT WERE THE
OUTCOMES ULTIMATELY OF THE
PEOPLE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE
WITHIN THAT THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE. AND THE RESEARCH PARTNERS
WERE MANY. IF YOU GO TO THE
ACTUAL REPORT, YOU WILL SEE
THERE'S A WHOLE PAGE OF RESEARCH
PARTNERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
THIS, BUT RYAN FINNEGAN ON MY
RIGHT WAS ONE OF THE LEAD
RESEARCHERS ON IT AND HE'S
AVAILABLE. AS HE SAID. FOR MORE
QUESTIONS. HE'S FROM THE TURNER
CENTER AT UC BERKELEY. BUT YOU
ALSO HAD FOLKS FROM YOU SEE THE
BENEFIT OF HOMELESS INSTITUTED.
YOU SEE, UNIVERSITY OF SAN
FRANCISCO. AND YOU HAD A
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EXPERT
CALLED ABT ASSOCIATES. THAT WAS
PART OF HELPING COMPILE ALL THE
DATA FOR THIS. SO AS I MENTIONED
THIS IS A THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD, IT LOOKS AT FUNDING
SOURCES AND USERS BY PROGRAM. IT
LOOKS AT THE INVENTORY OF HOUSES
CREATED BY PROGRAM AND SERVICE
USE PATTERNS, AND IT LOOKS AT
THE OUTCOMES. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE
KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND NOW AS CHAIR
DRAX AND MENTIONED IT'S A VERY
DENSE REPORT, BUT WE JUST WANTED
TO PULL OUT SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS
. I'M SURE THERE'S MUCH MORE
WITH THIS COULD BE A THREE HOUR
MEETING TO REALLY GO THROUGH THE
REPORT. BUT WHAT WE FOUND
THROUGH THE THREE YEAR STUDY AS
WE LOOKED AT THE HDZ SYSTEM,
WHICH IS AGAIN THIS AGGREGATED
DATA FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL. IS
ACROSS THE THREE YEARS HD. I S
REPORTED THAT 571,000. UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS WERE ENROLLED IN
SERVICES, SHELTER AND HOUSING SO
WITHIN THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD
THE SYSTEM SERVED BASED ON THE
DATA THAT WE RECEIVED ALMOST
600,000 PEOPLE, UNIQUE
INDIVIDUALS. AND DURING THE
REPORTING PERIOD WHEN WE LOOKED
AT THE STATE ADMINISTERED
PROGRAMS, WE FOUND THAT ABOUT
273,000 PEOPLE WERE BEING
TOUCHED IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
BY STATE ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHICH IS
GOOD THAT EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW
WITHIN THE THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
WERE SERVED, SHOWING MORE REACH
INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE
PROGRAMS, BOTH STATE
ADMINISTERED AND NON STATE
ADMINISTERED. AND ON THE HOUSING
QUESTION, BOTH INTERIM AND
PERMANENT. WHAT WE FOUND IS
DURING THAT THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD, THE STATE ADDED MORE
THAN 17,000 INTERIM HOUSING BEDS
DURING THE THREE YEAR PERIOD AND
INVESTED IN PROGRAMS THAT WILL
PRODUCE OR PRESERVE A PROPERTY
OF AT LEAST 60,000 AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS, INCLUDING ABOUT
10,000 UNITS THAT WERE SET ASIDE
FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS SO YOU CAN SEE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT.
AND PRODUCTION OF BOTH INTERIM
HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING
DURING THE THREE YEAR STUDY,
PERIOD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING THAT
WAS AVAILABLE DURING THE THREE
YEAR STUDY PERIOD THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO ASSESS ABOUT $9.6
BILLION WAS DEDICATED TOWARDS
ADDRESSING OR PREVENTING
HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THAT THREE
YEAR PERIOD. AND THE LARGEST
SHARE JUST OVER 5.5 BILLION WAS
DEDICATED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PRODUCTION, INCLUDING AS I
MENTIONED IN THE EARLIEST SLIDES
UNIT SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO IN
THE PREVIOUS PANEL, YOU TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IS
COMPARED TO YEARS PAST THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LEGISLATURE HAS REALLY INVESTED
A LOT IN THIS LAST FEW YEARS,
AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE
RESULTS OF THAT INVESTMENT IN
THIS THREE YEAR KIND OF STUDY
PERIOD. THERE'S A GRAPH ALSO
WITH VERY SMALL FRONT. I
APOLOGIZE, BUT HE JUST KIND OF
BLEW KIND OF SHOWS. THAT'S THE
PERMANENT HOUSING PRODUCTION
PIECE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
POPULATION SERVED, UM, OFF THE
ALMOST 600,000 TO BE EXACT,
571,246. WE THERE'S DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA IN THE REPORT. A LOT OF
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA MAJORITY. NO
SURPRISE ABOUT 56% WERE
INDIVIDUALS. ADULTS OVER THE AGE
OF 25, BUT YOU DO SEE A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHILDREN
AGAIN BECAUSE CHAIR JACKSON, I
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
CAL WORKS FAMILIES THAT'S
USUALLY A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO
KIDS, RIGHT, SO THEY ARE PART OF
THIS. SO YOU SEE 24% WHERE
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18
SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE
FOLKS WE ARE SERVING. AND THEN
YOU SEE 6% WERE UNACCOMPANIED
YOUNG ADULTS 18 TO 24 IS HOW YOU
CATEGORIZE THOSE SO YOU CAN SEE
IT'S A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF
FOLKS THAT ARE BEING HELD. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. SPEAKING OF
DIVERSITY, BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY
. UM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
MIRRORED ACROSS THE NATION. YOU
CAN SEE THE RACIAL DISPARITIES
THAT EXIST WHICH ARE REFLECTED
IN THE DATA WE COLLECTED ABOUT
28% OF PEOPLE BEING SERVED
WITHIN THIS THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD ARE BLACK PEOPLE AND THEY
ARE VERY OVERREPRESENTED. AND OF
COURSE, THEY SHOW UP THEN BEING
OVERREPRESENTED IN THE PEOPLE
BEING SERVED PEOPLE BEING
CONNECTED TO SHELTER PEOPLE
RECEIVING SO SERVICES. YOU ALSO
SEE AND OVER REPRESENTATION OF
INDIGENOUS FOLKS SO YOU CAN SEE
ABOUT YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE
CHART FOR 28% OVER
REPRESENTATION THERE AND AS
THERE ARE FOUR COMMITTEES HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THIS OVER
REPRESENTATION NOT ONLY IN THE
HOMELESS POPULATION, YOU'LL SEE
THIS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
SYSTEM. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS AS SECURITY CASA RAMIREZ
MENTIONED. WE WANT TO REALLY
MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES
ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDRESSING
THESE RACIAL GAPS AS YOU THINK
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND WHEN YOU
LOOK AT SERVICE UTILIZATION, YOU
CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT WERE THE MOST UTILIZED.
RAPID RE HOUSING AND RAPID RE
HOUSING IS A TIME LIMITED RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN
SEEN TO REALLY HELP FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN AND YOU CAN SEE
THE MOST, UH THE MOST OFTEN
POPULATION THAT'S USING THESE
SERVICES IS FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING
BECAUSE RAPID RE HOUSING HAS
BEEN SHOWN TO WORK REALLY WELL
FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
HOMELESS PREVENTION SIMILARLY IS
SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO BEING USED
A LOT BY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
WHEN IT COMES TO STREET OUTREACH
AND EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAMS
THAT, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS MOST
LIKELY TO BE USED BY ADULT
INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN WHEN YOU
LOOK AT PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNITS THAT SEEMED TO BE
MOST USED BY OLDER ADULTS. BUT
THAT IS ALSO NOT SURPRISING, AND
BRIAN CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE US
MORE KIND OF TECHNICAL
BACKGROUND ON THIS BECAUSE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING USUALLY IS
DEDICATED FOR PEOPLE WITH VERY
ACUTE ISSUES, CHRONIC ILLNESSES
, SO THAT'S GOING TO TEND TO BE
OLDER COMPARED TO THE REST OF
THE POPULATION BECAUSE YOU'RE
TRYING TO MATCH A MORE INTENSE
HOUSING UNIT TO THE PEOPLE WITH
THE MORE INTENSE NEEDS. AND THEN
FINALLY, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
WAS MORE LIKELY TO BE USED BY,
UM YOUNG ADULTS OR YOUTH. NEXT
SLIDE THIS AND THIS CHART, WHICH
ACTUALLY, A TURNER CENTER
CREATED JUST SHOWS KIND OF WHAT
I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. THE
SCALE OF THE INCREASE OF INTERIM
AND PERMANENT HOUSING UNITS
ACROSS THE THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD. INTERIM HOUSING. AS YOU
KNOW, THIS THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD COINCIDED WITH THE HEIGHT
OF THE PANDEMIC, SO SOME OF
THOSE INTERIM HOUSING UNITS, UH
PROBABLY PROUD OF WE'RE NOT
PROBABLY OUR PROJECT ROOM KEY
AND HOME KEY BECAUSE HOME KEY
ALSO COULD BE INTERIM HOUSING
AND PERMANENT HOUSING. THOSE
INVESTMENTS INCLUDED HOME KEY AS
WELL BUT ALSO NO PLACE LIKE HOME
AND VHP. SO YOU CAN SEE ONCE
AGAIN VISUALLY ILLUSTRATED THE
SCALE OF INCREASE OVER THE THREE
YEAR STUDY PERIOD OF BOTH
INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND LAST NIGHT NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. JUST A FEW BULLETS ON
THE OUTCOMES. SO I MENTIONED AT
THE TOP OF THE PRESENTATION
ABOUT THE 571,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE
SERVED OVER THE THREE YEAR STUDY
PERIOD. AT THE END OF THE THREE
YEAR PERIOD, YOU COULD SEE 30%
OF THOSE FOLKS WERE STILL
ENROLLED IN SERVICES SHELTER
HOUSING, SO THEY REMAINED BUT
70% HAD EXITED PROGRAMS, SOME
EXITED TO TEMPORARY AND
PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SUBSIDIES
, SOME EXITED TO HOUSING WITHOUT
A SUBSIDY THAT MIGHT INCLUDE
REUNIFYING WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. UM SOME EXITED 25% TO
UNKNOWN DESTINATIONS, AND THIS
IS USUALLY SOMETIMES BECAUSE
THERE IS NO DATA THAT WE ARE
SEEING ON OUR END BECAUSE DATA
WAS NOT ENTERED, OR PEOPLE LEFT
THE PROGRAM AND DATA COULD NOT
BE ENTERED. 17% EXITED TO
SHELTERED OR UNSHELTERED,
HOMELESSNESS AND 9% REMAINED
ENROLLED IN A HOUSING PROGRAM
AWAITING HOUSING PLACEMENT. SO
UM, THAT'S THE END OF MY
PRESENTATION. JUST THE KEY
TAKEAWAYS AND, UM, HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND OR WE
CAN HAVE RYAN PROVIDE A QUICK
OVERVIEW AS WELL. WHY DON'T YOU
DO YOUR REMARKS AND THEN WE'LL
OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. SURE YEAH
, THE DNR PROVIDED A VERY
THOROUGH SUMMARY OF THE MAIN
FINDINGS OF THE REPORT. I'LL
JUST SAY THAT A FEW COMMENTS ON
THE ANALYSIS SIDE OF THINGS ON
THE ONE HAND WE OBSERVED
THROUGHOUT THE REPORTING PERIOD
THAT BOTH THE REACH AND THE
QUALITY OF H D I S DATA IMPROVED
ACROSS FISCAL YEARS. SO WHILE
THERE WAS A LARGE FRACTION OF
PEOPLE FOR WHOM THE OUTCOME
REMAINED UNKNOWN AT THE END OF
THE STUDY PERIOD, WITHIN ANY
GIVEN FISCAL YEAR. THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO EXITED PROGRAMS AND
HAD IT NOT KNOWN OUTCOME
DECLINED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE
NEXT AND THAT THE FRACTION OF
PEOPLE WITH UNKNOWN DESTINATIONS
WAS PRETTY SIMILAR IN
CALIFORNIA'S DATA AS IT IS IN
THE NATIONAL H. M. I S DATA, BUT
IN RECENT YEARS, THE FRACTION
WITH UNKNOWN DESTINATIONS IS
ACTUALLY LOWER IN CALIFORNIA'S
DATA SYSTEM. THAN IT IS IN
NATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS. SO ON THE
ONE HAND, WE SEE THAT THE H D I
S PROVIDES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE
PERFORMANCE OF HOMELESSNESS
SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE, AND WE
ALSO SEE THAT THAT POTENTIAL IS
IMPROVING OVER THE COURSE OF THE
STUDY PERIOD, AND FURTHER
INVESTMENTS CAN INCREASE THE
REACH AND THE QUALITY OF THAT
SYSTEM. THE OTHER THING THAT
I'LL SAY ABOUT THE DATA AND
ANALYSIS FOR THIS ASSESSMENT
PERIOD IS THAT MANY OF THE
INVESTMENTS MADE DURING THE
STUDY PERIOD COULD NOT BE
OBSERVED AS HAVING AN IMPACT
DURING THE PERIOD BECAUSE IT
TAKES TIME TO BUILD NEW HOUSING
. IT TAKES TIME TO START NEW
SHELTER AND CARE PROGRAMS TO
HIRE STAFF. UH IN CASE MANAGERS
AND SO MANY OF THE INVESTMENTS
MADE THAT WERE STUDIED DURING
THE FISCAL ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF
NEW PROGRAMS BEING LAUNCHED, AND
FUNDING FOR NEW PROGRAMS ARE
SERVING PEOPLE NOW, BUT THEY
WERE NOT SERVING PEOPLE THAT
WERE RECORDED DURING THE
ASSESSMENT PERIOD. SO IN SOME
SENSE, THERE IS ALSO GIVEN THE
NATURE OF THIS SNAPSHOT STUDY. A
DIFFERENCE IN THE INVESTMENTS
MADE ON THE ONE HAND, AND THEN
THE OUTCOMES OBSERVED ON THE
OTHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM
I'LL JUST START OFF WITH A FEW
QUESTIONS. AND THEN IF ANYONE
ELSE JUST LET ME KNOW, OKAY. UH
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE SAME INFORMATION.
UM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA
HAVE ANY INDICATION AT THIS
POINT, UM ON WHAT ARE THE BEST
RETURN ON INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE
MADE? IN TERMS OF TYPES OF
PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES
THAT WERE FUNDED, RIGHT. UH ANY
INDICATIONS ON. THINGS THAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING LESS OF AND
THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE
OF NOW THAT WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT
THIS DATA. THERE ISN'T REFERENCE
, AND RYAN CAN PROBABLY ADD MORE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT RETURNS TO
HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
PEOPLE GET TEMPORARY. UM,
HOUSING SUBSIDIES. MAKES SENSE,
RIGHT IF YOU HAVE A LONG TERM
ONGOING RENTAL SUBSIDY, YOU ARE
LESS LIKELY TO RETURN TO
HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
STABLE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT'S
BEEN PROVIDED TO HELP YOU THRIVE
IN THAT HOUSING VERSUS IF YOU
HAVE A TEMPORARY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE SUBSIDY, OR IF YOU'RE
REUNITED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
. SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE AN
ARGUMENT WITH YOUR MOTHER OR
YOUR BROTHER. WHOEVER YOU'RE
LIVING WITH. AND SO YOU DID FIND
IF YOU HAD A LONG TERM RENTAL
SUBSIDY, THE STABILITY WAS
GREATER FOR FOLKS. SO IF YOU'RE
THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE
YOU'RE GETTING A GOOD RETURN FOR
YOUR INVESTMENT WHEN YOU ARE
HAVING A LONG TERM RENTAL
SUBSIDY. AND ALSO, I CAN SAY ONE
OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE
MONITORING THE RETURN ON
INVESTMENT OR EFFECTIVENESS OF
DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS IS TO
CONTINUE ANALYZING IN TERMS OF
THE CONTEXT IN WHICH SOMEBODY IS
RECEIVING THAT INTERVENTION.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FOR WHOM
THE SHORT TERM SUBSIDY WAS
EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED. UM BUT
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS AT THE END OF
THE SHORT TERM SUBSIDY, WE DID
OBSERVE A RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS
IN THE DATA. AND SO, UH, IN
TERMS OF WHO NEEDS WHAT KINDS OF
SUBSIDIES? I THINK THE DATA
PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER
RESEARCH IN MATCHING WHAT IS THE
KIND OF INTERVENTION THAT WILL
STAY BILLY HOUSE FOLKS FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME VERSUS FOR
WHEN IN WHAT CONTEXT IS A SHORT
TERM SUBSIDY. EXACTLY WHAT
SOMEBODY NEEDS. SO YOU JUST
HIGHLIGHTED A RED FLAG THAT I
SAW IN THE DATA AS WELL, THE 17%
THAT AS RETURNED TO SOME FORM OF
HOMELESSNESS. UH HUH. BASICALLY
GET WHAT WE CAN BASICALLY CALL
THAT OUR RECIDIVISM RIGHT RIGHT
IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS. UH
WHAT OTHER RED FLAGS DO YOU SEE
IN THE DATA? I MEAN, I THINK THE
WHAT THE DATA DOES SHOW, WHICH
CAME UP IN THE FIRST PANEL. IS
THAT BUSINESS TO REMEMBER THAT
THIS IS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEM IF YOU WILL ON THE GROUND
, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S INFLOW,
WHICH WAS REFERENCED AND
PREVENTION, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE
SCOPE OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SYSTEM, SO WE NEED TO DO MORE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON UPSTREAM
PREVENTION IN THE YOU KNOW, FOR
EXAMPLE, KELL WORKS MOTHER WITH
TWO KIDS. WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE
SURE THEY DON'T FALL INTO
HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THE DATA
DID ALSO SHOW THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOWING UP IN THE
DATA SYSTEM WHO ARE NEWLY
HOMELESS, MEANING WE HADN'T SEEN
THEM FOR TWO YEARS PRIOR AND NOW
THEY'RE SHOWING UP IN THE
SYSTEM, SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY
MORE RESEARCH TO BE DONE AROUND
. WHAT DID TRIGGER THEM FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS, AND THIS IS
FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES, NOT THIS
STUDY. IN A THERE'S A STUDY THAT
WAS DONE AROUND FOLKS IN THE
TELEWORK SYSTEM AND YOU ARE
FINDING, YOU KNOW, JUST SMALL
EMERGENCY. A CAR REPAIR MEDICAL
EMERGENCY CAN TIP A FAMILY
THAT'S ALREADY IN DEEP POVERTY
INTO HOMELESSNESS. SO WHAT MORE
CAN WE BE DOING AND WHICH IS
OUTSIDE THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, BUT
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, WHAT COULD THE
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN HAVE DONE
TO PREVENT THE ACUTE DIABETES
SPIKE OF BLOOD PRESSURE SPIKES?
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
CONNECTIONS WHICH YOU HEARD
EARLIER. WHERE TRYING TO BUILD
CONNECT THE DOTS OPPORTUNITIES
NOT ONLY WITHIN THE HOMELESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM, BUT BEFORE
PEOPLE TOUCHED THE HOMELESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM. HOW CAN WE
REACH THESE OTHER SYSTEMS TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE HELPING PEOPLE
RETAIN HOUSING AND NOT TIP INTO
HOMES? SO THAT WOULD BE THE
OTHER THING, WHICH I DON'T HAVE
AN ANSWER, RIGHT? BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT. AND THINKING ABOUT
PREVENTION IN MORE KIND OF, UM,
SOPHISTICATED WAYS. YEAH I ECHO
SPEAKERS EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION
. I ALSO THINK IN TERMS OF
INTERPRETING SOME OF THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE OBSERVED FOR
PEOPLE LIKE A LOT OF THE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HAVE COMMENTED
ALREADY THIS MORNING, THE
REASONS THAT ANY PERSON MIGHT
FIND THEMSELVES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS CAN BE COMPLEX AND
BURIED. SO SOMETIMES IT IS A
SHORT TERM CRISIS. SOMETIMES
IT'S AN ACCUMULATION OF SMALL
AND LARGE. CHALLENGES SOMETIMES
IT'S AN INTERSECTION OF ALL OF
THESE THINGS. AND SO WHEN
INTERPRETING THE RESULTS ON
RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS,
ASSEMBLY PERSON YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THE 17%
WAS REALLY HIGH FOR THE FOLKS
WITH THE SHORT TERM SUBSIDY,
INDICATING THAT THE SUBSTANCE
SHORT TERM SUBSIDY WAS NOT
SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN HOUSING
IN THE LONG RUN. BUT IT CAN ALSO
BE POTENTIALLY COMPLICATED TO
INTERPRET THAT NEXT TO THE FACT
THAT RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS
WERE RELATIVELY LOW FOR PEOPLE
WHO DID NOT RECEIVE A SUBSIDY.
AND MY INTERPRETATION AND IN A
ROOM FOR MORE RESEARCH AROUND
THAT IS THAT THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM
THESE INTERVENTIONS WERE BEING
GIVEN AND THE WAYS THAT THEY
NAVIGATED THOSE RESOURCES TO GET
BACK INTO HOUSING BURIED SO THE
QUESTION IS LIKE WHY WOULD THERE
BE THESE VERY DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS? IT
CAN BE BOTH ABOUT WHAT WAS IT
ABOUT THE INTERVENTION THAT
THOSE FOLKS RECEIVED, BUT ALSO
ABOUT WHO RECEIVED WHAT KINDS OF
INTERVENTION AND WHAT KINDS OF
SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE
SURROUNDING THAT INTERVENTION.
AND SO THERE ARE MANY MOVING
PIECES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO WHY
THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS. UH
AND MORE UNDERSTANDING IN A
COMPLEX WAY OF HOW THE GIVEN
INTERVENTION ALIGNED WITH THE
PERSON'S PARTICULAR
CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE ECOSYSTEM
OF SUPPORTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT
BE AROUND THAT PERSON AS THEY
RECEIVED THAT INTERVENTION IS
NEEDED TO FULLY KNOW WHY IS IT
THAT WE RISK SEE THESE DIFFERENT
RATES OF RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS
FROM ONE INTERVENTION TO THE
NEXT? THANK YOU. FIRST WE'LL
HAVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S, UH
QUIRK-SILVA, FOLLOWED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CIVIL. THANK
YOU. I APPRECIATE THIS REPORT.
AND UH, I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL
DONE. AND YET IT'S STILL
INDICATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT YOU
KNOW. VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. UM
PARTICULARLY PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS
INTERESTED IS IF THAT I DIDN'T
SEE IN THE REPORT THAT YOU JUST
GAVE US BUT IS HAVE WITH A VERY
, VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF SUPPORT
THERE IS OUT THERE FOR SUBSIDIES
OR HUD VOUCHERS AND ALSO THE
DIFFICULTY OF PEOPLE WHO GET
THOSE FINDING A PLACE THAT WILL
TAKE THEM. UH IS THERE ANY
DISCREPANCY IN THE POPULATIONS?
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE SEE THAT 60%
OF THE FASTEST GROWING INTO
HOMELESSNESS IS LATINO
POPULATION, WHAT IS THE
PERCENTAGE OF THEM HAVING ACCESS
TO THOSE TYPES OF RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OR SUPPORT
COMPARED TO SAY, A LESSER
POPULATION THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS
FAST OF ARISE OR LIKE WE SAW
WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY VERY
SMALL PERCENT? OUTAGE ACROSS THE
STATE YET VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE.
BECAUSE THERE IS MY MIC WHERE
I'M GOING WITH. THIS IS MY
CONCERN WITH ACCESS AGAIN, WHICH
IS THAT YOU HAVE VERY LIMITED
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND
THEN WHO GETS ACCESS TO THAT
LIMITED SUPPORT SYSTEM IN
COMPARISON TO THE HOMELESS
POPULATION, MAYBE NAVIGATING
BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE, NOT KNOWING
HOW TO, UH GO INTO A SOCIAL
SERVICE ENVIRONMENT IN ACCESS
THAT SO DID YOU SEE ANYTHING?
YOU'RE IN YOUR DATA. ARE THERE
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE'S EQUITY
IN DISTRIBUTING THESE LIMITED
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT. I THINK RYAN
KEN HAS MORE DETAIL AROUND
WHAT'S IN THE REPORT. BUT I WILL
, ASSEMBLYWOMAN, I THINK THANK
YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT AROUND
ACCESS AS WELL AS WHAT WE CAN DO
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T BEING
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHEN
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSING. NOW
ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS
AROUND DISCRIMINATION AROUND
HOUSING VOUCHERS AREN'T IN THIS
REPORT. BUT I WILL SAY THAT
WITHIN B C. H S H. THERE IS A
CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT THAT'S
ACTUALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S NO WHAT IS CALLED SOURCE
OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION. SO IF
YOU DO HAVE A VOUCHER PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT BE. YOU KNOW, THE
LANDLORD CAN'T DENY YOU FOR THAT
UNIT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
VOUCHER AND SO MORE TO COME ON
THAT BECAUSE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL THAT WE NOT ONLY
PROVIDE ACCESS, BUT ALSO TO THE
SECRET CASTLE. RAMIREZ'S POINT
INCREASE THE POOL OF VOUCHERS SO
MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS
THESE KINDS OF UNITS. AND IN
LOOKING AT THE DATA IN TERMS OF
WHO IS SERVED AND BY WHAT KINDS
OF PROGRAMS BUT WE OBSERVED
OVERALL WAS THAT THE RACIAL
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE WHOLE
POPULATION OF PEOPLE SERVED
THROUGHOUT THE REPORT PERIOD
ROUGHLY MATCHED THE RACIAL
DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SO
THERE ARE VERY STARK RACIAL
DISPARITIES AND WHO EXPERIENCES
HOMELESSNESS. BUT THEN IN TERMS
OF WHO IS SERVED BY SYSTEMS
ACROSS THE STATE, IT SEEMED TO
MIRROR AND LARGE STROKES
POPULATION THAT WAS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IN TERMS OF THE PARTICULAR KINDS
OF PROGRAMS RECEIVED. WE ALSO
LOOKED AT WHO WAS PARTICIPATING
IN, SAY, PERMANENT HOUSING
PROGRAMS AND ACTUALLY MOVING
INTO A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PLACEMENT RELATIVE TO THINGS
LIKE TEMPORARY SHELTER OR STREET
OUTREACH OR OTHER KINDS OF
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WHAT WE
OBSERVED WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE
USED WERE THAT, UM BLACK
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WERE
PLACED IN PERMANENT HOUSING
PROGRAMS AT RELATIVELY HIGHER
RATES THAN THEY WERE REPRESENTED
IN THE POPULATION SERVED
OVERALL. NON HISPANIC WHITE
INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WERE
PLACED IN PERMANENT HOUSING
PROGRAMS AT RELATIVELY LOWER
RATES. THE DIFFERENCES WERE NOT
AS LARGE AS THE DISPARITIES IN
WHO EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS IN
THE FIRST PLACE. BUT THERE ARE
ALSO A LITTLE COMPLEX TO
INTERPRET, IN PART BECAUSE THESE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED
TO SERVE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS
IN THE SENSE OF INDIVIDUALS
OUTSIDE OF FAMILIES WHO MIGHT BE
OLDER AND EXPERIENCING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS RELATIVE TO PEOPLE
AND FAMILIES. AND ALTHOUGH THE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE RACIAL
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS SEEMS TO
MIRROR THE NUMBERS, UM, SERVED
IN THE POPULATION, THERE WERE
ALSO BIG DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF
WHO EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN
A FAMILY VERSUS AS AN ADULT
INDIVIDUAL. PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE
MUCH MORE LIKELY IN THE DATA OF
THE POPULATION SERVED TO BE
SERVED AS PART OF A FAMILY
RELATIVE TO NON HISPANIC WHITE
PEOPLE WHO ARE MOSTLY SERVED AS
ADULT INDIVIDUALS. THEREFORE
THERE WERE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PROGRAMS THAT TARGETED THEM FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICES ON
THE BASIS OF WHETHER THEY WERE
IN A FAMILY OR AN INDIVIDUAL. SO
SOME OF THAT INTERPRETATION IN
TERMS OF WHO IS SERVED AT WHAT
RATES. UH DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR
SITUATION WAS AT A TIME IN TERMS
OF BEING AN INDIVIDUAL VERSUS IN
A FAMILY. ALL RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S SHIAVO FOLLOWED
BY, UM CHAIR WICKS. THANK YOU.
UM AND THANK YOU TO THE TO THE
CO CHAIRS FOR MAKING SPACE FOR
THIS CONVERSATION, WHICH I THINK
IS SO IMPORTANT. I'M NOT ON ANY
OF THESE COMMITTEES, BUT, UM
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE
AND SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE
FOCUSING ON IN MY OFFICE,
ESPECIALLY RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS. AND SO, UM, ONE OF
THE OTHER RED FLAGS THAT REALLY
STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE 25%
UNKNOWN. UM WHICH IS KIND OF A
BIG, SCARY NUMBER. AND UM, YOU
KNOW IF YOU ADD THAT UP WITH THE
17% THAT WENT BACK TO
HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S 42% IS
NEARLY HALF OF WHO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. UM SO I DON'T KNOW. IT'S
LIKE, HOW DO WE ONE OF MY
QUESTIONS IS HOW DO WE GET A
BETTER SENSE OF THIS 25% BECAUSE
THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS. UM, AND
ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY
NICE TO SEE THAT HIGH SPIKE OF
HOUSING, BUT THAT YOU KNOW IF IT
INCLUDES PROJECT ROOM KEY AND
PROJECT HOME KEY. THAT'S NOT
ONGOING IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT, SO
WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT
IT'S NOT A TREND, NECESSARILY,
BUT A SPIKE. UM AND SO YOU KNOW
, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE? WITHOUT THOSE UM
GOING IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS
PROBABLY A MORE REALISTIC
EXPECTATION OF WHAT WE WOULD
SEE. HMM LET ME ASK THE ANSWER
THE LAST PIECE FIRST. YOU'RE
CORRECT. THE ROOM KEY IS WAS
TEMPORARY, WAS USING HOTELS AS
NON CONGREGATE SHELTER HOME.
KEY, HOWEVER, IS AN ONGOING
INVESTMENT AS SECRETARY CASA
RAMIREZ MENTIONED IF THEY ARE
PERMANENT, THEY WILL REMAIN
PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR
55 YEARS. SO THAT IS A REAL LONG
TERM INVESTMENT HOME KEY, WHICH
IS THE GOOD NEWS ON THE FIRST
QUESTION. YOU HAD ASSEMBLYWOMAN
AROUND THE 25% I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU WERE HERE RYAN MENTIONED AND
I LET HIM PROVIDE MORE IN DEPTH
KNOWLEDGE AROUND THAT. IT DOES
MIRROR NASH. IT IS ACTUALLY
LOWER THAN NATIONAL TRENDS AND
THE REASON WHERE SOMEONE A
SOCIAL WORKER MAY NOT HAVE
ENTERED DATA CAN BE MULTIPLE
REASONS. IMAGINE YOU'RE AT THE
HOSPITAL. THERE'S SOMEBODY OR
SERVING OR YOU'RE IN A SHELTER.
YOU'RE SOMEBODY OR SERVING, AND
SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT
TO A GOOD EXIT. AND YOU'RE
CALLING THEM BUT THEY'RE LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT? I PUT MY HOMELESS
EPISODE BEHIND ME. I DON'T WANT
TO ANSWER THIS CALL, SO IT COULD
BE. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE PERSON WENT, AND MAYBE THEY
WENT TO A GOOD PLACE. SOMETIMES
YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY JUST GO BACK
TO THE STREETS, AND THE PERSON
DOESN'T KNOW THE U. S. A SOCIAL
WORKER DOESN'T KNOW. SO THAT'S
WHAT IT SAYS ARE NON DOE DATA.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.
WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT YOU
KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO AS THE
SOCIAL WORKER? UM, AND THEN
SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE
TIME TO ENTER DATA TO BECAUSE
AGAIN THIS STATE A AT THE STATE
LEVEL. IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE
DATA THAT WAS ENTERED AT THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WE ARE JUST
AGGREGATING AND LOOKING AT THE
DATA AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT I
THINK RYAN DID BRING UP A GOOD
POINT WHERE IT GOT BETTER OVER
THE THREE YEAR PEOPLE. YEAH THE
PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO LEFT A
PROGRAM AND THEN THEIR
DESTINATION WAS ENTERED AS
UNKNOWN, DECLINED FROM ONE
FISCAL YEAR TO THE NEXT, SO I
THINK THE QUALITY OF THE DATA IN
TERMS OF WHO IS REPORTING ON
DESTINATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS
GOING THROUGH THEIR PROGRAMS IS
IMPROVING. THE OTHER WAY IN
WHICH THE QUALITY OF THE DATA
CAN IMPROVE IS THAT THERE IS AN
INCREASING NUMBER OF SERVICES
AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING IN. HMM. I S DATA
ENTRY. SO THE TWO WAYS THAT WE
CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT SOMEBODY'S
OUTCOMES ARE IN THE DATA ARE
EITHER THAT THE PROVIDER ENTERS
WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES A PROGRAM
THAT THEY GO INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING, FRIENDS AND FAMILY
RETURNED TO HOMELESSNESS. THE
OTHER WAY WE CAN OBSERVE THEIR
OUTCOME IS WHEN THEY ENROLL IN
ANOTHER PROGRAM, AND IN SOME
CASES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S A
GOOD THING LIKE GOING FROM AN
EMERGENCY SHELTER INTO A
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PLACEMENT. THE MORE THAT
ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE ENTERING DATA INTO
. HMM. I S THAT THE STATE CAN
THEN AGGREGATE TOGETHER, THE
MORE WE BE ABLE TO OBSERVE AND
WHAT WOULD SHOW UP AS AN UNKNOWN
DESTINATION FROM AN EMERGENCY
SHELTER. WAS ACTUALLY MOVE INTO
A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PLACEMENT. AND NOW THAT THAT
PROVIDERS PARTICIPATING IN EACH
OF MY US THAT DESTINATION CAN BE
OBSERVED, SO I THINK THERE ARE
MULTIPLE WAYS THAT THE DATA
QUALITY WILL IMPROVE WITH TIME.
ON THE ROOM KEY QUESTIONS, SO
THE NUMBERS THAT WE SHOWED IN
TERMS OF THE STOCK OF EMERGENCY
HOUSING BEDS CAME FROM HUD'S
DATA THAT REPORT ON YEAR ROUND
BEDS. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE
WAYS THAT LOCAL EMERGENCY
SHELTER PROVIDERS CAN REPORT
THAT DATA TO HIDE. THEY OFTEN
REPORT YEAR ROUND BEDS. BUT MANY
OF THE ROOM KEY SITES ROUGHLY
HALF REPORTED THEIR BEDS AS
EITHER SEASONAL OR OVERFLOW BEDS
, AND THAT'S WERE NOT INCLUDED
IN THAT YEAR ROUND TREND. SO
THAT YEAR ROUND TREND DID
INCLUDE A LARGE PORTION OF ROOM
KEY UNITS THAT WILL NOT BE
PERMANENTLY AVAILABLE. HOWEVER
MANY OF THE ROOM KEY UNITS WERE
NOT A PART OF THAT YEAR ROUND
TREND ESTIMATE. AND SO I THINK
THE ROOM. KEY ALONE DOES NOT
ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGE INCREASE
IN EMERGENCY SHELTER. CHAIR
WICKS. THANK YOU. CHAIR, JACKSON
. UM FIRST I WANNA I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DATA AND THE WORK
THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. I ALSO
WANT TO RECOGNIZE. I KNOW THAT
THIS WAS PART OF, UM UH,
COMPELLED BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS. HE WAS PUTTING A BUDGET
BILL WHEN I THINK THE CHAIR
BUDGETS BEFORE FOR ADVOCATING
FOR SUCH DATA. I THINK IT'S
CRITICAL AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT
INVESTMENTS WE NEED. SO I
APPRECIATE THIS AND THE WORK
THAT BOTH OF YOU DO IN YOUR
RESPECTIVE TEAMS. UM WITH THAT I
HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ONE. I KNOW
IN THE ASSESSMENT, IT MENTIONS
THAT COUNTIES HAVE THE OPTION OF
PAIRING OR AUGMENTING CERTAIN
PROGRAMS. WITH REALIGNMENT FUNDS
WITH, UM MH ESSAY FUNDS
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RELATED
FEDERAL GRANT BLOCKS, I THINK IN
2018 AND 2019. THAT WAS $17.3
BILLION. THEY COULD AUGMENT OR
THEY AUGMENTED. UM AND THEN,
ADDITIONALLY, UM, UM, MEDICAL
FUNDING AND I THINK AS OF AUGUST
22, THE REPORT SAYS THAT IT
ESTIMATED THAT COUNTIES COULD
LEVERAGE OVER 11 BILLION
ANNUALLY VIA PUBLIC COMMUNITY
BEHAVIOR. HEALTH FUNDING. UM SO
WITH THOSE THAT AUGMENTATION I
JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW
THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT. CAN
YOU JUST PROVIDE SOME MORE
DETAILS? YOU KNOW, ON THE ON THE
REALIGNMENT DOLLARS, UM ARE
THOSE BEING USED AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL NOW TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS? UM ARE THOSE
DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS? OR GENERALLY FOR
LOWER INCOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH. UM, ILLNESS
SERVICE NEEDS. THAT PIECE CHAIR
WICKS WAS ADDED BY THE HCS AND
SO IT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE
TO US THEM BECAUSE WE ARE JUST
LOOKING AT KIND OF OVERALL DATA,
AND THERE ARE KIND OF FOCUS
AREAS WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS,
WHICH ARE PROVIDED TO US BY HHS
COUNTERPARTS. SO UM, THEY WOULD
PROBABLY HAVE MUCH MORE
KNOWLEDGE THAN I WILL FOLLOW UP
WITH THEM. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION
I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS
THAT HOME KEY HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT
ON BOARDING AS MUCH HOUSING AS
WE NEED TO, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE
AREAS WHERE WE HAVE INFUSED A
LOT OF FUNDS MADE IT EASY,
QUICK, UP AND RUNNING. LET'S GET
THESE PROJECTS GOING. WE HAVE
ONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S
BEEN SUCCESSFUL. UM IN YOUR
OPINION, LOOKING AT SORT OF THE
PROGRAMS ACROSS THE BOARD IS
THAT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS YOU
WOULD REALLY HIGHLIGHT AS A KEY
SUCCESS AND JUST THINKING ABOUT
AS A LAWMAKER, IF WE THINK ABOUT
INVESTING MORE RESOURCES IS THAT
A MODEL THAT YOU THINK IS
SUCCESSFUL ONE THAT WE SHOULD
REPLICATE. I WOULD SAY YES. MM
GREAT. OKAY THOSE ARE MY
QUESTIONS. THAT WAS THE EASIEST
ANSWER OF THE DAY. WOW UM,
ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU WHEN SHE, UH,
CHAIR WICKS, UM, CITED THE
VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT COUNTIES
HAVE TO LEVERAGE FUNDS AND, UM
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE, UM,
OPPORTUNITIES. WHERE THERE ANY
COUNTIES THAT SHOWS NOT TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPTIONS. MM.
HMM. THE. THE BEAUTY OF THIS
REPORT IS AN AGGREGATED KIND OF
STATEWIDE. LOOK, BUT THEN THE
DIFFICULTIES YOU DON'T GET THAT
KIND OF COUNTY BY COUNTY KIND
OF, UM SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION, THOUGH. CHAIR JACKSON
, UM IT'S JUST THIS REPORT IS
MORE KIND OF AN AGGREGATE VIEW
OF DATA COLLECTED THROUGH H D. I
S I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR
THAT, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME? SAYING NONE. THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH AND I'LL HAND
OVER THE GAVEL BACK TO CHAIR
WICKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AH
LET'S SEE. WE ARE MOVING SWIFTLY
ON, UH TWO PANEL THREE BUDGET
INVESTMENTS. WE HAVE LOURDES
MORALES PRINCIPAL FISCAL. OH YES
. SORRY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE
SOMEONE ELSE IN HER PLACE. IS
THAT RIGHT? WELL, LET HERSELF
INTRODUCED AND SHARON RAPPAPORT
, DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE POLICY CORPORATION FOR
SERVICE, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
HMM. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRS AND
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNY BELLA
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. I AM GOING TO BE
SPEAKING PRIMARILY FROM A
HANDOUT TODAY THAT IS IN YOUR
PACKETS. IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON
OUR ELIO WEBSITE, AND IT'S BEEN
POSTED. WE WERE ASKED TO GIVE A
VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE
RECENT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
AUGMENTATIONS THAT THE STATE HAS
PROVIDED IN RECENT YEARS AND
ALSO GIVE A LOOK AT SOME GENERAL
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE STATE'S
APPROACH TO OVERSIGHT OF THOSE
FUNDS. SO TURNING TO THE FIRST
PAGE OF THE HANDOUT. I'M GONNA
ACTUALLY GO PRETTY QUICKLY
THROUGH THESE FIRST PAGES
BECAUSE I THINK THEY'VE BEEN HIT
ON PRETTY PRETTY WELL THIS
MORNING. UM BUT AS AS WE KNOW,
AND HAVE DISCUSSED THE HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS ARE
REALLY OVERSEEN AND FUNDED BY A
VARIETY AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PLAYS A ROLE STATE
GOVERNMENT PLAYS A ROLE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLAY A ROLE IN
FUNDING AND ADMINISTERING THESE
PROGRAMS. THE BOTTOM LINE HERE
IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. A LOT OF
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
INVOLVED IN THAT PRESENTS ITS
OWN CHALLENGES AS WE'VE
DISCUSSED TODAY. TURNING TO THE
SECOND PAGE OF THE HANDOUT. IT
REALLY GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF
THE MAJOR HOUSING, HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS AUGMENTATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SINCE 2018 19
TILL TODAY. AND ANOTHER POINT
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE TODAY
IS THAT YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED
BY THE STATE SINCE 2018 19. WHEN
YOU LOOK SORT OF AT THE LENGTH
OF THE PROGRAMS HERE IN THE IN
THE TABLES. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE
JUST THE INCREASE IN THE FUNDING
AMOUNTS. AS YOU LOOK LEFT TO
RIGHT SO TURNING TO THE TO THE
FINAL PAGE OF THE NEXT PAGE OF
THE TABLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN
2018 19. THERE WAS LESS THAN A
BILLION DOLLARS FOR THESE
PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD SIX YEARS
WE SEE THAT UP TO UPWARDS OF
NEARLY 25 BILLION FOR THESE
PROGRAMS, SO REAL GROWTH IN THE
VOLUME OF PROGRAMS AND THE LEVEL
OF STATE FUNDING. A COUPLE
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT THIS TABLE
IS OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T COVER
EVERYTHING EITHER. RIGHT SO
THESE ARE FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS
. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
THE CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL AND HOMELESSNESS. BUT AS
WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED TODAY,
THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT
PLAY KEY ROLES AND FUNDING AND
OVERSEEING HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.
AND THOSE OF ALL THOSE ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE, BUT ALSO
WOULD INCREASE THAT THAT FUNDING
LEVEL AND THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS
ADDITIONALLY, THIS CHART REALLY
FOCUSES ON AUGMENTATIONS
DISCRETIONARY AUGMENTATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN RECENT
YEARS. IN SOME CASES WE HAVE WE
DID HAVE ONGOING PROGRAMS WITH
BASE LEVEL FUNDING THAT ARE NOT
REFLECTED HERE AND WOULD ALSO
INCREASE THAT $25 BILLION
NUMBERS SO REAL INCREASE OVER
THE YEARS IN THE VOLUME AND
AMOUNT OF FUNDING. TURNING TO
PAGE FOUR OF THE HANDOUT. AND AS
WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS THAT
SPANNED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT AND EVEN WITHIN THE
STATE, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND
SO A KEY QUESTION COMES UP IS
SORT OF HOW DO WE? HOW DOES THE
LEGISLATURE PROVIDE OVERSIGHT
AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN
IT COMES TO THESE PROGRAMS WHEN
WE'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS AND DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS? AND OUR OFFICES IN
REALLY THE EARLY STAGES OF
BEGINNING TO LOOK AT EACH OF
THESE PROGRAMS AND BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THOSE
PROGRAMS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY
SYNTHESIS OF THAT INFORMATION
YET TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME
KEY OBSERVATIONS. SOME THINGS
WE'VE NOTICED SO FAR IN THAT
WORK. THE FIRST IS THAT THE
REPORTING AUTHORITY REALLY
VARIES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE
PROGRAMS, SOME SOME OF IT MAY BE
ESTABLISHED IN STATUTE. OTHER
TIMES THE REPORTING IS REQUIRED
THROUGH DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTION
OR THROUGH REGULATIONS, AND
SOMETIMES IT'S A COMBINATION OF
BOTH SO KIND OF THE REQUIREMENTS
REALLY EXIST IN DIFFERENT
PLACES. THE REPORTING HAPPENS AT
DIFFERENT INTERVALS. RIGHT SO
SOMETIMES WE GET ANNUAL REPORT
SOMETIMES QUARTERLY, AND IT
REALLY VARIES. SOMETIMES THE
DEPARTMENT HAS MORE UP TO DATE
INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE
UPON REQUEST, SO IF WE ASK FOR
IT, WE CAN GET IT. WE'VE ALSO
NOTICED THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN
INCREASED RELIANCE ON DASHBOARDS
, WHICH REALLY INCREASED THE
TRANSPARENCY AND THE ABILITY FOR
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PUBLIC
TO BETTER HAVE A VIEW INTO MORE
LIVE INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMS
AND THEIR OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES.
EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE THE HOME
KEY, UM, AT THE HOME KI¾M THE
ROOM KEY PROGRAMS ACTUALLY, THAT
WERE PROVIDED NEARLY DAILY
UPDATES SO WE COULD REALLY SEE
IN LIFETIME. WHAT WHAT? UM WHAT
THE OUTCOMES ARE OF THE
PROGRAMS. UM ANOTHER NOTE THAT
WE HAVE IS THAT YOU KNOW, AND
THIS IS NOT JUST FOR HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. THIS IS
REALLY TRUE FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS. IT'S
REALLY DIFFICULT TO COLLECT
OUTCOME DATA. IT TAKES A LONGER
TIME. AND IT REALLY IS SOMETHING
THAT IS. YOU DON'T SEE THOSE
IMMEDIATE RESULTS, SO WE OFTEN
HAVE REPORTING DATA THAT IS MORE
FOCUSED ON OUTPUTS, SUCH AS YOU
KNOW THE LEVEL OF SPENDING THAT
IS PUT IN THERE HOW MUCH OF THE
SPENDING WAS ACTUALLY USED IN
THAT TYPE OF THING? UNLESS ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE EXITED INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING OR HOW THOSE
TYPES OF OUTCOMES ARE JUST
HARDER TO GET? AND THE FINAL
POINT WE WOULD MAKE IS THAT IS
ONE THAT WE JUST TOUCHED UPON
WHICH IS DATA RELIABILITY. AND
AS WE'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
RELYING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT
ENTITIES, LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
AND PUTTING INFORMATION AND SO
OUR INFORMATION IS AS GOOD AS
WHAT IS INPUT, SO IT'S OFTEN WE
HAVE TO RELY ON THAT INFORMATION
AND BE CAUTIOUS IN MAKING SURE
WE UNDERSTAND THE ROOT OF THE
DATA AND ANY ANY CHALLENGES THAT
MIGHT EXIST THERE. UM TURNING TO
THE TO THE LAST TWO PAGES OF THE
HANDOUT. WE REALLY PROVIDE AN
EXAMPLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF
REPORTING FOR ONE OF THE STATE'S
MAJOR HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS, THE
HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING ASSISTANCE
AND PREVENTION PROGRAM, OR HAP.
AND WE REALLY WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS PROGRAM IS AN
EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS
CHANGED OVER TIME. THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS AS YOU'LL SEE IN
THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF THE
PROGRAM. IT WAS LESS. THERE WAS
LESS MONEY INVOLVED, AND THERE
WERE LESS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
RIGHT AND THEY REALLY DID FOCUS
LESS ON OUTCOMES AND REALLY WERE
FOCUSED MORE ON THE AMOUNT OF
DOLLARS SPENT AND THOSE TYPES OF
REPORTS BACK. AS THE PROGRAM
EVOLVED AND HAS BECOME MORE
REGULAR AND THE FUNDING AMOUNTS
HAVE INCREASED. YOU SEE THAT
THERE'S ALSO THESE NEW
REQUIREMENT OF ACTION PLANS UP
FRONT THAT REALLY SET GOALS AND
EXPECTATIONS, WHICH MAKE IT
EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO SORT OF
HOLD, UH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ACCOUNTABLE TO MEETING MEETING
THOSE GOALS. ADDITIONALLY THE
LIST OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
THAT THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO
RECEIVE IS LONGER AND REALLY
MORE FOCUSED ON THOSE OUTCOME.
MEASURES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
TODAY AND A LOT OF THAT IS
ENABLED BY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE
TO HAVE HD I S AND SOME BETTER
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PULL UP
AT THE STATE LEVEL. OF COURSE,
THERE ARE STILL CHALLENGES
RIGHT? WE'VE EVOLVED. WE'RE
GETTING BETTER AT ACCOUNTABILITY
AND OVERSIGHT. BUT I THINK YOU
KNOW, WE STILL HAVE LAGS AND
DATA SO SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
DECISIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
THE DATA YET FROM THE PRIOR
ROUNDS, RIGHT, SO IT'S WE MIGHT
BE THINKING ABOUT, UM,
ALLOCATIONS FOR A NEW ROUND OF
HAT MONEY BUT NOT HAVE ALL THE
INFORMATION YET FROM FROM THE
PRIOR SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A
CHALLENGE. ALSO BECAUSE THE
GOALS AND THE ACTION PLANS ARE
SET AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THERE'S
A YOU KNOW CONSTANT NEED FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO ENSURE THAT THE
GOALS AND THE OUTCOMES AND ALL
ALL THE EXPECTATIONS SET AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL AND APPROVED BY CAL
I CH ARE IN LINE WITH THE
LEGISLATURE'S GOALS WHEN IT
COMES TO HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS. SO WITH THAT I
WILL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS AND I
REALLY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
TODAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME
TO TALK ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA
HOMELESS HOUSING NEEDS
ASSESSMENT. UM I DO HAVE SLIDES
. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD WAIT
OR GO AHEAD AND OKAY, PLEASE
PROCEED. OKAY UM, THE NEEDS
ASSESSMENT. OH, THANK YOU. THE
NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A RECENTLY
PUBLISHED. LET ME SEE IF I CAN.
LIT UP. COMPUTER ALL. I'LL GO
AHEAD AND PROCEED AND HOPEFULLY
THOSE WILL COME UP SOON. THE
ASSESSMENT IS A RECENTLY
PUBLISHED REPORT THAT ANSWERS
THE QUESTION OF WHAT IT WOULD
TAKE TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS BY
2035. IT IDENTIFIES HOW MUCH
HOUSING SERVICES AND INTERIM
HOUSING THE STATE NEEDS. UM OH,
THERE IT GOES. OVER THE FIRST
COUPLE OF SLIDES. BASED ON THE
WORK OF MY ORGANIZATION HAS DONE
AND OTHER STATES AND COMMUNITIES
HILTON FOUNDATION HAD ASKED US
TO COMPLETE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
FOR CALIFORNIA, AND WE PARTNERED
WITH THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING
PARTNERSHIP TO COMPLETE THE
WORK. UM JUST TO GROUND US,
CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO 30% CLOSER
TO THE MIC. OH, I'M SORRY. THANK
YOU. CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO 30%
OF THE NATION'S HOMELESS
POPULATION. FOR ONE PRIMARY
REASON PEOPLE WITH THE LOWEST
INCOMES CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA, WE DON'T ACTUALLY
HAVE HIGHER PERCENTAGES OR RATES
OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS
MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE USE
IN CALIFORNIA. AND PEOPLE WERE
HOMELESS AND OTHER STATES AREN'T
FLOCKING HERE. ACTUALLY, THE
DATA SHOWS THAT MOST PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE
ARE FROM CALIFORNIA HAVE LIVED
HERE A LONG TIME WELL BEFORE
THEY BECAME HOMELESS, SO THE
DISPROPORTIONATE RATE OF
HOMELESSNESS HERE IS DIRECTLY
TIED TO THE LACK OF ABILITY TO
AFFORD HOUSING. AS WE ALL KNOW,
RENTS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY
IN RECENT YEARS, AND WHEN RENTS
GO UP PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR
HOUSING FIRST OR THOSE WHO FACE
RACISM AND OTHER FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION IN OUR HOUSING
MARKET. UM AS WELL PEOPLE WITH
THE LOWEST, OFTEN FIXED INCOME
SUCH AS SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ARE OFTEN FIRST OF
ALL INTO HOMELESSNESS. OUR
REPORT SHOWS CALIFORNIA WILL
HAVE 225,053 HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS
WITH UNMET HOUSING NEEDS OVER
THE NEXT 12 YEARS AND JUST TO
CLARIFY THIS NUMBER, IT
REPRESENTS THE PROTECTED NUMBER
OF CALIFORNIAN HOUSEHOLDS WHO
ARE OR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS AND WON'T BE ABLE
TO GET HELP AND MOVED INTO
HOUSING WITH OUR CURRENT
HOMELESS SYSTEM, OUR CURRENT
RESOURCES. WE'D DID BREAK DOWN
THE UNMET HOUSING NEEDS INTO
NINE REGIONS JUST BECAUSE
HOUSING COSTS VARY SO
DRAMATICALLY BETWEEN THOSE
REGIONS. BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IS
UNDERGOING OR WILL UNDERGO THE
TRAUMATIC AND OFTEN LIFE
THREATENING, UM, OF SITUATION OF
HOMELESSNESS. FOR CALIFORNIA TO
MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS FOR THESE
225,053 HOUSEHOLDS. WE WOULD
NEED TO INVEST IN ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING. BUILDING 100 AND
12,527 NEW, AFFORDABLE AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, WHICH
WOULD COST ABOUT $5.7 BILLION ON
AVERAGE OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.
UM AND WE AGREE THAT WITH
SECRETARY CASTRO RAMIREZ THAT,
UM WE NEED TO BUILD A LOT MORE
HOUSING. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PAY
FOR OPERATING COSTS FOR THOSE
PEOPLE IN THOSE HOUSING UNITS
BECAUSE MOST CAN'T AFFORD
HOUSING, EVEN IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN IT. WE ALSO WOULD
NEED TO PAY FOR RENTAL SUBSIDIES
BECAUSE EVEN IF WE BUILD THAT
NUMBER OF UNITS, THERE'LL STILL
BE A GAP OF ABOUT 112,000
HOUSEHOLDS WHO WILL NEED TO
ACCESS HOUSING IN THE PRIVATE
MARKET SO THAT WOULD HELP PAY
FOR RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR THOSE
REMAINING 112,526 HOUSEHOLDS.
PAYING FOR OPERATING COSTS OF
NEW UNITS AND PAYING FOR PRIVATE
MARKET RENTAL SUBSIDIES WOULD
COST AN AVERAGE OF $1.8 BILLION
A YEAR. UM ADDITIONALLY ABOUT
63,000 HOUSEHOLDS WILL NEED
SERVICES AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
TO GAIN HOUSING, STABILITY AND
THRIVE. THOSE SERVICES WOULD
COST AN AVERAGE OF $488 MILLION
A YEAR OVER 12 YEARS. AN INTERIM
HOUSING LIKE SHELTERS,
NAVIGATION CENTERS AND BRIDGE
HOUSING, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
BE SAFE WHILE WAITING FOR
HOUSING. WE DO SEE A SOMEWHAT
DISTURBING TREND IN A LOT OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE IN SHELTERS WHEN THEY
LEAVE SHELTERS THEY DON'T HAVE
HOUSING TO GO TO, AND SO THEY'RE
RETURNING TO THE STREETS, AND WE
SEE THIS IN INCREASING RATES AND
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING BY BUILDING
MORE HOUSING. WE COULD FREE UP
SHELTER BEDS THAT THOSE SHELTER
BEDS WILL TURN OVER MORE
QUICKLY. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO
MOVE PEOPLE, UM INTO HOUSING,
AND THEY'D BE ABLE TO EXIT
HOMELESSNESS PERMANENTLY. MORE
HOUSING WILL MEAN MORE SHELTER
BEDS, ACCESS AND THOSE BEDS WILL
BE ABLE TO USE MORE EFFECTIVELY
. WE NEED A TOTAL OF $630
MILLION MORE TO BUILD SHELTERS,
AND THAT'S OVER THE ENTIRE
PERIOD. SO WE DID NOT DO IN ANY
WELL AVERAGE BECAUSE AT A
CERTAIN POINT UM WHEN WE BUILD
ENOUGH HOUSING, AND WE MAKE
HOUSING SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE TO
ENOUGH PEOPLE, UM WE WON'T HAVE
TO PAY FOR MORE SHELTER BEDS. WE
WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH
SHELTER BEDS IN OUR CURRENT
SYSTEM TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE
SAFE. UM SO THE TOTAL OF THESE
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE $8.1
BILLION OVER 12 YEARS IF WE WERE
TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS, AND WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS REALLY BIG
NUMBERS SCARY. UM BUT IT TOTALS
LESS THAN 2.7% OF OUR STATE
BUDGET. WE ALSO CAN COUNT ON
ABOUT $1.2 BILLION FOR EACH OF
THESE YEARS AND EXISTING STATE
AND FEDERAL LOW INCOME HOUSING
TAX CREDIT. THE FUND HOUSING FOR
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES, SO THAT LEAVES A GAP
OF ABOUT $6.9 BILLION OVER THE
YEAR OVER THE 12 YEARS. AFTER
YEAR 12 THE STATE WOULD NEED TO
INVEST 4.7 BILLION ANNUALLY TO
PAY FOR ONGOING OPERATING RENTAL
SUBSIDY AND SERVICES COSTS. UM
87 COMMUNITIES AND THREE STATES
HAVE ELIMINATED HOMELESSNESS
AMONG VETERANS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS THAT
INCLUDES CONNECTICUT, VIRGINIA
AND DELAWARE. RIVERSIDE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE HAS ALSO ELIMINATED OR
ENDED CHRONIC ENDED HOMELESSNESS
AMONG VETERANS. THESE
JURISDICTIONS CREATED A DATA
DRIVEN STRATEGY. UM THAT
COMMITTED ONGOING RESOURCES TO
HOUSING AND HOUSING BASED
SERVICES AND THE ONGOING
RESOURCES ARE THE CRITICAL PART
HERE BECAUSE NO JURISDICTION HAS
ACTUALLY DECREASED HOMELESSNESS
SIGNIFICANTLY WITH ONE TIME
FUNDING. UM AND, UH, HEARD
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WOULD EARLIER
TALK ABOUT DECREASE IN FAMILY,
HOMELESSNESS AND HIS DISTRICT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A NATIONWIDE
TREND, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING
. IT HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY TO
INVEST IN RENTAL SUBSIDIES FOR
FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, AND THAT MONEY HAS
BEEN ONGOING. BY MAKING DATA
INFORMED INVESTMENTS THROUGH
ONGOING FUNDING. THIS REPORT
SHOWS US THAT CALIFORNIA CAN
SOLVE HOMELESSNESS. UM I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND TIME
I'D BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT A PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH
IN THE DATA WE USED IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED, BUT WOULD LOOK
FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH.
I KNOW I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS,
BUT I WANT TO DEFER TO CHAIR
JACKSON FIRST. SURE THANK YOU SO
VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THAT
INFORMATION I ACTUALLY FELT
INSPIRED BY SEEING SOME OF THOSE
NUMBERS. UM SO THAT, UH, IT IS
DOABLE. YES THE QUESTION JUST
BECOMES. DO WE HAVE THE
DISCIPLINE AND DO WE HAVE THE
COURAGE TO MAKE THE RIGHT
DECISIONS? THE BIG DECISIONS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY
ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM, NOT JUST
SAY THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE
PROBLEM. UH, SAME QUESTION THAT
I'VE HAD FOR OTHERS. WHAT'S THE
BEST RETURN OF INVEST OF OUR
INVESTMENT HERE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVE
CURRENTLY INVESTED, UM, INTO
THIS ISSUE? ANY, UH. ANY GREAT
MODELS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT INVESTING MORE IN OKAY. UM
WELL, I WOULD SAY HOUSING
PERMANENT HOUSING IS, UM THE
DATA ALL SHOW IS THE ONLY WAY
ACTUALLY TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS
AND HAS THE BEST RETURN ON
INVESTMENT. SO SOME OF THE DATA
SHOWING ALL THESE GREAT SAVINGS
OR REDUCTIONS IN EMERGENCY ROOM
VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS
NURSING HOME STAYS JAIL PRISON.
ALL OF THOSE COME FROM PEOPLE
BEING MOVED INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE,
THEY DO NEED INTENSIVE SERVICES
TO HELP THEM STAY HOUSED. BUT
FOR MOST PEOPLE, THEY JUST NEED
AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE. AND
SO I WOULD SAY. PERMANENT
HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION, AND
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY
INVEST AT THE RIGHT LEVEL AND
HOUSING, BUT THAT WE MAKE SURE
WE'RE INVESTING IN PERMANENT
HOUSING AND NOT, UM OTHER
INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE
FREQUENTLY FUNDED IN CALIFORNIA.
ARE THERE ANY CURRENT POOR
INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING RIGHT
NOW. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM
I CANNOT SAY THAT THERE ARE POOR
INVESTMENTS, BUT I DO THINK THAT
WE ARE OVER INVESTING IN IN TERM
INTERVENTIONS COMPARED TO HOW
MUCH WE'RE INVESTING IN
PERMANENT INTERVENTIONS. I THINK
OUR REPORT SHOWS IT HAS TO BE
BALANCED. WE DO NEED INTERIM
HOUSING LIKE SHELTER BEDS. UM TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. BUT IF WE'RE
NOT INVESTING EVEN MORE HEAVILY
AND PERMANENT HOUSING, THOSE
SHELTER BEDS WILL BE A
BOTTLENECK AND PEOPLE WILL EXIT
THOSE SHELTERS AND RETURNED TO
THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY WAY YOU
KNOW, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL
CONSIDERED HOMELESS WHILE
THEY'RE IN A SHELTER. SO REALLY,
THE ONLY WAY IS TO BALANCE THOSE
INVESTMENTS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE INVESTING IN PERMANENT
HOUSING AT MULTIPLE RATES. THE
AMOUNT WE'RE INVESTING IN
INTERIM HOUSING. I THINK WE
WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN THAT
HOUSING AND THE HIGH COST OF
HOUSING IN THE STATE IS THE
PRIMARY DRIVER OF HOMELESSNESS,
SO TO ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE
ALREADY SAID. I WOULD JUST ADD
ON THAT THERE IS, AS YOU WILL
HEAR. IN THE SUBSEQUENT PANELS,
LIKE A COMBINATION OF EFFORTS
BEING TAKEN UNDER WAY THAT
INCOME AT THE ISSUE FROM A LOT
OF DIFFERENT ANGLES, RIGHT AS
WE'VE HEARD, THERE IS NO
SINGULAR REASON THAT SOMEONE MAY
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AND SO
HAVING A COORDINATED APPROACH
THAT REALLY DOES LOOK AT ALL OF
THOSE FACTORS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. ARE YOU SAYING THAT
WE DON'T HAVE A COORDINATED
APPROACH? FOR THAT. IT'S JUST
SOMETHING GENERAL, I THINK.
WELL, ANOTHER POINT I THINK THAT
HAS COME OUT TODAY IS THAT THE
STATE HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS AND REALLY, UM,
INCREASING OUR ROLE IN FUNDING
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS BUT ALSO
IN THE STATES PRESENCE. RIGHT?
SO THAT HAVING THE COUNCIL HERE
TO REALLY LOOK AT A MORE TAKE A
MORE COORDINATED APPROACH HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THE LANDSCAPE.
ASSESSMENT TO REALLY REACT TO, I
THINK IS REALLY MOVING IN THE
DIRECTION OF INCREASING THAT
COORDINATION. MHM THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. UM I APPRECIATE
THIS PANEL. UM, I THINK WE CAN
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. AND I THINK
SOMETIMES, UH, WE LOOK AT IT AND
IT FEELS LIKE THIS INTRACTABLE
SORT OF LIKE THE MIDDLE EAST
CONFLICT OR SOMETHING LIKE HOW
WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM, RIGHT? BUT I
ACTUALLY THINK WE CAN I LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU CHAIR
JACKSON ON THAT AS WELL AS THE
OTHERS ON THE PANEL AND MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES. IT'S A MATTER OF US,
MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES AND
MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND
SAYING WE CAN SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM, RIGHT. WE'VE SENT
PEOPLE TO THE MOON. WE CAN SOLVE
HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA. I
TRULY BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT, AND
I APPRECIATE THE ANALYSIS. UM
THAT YOU PRESENTED MR RAPPAPORT
, BECAUSE, UM, IT TALKS ABOUT
WHAT DO WE NEED TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM? NOT KIND OF WHAT SCRAPS
ARE WE FIGHTING FOR IN THE
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. BUT WHAT IS
THE MOONSHOT GOAL OF IF WE
DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE
THIS, IT MEANS WE NEED TO PUT
2.7% OF THE STATE'S BUDGET. UH,
INTO THIS INTO THIS PROBLEM. UM
AND AGAIN I KNOW IT'S BEEN
MENTIONED EARLIER THAT
CALIFORNIA THE STATE GOVERNMENT
IS SORT OF NEWER TO THIS
SITUATION. TERMS OF US DECIDING
THAT WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA ACT
ON IT. BUT I DO THINK OUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE DEMANDING IT OF
US AND THEY SHOULD BE. THEY
SHOULD BE DEMANDING THIS OF US,
SO I THINK THEY ALL SUPPORT OUR
DECISIONS TO MAKE THESE TOUGH
CHOICES. I THINK WHETHER THEY'RE
SUPPORTING IT IN TERMS OF
DEMANDING IT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME
OR ON THE BALLOT OR ANY OTHER
MECHANISM BY WHICH WE CAN DECIDE
AS A STATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO
INVEST THESE RESOURCES, BUT I
PERSONALLY AM COMMITTED. TO
WORKING ALONGSIDE ANYONE WHO'S
WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THESE
RESOURCES, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS
SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. UM UH,
ONE QUESTION IS JUST AS A
SERVICE PROVIDER. UM ZERO, AND I
THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS,
BUT I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS
ON IT. DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION
FIND THAT HAVING MULTIPLE
DIVERGENT FUNDING STREAMS, UH,
WITH SERVING DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT
OUTCOME? METRICS UM DO YOU ALL
FIND THAT AS AN IDEAL PRACTICE
AND WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE
AS A STATE PROGRAM OF RESOURCES
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? UM THANK
YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, JUST TO
CLARIFY. WE'RE NOT A SERVICE
PROVIDER. WE DO WORK. WE PARTNER
WITH A LOT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS
WERE MORE OF AN INTERMEDIARY. UM
BUT YES, I WOULD SAY
UNIVERSALLY, ALL THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS WE TALKED TO SAY IT IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH
MULTIPLE DIVERGENT FUNDING
STREAMS. UM AND UM, AND THE LACK
OF ONGOING FUNDING, I WOULD SAY
IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PIECE OF
THE CALIFORNIA DYNAMIC RIGHT
NOW. I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH
MISS BELLA THAT THE STATE HAS
COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS. TREMENDOUS DISTANCE, BUT
, UM, WE DO NEED ONGOING FUNDING
, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT IT IS
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
TO KIND OF NAVIGATE WHETHER
THEY'LL GET FUNDING THE NEXT
YEAR OR NOT, UM AND THEN IN
TERMS OF WORKING WITH MULTIPLE
FUNDING STREAMS, I THINK IT IS
REALLY DIFFICULT TO PIECE
TOGETHER WHICH FUNDING STREAMS
PAY FOR WHICH INTERVENTIONS AND
WHICH POPULATIONS AND HAVING TWO
PIECE THOSE TOGETHER IS
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AND
REQUIRES A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
EFFORT I WOULD SAY BY THE STATE
AND ALSO BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
, AND THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO THE
SURFACE PROVIDERS AS WELL.
RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? WELL I WANT TO THANK
OUR PANELISTS FOR YOUR CONCISE
AND ELOQUENT REPORT OUT TODAY
APPRECIATE THE WORK. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. AND WE ARE MOVING
SWIFTLY ON. I WANT TO THANK THE
AUDIENCE FOR STICKING IN THERE.
UM LET'S SEE. WE ARE GOING OVER
TO PANEL NUMBER FOUR. AND WITH
THAT I WILL RETURN THE GAVEL TO
CHAIR JACKSON. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. UM NOW WE
WILL BRING UP OUR FOURTH PANEL
TO HEAR FROM OUR STATE
DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF OUR HOMELESS
SERVICE PROGRAMS. AND AS WE LET
THEM SETTLE IN HERE, WE WILL
HAVE THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
AND THEN THEY CAN BEGIN WITH
THEIR REMARKS. GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIRS. KIM JOHNSON, CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE WHOLE PANEL
TO INTRODUCE OR SHOULD I GO
AHEAD WITH? WHY DON'T WE JUST
HAVE THE WHOLE PANEL INTRODUCED?
SO WE JUST HMM. FOR HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS AT THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES. GOOD
AFTERNOON, J. C. COOPER STATE
MEDICAID DIRECTOR AND CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES. HELLO DOC. CHICAGO
IKRIMA, DEPUTY SECRETARY
BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND
HOUSING AGENCY. AYE ZAKONE.
INSTEAD CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THANK YOU
SO MUCH AGAIN. KIM JOHNSON
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENTS, HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS DIVISION DESIGN
SUPPORTS AND OVERSEES THE
DELIVERY OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE
TAILORED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
CHILDREN, FAMILIES, OLDER ADULTS
, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR
HOUSING INSTABILITY IN OUR
SERVED THROUGH LOCAL SOCIAL
SERVICE AGENCIES. THE DIVISION
TAKES ON A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES
TO HELP SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS
WITHIN THE BROADER SYSTEM OF
CARE. AND WE WORKED
COLLABORATIVELY AS YOU'VE HEARD
WITH OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS
WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, AS WELL
AS MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES
STRIVING TOWARDS THAT SAME
MISSION TO END HOMELESSNESS BY
CREATING PERSON CENTERED PROGRAM
DELIVERY WITH A FOCUS ON
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO STAY SAFE
AND STABLE HOUSING AS YOU'VE
HEARD HIM, ALSO GRATEFUL TO
SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE
CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
ON HOMELESSNESS. AS WE WORK SIDE
BY SIDE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND THOSE
WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN
COMMUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT THAT
STATE PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS.
AGAIN AT SOCIAL SERVICES. WE ARE
OVERSEEING SEVEN HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS THAT ARE
EMBEDDED INTO THE SOCIAL SERVICE
DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH SIGNIFICANT
ONE TIME PROGRAM EXPANSION
DOLLARS TOTALING OVER $2 BILLION
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THESE
PROGRAMS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO
COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE
ENCOURAGE AND WORK WITH GRANTEES
TO BLEND AND BRAID THE
TREMENDOUS AND SIGNIFICANT STATE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WITH
A WIDE ARRAY OF HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICE INTERVENTIONS.
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT AS OF
JANUARY OF 2022, THE DEPARTMENT
HAS MADE ALL OF THESE FUNDS
AVAILABLE VIA APPLICABLE FUNDING
NOTICES AND HAS AWARDED OVER
$1.5 BILLION IN FUNDS TO OVER
350 GRANTEES. TO IMPLEMENT
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM
STATEWIDE. THE REMAINING 500
MILLION IS AVAILABLE VIA
RELEVANT FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
REVIEWING SUBMITTED
APPLICATIONS. THE CRITERIA FOR
AWARDING THESE FUNDS, AS
DESCRIBED WITHIN THE
CORRESPONDING NOTICES AND
METRICS TRACKED INCLUDE, BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF
FAMILIES IN INDIVIDUAL SERVE.
THE TYPES OF SERVICES PROVIDED
THE OUTCOMES, WHICH I'LL SPEAK
MORE TO IN JUST A MOMENT. AND
ALONG WITH THE SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING EXPANSIONS IN 2021
PROGRAM, ELIGIBILITY WAS
EXPANDED TO SERVE FAMILIES,
OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH
DISABILITIES AFTER AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS, WHO ARE NOT YET IN
RECEIPT OF THAT EVICTION NOTICE
, WHICH ALLOWS GRANTEES TO HELP
STEM THE INFLOW INTO THE
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM.
ADDITIONALLY ALL OF THE ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS IN FISCAL YEARS 21
22, 22 23 PROVIDE MULTI YEAR
SPENDING AUTHORITY TO ENSURE
GRANTEES CAN COMMIT TO LONGER
TERM SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUALS
AND FAMILIES WHO ARE ENROLLED IN
OUR PROGRAMS NOT AGAIN ALLOWS
THAT FLEXIBILITY LOCALLY TO
PROVIDE THAT SHORT TERM ONE TIME
INTERVENTION WHERE IT'S NEEDED,
BUT ALSO THAT LONGER TERM
SERVICE AND SUPPORT I WILL, FOR
THE FOR THE PURPOSES OF TIME.
JUST SAY THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS
THESE COMMITTEES HAVE REFERENCED
TODAY THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
ABLE TO OPERATIONALIZE THESE
INVESTMENTS, AND THE DEPARTMENT
HAS PUT FORWARD A NUMBER OF
PARTNERS THAT WORK ON THE GROUND
WITH OUR COUNTIES AND TRIBES TO
MAKE SURE THOSE OPERATIONS ARE
HAPPENING SMOOTHLY WITH A NUMBER
OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS
OF SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THE
FACT THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING
WITH TRIBES IN GOVERNMENT TO
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS ON THE
DESIGN TO CREATE SET ASIDES FOR
THESE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS.
AND IN FACT, WE HAVE FIVE OF OUR
SEVEN PROGRAMS THAT WE
ADMINISTER THAT ARE AGAIN
DESIGNATED AS TRIBAL GRANTEES.
AS IT RELATES TO THE LEVEL OF
NEED AND PROGRAM OVERVIEWS AGAIN
. WE'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF DATA
SOURCES THIS MORNING. WE KNOW
THAT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 35% OF
CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS POPULATION
AS SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND
OBTAINING AND RETAINING STABLE
HOUSING LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES
FOR PARENTS AND GET CAREGIVERS
AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN ACROSS
MULTIPLE OTHER SYSTEMS,
INCLUDING EDUCATION, WORKFORCE,
CHILD WELFARE AND HEALTH. IT'S A
KEYSTONE TO NOT ONLY ADDRESSING
OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS BUT MORE
BROADLY AND BREAKING THE CYCLE
OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY,
WHICH AGAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTS PEOPLE OF COLOR. TO
ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. SOCIAL
SERVICES OPERATES THREE PROGRAMS
THAT SERVE FAMILIES. YOU'VE
HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM
TODAY, THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
IN HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAMS
PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOUSING
RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES TO FAMILIES
PARTICIPATING IN COW WORKS ARE
CALIFORNIA WORK, OPPORTUNITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO KIDS PROGRAM.
HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM HAS
SERVED MORE THAN 66,000 FAMILIES
IN PERMANENTLY HOUSED MORE THAN
31,900 FAMILIES SINCE THE
PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2014 AND
FISCAL YEAR 2021 20 TO 47,225
FAMILIES WERE SERVED THROUGH THE
HELPLESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND
JUST TO THE POINT OF OUTCOMES IN
THIS CONVERSATION, I ALSO NOTE
THROUGH OUR EVALUATION EFFORTS.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT 88% OF
PARTICIPANTS HOUSE IN HOUSING
SUPPORT PROGRAM AFTER SIX MONTHS
REMAIN AND RETAINED BEING
HOUSED. YEAH. THEY'RE BRINGING
FAMILIES HOME PROGRAM PROVIDES
THE SAME RESOURCES TO FAMILIES
IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM TO
HELP KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER,
SERVING OVER 4700 FAMILIES AND
PERMANENTLY HOUSING 2200
FAMILIES SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN
2016. AS IT RELATES TO END
SHELTERED POPULATIONS WITH A
DISABILITY. UM AND AGAIN, NOTING
THAT ARE CALIFORNIA HOMELESS
DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM, REPORTS
46% WITH A DISABLING CONDITION
AND 20% OVER 55 YEARS OLD. WE
KNOW OLDER ADULTS AND AGED 50
AND OLDER ARE NOW THE FASTEST
GROWING POPULATION OF HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS ACROSS CALIFORNIA BY
HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS OBTAIN
AND MAINTAIN HOUSING. THESE
PROGRAMS HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN
THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO TURN THE
TIDE ON HOMELESSNESS. PART OF
OUR MASTER PLAN ON AGING THAT WE
CONTINUE TO OPERATIONALIZE
TOGETHER. THE DEPARTMENT
OPERATES FOR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE
THIS POPULATION. THOSE INCLUDE
THE HOME SAFE PROGRAM, PROVIDING
HOUSING AND SUPPORT TO THOSE IN
ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. WHICH
CAN BE CONSIDERED AMONGST THE
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN
THE STATE. THE PROGRAM HAS
SERVED MORE THAN 5600 PEOPLE
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2018.
AGAIN AND LOOKING AT THE
EVALUATION OF POST SIX MONTHS OF
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE SEEING 85% OF THOSE BEING
SERVED RETAINING THAT HOUSING.
THE HOUSING AND DISABILITY
ADVOCACY PROGRAM COMBINES
HOUSING ASSISTANCE WITH
DISABILITY BENEFITS ADVOCACY SO
THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HOUSE AND
WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, DISABLING
CONDITIONS CAN GET THE INCOME
ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO SUPPORT
LONGER TERM HOUSING STABILITY.
THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED MORE
THAN 5500 CLIENTS AND HELPED
PERMANENTLY HOUSED MORE THAN
2800 PEOPLE SINCE ITS INCEPTION
IN 2018, AND AGAIN POST SIX
MONTHS 80% OF THAT POPULATION
HAS RETAINED THAT HOUSING.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT PROJECT
ROOM KEY THIS MORNING. THIS WAS
THE STATE'S RESPONSE IN THE
COVID PANDEMIC AND WHAT BECAME A
NATIONAL MODEL FOR PROTECTING
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND SET THOUSANDS OF
CALIFORNIANS ON A PATH TO
HOUSING STABILITY. THROUGH THE
EXPANSION WE WERE ABLE TO DO
TOGETHER AND THIS PROGRAM THAT
HAS SERVED MORE THAN 61,000,
CALIFORNIA SINCE SINCE LAUNCH IN
2020. AND LASTLY, THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES WORKING IN
TANDEM TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT
TWO NEW PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
PROJECTS, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CONTINUUM INFRASTRUCTURE
PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY CARE
EXPRESS COMMUNITY CARE EXPANSION
PROGRAM. WE ISSUED A JOINT
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS IN
JANUARY OF 2022. THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTERS
THAT COMMUNITY CARE EXPANSION
PROGRAM, WHICH IS PROVIDING
CAPITAL FUNDING AND OPERATIONAL
SUBSIDIES TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND
ASSISTED LIVING SETTINGS THAT
CAN SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS AT THE SPENDING
SUPPORTS RESIDENTIAL CARE
OPTIONS, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL
CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY
, ADULT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES,
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BOARD AND
CARE. WHERE WE HAVE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN CLOSURES IN RECENT
YEARS AND SERVE AS A CRITICAL
HOUSING RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE WITH
MORE COMPLEX NEEDS. I'LL NOTE
AGAIN. JUST HOT OFF THE PRESS
THIS MORNING. WE HAVE ISSUED
THREE ROUNDS OF FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY CARE EXPANSION PROGRAM
TOTALING $207 MILLION.32
PROJECTS SERVING 1172
INDIVIDUALS. VERY BRIEFLY. I
JUST ALSO WANT TO MENTION TO YOU
IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE'RE HAVING ONE STORY AND
THEN I WILL AGAIN AT TURN IT
OVER TO OTHERS ON THE PANEL, AND
THAT IS FROM A HOUSING SUPPORT
PARTICIPANTS HOUSING SUPPORT
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO SAYS
SAYS MY FAMILY AND I ENTERED THE
HOUSING PROGRAM IN IN SEPTEMBER,
I WAS DEFEATED. I HAD NOWHERE
ELSE TO TURN. I MET MY HOUSING
WORKER, AND WITHIN A WEEK MY
LIFE STARTED CHANGING. I
REMAINED FAITHFUL THROUGH THE
YEAR I WAS IN A MOTEL IN JUST
WHEN I THOUGHT THERE WASN'T A
PLACE FOR US. BOOM WE GOT A
PLACE THE HOUSING PROGRAM CAME
THROUGH AGAIN AND HELP ME GET
FURNITURE IN LINE HAS BEEN A
BLESSING. NOW WE'RE NOW OUR
FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTER BECAUSE I
AM AFRAID. I AM NOT AFRAID ANY
LONGER ABOUT BEING UNSTABLE. OR
WHERE MY FAMILY WILL BE NEXT
WEEK. WE HAVE STARTED VISITATION
WITH MY SPOUSE'S SON. MY TWO
YEAR OLD HAS TOYS IN SPACE. I
CAN BREATHE EASY NOW. MY HOUSING
WORKER WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE
SUPPORTIVE. I CAN'T THANK THE
COUNTY AND STATE AND F FOR
STICKING WITH ME THROUGH THIS
JOURNEY, AND I THINK THAT AGAIN
REPRESENTS THE TREMENDOUS WORK
AND SUPPORT THAT WE ARE DOING
ACROSS THE STATE IN THE SPACE.
WITH THAT? I WILL JUST
INTRODUCED TO YOU AGAIN. OUR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, HANNAH AS
MARY AND WE ARE BOTH AVAILABLE
FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. UH, SO AGAIN, J. C.
COOPER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES. YOU HEARD
SECRETARY GALLEY EARLIER TALKING
ABOUT KELLY AND CALIFORNIA.
ADVANCING INNOVATING MEDICAL
SCHOOL WALKED THROUGH SOME OF
THE PIECES WHERE WE'RE
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS. I WOULD SAY
CALUM IS DEFINITELY A LONG TERM
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING
CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING CRISIS.
THROUGH STRATEGIC USE OF MEDICAL
FUNDS AND DRAWING DOWN
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH
IS CRITICAL TO THE LONG TERM
SUSTAINABILITY OF MANY OF THE
THINGS BEING DISCUSSED TODAY
BECAUSE THESE ARE REIMBURSABLE
SERVICES INTO THE FUTURE AS
WELL, NOT JUST ONE TIME, SO
WE'RE USING A COMBINATION OF ONE
TIME FUNDS AS WELL AS ONGOING
FUNDS, WHICH I THINK IS CRITICAL
BASED ON THE CONVERSATION FROM
THE PANEL TODAY. I THINK ONE
THING THAT CALLUM IS ALSO DOING
IS IT'S REALLY BREAKING DOWN THE
HISTORICAL WALLS OF HEALTHCARE.
WE'RE REALLY PUSHING PEOPLE OUT
ONTO THE STREETS TO ENGAGE WITH
PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. AND
MAKING SURE SERVICES ARE BEING
BROUGHT THERE. AND I WILL WALK
THROUGH SOME OF THE STATS OF OUR
EARLY LEARNINGS FROM THE FIRST
YEAR OF THIS INITIATIVE BEING
LIVE. I THINK THE OTHER THING I
WOULD MENTION IS THE FIRST TIME
WITH ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS BEING ROLLED
OUT IS THE FIRST TIME WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL CONTINUUM
OF CARE FOR SOMEBODY
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON THE
HEALTH SIDE, AS YOU HEARD
SECRETARY GALLEY MENTIONED
EARLIER, OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS
BULL LANGUAGE IN AN EMERGENCY
ROOM OR AN INPATIENT BED, THEY
WILL CYCLE IN AND OUT OF
CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS, OFTEN AS
WELL. AND SO REALLY MAKING SURE
THERE IS THAT FULL CONTINUUM
THAT STEP DOWN SERVICE, EVEN IN
THE HEALTHCARE SETTING IS
CRITICAL, SO SOMEONE FROM AN
INPATIENT BED ISN'T LANGUISHING
THERE, BUT THEY HAVE A
TRANSITION PLACE TO GO. WHERE
SOMEONE LIKE US. WE MAY
TRANSITION TO OUR HOME FOR
RECOVERY. OFTEN IF YOU'RE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, YOU
WERE PUT ONTO THE STREET. SO
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT BUILDING
THAT FULL CONTINUUM COOPERATIVE
CARE CENTERS THAT HE WAS
MENTIONING EARLIER ARE BEING
FUNDED AROUND THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS SHORT
TERM POST HOSPITALIZATION WHERE
IT'S A CLINICAL TOUCH. AND IT
ALLOWS FOR HEALING AND AT A
PLACE WITH THE INTENT OF
OBVIOUSLY CONNECTING TO, UM
INTERIM HOUSING OR LONG TERM
PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE CRITICAL. I
WOULD ALSO CENTER US IN THE FACT
THAT WE JUST RELEASED ARE
INDEPENDENT OF VALUATION OF THE
PILOTS THAT WERE REALLY THE FOUR
FRONT OF WHICH WE USE TO DESIGN
MANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF CALAIS
IN THAT INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
SHOWED NOT ONLY A REDUCTION OF
THOSE PATIENTS IN E R
UTILIZATION, BUT IT ALSO SHOWED
THAT THERE WAS A HIGHER
CONNECTION TO SERVICES. THEY
WERE INCREASING THE TOUCH TO
PRIMARY CARE. THEY WERE HAVING
BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES. THERE
WAS AN INCREASE TO GETTING INTO
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES
. SO BY HAVING THESE COORDINATED
SERVICES FOR SOMEBODY, IT HAS
SHOWN THAT YOU CAN CONNECT INTO
THOSE SERVICES, AND IT ALSO
SHOWED AN OVERALL REDUCED COSTS
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE
COORDINATED CARE HAS
DEMONSTRATED TIME OVER TIME TO
REALLY REDUCE COSTS AND IMPROVE
HEALTH OUTCOMES. SO WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT BEING
RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE
OTHER PIECE, I WOULD MENTION IS
THAT OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IN
CALIFORNIA GO FAR BEYOND BUT BUT
YOU MAY BE SEEING IN OTHER
STATES AS I MENTIONED OFTEN
STATES ARE COVERING HOUSING,
TRANSITION SERVICES OR
SUSTAINING SERVICES. BUT THOSE
RECUPERATING CARE SERVICES,
THOSE SHORT TERM POST
HOSPITALIZATION, HOUSING
DEPOSITS AND DATE ABILITY. ATION
ARE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THAT
CONTINUUM. THAT REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE PIECES
WE NEED. WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
SEEING IN OUR DATA IS WE WERE
ABLE TO WITH THE FIRST YEAR OF
LAUNCHING HAVE 479 UNIQUE
ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT
PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE,
FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WE
ALSO ARE SEEING THAT THERE WERE
2 22,795 EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE RECEIVE
SERVICES, AND THAT'S DATA ONLY
THROUGH, UH, QUARTER THREE.
THAT'S NOT A FULL YEAR'S WORTH
OF DATA YET, UM AND WE WILL HAVE
THAT PROBABLY CLOSER INTO THE
SPRING. WE HAVE A DATA LAG THAT
WE DO NEED TO GET THROUGH.
ADDITIONALLY AT THIS TIME, ALL
58 CALIFORNIA COUNTIES ARE HAVE
OFFERED TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING
SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THOSE
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. THERE WERE A
LOT OF CONCERNS SINCE THEY WERE
VOLUNTARY, THAT NOT ALL OF OUR
VARIOUS PLANS WOULD PICK THOSE
UP AND THEN ALL 58 COUNTIES. WE
HAVE HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES IN
THE THREE BUNDLE AVAILABLE FOR
INDIVIDUALS. UM THERE ARE 642
HOUSING RELATED COMMUNITY
SUPPORT PROVIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN
STOOD UP IN THE FIRST YEAR. OF
COW LAME AND 20 A LITTLE OVER
29,000 MEMBERS RECEIVING THOSE
COMMUNITIES SUPPORTS ACROSS THE
STATE. WE'RE ALSO REALLY HAPPY
TO SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
SCALE UP 32 COMMUNITIES ARE
RECRUITED CARE CENTERS IN 42
COUNTIES PRIOR TO CAL, AIM WE
HAD A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT OF
THESE RECUPERATIVE CARE CENTERS
. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
THAT EXPANDING NOW THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING, THIS TYPE OF
MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION AND
GROWTH WILL TAKE MANY YEARS TO
FULLY IMPLEMENT, BUT WE'RE
REALLY HAPPY WITH SOME OF THESE
EARLY EXPANSIONS WITHIN THE
FIRST YEAR. ALSO THOUGH, IF IT'S
ANYTHING NEW IN THIS BIG AND
THIS TRANSFORMATIVE, WE HAVE TO
GO AROUND THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND TALK TO PEOPLE WE
HAD TO DO. WE HAD PROVIDER
FEEDBACK LOOPS, THE DIRECTOR,
BOSS AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN GOING
AROUND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN A STATEWIDE LISTENING TOUR,
FIGURING OUT WHAT'S WORKING WITH
THIS WHAT'S NOT SOMETHING THIS
BIG, TRANSFORMATIVE AND NEW FOR
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM? WE KNOW THAT
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TWEAK
AND ITERATE THIS AS WE GO, AND
WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
FEEDBACK. SOME OF THE EARLY
CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HEARING
FROM PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IS
THAT WE ARE HEARING THAT THERE
IS AND WE'VE HEARD ON THIS. CALL
IT WE'RE PAYING FOR TRANSITION
SERVICES. WE DON'T PAY FOR
HOUSING. BUT THAT CONNECTION TO
THOSE HOUSING PERMANENT HOUSING
SERVICES IS REALLY SOMETHING
THAT IS A FOCUS AND I THINK
THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT ENERGY
AND INVESTMENTS BEING MADE FOR
US TO FORGE THAT, BUT WILL BE
CRITICAL. THERE'S ALSO A
SCARCITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND
RESOURCES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
THE STATE, WHERE WE MAY HAVE
RESOURCES IN LOS ANGELES WITH
THE BAY AREA OR EVEN SOME OF OUR
.
WE ALSO ARE IDENTIFYING THAT
THERE ARE SOME POLICY ALIGNMENTS
WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR MANAGED
CARE PLANS. MANAGED CARE PLANS
ARE APPROACHING THIS
DIFFERENTLY. THOSE ARE EASY
ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES THAT WE
CAN CLEARLY LOOK INTO QUICKLY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING
GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE TO OUR
MANAGED CARE PLANS. WE ALSO NEED
TO WORK ON DID A DATA SHARING
STANDARDIZATION AND WE HAVE A
LOT OF PIECES MOVING IN THAT IN
THAT WAY. I THINK WHAT YOU WOULD
SEE IS THAT I'LL KIND OF WALK
THROUGH SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS
THAT WE'RE DOING. WE KNOW THIS
IS BIG. WE'RE ENGAGING WITH
PEOPLE WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT
PARTICIPATED IN MEDICAID OR
PROVIDING SOMETIMES HEALTH
RELATED SERVICES. AND THAT'S
FROM THE EYES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS WHAT THESE ARE,
AND SO WE'VE INVESTED A LARGE
NUMBER OF DOLLARS AROUND PATH
AND IP AND I'LL WALK AROUND SOME
OF THESE EARLY INVESTMENTS. WE
ARE ALSO REALLY FOCUSING ON
INSTITUTIONALIZING THIS ACROSS
THE SYSTEM AND WHAT THEY MEAN BY
THAT IS IN THIS FIRST YEAR, WE
WERE SO FOCUSED ON GETTING
THINGS UP AND RUNNING. NOW WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE
VARIOUS PEOPLE ACROSS THE FULL
CONTINUUM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
BENEFITS ARE, HOW TO REFER TO
THEM AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CLOSE THOSE LOOPS. SO THAT'S
THIS NEXT STAGE OF EDUCATION.
WE'RE DOING EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE ACROSS AND WE ARE
FOCUSING OUR NEXT ROUND OF
INCENTIVES AROUND MAKING SURE WE
ARE EDUCATING PROVIDERS ACROSS
THAT CONTINUUM. AND WITH OUR
SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THOSE
APPROPRIATE CONNECTED POINTS
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO
STANDARDIZE AND STREAMLINE A
NUMBER OF OUR VARIOUS PIECES AS
I MENTIONED A FEW SECONDS AGO,
UM AND WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON
INCREASING ACCESS TO ST MEDICINE
SERVICES. WHILE SOMEONE IS STILL
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WE
NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE
GETTING ACCESS TO CARE. IT'S
ACTUALLY BUILDING A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF TRUST WITH THOSE
INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
THOSE CONNECTIONS AND TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT, AND I'LL TELL YOU
SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'RE
DOING THAT. I WANT TO FOCUS,
THOUGH, ON PATH BECAUSE IT IS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES. IT
WAS $1.8 BILLION THAT WAS
APPROVED, INCLUDING DRAWING DOWN
50% OF THAT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND
THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THESE
DOLLARS ARE JUST STARTING TO
ROLL OUT. SO THOSE INITIAL
PROVIDER EXPANSIONS THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT'S EVEN BEFORE
THESE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CAPACITY GRANTS ARE GOING TO BE
GOING OUT. ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THERE'S THREE MAIN
COMPONENTS TO PATH. THE FIRST
ONE IS COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
GROUPS, SO MAKING SURE LOCALLY
ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE
TABLE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
AROUND WHERE THE INVESTMENTS ARE
NEEDED. WE ARE ALSO FUNDING THAT
FULLY WITH STATE DOLLARS TO HAVE
THOSE COLLABORATIONS FOR PEOPLE
TO JOIN, AND TO MAKE THOSE
PLANS. WE ARE ALSO FUNDING
DIRECT GRANTS SO TANGIBLE GRANTS
TO PROVIDERS WHO NEED THOSE
SERVICES. AND THEN WE HAVE
ROLLED THAT WE'RE CALLING A
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MARKETPLACE
WHERE WE HAVE BROUGHT
SIGNIFICANT VENDORS TO THE TABLE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO INFORM COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO DON'T
MAYBE KNOW HOW TO BUILD MEDICAL
OR GET THESE TYPES OF SERVICES
TO PROVIDE THEM DIRECT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE. BE ABLE TO MAKE
THOSE SYSTEM CHANGES PROCESS
CHANGES TO BE A PARTNER FOR US,
AND TO JOIN. TO EXPAND THESE
SERVICES. IN JANUARY OF THIS
YEAR, WE ANNOUNCED $119 MILLION
IN FUNDING TO 98 ORGANIZATIONS
FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF PATH PATH
IS A FOUR YEAR, FIVE YEAR
TECHNICALLY INITIATIVE THAT WILL
GET THOSE OUT OF THOSE 98
ORGANIZATIONS. 78 OF THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS WERE FOCUSED ON
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS
IS THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS BEFORE
US, SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE WE
WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE
PARTICULAR SERVICES.
ADDITIONALLY 67 WORLD WAR DID E
CN FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS WITH
SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS TO MAKE
THE CONNECTION TO THOSE VARIOUS
PIECES BECAUSE WE ALSO THINK
THAT IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL.
UM AND WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE SOME
GAP CLOSURE WHERE WE HAVE. WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE AROUND
RECRUITMENT OF CARE AND OTHER
PIECES. WE HAD 10 APPROVED
APPLICATIONS IN DATA BILLET
ATION PROGRAMS, ONE OF THE
LOWEST PICKUPS OF COMMUNITY
SUPPORT SO FAR AND 12 FOR
SOBERING SENATORS AGAIN, ONE OF
THE LOWEST PICKUPS THAT WE HAD
TO DATE IN REGARDS TO EXPLAIN.
ATTENTION. WE WILL ALSO BE
AWARDING ANOTHER 41 ENTITIES,
APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION,
PROBABLY CLOSE TO MARCH. WE'RE
JUST FINALIZING THOSE VARIOUS
AWARDS. UM WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CALLUM INCENTIVE PROGRAM, A FEW
PIECES I WANTED TO KNOW, AND I
KNOW SECRETARY SECRETARY GALLEY
MENTIONED THIS, SO I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I AND REINFORCE IT.
THIS IS A SEPARATE INCENTIVE
PROGRAM FOR THE BROAD MEDICAID
PER KALLEN PROGRAM. BUT ONE OF
THE PIECES WE SPECIFICALLY HAD
PEOPLE FOCUSING IN ON IS
REPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO
IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN
AMERICAN AND HOW WE ARE CLOSING
THOSE DISPARITIES BECAUSE WE
KNOW WITHIN HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS. THERE'S A HIGHER
PROPORTION. UM IN, IN FACT FOR
BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
OUR PROGRAM WE HAVE ABOUT 7%
ENROLLED IN MEDICAL POPULATION
YET, UH, 30 TO 40% I THINK IT'S
AROUND. 39% DOMINANTLY, UM, ARE
IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION WERE
HAPPY TO SEE OUR NUMBERS COMING
IN AND INCENTIVIZING THAT
DISPARITY GAP WITH 22% OF OUR
INDIVIDUALS ON ENHANCED CARE
MANAGEMENT BEING BLACK. OR
AFRICAN AMERICAN IN 33% OF OUR
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS ARE GOING TO
BLACK AND AFRICAN AFRICAN
AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS. WE JUST
RELEASED A FACT SHEET ON OUR
WEBSITE. WE'RE WE'RE BREAKING
DOWN ALL OF OUR ENHANCED CARE
MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY
SUPPORTS BY RACE, ETHNICITY AGE
, UM AND VARIOUS FACTORS. SO
THERE IS TRANSPARENCY AROUND
WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING
AND HOW WE ARE CONNECTING THAT
WE ALSO HAVE ROLLED OUT AT $1.3
BILLION INCENTIVE PROGRAM AROUND
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS REALLY
FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT FULL
CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS
THEY'RE BUILDING THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE SO
CRITICAL AND REALLY THE FOCUS OF
REDUCING AND PREVENTING
HOMELESSNESS. UM ALL OF OUR
MANAGED CARE PLANS WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTICIPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOMELESSNESS PLANS AS
WELL AS SUBMITTING THEIR OWN IN
REGARDS TO THE INVESTMENTS. THEY
WILL MAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS ON THE MEDICAID SIDE
ARE ALSO BEING INFUSED INTO THE
SYSTEM THEY WERE REQUIRED. TO
WORK WITH THEIR CONTINUANCE OF
CARE AND THE REGIONAL PARTNERS
TO DO THAT. THEY ALSO HAD TO
SUBMIT INVESTMENT PLANS HOW THEY
WERE GOING TO INVEST ACTUAL
DOLLARS. UM AND WE WERE ABLE TO
SEE 719 INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES,
INCLUDING HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE
, SOMETIMES PAYING FOR DIRECT
RENTAL SUBSIDIES AS WELL AS
DIRECT SPORT. 102 OF THOSE
INVESTMENT PLANS INCLUDED
DOLLARS GOING TO, UM, THOSE
CONTINUUM. SOME CARE WHO ALSO
ARE SHOWING A SHORTAGE OF
DOLLARS ON THAT SIDE AND THEN
101 OUTREACH CAPACITY GRANTS
GOING TO ST MEDICINE PROVIDERS
SO REALLY EXPANDING. IN THOSE
PIECES. I WANT TO TOUCH BASE
QUICKLY ON STREET MEDICINE,
BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON
TIME, SO I WANT TO GET THROUGH
THOSE PIECES. WE HAVE SENT OUT
EXTENSIVE GUIDANCE AROUND ST
MEDICINE SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE
REIMBURSED FOR IT. WE ACTUALLY
IDENTIFIED THROUGH CONVERSATIONS
WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS
THAT WE WERE ALSO TYPICALLY
DENYING CLAIMS WHEN IT CAME TO
ST MEDICINE THAT WAS NOT
INTENDED. WE HAVE UPDATED OUR
SYSTEM COMPREHENSIVELY TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE AND BE
REIMBURSED FOR STREET MEDICINE,
UPDATING MANY OF OUR CODES SO
THAT PLACE OF SERVICE OF YOU
KNOW, MOBILE UNIT SHELTER IS
REIMBURSABLE. WE ALSO RELEASED
GUIDANCE TO OUR MANAGED CARE
PLANS, SO THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO
BE REIMBURSING FOR THOSE
SERVICES AS WELL AS HOW TO
STREAMLINE ACCESS TO ST MEDICINE
SERVICES. WE HAVE THIS THING
CALLED DELEGATION IN CALIFORNIA
CREATES A LOT OF BARRIERS, SO WE
ACTUALLY DEVELOPED A WORKGROUP
WHERE WE WORKED ALONG ST
MEDICINE PROVIDERS AND MANAGED
CARE PLANS TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE,
AND WE RELEASED THAT. WE ALSO
RELEASED GUIDANCE IN REGARDS TO
HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ENROLL
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
IN THE MEDICAL, AND WE ALSO ARE
MAKING CHANGES IN REGARDS TO
PROVIDER ENROLLMENT, SO THERE IS
NO MORTAR NO LONGER A BRICK AND
MORTAR REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO
BE AN ENROLLED PROVIDER, SO
WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO MANY OF
THOSE INVESTMENTS. UM, I LOOK
FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE LATER IN THIS
PANEL. THANK YOU. HMM YOU HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HMM HMM. HMM
JUST GONNA PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW.
OKAY? THANK YOU CHAIRS. UM, I
WAS ASKED TO GIVE A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF HAP AND ER F, WHICH
ARE TWO GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY
KELLY CH. SO HAVE THE FIRST ONE.
THAT'S THE HOMELESS, HOUSING AND
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT WAS
LAUNCHED IN FISCAL YEAR 1920. IT
PROVIDES FLEXIBLE FUNDING ONE
TIME FUNDING OVER FIVE YEARS TO
A BIG CITIES, ALL 58 COUNTIES
AND THE 44 CONTINUUM OF CARE
JURISDICTIONS. SO FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU HAVE RECIPIENT CAN USE THESE
FUNDS IN TANDEM WITH THE HOME
KEY SITE, THE CAPITAL TO PROVIDE
THE OPERATING SUBSIDY TO PROVIDE
AND ACTIVATE UNITS FOR FOLKS WHO
ARE HOMELESS TO ENTER AND HAVE
STABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING. THE
THIRD ROUND OF HAP WAS LAST
YEAR. THAT'S FISCAL YEAR. 2021
2022. IT INCLUDED ANOTHER
BILLION DOLLARS INFLEXIBLE FUNDS
AGAIN OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD,
AND IT ALSO HAD A SET ASIDE FOR
TRIBAL NATIONS IN ROUND THREE.
THE THIRD ROUND ALSO REQUIRED
APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT IN THE
APPLICATION AND OUTLINE OF LOCAL
NEEDS. WHAT OTHER RESOURCES THEY
WILL LEVERAGING WITH THE HEP
FUNDS. PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS
STRATEGIES TO MEET THESE GOALS,
INCLUDING STRATEGIES TO REALLY
THINK ABOUT OVERREPRESENTED
POPULATIONS AND RACIAL EQUITY
GOALS FOR ALL OF THEIR
PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. AND AS
ROUND THREE RESOURCES NOW ARE
FLOWING INTO COMMUNITIES. WE ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF REVIEWING ROUND
FOUR, WHICH IS ANOTHER BILLION
DOLLARS AGAIN OVER FIVE YEARS,
WHICH ALSO COMES WITH
PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, WHICH WILL
BE TRACKING IN 2025. UM AS WITH
ROUND THREE. WE CONTINUE TO BE
VERY INTENTIONALLY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO LEVERAGE OTHER SOURCES
OF FUNDS AND REALLY BUILD
CAPACITY AND REGIONAL
COLLABORATION. SO THAT'S HAP,
ROUND THREE AND FOUR. NOW I'M
GOING TO MOVE TO ENCAMPMENT
RESOLUTION FUND, SO THESE WERE
FIRST ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL
YEAR. 2021 22. IT'S REALLY
DESIGNED TO HELP LOCAL
COMMUNITIES USE THESE FUNDS TO
ENGAGE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE
STREET. WHETHER IT'S IN VEHICLES
, ENCAMPMENTS IN TENT
COMMUNITIES AND HELP THEM FIND
THE SERVICES THEY NEED. NAVIGATE
TO HOUSING AND PLACE THEM ON A
PATH WHICH IS SAFE, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. THE INITIAL FUND WAS
$50 MILLION LAST YEAR. VERY VERY
OVERSUBSCRIBED. AND SO
FORTUNATELY THANK YOU.
LEGISLATURE THE 2022 23 BUDGET
AUGMENTED THAT FUND WITH $700
MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL
YEARS. SO, WITH THIS INFUSION OF
FUNDS, WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK
AND LOOK AT THE OVERSUBSCRIBED
APPLICANTS. AND PROVIDE ANOTHER
INFUSION OF FOLKS WHO IS WHO
APPLIED IN ROUND ONE ROUND TWO
IS NOW OPEN. IT OPENED IN
DECEMBER, 1ST AND WE WILL BE
TAKING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND AN
OVER THE COUNTER BASIS AND AS
JUNE 30TH APPROACHES, WE WILL BE
CLOSING THAT ROUND TWO
APPLICATION NOW I'M GOING TO
MOVE TO PROPOSED INVESTMENTS
HAVE AROUND. FIVE IN SPITE OF A
VERY DIFFICULT FISCAL
ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS
ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS FOR 1/5
ROUND OF HAP. IF YOU LOOK AT THE
FRAMEWORK, THERE IS SOMETHING IN
THEIR LANGUAGE WHERE THE
ADMINISTRATION LOOKS FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE. TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW
ACCOUNTABILITY CAN BE ENHANCED,
INCLUDING FOCUSING HAVE BROWNED
FIVE ON PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES,
SUCH AS ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION
FROM KEY OPERATING
SUSTAINABILITY. AND COMMUNITY
ASSISTANCE, RECOVERY AND
EMPOWERMENT ACT HOUSING SUPPORTS
, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH THE LEGISLATURE
ON THAT EFFORT WITH ROUND FIVE
OF HATS AND THEN FINALLY, AS I
MENTIONED THERE IS AROUND THREE
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND SO
THAT WILL BE $400 MILLION FOR A
THIRD ROUND OF ENCAMPMENT
RESOLUTION FUNDS. ALL TOLD,
WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL. THAT THESE
FUNDS THAT ARE COMING WILL
CONTINUE TO ENHANCE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES AND HELP THEM REALLY
LEVERAGE ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS
OF MONEY ALL THE DIFFERENT
PLAYERS THAT HELP PEOPLE COME
OFF THE STREETS INTO SAFE,
STABLE HOUSING AND LOOK FORWARD
TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI EVERYONE
. I PROMISE YOU THERE'S A LOT
MORE I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE CAN
GIVE YOU LOTS OF NUMBERS. BUT
I'M GOING TO DISTILL WHAT I
WOULD HAVE SHARED INTO THREE BIG
POINTS. I'D LOVE YOU TO TAKE
AWAY FROM H C. D. FIRST HCG
FUNDS, HOMELESSNESS, EXTREMELY
LOW INCOME UNITS AND ALL OF OUR
PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT JUST HOME
KEY. IT IS NOT JUST THIS
TARGETED APPROACH. WE TARGET OUR
SCORING AND INVESTMENTS TO THE
BEST PROJECTS GET FUNDED HOUSING
IS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES,
PROGRAM FUNDS HOMELESS AND
PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND ON DOWN THE LINE, HAPPY TO
ELABORATE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
TWO. WE ARE BUILDING THE
CAPACITY AND INCREASING THAT
CAPACITY OF LOCAL LEVEL IN TERMS
OF SUPPLY WITH ALL THESE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE
SINCE 2018 $13 BILLION AWARDED
SINCE THEN. UM APPROACHING
10,000 UNITS ALREADY BUILT AND
CREATED FROM THOSE INVESTMENTS,
STANDALONE UNITS JUST FROM THE
HDD PROGRAMS ALONE 22,000 IN
CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW 23,000
AWARDED IN THE PIPELINE, SO
WE'RE RIGHT ON THE PRECIPICE OF
REALIZING SOME OF THOSE GAINS
BUILDING THAT CAPACITY IN THE
COMMUNITIES MORE TO BE DONE SURE
, BUT THOSE ARE COMING ONLINE
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE
INVESTMENTS PAY OFF. THREE. THE
INVESTMENTS WE MAKE OUR LONG
TERM AND MULTI GENERATIONAL.
IT'S BEEN MENTIONED OUR
AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS. WE DO
NOT TALK ABOUT THAT ENOUGH OR
YOU'RE UNDER DO NOT UNDERSTAND
ENOUGH 55 YEARS OF AFFORDABILITY
, SO THAT'S A ONE TIME
INVESTMENT UP FRONT. BUT WE'RE
SERVING EASILY SEVEN HOUSEHOLDS
OVER THE TERM OF THAT. OF THAT
WITH YOU NORMAL UNIT TURNOVER OR
THE COURSE OF THAT INVESTMENT.
SO WE THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR COST
BENEFIT IS HERE. WE ARE SERVING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OF
CALIFORNIANS NOW AND IN THE
FUTURE, JUST FROM THE HOUSING
ALREADY IN OUR PIPELINE FROM THE
INVESTMENT 13 BILLION
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE SO
FAR I'M GONNA STOP THERE. I'M
SURE I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
UM, LOTS OF LOVE TO SHARE. AND
I'D LOVE TO DO THAT HERE OR
OFFLINE. IF YOU GUYS NEED SURE.
WELL NOW OPEN UP TO THE FLOOR TO
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS
COLLEAGUES, SHE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? SHARE WIGS AND THEN
PETRIE-NORRIS GREAT. UM FIRST
FOR HDD. HOW MANY PROJECTS WAS
HCG OVER SUBSCRIBED BY IN THE
LAST SUPERNOVA? SO WE WERE ABLE
TO FUND 72 PROJECTS. ALL TOLD,
WE GOT AT THE INITIAL STAGES
AROUND 242 150 APPLICATIONS. UM
SOME OF THOSE DID NOT MEET THE
THRESHOLD, BUT IT GIVES YOU A
LITTLE BIT OF SENSE OF THE
OVERSUBSCRIPTION WERE ABLE WERE
ABLE TO DEPLOY ABOUT 700 MILLION
IN FUNDING. AND I THINK ALL
TOLD, PROBABLY AT LEAST 2 TO 3
BILLION IN REQUESTS, SO THERE'S
A LOT OF DEMAND. STILL, THERE
WAS ABSOLUTELY A TON OF DEMAND.
UM NEXT QUESTION FOR MS COOPER.
UM AND I'D ASK THIS IN A
PREVIOUS PANEL. UM BUT I IN THE
STATEWIDE HOMELESSNESS
ASSESSMENT REPORT THERE WAS
MENTIONED THAT THE COUNTIES HAD
THE OPTION OF PAIRING OR
AUGMENTING CERTAIN PROGRAMS WITH
REALIGNMENT FUNDS MHS A AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RELATED
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANTS. I THINK IT
WAS 17.3 MILLION FOR 2018 AND
2019. AS WELL AS THEY COULD
LEVERAGE MEDICAL FUNDING. I
THINK THAT WAS 11 BILLION, UM AS
OF AUGUST 2022 JUST WITH REGARD
TO THOSE FUNDS, CAN YOU PROVIDE
MORE MORE DETAILS ON THAT? HOW
ARE REALIGNMENT DOLLARS BEING
USED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? UM
RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS AND ARE THOSE
DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS OR GENERALLY FOR
LOWER INCOME? PEOPLE WHO NEED
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SURE SO
HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT THERE'S A
FEW PIT PLACES WHERE, UM D H D S
S SPECIFICALLY INVESTING DOLLARS
. SO DIRECTOR JOHNSON ACTUALLY
MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTINUUM
INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. SO WE ARE
BUILDING, UM BRICK AND MORTAR,
BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER FACILITIES ACROSS
THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING MOBILE CRISIS
SERVICES, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
GRANTS. AND MANY OF THOSE WARS
ARE GOING TO OUR COUNTY PARTNERS
TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE,
ESPECIALLY THOSE EARLY GRANTS
AROUND INITIAL PLANNING DOLLARS
. THAT'S A $2 BILLION INVESTMENT
, AND THAT IS ONE DIRECT WAY
THAT THEY COULD BE MAXIMIZING
SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO DO THOSE
PIECES. THE OTHER PIECES AROUND
THE BRIDGE HOUSING DOLLARS A
BRIDGE HOUSING IS $1.5 BILLION,
THAT WILL BE GOING OUT NOW
SPECIFICALLY DOLLARS GOING
TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
HAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
WITH THE IDEA OF THOSE COUNTY
PARTNERS AGAIN COUNTY BEHAVIOR,
HEALTH AGENCIES AND OUR TRIBAL
PARTNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING
UP THOSE HOUSING WHETHER IT'S
OPERATING SUBSIDIES OR HOUSING
FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE
ABLE TO DRAW DOWN THOSE DOLLARS
WERE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO
RELEASE THAT. RFK UM THIS MONTH
FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE MAXIMIZING
THOSE DOLLARS. WHEN IT COMES TO
THE BRAIDED FUNDING SIDE ON THE
REALIGNMENT AS WELL AS THE
OTHER. WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED
FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIP WITHIN
OUR PROGRAMS, ALMOST EVERY
COUNTY. IF NOT EVERYTHING. I
THINK EVERY SINGLE COUNTY HAS A
FULL SERGENT SERVICE PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM THAT IS AROUND SOMEONE
EXPERIENCING SPECIALTY MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES, WHO ALSO MOST
LIKELY, I'M NOT ALWAYS HAS A
HOUSING COMPONENT TO IT, SO THEY
DO HAVE TO DO BRAIDED FUNDING IN
THAT PARTICULAR MODEL. YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS THAT ARE REIMBURSABLE
BY THE MEDICAL SIDE. AND SO THEY
SHOULD BE DRAWING DOWN THOSE
FUNDS, SO THEY'RE MAXIMIZING
THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS? WELL, THE
ALSO AT THE SAME TIME USING THE
MHS, A DOLLARS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY ARE AUGMENTING
THAT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE
OPERATING RENTAL SUBSIDIES,
WHATEVER MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR
THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEN THE
LAST ONE IS THE COMMUNITY
SUPPORTS AND ENHANCED CARE
MANAGEMENT THAT I WAS MENTIONING
EARLIER. WE ARE ENCOURAGING MANY
OF OUR COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
PARTNERS TO BE ENHANCED CARE
MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS AND OR
COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROVIDERS
BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN DO THE
WHOLE PIECE. IT CAN BE A TRUE
INTEGRATED MODEL FOR SOMEONE WHO
HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH,
ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER BECAUSE THEY COULD DO
THE ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT,
WHICH COORDINATES ALL OF THE
VARIOUS PIECES ACROSS THE HEALTH
SECTOR. THEY COULD ALSO BE DOING
SOME OF THOSE HOUSING,
TRANSITION SUPPORT SERVICES,
TENANCY SUPPORT SERVICES AND BE
ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THOSE. SO WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT THE BRAIDED
FUNDING, BOTH THE REALIGNMENT IN
THE MEDICAID SIDE IT'S REALLY
ABOUT COUNTIES BUILDING MODELS
AROUND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH OR SUD
SERVICES TO LEVERAGE ALL OF
THOSE FUNDS THAT WE'VE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THEM. GREAT UM AND
THEN WHAT ARE THE WHAT EFFORTS
ARE BEING DONE, UM, TO EDUCATE
CITIES ABOUT CAL AIM. UH I KNOW
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE SORT
OF USED TO DEALING WITH. WHAT'S
THE EXPECTATION OF THEM? HOW'S
THAT GOING? YEAH UM, SO WE'VE
DONE A LOT OF EXTENSIVE TRAINING
TO YOUR POINT WITH COUNTIES. UH,
PROVIDERS HOSPITAL SYSTEMS.
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WERE ACTUALLY STARTING A ROUND
OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
CITIES. THEY RAISE THEIR HAND
AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE SOME
SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF
THE DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING
TOGETHER PACKAGES. UM WHERE WE
ACTUALLY DID A SCAN WITH OUR
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE
AGENCIES TO UNDERSTAND WHICH
CITIES, ESPECIALLY THE LARGE
CITIES DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO
CONNECT WITH THEIR MANAGED CARE
PLAN OR BE CONNECTED TO THE
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM
THROUGH THE MEDICAID SIDE, SO
WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE
CONNECTIONS AND WE WORKING IN
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO PROVIDE
SOME TA TO THOSE LARGE CITIES.
THANK YOU. PETRIE-NORRIS THANK
YOU IN, UM, A PREVIOUS PANEL,
UH, THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE
FINDINGS FROM THE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT. UM YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE, UH, JUST HOW VITAL RENTAL
SUBSIDIES ARE IN TERMS OF, UM,
PROVIDING A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
WE LIVE A TON OF MONEY ON THE
TABLE FEDERAL MONEY ON THE TABLE
IN TERMS OF SECTION EIGHT
VOUCHERS, VASH VOUCHERS. I KNOW
THAT THAT'S IN IN ORANGE COUNTY
. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
BEEN FOCUSING ON IS HOW CAN WE
DO A BETTER JOB OF DRAWING DOWN
THOSE DOLLARS AND ENSURING THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO FIND HOMES FOR
INDIVIDUALS THAT QUALIFY? DO WE
HAVE A SENSE TO DO? WE KNOW
ACROSS THE STATE HOW MUCH
FEDERAL FUNDING WE ARE LEAVING
ON THE TABLE BECAUSE OF THE
UNDER UTILIZATION OF THE
VOUCHERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. I'M
SURE THERE IS. I DON'T HAVE IT
RIGHT NOW. BUT I CAN FIND OUT
AND GET BACK TO YOU. BUT AND
ALSO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW SOME
OF THAT IS BECAUSE AS I'M SURE
YOU KNOW, THE LANDLORDS
SOMETIMES PEG THEIR RENTS JUST
ABOVE THE SECTION EIGHT PAYMENTS
STANDARDS, SO THAT'S KIND OF AN
ISSUE THAT IS BEYOND SOMETIMES
THE CONTROL OF THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF THE NONPROFIT
SERVICE PROVIDER. SO THERE IS
MORE WE CAN DO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
SOME JURISDICTIONS THAT PROVIDE
LANDLORD INCENTIVES, BUT IN
SPITE OF THAT, IF YOU HAVE A
MISMATCH BETWEEN THE ACTUAL
HOUSING MARKET, AND THEN WHAT
THE FEDERAL PAYMENTS STANDARD IS
THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT
, UM WELL, WE HELP ACTUALLY
BRING IT UP WITH THE FEDERAL
COUNTERPARTS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
ANY SOLUTIONS THERE. BUT ON THE
OTHER THING YOU ASKED, I CAN
FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW CHAIR
THAT WOULD BE GREAT, I THINK
WOULD HELP. YES HELP UNDER US
ALL UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF BOTH
, BUT THE ISSUE THERE, BUT ALSO
REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY. IN TERMS
OF BEING ABLE TO DRAMA MORE OF
THOSE DOLLARS DOWN. UM OKAY. AND
MY SECOND QUESTION IS YES. SORT
OF LIKE A META META LEVEL. SO
UM, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED. TO
LEARN THAT THE INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL INCLUDES. I THINK IT'S
16 DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND
DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT ARE ALL
TRYING TO TOUCH DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF THIS CRISIS. DO WE
HAVE TOO MANY AGENCIES AND
DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM LIKE ARE THERE TOO MANY
COOKS IN THE KITCHEN AND IF SO,
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO
RATIONALIZE THAT? SO THERE ARE
18 STATE AGENCIES OR DEPARTMENTS
AND TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ONE
APPOINTED BY THE SENATE AND ONE
APPOINTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, I
WILL SAY CHAIR THAT THE
CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL,
THE STATE COUNCIL THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS MIRRORED ON THE
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL AND HOMELESSNESS. SO
THERE IS A U S. I C H, WHICH
INCLUDES 19 FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS
OR AGENCIES AND THE REASON WHY
THAT IS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL,
WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO MIRROR AT
THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEVEL IS
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
AS YOU HEARD EVEN WITH WITH HERE
ARE TOUCHING DIFFERENT PEOPLES
ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES RIGHT SO
I COULD BE A WOMAN VETERAN. BUT
I EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND MAYBE NOW I AM LIVING IN MY
CAR. BUT MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF ALL MY
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SO YOU CAN
SEE HOW ONE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT
ADDRESS ALL THE NEEDS WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT A PERSON CENTERED
APPROACH, SO THIS IS WHY I THINK
AT THE STATE WE FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO START BUILDING THAT
CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION. WHAT
SECRETARY GALLEY AND CIGARETTE
CASTLE RAMIREZ TALKED ABOUT
CONNECT THE DOTS, OPPORTUNITIES
EVEN HERE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE
TALKING THIS HOME KEY THAT HCG
PRODUCERS, BUT THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES WITH A MATTRESS, A
FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES. SO I THINK
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
BUILD SHARE, WHICH YOU KNOW IT'S
GOING TO TAKE A VILLAGE BECAUSE
EACH PERSON'S JOURNEY TO
HOMELESSNESS IS SO DIFFERENT AND
EACH PERSON'S JOURNEY OUT OF
FORM. LISTENERS IS ALSO GOING TO
LOOK DIFFERENT, WHICH MIGHT
INVOLVE SOLUTIONS AND PROGRAMS
FROM MULTIPLE STATE DEPARTMENT
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION, BUT IT'S THE
BEGINNING OF THINKING THROUGH
HOW THE STATE AS A WHOLE CAN
REALLY THINK ABOUT HELPING
PEOPLE WHO ARE CALIFORNIANS.
ADDRESS THEIR OWN ISSUES AND,
YOU KNOW, EXIT HOMELESSNESS AND
CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IT. AND TO
BE REALLY CLEAR. I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY BRINGING TOGETHER ALL
OF THOSE AGENCIES DOING THE WORK
TO CONNECT THE DOTS ENSURE THAT
WE'RE TAKING A COORDINATED
APPROACH, RATHER THAN HAVING 18
AGENCIES OPERATE IN A SILO IS
CERTAINLY PREFERRED. I GUESS MY
QUESTION WAS, IS THERE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
STREAMLINED SOME OF THAT WORK,
SO WE HAVE TO SPEND LESS TIME
CONNECTING THE DOTS SO MAYBE
THAT'S YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION
TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY. THANKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING AND
DISABILITY ADVOCACY PROGRAM. UM
FINDS CAN BE USED FOR CASE
SPANISH MAN AND CONNECTION TO
ADDITIONAL SERVICES AS
APPROPRIATE. UM HOW ARE WE DOING
IN THEIR COORDINATION WITH
SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION TO PROVIDE
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT? THINK. THANK
YOU. THE HOUSING DISABILITY
ADVOCACY PROGRAM. UM, AS YOU
PROBABLY KNOW, IS INTENDED TO
SERVE FOLKS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS AND ALSO
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT
RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. IT SERVES
A HIGHLY VULNERABLE POPULATION.
OFTENTIMES WITH VERY, VERY
INTENSIVE NEEDS, OFTENTIMES
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS. AND WE HAVE FOUND A
LOT OF SUCCESS AND COMBINING IT
WITH A SET OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE
TO ATTAIN HOUSING AND, UM,
SUSTAIN THEIR HOUSING. UH ONE OF
THE NOTES THAT DR JOHNSON
MENTIONED IS THAT 80% OF FOLKS
THAT ACTUALLY, UH ARE ABLE TO
HAVE THEIR DISABILITY BENEFITS
APPROVED, ARE ABLE TO RETAIN
HOUSING. SIX MONTHS AFTER THIS,
THEY EXIT THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS
A HUGE TESTAMENT TO SUCCESS. AND
AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THERE
IS A CASE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT
THAT REALLY ASSESSES THE
PERSON'S NEEDS MORE FULLY. IN
ADDITION TO THE DISABILITY
BENEFIT ADVOCACY THAT TAKES
PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, IF THERE ARE WORKFORCE,
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND
PROGRAMS THAT COULD MEET THAT
PERSON'S NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
INCOME, AND THAT CAN HELP THEM
SUSTAIN HOUSING DOWN THE ROAD
THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE.
HD APP JUST LIKE WITH ANYONE ANY
OF OUR PROGRAMS, UM LOCAL
OPERATING GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED
TO COORDINATE WITH, UM THEIR
COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AS WELL
AS THEIR CONTINUUM OF CARE,
LOCALLY AND WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS. AND SO, UM, THE
RANGE OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE
LOCALLY AS SUPPOSED TO, AS IS
MEANT BY DESIGNED TO BE BROUGHT
TO BEAR TO MEET THAT PERSON'S
NEED, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO
ANYTHING ELSE FROM SUBSTANCE USE
MENTAL HEALTH, OTHER CONNECTIONS
THAT CAN BENEFIT THIS PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM CARE
ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION. UM. HOW
ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT, UM IT'S
INTERACTING WITH OUR EXISTING
SAFETY NET, RIGHT, MAKING SURE
THAT THEY HAVE FULL ACCESS TO
ALL THE VARIOUS SERVICES. UM AH
, WHILE THERE ARE WITHIN THE
CARE COURT, UH, PROCESS OR EVEN
AFTER THE PROCESS, RIGHT? YEAH
SO THIS IS JC. I'LL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER THAT. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON SOME GUIDANCE AND
TECHNICAL SYSTEMS FOR COUNTY
PARTNERS. I MEAN, THE ONE OF THE
THINGS ABOUT CARE COURT WHILE
THERE IS A FULL STRUCTURE AROUND
A CARE PLAN, EVALUATION AND
BUILDING THOSE PIECES, IT IS
CENTERED ON THE VERY LARGE
BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN
CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY
HAS A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST
OF BOTH SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH
OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
SERVICES IN THE COUNTY WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ONCE AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS A PETITION GO
THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND
DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR CARE COURT.
I'M IN THE CARE PLAN IS THEN
CREATED IT IS BUILT ON THE BASIS
OF ALL OF THE EXISTING SERVICES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING
THEN IF SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, OF COURSE TO BUILD
A, UH PLAYING AROUND THAT
HOUSING AND THEN TO CONNECT WITH
ALL OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE BOTH OF THE COUNTY
LEVEL OR THROUGH THE MEDICAID
SIDE OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICE
PARTNERS OR THE OTHERS MENTIONED
HERE TODAY, SO I THINK IT IS
REALLY JUST LEVERAGING THE FULL
BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE. BUT
PUTTING IN THE FULL STRUCTURE
AROUND THAT PROCESS OF THE
PETITION THE IDENTIFICATION THE
EVALUATION, UM BUT IT REALLY ALL
OF THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO
AN INDIVIDUAL IN CARE COURT. ARE
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THROUGH
MEDICAID TODAY AND OR MHS, SAY
THE OTHER BREADED BRAIDED
FUNDING THAT WAS MENTIONED OR
THOSE BLOCK GRANTS. WE HAVE
VARIOUS FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT
DOLLARS THAT WE PUT OUT TO OUR
COUNTY PARTNERS. IT'S JUST ABOUT
LEVERAGING THOSE WITH AN
INDIVIDUAL IN A CARE PLAN. THANK
YOU FOR THAT. NOW WE'VE BEEN
THROWING THE KITCHEN SINK AT ALL
THESE THINGS, RIGHT? BUT THAT
ALSO MEANS WE HAVE SEVERAL
PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT PLACES. UM.
LIKE RAPID RE HOUSING OR HOUSING
NAVIGATION SERVICES. THERE'S
DIFFERENT POPULATIONS WERE
TRYING TO SERVE. WE HAVE COW
WORKS, FOSTER CARE THE WHOLE
DEAL. UM. DO WE NEED THESE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS? OR IS IT
TIME TO START THINKING CREATING
ONE STOP SHOPS. IF YOU GO TO ONE
PROGRAM, YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS.
TO ALL THE RANGE OF DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS NO MATTER WHERE WHERE
YOU ENTER INTO THE SYSTEM. UM
ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT, UM, THE NEED
TO BEGIN TO START COLLAPSING
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND TO,
UM NOT CREATE SO MANY SILOS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S ESPECIALLY
IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUES OF
SHARING INFORMATION, AND THOSE
TYPE OF BARRIERS WERE START. WE
CONTINUE TO SEE I'LL START.
OTHERS MIGHT HAVE OPINIONS ON
THIS, TOO. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY
TO YOUR POINT OF THE KIND OF ONE
STOP SHOP CONCEPT THAT IS PART
OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF
EMBEDDING THE HOUSING NAVIGATION
IN THAT SUPPORTS WITHIN OUR
EXISTING PROGRAMS, SO WHETHER
IT'S FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
POVERTY AND COW WORKS, OR IT'S
AGAIN GOALS OF KEEPING FAMILIES
TOGETHER THROUGH FAMILY
REUNIFICATION IN THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM. WHAT WE
RECOGNIZED IN DOING THAT WORK
AND AGAIN WITH OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS, BUT WHETHER THEY BE
SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES OR
COMMUTE CITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
IS THAT THE ABILITY TO MEET THE
FULL ARRAY OF NEEDS. OF THE
INDIVIDUAL IS CRITICAL. THAT
WHOLE PERSON IN PERSON CENTERED
AT PHILOSOPHY, SO I WOULD SAY
THAT WE ARE KIND OF TAKING THE
PERSPECTIVE OF BEING ABLE TO DO
THAT. INTEGRATING WITHIN OUR
PROGRAMS THAT ARE POPULATION
FOCUSED AND SPECIFIC, BUT WE'RE
ALSO I THINK TO OTHER EXAMPLES
PROVIDED MAKING SURE THAT OUR
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS HAVE A
SENSE OF THE CONNECTION POINTS
THAT THEY CAN MAKE WHETHER THEY
GROW CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO
MORE IN SOME OF THE EXAMPLES
THAT YOU HEARD, BUT ALSO HOW
WE'RE BRINGING THOSE PIECES
TOGETHER LOCALLY, SO UM I WOULD
AGAIN SAY THAT WE ARE BEING
INTENTIONAL THROUGH THE WORK OF
THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS OR DEPARTMENTS IN
THE IN THE LOCALS, THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES THINKING THROUGH HOW
AGAIN TO YOUR POINT, NO MATTER
WHERE SOMEONE'S ENTERING,
THEY'RE GETTING CONNECTED TO THE
ROBUST ARRAY THAT WE HAVE BUILT
TOGETHER. THAT REALLY IS UNLIKE
ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY, SO
OTHERS MIGHT HAVE MORE TO ADD.
WELL MAYBE I'LL SPEAK TO US. THE
DEPARTMENT HAS CONSOLIDATED
RECENTLY SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS
PER LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, FROM
THIS BODY. UM MAYBE JUST A
COUPLE OF REFLECTIONS. WE HAVE
COMBINED FOUR OF OUR MAJOR MULTI
FAMILY HOUSING PROGRAMS. INTO
THAT SUPER NOTE FOR THAT WAS
REFERENCED EARLIER. I WILL JUST
SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL
STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS WITHIN
THOSE PROGRAMS TO CONSIDER, AND
MAYBE JUST AN OBSERVATION SOME
OF THOSE SUB POPULATION TARGETED
PROGRAMS ARE HARDER TO SERVE
POPULATIONS. AND WHEN YOU DO
SOME OF THAT CONSOLIDATION, YOU
MIGHT SEE EASIER TO SERVE. QUOTE
UNQUOTE POPULATIONS GET, UM THE
BULK OF THE APPLICATIONS SO TO
THE DEGREE LEGISLATURE OVER
TIME, VOTERS HAVE APPROVED
OVERTIME BONDS FOR SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS TO SERVE SUB
POPULATIONS, AND WE HAVE
CONSOLIDATED IN THE CASE OF THE
SUPERNOVA. PROGRAMS TO SERVE
FARMWORKERS AND VETERANS WITHIN
THAT SUPERNOVA, BUT OF COURSE
YOU STILL NEED FOR DEVELOPERS
AND PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THOSE
TYPES OF UNIQUE SERVICES AND
HOUSING THE SUB POPULATIONS
WHERE THOSE SOURCES ARE COMING
FROM, SO IT IS A GOOD IT'S A
GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IT'S A
GOOD GOAL WE HAVE, I HOPE TRIED
TO LAY OUT SOME OF THAT
GROUNDWORK OF HOW IT CAN BE
DONE. IT'S A CONSTANT, YOU KNOW,
CONTINUES TO IMPROVEMENT EFFORT.
BUT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT
SOMETIMES THOSE SOURCES WHETHER
THEY BE FEDERAL OR STATE ARE
COMING WITH SOME STRINGS AND
SOME TIES THAT ARE PUT ON BY THE
LEGISLATION OR THAT BUDGET ACT
THAT WE STILL NEED TO ADHERE TO.
SO IT DOES. IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY JUST THE COMPLEXITY
IN ALL CASES TO CONSOLIDATE, BUT
I DO THINK THE TIMING AND
EFFICIENCY OF OFFERING THOSE
DOLLARS TOGETHER IS I HOPE
HELPFUL WITHIN OUR AT LEAST OUR
PART OF THAT INTEGRATED SOLUTION
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING
PRODUCTION. YOU KNOW YOU DO
BRING A GOOD POINT, AND I THINK
THIS IS AN ISSUE WE LEARNED
DURING THE PANDEMIC. THAT
STREAMLINING AND EFFICIENCY.
SOMETIMES CRAZE, DISPARITIES AND
DISPROPORTIONALITY. AND SO IT
MAY NOT BE. THE SOLUTION IS NOT
ALWAYS WHAT'S THE EASY WAY TO DO
SOMETHING RIGHT? AND MAKING SURE
THAT UM, WE ARE TAKING THE TIME
OUT TO SOMETIMES DO THE LONG WAY
AROUND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS CAPTURED. WHICH
BRINGS ME TO MY LAST QUESTION.
OUT OF ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND
ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT
WERE SERVING IS THERE A
POPULATION WERE STILL MISSING. I
WOULD. I WOULD JUST STRESS I'M
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
BH BRIDGE HOUSING DOLLARS
BECAUSE WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF
HOUSING BEING BROUGHT UP,
ESPECIALLY EVEN PERMANENT
HOUSING, WE'RE STILL REALLY
STRUGGLING ON THE MEDICAID SIDE
OF FINDING PLACEMENT OR
INDIVIDUALS WILLING TO TAKE
PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES OR SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER ISSUES, AND SO WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A NUMBER OF
MODELS, INITIATIVES AND PIECES
THAT ARE BEING FOCUSED ON WHILE
THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS THERE
AND WORKING ON GETTING THOSE
SERVICES HAVING PLACEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS CONTINUES TO BE A
STRUGGLE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
THINGS EVEN JUST HOUSING
PLACEMENTS STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW,
SOMEONE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS
MENTAL ILLNESS OR VERY COMPLEX
SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES. IT IS EVEN
HARDER TO FIND PLACEMENT FOR
THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND SO WE'RE
DOING A LOT OF THINKING AROUND.
WHAT ARE THE MODELS OR THE
BRAIDED FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO
DO TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE
? BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE. WE
CAN'T JUST FOCUS ON HOUSING
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EASIER
PLACEMENTS, SO WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO MORE. WE'RE HOPING
THINGS LIKE CARE COURT OR THESE
OTHER FUNDINGS THAT BH BRIDGE
HOUSING DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING
OUT WHERE THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH
CONTINUUM OR THE DOLLARS THAT
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR SOCIAL
SERVICES AGENCIES ON WILL HELP
SOME OF THOSE, BUT WITH THE VERY
EARLY BEGINNING STAGES OF THAT,
AND WE NEED TO SEE THOSE MODELS
GOING INTO PLACE TO REALLY BE
ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME
OF THE POPULATION A SUBSET OF
THE POPULATION OF THE WHOLE, BUT
I STILL THINK A LOT OF WORK TO
BE DONE THERE. ANYONE ELSE ANY
OTHER POPULATIONS THAT WE MIGHT
BE MISSING LIKE OUR TRANS
COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SOMETIMES THEY
NEED SPECIAL HOUSING AND
ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE OF OTHER
, UH CULTURAL NORM REASONS,
RIGHT ANY OTHER POPULATIONS? THE
ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, IS THAT
PART OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE TOO
ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION IS
BEING IN COMMUNITY AND YOU'VE
HEARD A NUMBER OF PANELISTS
SPEAK TO THAT TODAY. I MEAN,
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH
TALKING TO PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATORS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE IT. IT'S THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE ABILITY FOR
SOME PEOPLE TO TAKE UP THE OFFER
OF HOUSING. I MEAN, WE, FOR
EXAMPLE, JUST WORKED IN
COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS HERE
WITH THE RECENT FLOODS AND
REALLY TARGETED EFFORTS IN
COUNTIES WHO WERE IMPACTED THE
GREATEST ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO
SUPPORT I REALLY CONNECTING AND
SHELTERED IN OUR IN HOUSE
NEIGHBORS TO THAT TEMPORARY
HOUSING OR EVEN PERMANENT SHOULD
THAT BE AN OPTION AND THE
ABILITY TO HAVE DOG FOOD. HAVE A
PLACE FOR ANIMALS. IT MAKES ALL
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD OF
BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT A REAL
OFFER THAT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
CAN ACCEPT. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY
IS THAT WHERE YOU SEE OUR
EMPHASIS AS A STATE IS INFORMED
THROUGH BOTH OUR DATA AND OUR
EVIDENCE, BUT IT'S ALSO THROUGH
THE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING THE
PROBLEM SO THAT WE CAN ALSO
ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT YOU
JUST RAISED. THANK YOU FOR THAT
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES. HAVE NOT THANK YOU
ALL VERY MUCH. AND NOW I'LL HAND
THE GAVEL TO CHAIR PETRIE-NORRIS
TAKE US HOME. WELL THANK YOU,
CHAIR, JACKSON AND, UH, WE ARE
GRATEFUL TO WELCOME UP OUR
PANELISTS FOR OUR FINAL PANEL,
WHICH WILL FOCUS ON ACCOUNTING
PERSPECTIVE. OUR BEING JOINED BY
EMILY HARRISON, WHO IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY OF
SACRAMENTO OFFICE OF HOMELESS
INITIATIVES, AND ELIZABETH BEN
ISHAI, WHO IS JOINING FROM THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE
INITIATIVES. UM I'LL GO AHEAD
AND LET YOU ALL JUMP INTO YOUR
COMMENTS. THANK YOU BOTH FOR
BEING HERE. MY APOLOGIES. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME AND MY NAME'S
EMILY. HOW CAN THE DIRECTOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS
SERVICES AND HOUSING HERE IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY BOTH
TO LISTEN TO THE PAST
CONVERSATION AND PROVIDE A
LITTLE BIT OF LOCAL CONTEXT? I'M
GOING TO GO VERY QUICKLY. I KNOW
THAT YOU'VE HAD QUITE A LONG
MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO LIFT
UP WITH SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN
THE LOCAL SPACE AND HAS FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS AND
HOMELESSNESS. IN ADDITION TO
SEEING THE RISING NUMBERS, WHICH
YOU'VE SEEN QUITE A LOT A LOT,
TALKED QUITE A LOT ABOUT TODAY.
WE EVERYDAY DEAL AS WELL. WITH
THE RISING AND CONTINUAL
COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION WITH THE
PERCEIVED LACK OF SOLUTIONS AND
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE
COMMUNITY'S INTEREST IN
ENFORCEMENT AS ONE OF THE
OPTIONS WHICH MAKES OUR WORK
CHALLENGING. I LIVE IN THE
SOCIAL SERVICE WORLD. I'M SURE
YOU DO AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE
REALLY TASKED WITH BALANCING
THIS EFFORT. TO BOTH KEEP OUR
EYE ON THE PRIZE OF LONG TERM
SOLUTIONS, WHICH IS HOUSING. I
HEARD THAT REPEATED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, BUT ALSO BEING
RESPONSIVE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS
AND THOSE CONSTITUENTS MOSTLY
ARE CONCERNED WITH THE CRISIS IN
FRONT OF US, SO I WANT TO LIFT
UP TO THINGS THAT ARE WORKING IN
SACRAMENTO ON THE CRISIS AND
THEN MAYBE END WITH SOME HOUSING
THINGS AND SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS, WHICH WE ARE
SEEING CHANGES. IT'S NOT ENOUGH,
AND IT'S NOT SCALABLE IS
DEVELOPING AND STANDING UP
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CASE CARRYING
OUTREACH TEAMS THAT CONSIST OF
TRADITIONAL NAVIGATORS,
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIANS,
PEER NAVIGATORS AND SOON TO BE
SOME ADDITIONAL OUTREACH SUPPORT
FUNDED THROUGH CALLUM. SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE STATE. FOR
THAT THESE GROUPS ARE ABLE TO
WORK IN TARGETED ENCAMPMENTS
WITH EXTREMELY VULNERABLE FOLKS
. BUT THEIR WORK IS A MARATHON.
IT'S NOT A SPRINT. SOMETIMES
THEY'RE AN ENCAMPMENT FOR FORCE
FOUR WEEKS, SIX WEEKS, EIGHT
WEEKS JUST TO DEVELOP A REPORT
AND AT THE BACK END OF THEY
DON'T HAVE SOMEPLACE TO REFER
INTO ITS. IT'S CONSTANTLY A
CYCLE. UM ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES
WITH THAT IS BALANCING AGAIN.
THIS APPROACH WHERE WE WANT TO
BE IN THERE AND DEEPLY SERVICING
FOLKS WITH THE COMMUNITY'S
EXPECTATIONS. IT'S GOING TO
RESULT IN A CLEARING OF
ENCAMPMENTS, WHICH OFTEN IS NOT
THE CASE. THE SECOND THING THAT
WE REALLY ARE SCALING UP HERE,
PARTLY A RESULT OF OUR WORK
THROUGH COVID AND THE PR. THE
PROJECT ROOM KEY PROGRAM IS
SHIFTING OUR FOCUS INTO NON
CONGREGATE. SHELTERS WERE
CONSTANTLY BATTLING AGAINST THE
PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S PEOPLE
WHO ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE SERVICE
RESISTANT. AND WHILE THAT MAY BE
TRUE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
REFRAME IS IT THEY'RE RESISTANT
TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING. SO
HOW CAN WE REFRAME THAT IN THE
SHELTERING MODEL? WE'RE SEEING A
LOT OF SUCCESS WITH NON
CONGREGATE SHELTERS THE COUNTY
HAS WE HAVE ABOUT 506 100 BEDS
UNDER DEVELOPMENT NOW THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGING, OF COURSE,
IS CITING. I HEARD SOME
COLLEAGUES EARLIER TODAY. TALK
ABOUT NIMBYISM, AND THAT COULD
NOT BE MORE TRUE WHEN YOU'RE
TRYING TO CITE A SHELTER IN
ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE ANYBODY
LIVES. AND THE TIME TO DEVELOP
WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT
ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES AND TINY
HOMES AND SLEEPING CABINS, IT IS
QUICKER THAN STICKS AND BRICKS,
BUT IS NOT QUICK ENOUGH FOR THE
CRISIS THAT WE'RE UNDER AND THEN
AGAIN BALANCING THIS. HOW MUCH
ARE WE SPENDING ON SHELTER
DEVELOPMENT? IT'S A LOT SHELTERS
ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD
THEIR VERY EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE
AND BALANCING THAT WITH THE WHAT
WE KNOW IS A REAL SOLUTION IS
HOUSING. SO A COUPLE THINGS ON
HOUSING. I'D LIKE TO LIFT UP AND
LEAVE YOU WITH IS WHAT? WHAT WE
NEED AND WHAT I'M HOPING TO GET
OUT OF SOME THE PARTNERSHIPS
WITH THE STATE. I'VE HEARD IT
AGAIN. I WANT TO ECHO IT. WE DO
NEED ONGOING, SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING. WE APPRECIATE AND LOVE
ALL THE STATE ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS, BUT THIS IS NOT A
ONE TIME PROBLEM, AND WE WERE
BEING ASKED TO TRANSFORM SYSTEMS
AND SYSTEMS THAT TAKE A LONG
TIME TO TRANSFER TO TRANSFORM.
AND SO THE FUNDING NEEDS TO
ALIGN WITH THAT. HAPPENS BEEN
REALLY GREAT AND ALLOWING US TO
PILOT SOME NEW INITIATIVES AND
NOW WE NEED SUSTAINABLE FUNDING
TO KEEP THOSE GOING. I COULDN'T
GO MORE. WHAT I HEARD MISS
COOPER TALKED ABOUT INTEGRATION
WITH CALLUM AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. WE
ARE ONE OF TWO GENERAL. UH WE
ARE ONE OF TWO COUNTIES IN THE
STATE WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHIC
MANAGED CARE. AND SO WE HAVE
FIVE MANAGED CARE PLANS WHO ARE
ALL WORKING IN THIS SPACE AND
HAVE BEEN AMAZING PARTNERS AND
WE'RE LOOKING TO INTEGRATE
CALAIS MORE SYSTEMICALLY INTO
THE HOMELESS SYSTEM OF CARE. I'D
LOVE TO BE A DAY SOON. WHERE
EVERY TIME YOU WALK INTO A
SHELTER, THE FIRST THING THAT
HAPPENS IS YOU'RE ENROLLED IN
CALAIS. IN THE FIRST THING THAT
THE OUTREACH WORKER DOES FOR YOU
IS ENROLL YOU IN CALI, AND THAT
MEANS BOTH THAT OUR SYSTEM NEEDS
TRANSFORM. BUT THE MEDICAL
HEALTH SYSTEM HAS TO BE READY TO
PIVOT WITH THAT, AND SO THINKING
FROM OUR MANAGED CARE PLAN
PARTNERS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THOSE ECM AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
PROVIDERS ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN
HOMELESS SYSTEMS OF CARE
ENTERING INTO OUR HOMELESS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM?
STAFFED WITH THE RIGHT CAPACITY
AND COMPETENCIES TO DO THIS WORK
. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN
CLINICAL WORK WHEN YOU'RE ON THE
SIDE OF A PARKWAY OR UNDER A
BRIDGE, AND THAT THE FUNDING
ALIGNS WITH THE DEPTH OF SERVICE
THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.
AND THEN FINALLY, I DID HEAR
QUITE A BIT AND WOULD LIKE TO
ECHO AGAIN HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND
REALLY EXCITED THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES THAT.
POSSIBILITY FOR CAL AIM TO BE A
PLAYER IN THIS IN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY. WE'VE INVESTED $10
MILLION AGAIN ONE TIME FUNDING
BUT $10 MILLION TO STAND UP AT
LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT AND
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND WE KNOW
THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
A LOT OF FOLKS. I HEARD A
QUESTION IN THE LAST PANEL ABOUT
VOUCHER HOLDERS. WHEN WE WERE
STANDING THIS UP, WE DID A ONE
TIME POINT IN TIME COUNT OF OUR
COMMUNITY QUÊ OF FOLKS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IT WAS
IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. AND I
THINK AT THAT TIME WE COUNTED
ABOUT 300 ALMOST 400 PEOPLE
SITTING ON BAUER-KAHAN LITERALLY
HOMELESS WHO ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO
A SUBSIDY, WHETHER IT BE A
HOUSING CHOICE. VOUCHER AND
EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER, A
VOUCHER SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR OUR
COMMUNITY, OUR CONTINUUM OF
CARE. SO OUR LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAM SHOULD HELP MECHANIZED
SHOULD HELP INCENTIVIZE
LANDLORDS TO HELP. MOVE THOSE
VOUCHER HOLDERS OFF QUICKER AND
I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
WITH CALLUM AS WELL. BUT I DO
WANT TO LEAVE WITH SAYING THAT
THOSE ARE GREAT PROGRAMS. WE
NEED TO STAND THEM UP. WE NEED
TO CREATE SOME MORE FLOW OUT OF
OUR SYSTEM. UM BUT SOME OF THESE
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ARE SHORT TERM
. SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS, 18
MONTHS AND WE ARE SEEING THE
AGING OF OUR POPULATION ON THE
STREETS. WE ARE SEEING CRONUS
CITY INCREASING. WE'RE SEEING
CHRONIC ILLNESS RISING. AND WE
ARE SEEING PEOPLE COME INTO OUR
SHELTERS WHO AREN'T AMBULATORY
CAN'T DEAL WITH THEIR A DLS AND
WE NEED A HOUSING EXIT FOR THEM
AS WELL. AND SO, UM, DEVELOPMENT
IS NECESSARY. HOW WE THINK ABOUT
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. I KNOW
THAT THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS
IN DIFFERENT AREAS ABOUT CAN WE
PROJECT BASED CALLUM SERVICES SO
THAT IT CAN THEN BECOME THE
MECHANISM THAT PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAN BE CAN BE
A SERVICE, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH
BENNET. SHE AND THE DIRECTOR OF
HOUSING AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS FOR THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY HOMELESS INITIATIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME
HERE TODAY. MAKE BEFORE THERE IT
GOES. UM SO IN MY REMARKS TODAY,
I'LL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON
THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND OUR
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS. SHARON OVERVIEW OF
THE L. A COUNTY STATE OF
EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS REVIEW
OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENTS AND
HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND DESCRIBE
OUR COUNTY COUNTIES,
PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITIES AND
COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO
PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF L. A
COUNTY'S USE OF STATE HOMELESS
FUNDS. AND DESCRIBE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WE'RE EXPERIENCING,
AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE
THOSE CHALLENGES, AND I'LL TRY
TO DO THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO IN
2015, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CREATED THE
HOMELESS INITIATIVE, CHARGING IT
WITH CREATING A STRATEGIC PLAN
TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS PLAN WAS
DEVELOPED WITH EXTENSIVE
COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT, AND ULTIMATELY, THE
VOTERS OF L. A COUNTY APPROVED A
QUARTER. SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
JUST MAYBE LOWER YOUR MICROPHONE
A LITTLE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
THAT THE YOU KNOW, FOLKS
WATCHING FROM HOME CAN ALSO
HERE. UM SO THE VOTERS OF VALLEY
COUNTY APPROVED A QUARTER CENT
SALES TAX THAT GENERATES MORE
THAN $500 MILLION ANNUALLY AND
IS USED TO IMPLEMENT THE
STRATEGIC PLAN. HOMELESS
INITIATIVE WORKS WITH COUNTY
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, CITY
GOVERNMENTS AND MORE THAN 100,
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE RANGE OF AREAS
INCLUDING PREVENTION, OUTREACH,
INTERIM HOUSING, PERMANENT
HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO SINCE THE INCEPTION OF
MEASURE H BIT OVER FIVE YEARS
AGO, THE SYSTEM HAS MADE
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WE'VE
PLACED OVER 87,000 PEOPLE INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING MORE THAN
118,000 PEOPLE INTO INTERIM
HOUSING, SUCH AS SHELTERS OR
TEMPORARY MOTEL ROOMS, AND WE
HAVE PREVENTED ALMOST 23,000
PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.
NOW DESPITE THESE SUCCESSES, WE
CLEARLY ARE STILL IN A CRISIS.
UM THIS IS DRIVEN FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE, IN PART BY THE
INFLOW INTO HOMELESSNESS, WHICH
HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AS YOU'VE
HEARD FROM OTHER SPEAKERS TODAY
AND BY THE GROWING NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO BECOME HOMELESS AND
THEN STRUGGLE TO EXIT THE SYSTEM
REMAINING WITHIN IT FOR AT LEAST
SIX MONTHS IN THE COURSE OF A
YEAR, AND WE VIEW THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AS
PERSISTENTLY UNDERSERVED. AS
PERSISTENTLY UNDERSERVED PEOPLE
STRUGGLE TO RESOLVE THEIR
HOMELESSNESS. MANY GET STUCK IN
INTERIM HOUSING AND WITH BEDS
FULL. AS A RESULT, UNSHELTERED
INDIVIDUALS ARE UNABLE TO MOVE
OFF THE STREETS INTO INTERIM
HOUSING. THIS IS DRIVEN BY WHAT
WE UNDERSTAND AS AN EXIT GAP,
INSUFFICIENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO
EXIT THE SYSTEM INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING. AS THIS SLIDE SHOWS AND
IDEAL SYSTEM WOULD HAVE FIVE
PERMANENT HOUSING EXITS FOR
EVERYONE'S SHELTER BED. BUT IN
L. A COUNTY WE HAVE A 1 TO 1
RATIO, WHICH LEADS TO POOR
SYSTEM FLOW. TO TRY TO ADDRESS
THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN
HOMELESSNESS AND DESPITE OUR
DESPITE OUR MAJOR EFFORTS TO
STEM IT, THE H I RECENTLY
REVISED AND REFRESHED ITS
STRATEGIC PLAN ONCE AGAIN,
DRAWING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
, RESEARCH AND DATA IN APRIL OF
2020 TO OUR BOARD APPROVED A NEW
FRAMEWORK TO END HOMELESSNESS IN
L. A COUNTY. THE NEW FRAMEWORK
OPERATES ACROSS FIVE PILLARS.
COORDINATE PREVENT, CONNECT
HOUSE AND STABILIZE. MOST
CRUCIALLY, THE NEW FRAMEWORK
INVOLVES THREE KEY PARTNERS ARE
HOMELESS RE HOUSING SYSTEM ARE
MAINSTREAM COUNTY SYSTEMS AND
OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH 88 CITIES
AND SEVEN COUNCILS OF
GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGIONS. EACH
ONE OF THESE PLAYS A CRITICAL
ROLE IN ADDRESSING OUR CURRENT
CRISIS. SO JUST TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THOSE DIFFERENT ROLES. WE ARE
REALLY LOOKING TO OUR MAINSTREAM
SYSTEMS, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR
HEALTH, PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES,
PROBATION AND MORE TO QUICKLY
IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE AT RISK
HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOUSING CRISES WHEN THEY ENGAGE
WITH THE COUNTY SYSTEM, AND THIS
SHOULD HELP TO REDUCE INFLOW
INTO HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE LOOKING
TO OUR HOMELESS RE HOUSING
SYSTEM TO FOCUS PRIMARILY, BUT
NOT EXCLUSIVELY ON THOSE
PERSISTENTLY UNDERSERVED
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO
NEED MORE INTENSIVE
INTERVENTIONS. AND FINALLY WE
ARE SEEKING TO BUILD OUR
COLLABORATIONS WITH CITIES AND
CARS OR COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS
, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING
THE SUPPLY OF PERMANENT HOUSING
AND WORKING TOGETHER TO RESOLVE
ENCAMPMENTS BY MOVING THEIR
OCCUPANTS INTO HOUSING, AND I'LL
COME BACK TO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
AND A LITTLE BIT. SO OUR NEW
STRATEGIC PLAN HAS ALREADY BEGUN
TO DRIVE CHANGE WITHIN OUR
HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM. BUT ON
JANUARY 10TH ARE OF 2023, OUR
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOOK
ANOTHER STEP TO RESPOND TO THE
CRISIS WE'RE EXPERIENCING. THE
BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED A
MOTION TO PROCLAIM A LOCAL
EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESSNESS. THIS
CAME LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER
MAYOR KAREN BASS DECLARED A
LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES. THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
PROCLAMATION PROVIDES OUR OFFICE
AND OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
WITH INCREASED AUTHORITY TO TAKE
STEPS TO EXPEDITE AND STREAMLINE
CREATION OF HOUSING EXPANDED
SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS AND OTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES THAT
WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO BE MORE
NIMBLE AND RESPONSIVE ACROSS THE
BOARD. LAST WEEK, THE BOARD
ADOPTED THREE MISSIONS THAT
REFLECT THE STRATEGIC FOCUS OF
THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND
PRIORITIZE AND SHELTERED PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE
FIRST MISSION IN CAMDEN
RESOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THROUGH THIS
MISSION, THE COUNTY WILL
COLLABORATE WITH CITIES, COGS
AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS TO
DEVELOP PLANS TO RESOLVE
ENCAMPMENTS THROUGH CONNECTIONS
TO INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING
AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SECOND
MISSION FOCUSES ON HOUSING, WE
WILL INCREASE INTERIM AND
PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENTS BY
WORKING IN MORE STREAMLINED
COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL
PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO
REDUCE TIME AND INTERIM HOUSING
, INCREASED EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING AND STREAMLINED
PERMANENT HOUSING PRODUCTION.
AND THE THIRD MISSION FOCUSED ON
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER SERVICES WILL PROVIDE
THE NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES
TO UNSHELTERED AND SHELTERED
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. SO FOUR WEEKS
AFTER THE COUNTY DECLARED A
LOCAL HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY.
THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED THE
HOMELESS INITIATIVES. 609.7
MILLION FISCAL YEAR. 2023 24
BUDGET AND THAT'S OUR LARGEST
ANNUAL INVESTMENT TO DATE. THE
BUDGET WILL HELP FUND A
HEIGHTENED FOCUS ON THE THREE
KEY MISSIONS THAT I MENTIONED IN
COLLABORATION WITH CITIES AND
OTHER LOCAL PARTNERS. SO THIS
SLIDE SHOWS A HIGH LEVEL
BREAKDOWN OF L. A COUNTY'S
HOMELESSNESS BUDGET THIS FISCAL
YEAR 22 23 FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR
23 24. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT
FUNDING DEDICATED TO INTERIM AND
PERMANENT HOUSING INCLUDED IN
THE HOUSE ROW GREW BY 10% YEAR
OVER YEAR PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER
THE HOUSE CATEGORY, PRIMARILY
PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND
RENTAL SUBSIDIES RATHER THAN
FUNDING CAPITAL COSTS. THREE
QUARTERS OF L. A COUNTY'S TOTAL
BUDGET EACH YEAR GOES TO SUPPORT
INTERIM AND PERMANENT HOUSING
SOLUTIONS. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
INCLUDES A 26% INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICE SLOTS, TAKING
US FROM 17,500 SLOTS TO MORE
THAN 22,000 SLOTS AND AN 18%
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TIME
LIMITED SUBSIDIES, ALSO KNOWN AS
RAPID RE HOUSING. TAKING US FROM
1400 SLOTS TO 1700 SLOTS. WHILE
THE STATE HOMELESS HOUSING
ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION OR HAP
FUNDING IS VERY VALUABLE TO L. A
COUNTY. IT CONSTITUTES ONLY
ABOUT 12% OF L. A COUNTY'S
FISCAL YEAR. 22 23 BUDGET AND
14% OF THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE FIGURES ON THIS SLIDE DO NOT
INCLUDE FUNDING FROM SEVERAL
OTHER STATE ONE TIME GRANTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, IT EXCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING STATE HOME KEY AWARDS
AND LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS. ONE
TIME CDSS HOMELESS FUNDING
INCREASES THAT WILL SUNSET IN 24
25 CAMERON RESOLUTION GRANTS AS
WELL AS OTHERS, AND I'LL DISCUSS
SOME OF THESE ONE TIME STATE
GRANTS SHORTLY. I WANT TO RETURN
NOW TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH
CITIES AND COUNCILS OF
GOVERNMENTS. UM THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
THE COUNTY AND IN GENERAL, UM,
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH
THE 88 CITIES AND SEVEN COUNCILS
OF GOVERNMENTS. OVER THE PAST
YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD
TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION AND
COLLABORATION WITH CITY AND COG
PARTNERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
GROWING THIS WORK TOGETHER. TO
FUEL THIS JOINT JOINT WORK. WE
ARE INVESTING SIGNIFICANT FUNDS
AND EFFORTS THAT WILL ALLOW
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IN L. A
COUNTY TO BUILD ON THE WORK OF
OUR HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM IN
WAYS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES NEEDS. THESE INCLUDE
MORE THAN $130 MILLION OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO FUND
HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING
PROGRAMS INITIATED BY LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS AND TO COLLABORATE
ON ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION. AS
WELL AS TO SUSTAIN OPERATIONS AT
CITY OR COD, CREATED INTERIM
HOUSING SITES. SO AS FAR AS OUR
USE OF STATE FUNDING GOES, THE
COUNTY HAS PRIORITIZED ITS HALF
ROUNDS 123 AND FOUR UH, FUNDING
AS FOLLOWS. 60% OF OUR HAVE
FUNDS HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED TO
FUND THE SIGNIFICANT ANNUAL
GROWTH AND COSTS OF THE COUNTY'S
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PORTFOLIO. EACH YEAR AS THE
COUNTY BRINGS ADDITIONAL PSH
UNITS ONLINE TO MEET THE GROWING
NEED FOR THESE UNITS AMONG OUR
HOMELESS POPULATION WITH ACUTE
HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
NEEDS, THE COUNTY NEEDS TO FUND
THESE ADDITIONAL UNITS WITH THE
COMBINATION OF LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL RESOURCES AND HALF HAS
BEEN CRITICAL TO MEET THIS NEED.
ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR FUNDS
HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED TO FUND
EXISTING AND NEW INTERIM HOUSING
BEDS AND 11% FOR HOUSING
SERVICES FOR TRANSITION AGE
YOUTH. THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY
STATED HIS INTENT TO PURSUE
STATE STATUTORY CHANGES TO
PRIORITIZE FUTURE ROUNDS OF HAT
FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS ENCAMPMENT, RESOLUTION
HOME KEY OPERATING COSTS AND
CARE ACT. HOUSING SUPPORTS
PROPOSED BUDGET TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE RELEASED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ALSO
INCLUDES THESE PRIORITIES. ALL
THESE EFFORTS ARE IMPORTANT TO
L. A COUNTY. THEY ARE ONLY PART
OF THE BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMS
THAT THE COUNTY MUST FUND TO
COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS THE
LOCAL HOMELESS AND HOUSING
CRISIS. THE COUNTY WORKS TO
EFFECTIVELY BRAID TOGETHER THAT
DOZENS OF LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL FUNDING STREAMS IT
RECEIVES TO SUPPORT ITS ENTIRE
HOMELESS RE HOUSING SYSTEM. THE
COUNTY, AND IT'S HUNDREDS OF
SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERS
ALREADY FACED CHALLENGES,
BALANCING THE VARIOUS
REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
THAT EXIST ACROSS ALL THESE
DIFFERENT FUNNY SOURCES. SO
TODAY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THE RESTRICTED USES THE GOVERNOR
PROPOSES FOR FUTURE HAVE FUNDS
WILL EXACERBATE THAT CHALLENGE.
TODAY L A COUNTY HAS INVESTED
ITS HALF RESOURCES IN A MANNER
THAT BALANCES ARE LOCAL FUNDING
REALITIES THE SERVICE NEEDS
ACROSS OUR GEOGRAPHY AND THE
INVESTMENTS BEING MADE BY OUR
PARTNERS. THE FLEXIBILITY
AFFORDED BY HALF DOLLARS UP
UNTIL NOW HAS MADE THIS
POSSIBLE. HOME KEY HAS ALSO BEEN
A REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT
FOR OUR COUNTY THROUGH THE FIRST
TWO ROUNDS OF HOME KEY THE STATE
HAS GRANTED THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES AND ITS COOP LIKE UNZ,
MORE THAN $350 MILLION IN HOME
KEY FUNDS TO SUPPORT 24
PROJECTS. TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE
OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY
HOME KEY. THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HAS SET ASIDE MORE
THAN $300 MILLION IN FEDERAL
ARPAIO AND CARES ACT FUNDING TO
PROVIDE THE COUNTY'S CAPITAL AND
OPERATING MATCH FOR ALL THREE
ROUNDS OF HUNKY. THE COUNTY HAS
ALSO BENEFITED FROM THE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION GRANTS AS
A PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION IN L.
A COUNTY ADDRESSING UNSHELTERED
, HOMELESSNESS IS A VERY HIGH
PRIORITY. TO THIS END, WE HAVE
ALREADY INVESTED SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES AND ENCAMPMENT
RESOLUTION AND WILL BE FURTHER
WRAPPING THESE UP USING FUNDING
FROM ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AT
THE STATE LEVEL. THE COUNTY WAS
AWARDED $15 MILLION IN ROUND ONE
OF THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION
GRANT PROGRAM. AND WILL PURSUE
FUNDS IN ROUND TWO. BOTH OF
THESE GRANTS, SUPPORT WORK AND
SKID ROW. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
OUR PARTNERS AT THE LOS ANGELES
HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY OR
LHASA HAVE BEEN AWARDED $60
MILLION FROM HUD SPECIAL AND
SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS GRANT. 20
MILLION PER YEAR FOR THREE YEARS
, AND THE COUNTY WILL BE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH LASSA TO PRIORITIZE
THESE DOLLARS. AND FINALLY, THE
COUNTY IS ALSO INVENTED.
INVESTING MORE THAN $95 MILLION
OF MEASURE H LOCAL FUNDING TO
SUPPORT ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.
IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING
SOURCES THAT I HAVE ALREADY
MENTIONED, COUNTY HAS RECEIVED
NUMEROUS ONE TIME FUNDING
ALLOCATIONS IN TWO SEPARATE
TRANCHES THAT MUST ALL BE
EXPENDED BY JUNE. 30TH 2025 UM,
THESE INCLUDED THE COW WORKS,
HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM, HOUSING
AND DISABILITY ADVOCACY SERVICES
. H TAP HOME SAFE, BRINGING
FAMILIES HOME AND MORE. AS OTHER
SPEAKERS TODAY HAVE MENTIONED. I
WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO
THE CHALLENGES WITH THE ONE TIME
STATE FUNDING AND OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THESE
COUNTY IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
STATE'S LEADERSHIP ON THE ISSUE
OF HOMELESSNESS AND ITS
COMMITMENT OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT
CRITICAL PROGRAMS IN L. A
COUNTY. ALLSTATE HOMELESSNESS
SPENDING TO DATE, THOUGH, HAS
BEEN ONE TIME WHICH MEANS THAT
ONCE IT IS EXHAUSTED L. A COUNTY
AND OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE WILL NEED TO EITHER
BACKFILL THE LOSS OR CUT HOUSING
AND SUPPORTS FOR THE HUNDREDS OF
CLIENTS. THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS
RELYING ON THE HOUSING THESE
STATES STATE FUNDS TEMPORARILY
PROVIDED WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND
THAT THE STATE COMMIT ONGOING
FUNDING ON A SCALE COMMENSURATE
WITH THE SCOPE OF OUR STATEWIDE
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING CRISIS.
OUR SECOND CHALLENGE EACH
SEPARATE STATE ALLOCATION GRANT
CREATES ITS OWN SEPARATE ANNUAL
CONTRACTING PROCESS, WHICH
REINFORCES FRAGMENTATION AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REDUNDANCIES. FOR
EXAMPLE, PROCUREMENT CONTRACTING
AND DATA REPORTING AND PREVENTS
OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM
SCALING UP SERVICE DELIVERY. AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE
HEARD TODAY AND SEEN IN SOME OF
THE DATA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.
WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THE
STATE CONSOLIDATE THESE SEPARATE
SILOED STATE FUNDING STREAMS AND
STREAMLINE THE EXISTING
RESTRICTIONS WITHIN EACH, THE
STATE SHOULD INSTEAD MEASURE
LOCAL OR IN REGIONAL OUTCOMES
ACROSS KEY PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS TO ENSURE LOCAL AREAS
ARE LEVERAGING ALL THEIR FUNDING
TO ACHIEVE THOSE COMMENTS SYSTEM
WIDE OUTCOMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. CHAIR
WAX. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF
ONE AGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT
OF THE NEED FOR ONGOING FUNDING
AND WELL, I WILL CONTINUE TO
BEAT THAT DRUM. UH HUH. AND THEN
THE OTHER THING IS ALSO AGREE
WITH THE NEED FOR CONSOLIDATING
TO CREATE A SINGLE FUNDING
SOURCE. I KNOW THAT'S CRITICAL,
AND THAT'S JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT
, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE
TO WORK ON THAT, UM THE QUESTION
I HAD, THOUGH, WAS ABOUT HOME
KEY. UM I THINK THAT'S BEEN
LIFTED UP OR THE OVER THE COURSE
OF TODAY AND OTHER REPORTINGS
AROUND A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM
REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A
UNIQUE MOMENT. PUT A BUNCH OF
MONEY INTO IT MADE IT EASIER,
EASIER TO BUILD. UM IF WE WERE
TO INFUSE MORE FUNDS INTO
SOMETHING LIKE HOME KEY. IS
THERE THE SUPPLY AVAILABLE IN
YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNTIES TO
ACTUALLY CONVERT SOME OF THOSE
PRE EXISTING BUILDINGS INTO HOME
KEY PROJECTS. I CAN SPEAK FOR A
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SO WE'VE HAD.
I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER ABOUT
THINK. FOUR OR FIVE IN THE CITY
WHERE SWIMMING A COUPLE WITHIN
THE UNINCORPORATED KIND THIS
ROUND, AND I DO HERE ALL THE
TIME ABOUT CONTINUING INTEREST.
SO I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.
YEAH I WOULD AGREE. BASED ON THE
MANY, MANY CALLS I RECEIVE EACH
WEEK FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY'RE STILL SUPPLY, BUT I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE YOU
KNOW, BIGGEST BARRIER FOR US IS
THE LACK OF OPERATING FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO CONTINUE
TO INVEST AND TO USE THE STATE'S
CAPITAL FUNDING, BUT, UM ARE
HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY IS CLOSE TO ITS CAP
FOR PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS.
THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO MORE
VOUCHERS LEFT TO PROJECT BASED
SO FOR THIS NEXT ROUND OF HOME
KEY, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO USE
TENANT BASED VOUCHERS, WHICH HAS
SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH
IT. SO YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED
TO CONTINUE OUR ADVOCACY TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE
THAT CAP AND ALLOW US TO PROJECT
BASED MORE VOUCHERS OR TO LOOK
AT STATE SOURCES FOR ONGOING
OPERATING FUNDS FOR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RIGHT, WHICH
IS WHY THE ONGOING FUNDING IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR YOU. ABSOLUTELY
THANK YOU. CHAIR JACKSON. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. UM YOU KNOW, WE
HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE NEEDS TO OR
EVEN THE CRITICISM BY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS NEED TO BETTER USUAL
EYES UTILIZE THEIR EXISTING
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS UM,
HOMELESSNESS. UM YOU HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT CRITICISM?
YEAH I MEAN, WE AGREE THAT WE
NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB
UTILIZING OUR MAINSTREAM SYSTEMS
TO TRY TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS
AND INTERVENE FURTHER UPSTREAM
TO PREVENT FOLKS FROM FLOWING
INTO HOMELESSNESS. SO WE THAT'S
A MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES, REALLY WORKING
CLOSELY WITH OUR COUNTY
DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO IDENTIFY THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERVENE
EARLIER. TO UTILIZE EXISTING
RESOURCES THAT FLOW INTO THOSE
MAINSTREAM DEPARTMENTS TO
QUICKLY PREVENT HOMELESSNESS OR
QUICKLY RE HOUSED. FOLKS WHO ARE
FIRST ENCOUNTERING OUR SYSTEMS.
UM SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES COMING
INTO THE COUNTY THAT CAN BE USED
TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE
TRYING TO REALLY GET UM, YOU
KNOW, A HANDLE ON ALL OF THOSE
FUNDING SOURCES AND TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE FULLY LEVERAGING THEM, UM,
TO DO OUR BEST WORK USING COUNTY
MAINSTREAM SOURCES TO PREVENT
PRIMARILY TO PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS BUT ALSO TO, UM
INTERVENE WHEN FOLKS BECOME
HOMELESS AND ALSO TO RELIEVE
SOME OF THE PRESSURE ON OUR
HOMELESS RE HOUSING SYSTEM,
WHICH IS MEANT TO BE A SYSTEM OF
LAST RESORT AN EMERGENCY SYSTEM
BUT IS EXTREMELY OVERBURDENED.
AND UM, COULD DEFINITELY USE
SOME MORE SUPPORT FROM OUR
MAINSTREAM SERVICES. I THINK THE
ONLY THING I ADDED, AGREE WITH
THAT, AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST
AS WELL TO COORDINATE WITH
NAVARRE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES
AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE
CRITICAL FUNDING SOURCES. BUT
THEY'RE REALLY TIED TO VERY
SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY. YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A DIAGNOSED MENTAL
HEALTH DISORDER. YOU HAVE TO BE
CPS INVOLVED FOR SOME OF THESE
STREAMS, AND CERTAINLY THERE'S A
LOT OF OVERLAP WITHIN THE
HOMELESS SYSTEM OF CARE OF THOSE
SOCIAL CONDITIONS, BUT IT'S NOT
100. SO AS WITH OTHER COUNTIES,
I'M SURE COUNTY IS AS WELL.
WE'RE COMMITTING A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND OUR RP
FUNDS. THE BIGGEST COMMITMENT
WE'VE MADE FROM RP FUNDS, SO I
UNDERSTAND THE CRITICISM AND I
DO APPRECIATE THE COUNTIES NEED
TO DO A BETTER JOB OF BRAIDING
OUR FUNDING SOURCES TOGETHER,
BUT IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT
WE HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM
EXTERNAL FROM OUR CITIES AND
FROM THE STATE AND FROM OTHER
PLACES. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE
ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE
LIMITED ON HOW, UM HOW FLEXIBLE
WE CAN BE WITH SOME OF OUR
MAINSTREAM FUNDING SOURCES. AND
THEN LASTLY, WHAT KIND OF LEGAL
OR PROGRAMMATIC TOOLS CAN THIS
LEGISLATURE GIVE? YOU LOCAL
FOLKS TO BETTER ADDRESS YOUR
ISSUES. WELL I DO THINK WE HAVE
EVERYBODY HAS SAID, UM CONTINUAL
ONGOING FUNDING WITHOUT CHANGING
REQUIREMENTS EVERY YEAR AND NEW
COMPETITIONS AND NEW PROCUREMENT
REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE THE FIRST
AND FOREMOST THING, SO I
CONTINUAL STREAM OF FUNDING. I
ALSO THINK AND I'M REALLY
HEARTENED TO HEAR SOME OF THE
EFFORTS THAT DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES IS LEANING
INTO TO MAKE CAL AIM MORE
ACCESSIBLE. AND SO ANYWAYS, WE
CAN SUPPORT THAT AND ECHO THAT
WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE
APPRECIATED BECAUSE THAT MAY BE
THE MOST APPROPRIATE FUNDING
SOURCE FOR THE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT WE'RE ALL ASKING, TOO,
BECAUSE VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SHOULD
BE ELIGIBLE FOR OR ALREADY
ENROLLED IN MEDICAL. SO UM,
ANYWAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE CAL AIM
, UM, A LITTLE LESS COMPLICATED
A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
FOLKS WHO DON'T LIVE AND BREATHE
MEDICAL POLICY AND THE MEDICAL
WORLD WOULD BE EXTREMELY
BENEFICIAL. YEAH I AGREE. AND,
YOU KNOW, WE HEAR FROM OUR
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
THAT CALLUM IS THE MOST
BURDENSOME FUNDING SORT FUNDING
SOURCE THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY
USING. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO
HAVE IT. BUT UM, TO ALLEVIATE
SOME OF THAT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDEN WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZING THE
ONGOING FUNDING, UM AS A PART OF
OUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION
RESPONSE, WE ARE LOOKING REALLY
CLOSELY AT WAYS THAT THE STATE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE
HOUSING PRODUCTION. SO UM,
THAT'S AN ANALYSIS THAT'S
ONGOING AND WE WILL BE LOOKING
TO THE STATE TO HELP US TO
EXPEDITE HOUSING PRODUCTION AS
WE AS WE TRY TO REALLY ACT IN AN
URGENT MANNER. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
JUST JUST ONE QUESTION FOR ME,
SO WE ASKED OUR PREVIOUS
PANELISTS, UH, DO HAVE TOO MANY
AGENCIES WORKING IN THIS SPACE.
WE HAVE TOO MANY PROGRAMS. AND I
THINK I HEARD YOU SAY YES, WE DO
. UM CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO SOME
OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU SEE FOR
US, TOO? UM MORE EFFECTIVELY
KIND OF RATIONALIZE AND
STREAMLINE THE PROGRAM SO THAT
WE CAN GET AS MUCH MONEY INTO
THE YOU KNOW. THE HANDS OF OUR
LOCALS TO DO THIS WORK AS
POSSIBLE. YEAH I MEAN, I THINK
TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDING
SOURCES CAN BE CONSOLIDATED AND
ALIGNED. WE HEARD FROM THE ELIO
THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALL IN
DIFFERENT REPORTING SCHEDULES,
AND THEY'RE ON, YOU KNOW
DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, SO ALL
OF THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY
HELPFUL. UM AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
UM I HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT, BUT
IT'S ESCAPING MYSELF TURNED OVER
TO YOU. YEAH I WOULD ECHO THAT
ON THE FUNDING THE FUNDING
STREAMS MAKING, YOU KNOW,
CONSOLIDATION AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE. I DID WANT TO SORT OF
CHIME IN AND DO WE HAVE TOO MANY
COOKS IN THE KITCHEN, AND I
WOULD SAY POTENTIALLY, NO, I
MEAN HOMELESSNESS. REALLY IN MY
OPINION IS A IS A DEMONSTRATION
OF SO MANY OTHER ISSUES IN OUR
UPSTREAM SERVICES. AND SO I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THOSE DEPARTMENTAL LEADS
AND THOSE AGENCY LEADS AT THE
TABLE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE
DAY I WORK IN A COUNTY WHERE WE
HAVE. I DON'T KNOW. 50
DEPARTMENT HEADS I CAN'T THINK
OF ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD IN MY
COUNTY WHO DOESN'T SOMEWHERE OR
ANOTHER TOUCH HOMELESSNESS AND
NOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
DESIGNED TO DO. BUT THAT'S
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW BROAD AND AT
THE BREATH SO I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE VARIETY
OF VOICES TO HELP HELP US WHOSE
DAY TO DAY LIFE IS TO DO THAT TO
REFLECT THE HOW THIS IMPACTS
THROUGHOUT OUR OUR STATE AND OUR
COUNTY. ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH
THAT. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING FROM
PARKS TO LIBRARY IS INVOLVED IN
HOMELESSNESS. SO I THINK IT'S
THE COORDINATION AND I THINK THE
STATE IS REALLY MAKING A
CONCERTED EFFORT TO HAVE THAT
COORDINATION. BUT WE DO WANT TO
LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE
PERSPECTIVES INVOLVED. BUT JUST
UH, TO TRY NOT TO CREATE MORE
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN IN DOING
SO. ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK WITH
THAT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR THE
WORK THAT, UH, THAT YOU DO, AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
PARTNER WITH YOU AS WE ADDRESS
THIS CRISIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT BACK TO
CHAIR WIGS. WELL WHAT A DAY WE
ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. UM I'M NOT SURE
IF FOLKS ARE GOING TO WANT TO
PUBLIC KIND OF, BUT PLEASE JUST
NAME ORGANIZATION ONE SENTENCE.
UM ABOUT YOUR DESIRE HERE ON
THIS ISSUE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS KEVIN HAS LENA WITH THE
COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. AND I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO. I'VE BEEN
SITTING HERE FOR THREE HOURS, SO
I WOULD HAVE TWO POINTS, ONE
CONSOLIDATION. CONSOLIDATION
ONLY MAKE SENSE IF IT'S AN
ENTITLEMENT. MOST OF THE
PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE NOT ENTITLEMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CATEGORICAL
PROBLEM PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE
ENTITLEMENT I'VE HEARD OF
PROGRAMS WHERE THEY THEY SAY YOU
CAN STAY HERE FOR 30 DAYS ON THE
20TH DAY, THEY THEY JUST SAY YOU
HAVE TO LEAVE NO DUE PROCESS. SO
IF YOU WANT TO CONSOLIDATION,
MAKE SURE IT'S AN ENTITLEMENT
STARTED ENTITLEMENT THAN
CONSOLIDATION IS BASICALLY WHAT
THEY CALL THE PAUL RYAN BLACK
GRANT PROGRAM. UM AND THEN
POPULATION MISSING THE
POPULATION MISSING AND COW
WORKED. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS
THEY GIVE YOU 16 DAYS OF
TEMPORARY HOMELESSNESS
ASSISTANCE IF YOU'RE HOMELESS
AFTER 16 DAYS, YOU ARE GONE BACK
ON THE STREETS. THERE'S NOTHING
YOU COULD DO. THEY DON'T EVEN
MAKE YOU AN AROMATIC REFERRED TO
THE HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM.
THEY DO PROVIDE YOUR PERMITTED
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. AND THE
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. YOU CAN
ONLY GET ONCE A YEAR. SO I HAD A
FAMILY THAT I FOUND HELPED THEM
GET HOMELESS ASSISTANCE IN
FEBRUARY. THEY GOT A PERMIT IN
PLACE, AND THEN IN JULY, THE
LANDLORD TAKE THEM OUT TO GET
HIS NEPHEW BACK IN THERE. WHEN
THEY WENT THROUGH WELFARE
OFFICE. THEY SAY SORRY. YOU HAVE
TO WAIT TILL NEXT FEBRUARY AND
THEN YOU CAN COME BACK AND WE
COULD GIVE YOU HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE. SO THOSE ARE JUST,
UM AND ALSO BUT REPORTING. THE
DATA IS DONE ON THE COMPUTER. WE
DON'T SEE THEM OF THE REPORTS
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SORRY. THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME
IS HARRISON LINDER. I'M HERE
FROM LEADING AGE CALIFORNIA I'M
ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
JUSTICE AND AGING AND THE UNITED
WAY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES AS
WELL AS THE STATE COUNCIL ON
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WERE
URGING YOU ALL TO SUPPORT SENATE
BILL 37, WHICH WOULD CREATE A
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR
OLDER ADULTS ON THE VERGE OF
HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON
. MY NAME IS CODY VAN FELDON. I
WORK WITH JOHN BURTON. ADVOCATES
FOR YOUTH AS A YOUTH ADVOCATE
REPRESENTING HOMELESS YOUTH AND
FOSTER YOUTH. I EXPERIENCED
FIRSTHAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF
NOT HAVING A RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. WHEN I
DISCOVERED I WAS INELIGIBLE FOR
GENERAL FOSTER IS SERVICES. I'M
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
ESTABLISHING HAPPY AS AN ONGOING
PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ANNA JOHNSON
WITH JOHN BURTON. ADVOCATES FOR
YOUTH AND MY COMMENT IS IN
RELATION TO THE HOUSING HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION
PROGRAM. THIS IS THE ONLY
PROGRAM THAT EVERY JURISDICTION
HAS SOMETHING IN TERMS OF A
BASELINE FOR YOUTH. WITH THE
YOUTH SET ASIDE, IT'S REALLY OUR
ONLY PROGRAM AND IT'S HAD
RESULTS. SO FAR, WE'VE SEEN A
21% DECREASE IN YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE EVERY JURISDICTION CAN
HELP HOMELESS YOUTH FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER. AND WE WANT
THAT TO BE AN ONGOING PERMANENT
PROGRAM THAT OUR YOUTH CAN COUNT
ON AND THAT WE CAN BUILD YEAR
OVER YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I JUST THINK GARRETT WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTIES REPRESENTING NORTH 58
COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATIVE
AND COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TODAY,
IN PARTICULAR, THE LAST PANEL
WHERE WE GOT TO HEAR THE COUNTY
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING,
THAT'S WORKING ON HOMELESSNESS
AND WHAT ELSE WE NEED. UM FOR
SISAK. HOMELESSNESS IS THE TOP
ADVOCACY PRIORITY THIS YEAR, AND
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE
HAVE BEFORE US WITH INTEREST IN
THE LEGISLATION ADMINISTRATION
TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM
ARE THE REASON ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS HAVE ALLOWED
COUNTIES TO INNOVATE AND MAKE
GOOD PROGRESS. HOWEVER
MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ON
HOMELESSNESS CAN ONLY BE
ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY, CLEAR LINES OF
RESPONSIBILITY AND ONGOING
FUNDING. SO MUCH LIKE THE MULTI
COMMITTEE APPROACH HERE TODAY.
SISAK HAS ENGAGED IN THAT
ASSOCIATION WIDE. UM EFFORT TO
REALLY LOOK AT THE CURRENT
SYSTEM. FIND THE GAPS. IDENTIFY
WHAT'S WORKING AND MAKE SOME
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE'RE
DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT'S
NEEDED ON HOUSING ON PREVENTION
ON THE UNSHELTERED RESPONSE
SYSTEM, WORKFORCE AND DATA
SYSTEMS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH YOU WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION WITH CITIES AND
ALL THE PARTNERS THIS YEAR.
DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MY
NAME IS LUIS MERANTI. I'M WITH
THE BARRIER COUNCIL HERE TO
ECHO. THANKS FOR YOUR FOCUS ON
THIS ISSUE AND FOR THIS HEARING
TODAY, BUT ALSO TO URGE I THINK
MORE ACTION ON HOUSING
PRODUCTION. GENERALLY SOMETHING
THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY IS THAT
IT'S REALLY HARD TO STAUNCH THE
INFLOW OF HOMELESS FOLKS IN
CALIFORNIA IN IN LARGE PART DUE
TO THE DRAMATICALLY HIGHER RENTS
THAT CALIFORNIA HAS THEN AS
COMPARED TO PEER STATES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT TEXAS HAS DONE, HOUSTON
PARTICULAR HAS BEEN TO REFORM
ITS ZONING AND STREAMLINING
PROCESSES. IN ADDITION TO SOME
OF THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TODAY, AND
THAT COMBINATION HAS REDUCED
HOMELESSNESS BY ABOUT 50% IN
THAT CITY. SO JUST SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT TO CONTINUE THAT THE
ZEAL THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE IN
TERMS OF REFORMING STREAMLINING
, UH, ZONING IN FEES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA JUST TO INCREASE
PRODUCTION OF HOUSING.
GENERALLY. THANKS. THANK YOU. I
GOT AFTERNOON. I'M MARI CASTALDI
. I WORK ON HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING. CALIFORNIA ALSO JUST
WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH THAT THE
COMMITTEE'S TOOK TODAY. UM AS AN
ADVOCATE WORKING ON HOMELESSNESS
, SEEING THE STATE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT AND REALIZING THE
POTENTIAL OF H D I S IS REALLY
EXCITING. IT'S REALLY THE FIRST
TIME WE'VE HAD THIS KIND OF
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACROSS ALL
OF OUR SYSTEMS. SO A LOT TO
BUILD ON THERE AND WOULD ALSO
JUST REALLY ECHOED THE CALLS FOR
ONGOING FUNDING, PARTICULARLY
FOR THE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS
THAT MAKE PERMANENT HOUSING
ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF BARRIERS,
RENTAL SUBSIDIES, OPERATING
SUBSIDIES AND SERVICES. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
AFTERNOON THANK YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FOR HAVING SUCH
AN END UP IN DEPTH CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS. UM I WANT TO
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, A
FOCUS ON TARGETED SOLUTIONS FOR
THE BLACK POPULATION. UM I
REPRESENT MY NAME IS MOLLY BOYD
AND I REPRESENT THE BLACK
HOUSING ADVISORY TASK FORCE. UM
AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THERE'S A
HUGE DISADVANTAGE IN THE STATE
HOUSING MARKET AND THE STATE
HOUSING PROGRAMS WHERE DECADES
BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION,
INCLUDING REDLINING, UNEQUAL
ACCESS TO WEALTH AND GOOD JOBS
AND OTHER SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT
YOU ALL HAVE. MENTIONED HERE
TODAY. UM BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO
MAJOR CALIFORNIA ETHNIC GROUP.
AS OVERREPRESENTED IN THE
STATES. HOMELESSNESS COUNT, UM
AS BLACK PEOPLE AND OF MORE THAN
150,000 CALIFORNIANS WHO
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS ON ANY
GIVEN NIGHT. NEARLY 30% ARE
BLACK. OTHER GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
THAT HAVE LED TO SEVERE
DISPARITIES IN WEALTH, HOUSING,
STABILITY AND HEALTH INCLUDE
EMINENT DOMAIN, PREDATORY
LENDING. ALL THE THINGS THAT WE
KNOW ABOUT UM BLACK SERVING
ORGAN ORGANIZATIONS FACE
SYSTEMIC UNDER INVESTMENT AND
STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT PRINT
SCALING UP HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS THAT WORK
WELL CALIFORNIA HOUSING CRISIS
AND THE EXISTING STATE HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BLACK
COMMUNITIES. TO DATE, THERE HAS
BEEN NO TARGETED SOLUTION TO
ADDRESS BLACK DISPLACEMENT. WHAT
IS REQUIRED, BUT LACKING IS A
COORDINATED AND TARGETED
RESPONSE. AND SO I WOULD JUST
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE
CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THE
SOLUTIONS THAT INVOLVE A
TARGETED RESPONSE FOR THE BLACK
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
I'M DERRIS YOUNG FROM THE BLACK
HOUSING ADVISORY TASK FORCE AS
WELL. AND I DO. THANK YOU ALL
FOR THE, UM, THE HEARING TODAY
THERE WAS A LOT THAT WAS SAID ON
HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION, DRUGS
AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS AND
IT'S TYPE OF SERVICES THAT WE
WOULD NEED, BUT I WOULD JUST
LIKE TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE
HAS SAID. YOU KNOW, THE
CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS TASK
FORCE LAST YEAR THEY CAME OUT
WITH INTERIM REPORT. AND IT HAD
A LOT TO SAY ABOUT BLACK
HOUSING, BLACK BLACK BLACK
HOUSING, AND I WOULD JUST
CONTINUE TO SAY THAT WE'RE
CALLING ON. YOU KNOW OUR
LEGISLATURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT
ADDRESSING THIS, UM PROBLEM WHEN
IT COMES TO ALL HOUSING FOR ALL
PEOPLE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
DEPTH OF, YOU KNOW, LACK OF HOME
OWNERSHIP, HOMELESSNESS AND I
THINK ALL THE POLICIES THAT LED
TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY THAT HAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE OF ALL
RACES. I DO THINK WE NEED TO
START LOOKING AT THESE
COORDINATING STRATEGIES AND IT'S
NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO DIG US OUT
OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. IN THIS,
WE HAVE A PROBLEM. POLICIES THAT
WILL PREVENT FURTHER HOUSING
EROSION HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AND
THEN TO ALSO REALLY, REALLY LOOK
AT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE
WEALTH GAP, CLOSING THE WEALTH
GAP AND ONLY THING WAY THAT
COULD BE DONE. IT'S STILL BLACK
DEVELOPERS, HOME OWNERSHIP AND
ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WERE
REALLY, REALLY MAKE US GET US TO
AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY AND WILL
REALLY, REALLY HELP TO CLOSE
OUT. THE PROBLEM WITH HOUSE
LISTENERS IN CALIFORNIA AND IN
THE NATION HAS ITSELF THE
GREATEST NATION NOW THAT WE
COULD IMAGINE, UM, TO HAVE
EVERYBODY HAVE A RIGHT TO
HOUSING AND TO BE HOUSED AND
LIVE COMFORTABLY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE
ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS
APPRECIATE OUR CHAIRS HERE, AND
WITH THAT THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.