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Jane L
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 8:06 AM
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Shelter Crisis
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I am asking that city council declare a "Shelter Crisis" at their 6:OOPM meeting Tuesday, Jan 5. SLO County
has a large homeless population with not enough temporary housing to keep warm and dry during this
winter. With El Nino storms right around the corner, this declaration will allow some empty buildings to be
opened to house more homeless people indoors, and out of the expected flooding. If they can do make this
declaration in LA as they did last week, we can do it here. LA has upwards of 26,000 homeless; according to
the recent Point in Time count, we have approx. 1,500. It is your job to help all the citizens in SLO. Thank
you ................ Jane L. Hughes