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Subject:City Council Meeting June 18th Item 7b
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Dear Councilmembers,
My name is Alan Martin and I am a resident of San Luis Obispo. I have reviewed much of the Staff Report for
Item 7b including the Homelessness Response Strategic Plan 2024-2026. Unfortunately, I am out of town and
will not be able to attend the Meeting on the 18th.
The one thing that I cannot get past is the voluminous amount of information that is being created concerning
the issue of homelessness. It describes how we need to meet with them, and they will then meet with the
other guys and then we will all meet and create reports of what happened at the meetings. I call this process
"inter-governmental kumbaya" where everyone is in lock step with strategic plan and processes. Yet, when I
look at the 23-24 City of San Luis Obispo Homelessness Response Annual Field Team Data, I see that a total of
one Local Permanent Housing Placement was made.
It seems to me that the vast amount of time and money that is being spent on homelessness should be
accounting for more people being placed in housing of some sort and less meetings and reports being
generated. I know that I am oversimplifying a complex problem but would like to think that we can get a
better Return on Investment than we currently are.
Thank your for your time and consideration,
Alan Martin
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