HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4a. Homelessness Response Overview Item 4a
Human Relations Commission
Agenda Report
For Agenda of: 5/7/2025
Item Number: 4a
FROM: Samantha Vethavanam, DEI Administrative Specialist
Phone Number: (805) 781-7064
E-mail: svethava@slocity.org
SUBJECT: HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND STRATEGIC PLAN OVERVIEW
AND UPDATE
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the overview and update on the City’s Homelessness Response System
and Strategic Plan.
BACKGROUND
On March 21, 2023, City Council adopted the City of San Luis Obispo’s (City)
Homelessness Response Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan), the first of it’s kind for the City
developed in alignment with Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness. The Strategic
Plan covers the period of July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026, and focuses on the City’s role
in addressing homelessness and was developed using input from several City staff and
key stakeholders. The Strategic Plan includes five overarching key components: Regional
Collaboration and Engagement; Communications; Data; Pilot Programs; and Funding
Opportunities.
The Strategic Plan was updated with minor modifications to the objectives and key tasks
outlined in for each key component, as well as updates to the state and local priorities
framework to ensure the plan’s relevancy, which was approved by City Council on June
18, 2024.
City Council has also chosen to adopt Homelessness Response as a Major City Goal for
the next two Fiscal Years (2025-2027) for the City, which includes implementation of the
Strategic Plan along with furthering other components of the City’s homelessness
response system.
This item will provide a high-level overview of the regional homeless services system in
San Luis Obispo County and any gaps that exist, an overview of the goals of the Strategic
Plan, and any other relevant updates.
ATTACHMENTS
A - Homelessness Response Overview Presentation
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HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
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Homelessness Response Framework
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Regional Alignment
SLO County Homeless Services Division
Coordinated Entry System (CES) Updates
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Regional Service Model & Funding Structure
Central County & Coast – Community Action
Partnership of SLO County (CAPSLO)
South County – 5Cities Homeless Coalition (5CHC)
North County – El Camino Homeless Organization
(ECHO)
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Major City Goal – Homelessness Response
Collaborate with partners to prevent and
reduce homelessness
Leverage external funding to expand crisis
response and continuum of shelter and
housing programs with regional partners
Implement the Homelessness Response
Strategic Plan
Refine approaches to reduce the impacts
of homelessness to balance safety,
health, and community well-being
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Homelessness Response Strategic Plan
Strategies to prevent and
address homelessness, in
alignment with Countywide
Plan to Address Homelessness
Identify & Amplify What’s
Working
Develop New Resources To
Address Ongoing Gaps
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2024 Point-in-Time Count
148 158 189 156 137 202
602
324 194 326 248
310
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300
400
500
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800
2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2024
Unhoused Individuals Counted in SLO City
Sheltered Count Unsheltered Count
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The City of SLO Housing Continuum
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Projects in the Pipeline
Welcome Home Village Calle Joaquin Homekey
Location: Motel 6 North, 1433 Calle
Joaquin
75 Permanent Supportive Housing
Units
Includes 30 units for youth
Opening September 2025
Location: County Health Campus –
Bishop & Johnson
14 Interim Supportive Housing Units
40 Permanent Supportive Housing
Units
Opening December 2025
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City of SLO Homelessness Response Field Team
1.Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU)
2.Community Action Team (CAT)
3.Community Service Officers
(CSO)
4.Ranger Services
5.Public Works Maintenance
6.Code Enforcement
7.City Biologist
8.City Attorney’s Office
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Ask SLO
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Homelessness Response Contacts
Daisy Wiberg
dwiberg@slocity.org
805.781.7025
Homelessness Response Manager
Sarah Cooper
scooper@slocity.org
805.781.7255
Admin Specialist – Homelessness Response
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Questions?
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