I WILL CALL THIS HEARING TO
ORDER- GOOD AFTERNOON- THOUGHT
IT WAS MOURNING FOR SECOND- THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME TO
THE PUBLIC- BOTH IN PERSON AND
BY TELECONFERENCE AND WE HAVE A
TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
NUMBER WHICH IS. 877-226-8163
THE ACCESS CODE IS FOUR THREE
NINE EIGHT THREE ONE IT'S
COVERED IT TODAY'S HEARING- WE
WILL BE HEARING ALL OF OUR PANEL
OF WITNESSES- BEFORE WE TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ONCE YOU'VE
HEARD OF THE WITNESSES WILL OPEN
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT- SO- I
WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TODAY
FOR THIS JOINT HEARINGS. AND I'M
THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH
CENTER ELDORADO GUILD THE SHARE
OF THE SENATE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE ON THE ISSUE OF-
HOMELESSNESS AND WHERE WE ARE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIS IS
AN ISSUE THAT INTERSECTS BETWEEN
OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND- OUR
HOUSING CRISIS- AND ACCORDING TO
THE MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME
COUNT CALIFORNIA HAD AT LEAST A
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO
THOUSAND. PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS THAT'S PROBABLY AN
UNDERCOUNT BUT THAT'S THERE WE
HAVE OVER TWO THIRDS OF WHOM ARE
UNSHELTERED- THE UNITED
CALIFORNIA HAS 12% OF THE US
POPULATION BUT 30% OF THE U. S.
HOMELESS POPULATION- AND OVER
50% OF THE UNSHELTERED. US
ALMOST AUTOMATION HERE IN
CALIFORNIA IT'S DISGRACEFUL
HONESTLY- WE KNOW THAT- THE FOR
THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS.
IS A LACK OF HOUSING LACK OF
HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE THAT'S
AVAILABLE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE INCLUDING I GET I HAVE
SOMETIMES DISCUSSIONS AND
ARGUMENTS WITH PEOPLE IN MY OWN
COMMUNITY WHO- SAVE- THE CORE
CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS IS MENTAL
HEALTH. AND ADDICTION. AND ALL
THE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS
SIR ARE FACTORS IN OUR HOME
CRISIS. THE REALITY IS THAT GOOD
THE CAUSE IS THAT THERE IS A
ENOUGH. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD
HOUSING PEOPLE REPORTS ONTO OUR
STREETS WE KNOW THE ABOUT IN
THREE- ONE ADULT- ABOUT ONE IN
THREE- PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE
EXPERIENCING A SEVERE MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUE- BEFORE THEY BECAME
HOMELESS- SO MOST HOMELESS
PEOPLE. DO NOT. HAVE A MENTAL
HEALTH SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS WE ALSO KNOW THAT ABOUT
A THIRD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWENTY
AND 40% OF- PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE
SUBSTANCE USE. ISSUES ABOUT A
THIRD OF THOSE PEOPLE SELF
REALLY SMALL PERCENTAGE AT
SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES BEFORE THEY
BECAME HOMELESS THE REST ABOUT
THOSE ISSUES AFTER THEY BECAME
HOMELESS. SO A MINORITY OF
PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS ARE
EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH OR
SUBSTANCE USE. ISSUES AN EVEN
SMALLER MINORITY HAD THOSE
ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECAME
HOMELESS- BEING HOMELESS IS
TRAUMATIC. AND CAN DRIVE MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE.
CHALLENGES SO ALTHOUGH NONE OF
THESE ISSUES CERTAINLY-
INTERCEPT WITH HOMELESSNESS AND
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED MUCH GREATER
ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
DISORDERS WE ALSO NEED TO BE
CLEAR THAT MOST HOMELESS PEOPLE
DO NOT NEED- THAT HELP THEY
SIMPLY NEED A PLACE TO LIVE. AND
EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH OR
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS ON OUR
STREETS THEY ALSO NEED A PLACE
TO LIVE AND IT WILL BE EASIER
FOR THEM TO RECOVER- IF THEIR
HOUSE WITH ALL THE SUPPORTS.
THAT WE NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE.
HAVING TO BE REAL HEALTH-
ISSUES- WE KNOW THAT- WE ARE
DRAMATICALLY- SHORT IN THE
NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WE NEED IN
CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA RANKS
ALMOST LAST. FORTY NINE OUT OF
FIFTY STATES AND HOME AS PER
CAPITA- THAT IS A HUGE. AND
NUMBER TWO- WE NEED TO EVERY
TIME OF HOUSING WE ALL
PARTICULARLY NEED HOUSING IS SO
. AND AFFORDABLE OUR LOWEST
INCOME. RESIDENTS FOR LOW INCOME
VERY LOW INCOME AND EXTREMELY
LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OVER THE
LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE
WORKED VERY HARD IN THE IN THE
LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LAWS. TO
FACILITATE THE CREATION OF A
LARGE NUMBER OF NEW HOMES- WE
HAD A HEARING LAST WEEK MY SIDE
FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE
ASSEMBLY HOUSING COMMITTEE. TO
TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF HOUSING
PRODUCTION IN CALIFORNIA WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE SOME-
IMPROVEMENTS BUT WE'RE STILL NOT
WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND THAT
HAS TO BE- ABSOLUTE FOCUS. IN
THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS WE HAVE
APPROPRIATED SIGNIFICANT SUMS UP
FOR ALMOST- THE HOMELESSNESS
AROUND HOUSING AND OTHER.
SUPPORT SERVICES AND WE'LL BE
HEARING TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE
STRIDES THAT WE'VE MADE IN SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES. AHEAD SO I'M
I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S
HEARING- AND I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO- MY COUNTERPART THE CHAIR OF
THE- HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
SENATOR ALPHARETTA GA. THANK YOU
SENATOR. MY NAME IS OVER KILL IN
IRAQ THIS DIST FOR. AREA OF
CALIFORNIA AND SERVED AS THE
CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE. LIKE TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TODAY
FOR A JOINT HEARING ON
HOMELESSNESS. AS THE CHAIR OF
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
SERVICES I AM HONORED TO SIT
HERE WITH SENATOR WIENER WHO-
HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE LEADING
IN THIS AREA- AND WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING IMPORTANT TOPICS OF
HOMELESSNESS- WHAT'S WORKING.
WHAT ISN'T WORKING AND HOW THAT
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE
THIS CRISIS. CALIFORNIA'S VAST
POPULATION AND GEOGRAPHY MEANS
THAT NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL
SOLUTION TO ANY PROBLEM IS GOING
TO WORK FOR US AND HOMELESSNESS
IS NOT ANY DIFFERENT. WHAT WORKS
IN MY ROLE DISTRICT MAY NOT WORK
IN SENATOR WIENER'S DISTRICT-
WHICH IS KIND OF CAUGHT. UP
CONTRASTED FROM MAJOR CITY TO AN
URBAN OR RURAL AREA. AND VICE
VERSA. VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
SUCH AS TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH.
PATRONS THE AGING POPULATION
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THEY
MAY NEED MORE SPECIFIC TAILORED
SOLUTIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PRESENTERS TODAY- TALKING ABOUT
DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND
PERSPECTIVES AS WELL AS THE
LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM
OUR CAL WORKS PROGRAMS. AND
OTHER HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS.
TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF
TODAY THE IMPORTANCE OF TODAY'S
DISCUSSION- I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE THAT HOMELESSNESS
TOUCHES COMMUNITIES OF ALL SIZES
ACROSS EVERY REGION. THIS IS IN
THE SAN FRANCISCO PROBLEM OR AN
LA PROBLEM OR RULE PROBLEM THIS
IS A CALIFORNIA PROBLEM. SOME OF
US BEAR THE BRANCH MORE THAN
OTHERS. WHILE B. AND HOUSE-
AMERICANS OCCUPIED URBAN AREAS
MANY LIVE ALSO WITHIN THE
SUBURBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS.
SINCE TWENTY TWENTY CALIFORNIA'S
OVERALL HOMELESS POPULATION HAS
INCREASED ABOUT 6% COMPARED TWO
POINT 4% IN THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY. THE CURRENT COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE IMPACTED UP HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. AT THE LARGELY RURAL
AREAS IS APPROXIMATELY 18% THE
BEST FIFTH. THE STATE WITH THE
LARGEST POPULATION OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE. CALIFORNIA THE STATE
WITH THE MOST PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS PER
CAPITA. CALIFORNIA SO AS WE
LEADS THE WAY IN MANY AREAS OF
INNOVATION MANY AREAS OF
TECHNOLOGY. WE ALSO LEAD THE WAY
IN A VERY SERIOUS CRISIS THAT IS
HOMELESSNESS. SO WITH THAT I'D
LIKE TO TURN BACK TO SENATOR
WIENER. THANK YOU CENTER OVER AT
OUR DEALS ON ONE BED I THINK I
MISSPOKE ONE IN THREE PEOPLE
CURRENTLY HOMELESS- EXPERIENCES
A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION NOT
BEFORE THEY BECAME HOMELESS IT'S
A SMALLER- A SMALLER PERCENTAGE
AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF
YOU LOOK AT. THE DATA COMPARING
US TO OTHER STATES- CALIFORNIA
DOESN'T HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH
OR- DRUG ADDICTION CHALLENGES IN
OTHER STATES ABOUT THEIR WITH
DRUG ADDICTION OR SOME OTHER
STATES THAT ARE. I A- WORSE
SITUATION WE HAVE AND HAVE LOWER
RATES OF HOMELESSNESS- AND SO
THAT GOES TO MY POINT I MADE
EARLIER ABOUT HOW HOUSING IS AT
THE ROOT CAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHAT
DISTINGUISHES CALIFORNIA. BUT
THE STATE IS NOT HAVING MORE
MENTAL HEALTH OR ADDICTION
PROBLEMS BUT HAVING A MUCH WORSE
HOUSING SITUATION. I'M SO NOW
LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST PANEL
WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE PERSON IS
GOING TO. GIVE US AN OVERVIEW-
AND THAT IS OUR DOCTOR MARGARET
MARGOT KUSHEL WHO IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE BENNY OFF
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING.
INITIATIVE AT UCSF. SO WELCOME
DOCTOR. ONE THANK YOU. FOR
HAVING ME- TERRENOS. UP OR TO
GET A AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY. AS YOU KNOW SAID MY NAME
IS MARGARET SHELL AND I'M A
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT UCSF-
WHERE I DIRECT THE UCSF CENTER
FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND
THAT BENIOFF HOME ASSISTANT
HOUSING INITIATIVE. I'M ALSO A
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND I H.
FUNDED RESEARCHER WITH
EXPONENTIAL. EXPERIENCE
RESEARCHING HOMELESSNESS. AS
IT'S BEEN MEN OVER A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS NIGHTLY
IN CALIFORNIA MANY MORE OVER THE
COURSE OF THE YEAR- AND AS WE
SAID THE STATE HAS THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS TO TWO OUT OF
THREE. RESIDENTS WHO ARE
HOMELESS EXPERIENCE THAT.
OUTDOORS IN VEHICLES OR OTHER
PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN
HABITATION. OUR RESEARCH
SUGGESTS THAT OVER 90% OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA LOST THEIR HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA JUST TO BE REALLY
CLEAR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS FOR
HOMES IN CALIFORNIA. ARE
CALIFORNIANS AND IF YOU LOOK AT
THE OTHER 10% WE HAVE PLENTY OF
PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOUSING
CALIFORNIA WENT TO OTHER STATES.
THE RISK OF EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS DOES NOT FEEL
EQUALLY ACROSS POPULATIONS WELL
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS
REALLY BLACK INDIGENOUS AND LOT
NEXT COMMUNITIES. THAT FACE THE
HIGHEST RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF
DISPROPORTIONATE MENTAL HEALTH
OR SUBSTANCE USE- THE HOMELESS
POPULATION IS AGING. WE NOW
THINK THAT APPROXIMATE HALF OF
SINGLE ADULTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE FIFTY AND OLDER
AND BY THE TIME THEY'RE FIFTY
THEIR HEALTH REALLY MIRRORS THAT
OF PEOPLE. SEVENTY OR EIGHTY IN
THE GENERAL POPULATION. AS
SENATOR WIENER SAID WHEN WE
COMPARE COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH
RATES OF HOMELESSNESS VERSUS
THOSE WITH LOW RATES OF
HOMELESSNESS WE FIND ONE THING.
HOMES AND STREETS ACROSS
COMMUNITIES VERY WITH THE
AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING FOR THE
LOWEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDS- WHAT
HAVING A DISABLING CONDITION
CERTAINLY SUBSTANCE DISORDERS
AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
PLACES ONE AT A HIGHER RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS. THE EXPLANATION
FOR CALIFORNIA'S CRISIS AND THE
HIGH RATES WE SEE. IS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO OUR DRAMATIC
SHORTAGE OF HOUSING FOR THE
LOWEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. WE ARE
THE SECOND WORST STATE IN THE
NATION ON THIS KEY MEASURE. WE
HAVE A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING FOR
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
AS YOUR HOUSEHOLD WHO MAKE LESS
THAN 30% OR MORE OR FEWER OF THE
AREA MEDIAN INCOME- WE HAVE A
ONE MILLION UNIT SHORT. SHORTAGE
OF HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND
AVAILABLE FOR THAT POPULATION
AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONLY
TWENTY THREE UNITS AFFORDABLE
AND AVAILABLE FOR EVERY A
HUNDRED EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. LOW INCOME FAMILIES
WHO DO MANAGE TO OBTAIN HOUSING
DO SO AT SIGNIFICANT COST. OVER
THREE QUARTERS OF EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN CALIFORNIA
ARE EXTREMELY RENT BURDENED
SEVERELY LUMBERTON PAYING MORE
THAN 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON
HOUSING RELATED. COSTS OUR TEAM
RECENTLY CONDUCTED A STATE WIDE
STUDY OF HOMELESSNESS
INTERVIEWING A REPRESENTATIVE
SAMPLE OF CALIFORNIANS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THE
MEDIAN MONTHLY INCOME MADE IN
THE PERIOD PRECEDING
HOMELESSNESS WAS NINE HUNDRED
AND. TWENTY SIX DOLLARS A MONTH
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. YOUR HALF OF
THOSE SIX HOMES AND DIRECT FROM
A LEASE HOLDING SITUATION THE
MAJORITY WERE ALREADY DOUBLED
UP. TRYING TO HOLD ON TO HOUSING
BEFORE THEY BECAME HOMELESS. FOR
THOSE WHO WERE LEASEHOLDERS
THEIR MEDIAN INCOME WAS THIRTEEN
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS
A MONTH FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. BUT
THEIR HOUSING EXPENSES WERE
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH.
THE MAJORITY ENTERED
HOMELESSNESS AS I SAID FROM NINE
LEASE HOLDING SITUATIONS THAT
THEY HAD ENTERED IN A DESPERATE
SITUATION TO TRY TO STATE HOUSE.
THE HIGH RENT BURDENED LEAVE
THESE HOUSEHOLDS WITH LITTLE
SAFETY NET AND ONCE THEY DOUBLE
UP IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF
TIME BEFORE THEY BECOME
HOMELESS. HOMELESSNESS IS A
HOUSING PROBLEM AND I SAY THIS
IS A PHYSICIAN WHO SPENDS A LOT
OF MY TIME WORKING WITH PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDERS. THE STATE CANNOT
RESOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
WITHOUT INVESTMENTS IN
PRODUCTION PRESERVATION. AND
PROTECTION OF HOUSING THAT IS
AFFORDABLE TO EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME CALIFORNIANS. WE ALSO
NEED TO REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE CLEAR EVIDENCE
BASED MEANS TO HOUSE PEOPLE WHO
ARE HOMELESS THREE HOUSING
FIRST. HOUSING FIRST IS A
FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT TO END
HOMELESSNESS THAT PRIORITIZES
PEOPLE GETTING HOUSE BEFORE IT
PRIORITIZES THE NEED TO ADDRESS
PRECONDITIONS. HOUSING FIRST
DOES NOT MEAN HOUSING ONLY FOR
THOSE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS EITHER THOSE WHO
WHOSE FAVORITE HOT CONDITIONS
PRECIPITATED THEIR HOMELESSNESS
OR WAS WORSENED BY IT. HOUSING
SUBSIDIES MUST BE PAIRED WITH
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES BUT THE KEY
HERE IS THAT TO MAKE THOSE ON A
VOLUNTARY BASIS. WE DID RESEARCH
IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY- WHERE WE
EXAMINE THE HOUSING FIRST IF-
EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE MOST
BEHAVE REALLY CHALLENGING
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS. THESE WERE THE
FOLKS THAT WERE HAD THE HIGHEST
RATES OF USE OF PSYCHIATRIC
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS JAILS
OTHER SYSTEMS OF CARE. AND WE
FOUND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOUSE
OVER 90% OF THEM WITH THE MOST
SEVERE BEHAVIORAL- HEALTH
DISORDERS. AND ONCE THEY WERE
HOUSE WE FOLLOW THEM FOR SEVEN
YEARS AND THEY SPENT OVER 90% OF
THEIR NIGHTS HOUSE AFTER THEY
BECAME HOUSE. TO BE CLEAR NOT
EVERYONE WHO EXPERIENCES HOMES
THIS REQUIRES SUPPORT OF
SERVICES. MANY SIMPLY NEED TO
ACT TO HOW THAT THEY AFFORD. BUT
ALL WHO ARE HOMELESS REQUIRE
HOUSING. THE SOLUTION TO
HOMELESSNESS IS HOUSING AND TO
END THIS ON GOING HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR
STATE. REQUIRES SINGLE MINDED
FOCUS ON PRODUCING PROTECTING
AND PRESERVING HOUSING FOR THE
LOWEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND
RESOLVE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER
HOUSING AND HOUSING FIRST BASIS
DESPITE ALL THE NOISE AROUND IT
I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU DR- BECAUSE ANY QUESTIONS
OR- COMMENTS OR- ANYONE. CENTERS
HERE TO. SEE YOU KNOW WE KEEP
TALKING ABOUT. HOW WE NEED TO
BUILD MORE HOUSING AND THAT'S
THE SOLUTION. AND YET IN OUR
STATE. THE PROCESS TO BUILD A
HOUSE THE RETIREMENT PROJECTS.
EVEN A EVEN LOW AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. IS ONEROUS IT'S TIME
CONSUMING. AND THE DELAYS COST
MONEY. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE WE CAN
BUILD HERE. PROBABLY EXCEEDS
SOME OTHER STATES HIGHEST.
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. SO IF WE
CAN'T GET A GRIP ON OUR PROCESS
. THE CUSTOMER TEAR REELS. AND
THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW. NO
MATTER WHAT KIND OF HOUSING WE
BUILD. PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO HAVE
JOBS. THAT PAY ENOUGH. THE JOBS
THAT. ARE ENTRY LEVEL JOBS THAT
WE FORCE THEM TO PAY THEM MORE
TO HOPE THAT THEY CAN AFFORD A
HOUSE. BUT WE HAVE TO ATTRACT
THE JOBS IN CALIFORNIA THEY
DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT. WE'RE NOT
GOOD AT ANY OF THAT STUFF. AND
SO FROM A HOUSING PERSON'S
PERSPECTIVE. IS IT. HOW DO YOU
HOW DO YOU PAY A DEVELOPER FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
BUILD A HOUSE IN TOM SELLECK FOR
TWO. AND THEN HAVE A HOUSE AT
THE END THE SEVENTY WHO BARELY
GETS PAID. ENOUGH TO MAKE IT OUT
OF THAT PAYMENT. CAN STILL
AFFORD. I MEAN I THINK IN
CALIFORNIA WE ARE SEEING THE
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT DOING THIS
AND WE'RE PAYING THE COST AND
YOU KNOW WE'RE PAYING THE COST
IN COST OF UNNECESSARY
PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS
MUCH OF THE BELL WINDS UP COMING
TO THE STATE- THROUGH JAIL STAYS
THAT COULD BE AVOIDED THERE'S
REALLY GOOD EVIDENCE THAT WHEN
YOU HOUSE PEOPLE. THEIR USE OF
JAILS GOES WAY DOWN THOSE ARE
ALL COSTS THAT ACCRUE TO THE
STATE SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM
BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE
PAYING THE COSTS INDIRECTLY AND
SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO. GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THIS I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY WAY THERE'S NO
SECRET HERE YOU KNOW WE NEED TO
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN ON ALL
FRONTS BUT I THINK WE SHOULD
ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENORMOUS COSTS
THAT WERE PAYING BY OUR
INACTION. RIGHT IN THERE AND I'M
NOT SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE IN
ACTION WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT
WE- WHATEVER OUR PROCESS THAT
WE- FORCE PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH.
NINE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST
OF. THE OF THE HOUSING ITSELF.
AND EVEN OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT
WE HAVE COME UP WITH. SUCH AS
THE EIGHTY USE. I HAVE EIGHTY
USE POPPING UP ALL OVER IN OUR
OUR CITY AND ALL IT'S DONE IS
INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE
PROPERTIES. OF THE PEOPLE PEOPLE
THAT CAN AFFORD TO BUILD EIGHTY
YOU. AND THE RANTS THAT THEY'RE
CHARGING OUR MARKET RATE RENTS
RIGHT SO IT'S NOT REALLY FIXING
THE HOUSING. AFFORDABILITY ISSUE
AND SO SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS THOSE OTHER THINGS IN
CONJUNCTION. WITH TAKING CARE OF
THE PROCESS BEFORE WE CAN SAY
HEY LET'S JUST BUILD A BUNCH
MORE HOUSING. BECAUSE WE CAN'T.
GET THE PRICE DOWN. AND THAT'S I
THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
THAT WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET
OUR ARMS AROUND. IT THANK YOU
OUR SYSTEM IN OUR CENTER I MEAN
UNDER TWO THINGS HERE FIRST OF
ALL. WE'RE WE'RE SURE MILLIONS
OF HOMES SO BUILDING
305-000-1000 HOMES THAT'S NOT
GONNA. YOU KNOW IT'S A LONG
TERM- AFTER THE FIRST TRANCHE OF
HOMES ARE BUILDING YOUR NOT
GOING TO BE ZERO ONE SIX YOU
KNOW CRATER. HOUSING PRICES BUT
I THINK FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME
RESIDENTS FOR LIKE PEOPLE COMING
OFF THE STREETS. IT'S A IT'S
ABOUT SUBSIDIES RIGHT AT THE
MARKET'S NOT GOING TO. PERFORM
FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME. RESIDENTS
. WITH FEDERAL- THANK YOU- YOU
KNOW THAT A THE FREEZE. PROTECT
PRODUCE AND PRESERVE HOUSING HAS
BEEN UTILIZED AND PRETTY MUCH
ALL CITY'S- HOUSING ELEMENT
PLANS RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW THE
CONVERSATION TO OURS THERE ARE
CHAIRS POINT IS THAT WE ARE
BEHIND ON DEVELOPMENT YES. AND
THAT HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY FOCUS-
AND TO OUR- SENATORS- POINT IN
REGARDS TO THE ONEROUS. PROCESS
THE MOUNT OF MONEY THE
COMMITMENT- AND- JUST THE HOOPS
THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO KIND OF GO
THROUGH LET ALONE THE COST OF
MATERIAL AS IT. CONTINUES TO
RISE- YOU KNOW SALARIES
INCLUDING THOSE THAT ACTUALLY
BUILD THE HOUSING SALARIES DON'T
NECESSARILY. GROW AS MUCH AS THE
COST OF MATERIALS RIGHT
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SUPPLY
CHAIN CRISIS IS AND SO MUCH
MORE- MY CONCERN AND MY CONCERN
WILL ALWAYS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
AROUND AT THE PRESERVING. AND
PROTECTING WHICH I DON'T THINK
THAT THAT CONVERSATIONS HAD
ENOUGH AT THE STATE LEVEL- IN
PARTICULAR YOU KNOW YOU
MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THAT YOU
KNOW IT'S ROUGHLY IN SOME OF THE
REPORTS IT WAS ROUGHLY. FORTY
DOLLARS AN HOUR THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS TO- RECEIVED TO
AFFORD EVEN A RENTAL RATES. IN
MOST PARTS OF THE STATE- AND NOW
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS WHEN.
SENIORS ARE ON FIXED INCOMES
RIGHT- AND WE'RE TAKING A LOOK
AT THAT JUST AS A WHOLE ACROSS
THE BOARD EVEN WORKING PEOPLE
EVEN UNION. PEOPLE WHAT HAVE YOU
SEEN IN REGARDS TO THE GROWTH
THERE. BUT THEN ALSO THE GROWTH
ON THE COST OF RENTALS WHICH
WOULD BE THE LOWEST INCOME
HOUSING PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD A
DOWN PAYMENT THEY CAN'T COMPETE.
WITH THE CASH OFFERS AND SO
FORTH WHAT ARE YOUR
CONSIDERATIONS THERE AND ANY
SUGGESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT. I
MEAN THE FASTEST RISING GROUP-
OF HOMELESS FOLKS IN CALIFORNIA
IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE OVER SIXTY
FIVE HIS NUMBERS ARE ABOUT TO
TRIPLE ON THEIR WAY TO TRIPLING
IN ABOUT A. FIFTEEN YEAR PERIOD-
ONE OF MY- IS- A DOT FIFTY AND
OLDER- WHO NOW BARELY TO STATE
ARE GOING TO BE JUST SHORT OF
HALF OF ALL SINGLE HOMELESS
ADULTS THOSE ARE NOT MOMS AND
KIDS AND NOT HOMELESS YOUTH-
WHAT WE KNOW FROM OUR RESEARCH
IS THAT HALF. OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS FIFTEEN OLDER HAVE
NEVER BEEN HOMELESS BEFORE THE
AGE OF FIFTY. THESE ARE QUITE
LITERALLY WORKING POOR ADULTS
THESE ARE NOT INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAD MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE USE
HISTORIES LONG HISTORIES OF
INCARCERATION OR ANY OF THE
THINGS THAT SORT OF THE PUBLIC
THINKS ABOUT. THESE ARE
GENERALLY MEMBERS OF COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR- THEY ARE NOT
HOMEOWNERS- THEY ARE RENTERS
WHO- ARE YOU KNOW BASICALLY COME
UP WITH A HICCUP IT'S OFTEN. ONE
OR TWO THINGS THEY GET SICK
THEIR SPOUSE OR PARTNER GET SICK
AT THEIR MARRIAGE BREAKS UP
THEIR SPOUSE OR PARTNER DIES OR
THEY LOSE THEIR JOB ONE OF THOSE
THINGS ARE ACTUALLY THEIR MOTHER
DIES YOU SEE A LOT OF FOLKS
LIVING WITH MOM AND WORKING. YOU
KNOW MOM PASSES WHEN SHE'S
SEVENTY FIVE THE FIFTY TWO YEAR
OLD SON BEN IS OUT ON THE
STREETS- THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS
WHERE WIN THEY LOSE THAT UNIT
THAT LEE UNIT LOSES ANY RENT
CONTROL OR ANY PRICE CONTROL
THAT IT HAS IN THAT UNIT BECOMES
MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE I THINK. ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK US
ABOUT OUR STATEWIDE DATA WAS
BOTH THAT YOU KNOW FOR THE
RENTERS WHO WENT IMMEDIATELY
FROM AT LEAST HOLDING SITUATION
INTO HOMELESSNESS. THEIR MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS THIRTEEN
SEVENTY FIVE A MONTH. THEY WERE
PAYING SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A
MONTH ACROSS THE STATE IT VARIED
A LITTLE BIT FROM RURAL TO URBAN
BUT ACTUALLY LESS THAN YOU WOULD
THINK IT WOULD. ON ONE HAND
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH IS
TOO MUCH TO PAY. WHEN YOUR
INCOME IS THIRTEEN SEVENTY FIVE
IT JUST DOESN'T LEAVE ENOUGH FOR
YOUR OTHER NEEDS OR FOR A RAINY
DAY. ON THE OTHER HAND ONCE THEY
LOSE THAT WHERE ELSE ARE THEY
GETTING ENTER THE HOUSING MARKET
AT SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH
OR LESS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO
DO MANY THINGS AT ONCE WE
CLEARLY HAVE. A CRISIS IN JUST
NUMBERS OF UNITS BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO FOCUS ON KEEPING FOLKS
WHO ARE IN THOSE UNITS IN THOSE
UNITS BOTH BECAUSE IT PREVENTED
. THEIR ONSET OF HOMELESSNESS
BUT IT ALSO CAN. IT UNIT OF. AND
IS IT ACCURATE THE POVERTY RATE
THAT- IS OFTEN UTILIZED TO SAY
OKAY THESE PEOPLE LIVE BELOW THE
POVERTY LINE. DOES NOT INCLUDE
HOUSING. RATES AT THE POVERTY
LEVEL THAT IS USED IS REALLY
PROBLEMATIC- IN THAT IT HASN'T
REALLY ACCOUNTED FOR OTHER COSTS
IS THEY'VE GONE UP IT HASN'T
ACCOUNTED FOR HOUSING COSTS AND
IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD MEASURE
PARTICULARLY IN HIGH COST STATES
LIKE CALIFORNIA. I'M REALLY I
THINK THE MEASURE WE SHOULD USES
THAT- E. L. Y. OR LESS THAN 30%
OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. BUT
ALSO IT JUST FOR THE FACT THAT
HOUSING COSTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE
LESS IN THE RURAL AREAS IN URBAN
AREAS BUT IT TAKES THAT AREA'S
NEEDS AN INCOME IN MIND. REALLY
THE HOMELESS POPULATION ALMOST
UNIVERSALLY COMES FROM THAT LESS
THAN 30% OF THE MRI POPULATION.
WHICH IS ONE POINT THREE MILLION
HOUSEHOLDS IN CALIFORNIA JUST TO
GIVE A SENSE. FIVE HUNDRED HERE.
YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY IT'S
VERY INTERESTING I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING- I WANTED TO COMMENT
ON- MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR SAY R.
TWO WAS TALKING ABOUT. HOW
EXPENSIVE IT IS TO BUILD
HOUSING- AND I THINK THAT'S A
COST THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE
WORKING TO REDUCE. BUT WE ALSO
HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AS WAS STATED
IN THE- THE MATERIAL THAT WAS
PROVIDED TO US BREAKING THE
CYCLE CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS AND THE PATH FORWARD.
WITH EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS
COORDINATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT HOMELESSNESS COST MORE THAN
HOUSING YES AND SO THE REALITY
OF HOMELESSNESS COSTING MORE
THAN HOUSING SOCIETALLY. MEANS
THAT IS THE JUSTICE INVOLVES
SYSTEM ITS PRISONS IT'S ALSO
SUBSTANTIALLY THE MEDICAL COSTS
YES THAT PEOPLE CYCLING IN AND
OUT- OF OUR MEDICAL
ESTABLISHMENTS AS WELL AS
ENCAMPMENT CLEAN UPS AND- AND A
LOT OF. VERY NEGATIVE OF
EXTREMELY NEGATIVE SITUATION FOR
EVERYONE INVOLVED THE PUBLIC THE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. AND THE REALITY
LIKE YOU SAID THAT 50% OF THE
HOMELESS POPULATION IS SENIOR
AND IS BECOMING. AND THAT THAT
SECTION IS TRUE RIPPLING SO MANY
OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE
WORKING. THEY WILL NOT BE.
NEEDING TO BE RE INTRODUCED INTO
THE WORK FORCE. AND SO TO ME IT
REALLY BEGS THE QUESTION AND I
JUST WANT TO ASK DIRECTLY WHAT
WHAT YOU THINK IS STOPPING US
FROM JUST. DIRECTLY BUILDING
HOUSING WHEN THE ENTIRE POINT OF
WHAT YOU WERE SAYING- WHAT IS
THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A SINGLE
MINDED FOCUS AS YOU SAID THAT
HOMELESSNESS IS A HOUSING
PROBLEM WHY IS THE STATE NOT
DIRECTLY BUILDING HOUSING-
INSTEAD OF FUNNELING IT THROUGH
PROGRAMS AND FUNNELING IT
THROUGH COUNTIES AND FUNNELING
IT THROUGH CITIES AND- AND- AND
WHY NOT JUST DIRECTLY AT. THAT
ADDRESS THAT- I'M NOT SURE I'M
THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER WHY
THIS STATE ISN'T DOING THAT BUT
I JUST WANNA- I FLIPPED YOUR
COMMENTS THIS IS COSTING US. NOT
JUST IN YOU KNOW SUFFERING NOT
JUST ANY SORT OF HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS IS LITERALLY COSTING US
AND OUR BOTTOM LINE. IT'S A
DETERRENT TO BUSINESSES THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY IT DOES IT'S
NOT GREAT TO THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN
THEIR COMMUNITY. BUT IT'S
LITERALLY COSTING US LIKE WE'RE
PAYING MONEY OUT FOR THINGS THAT
COULD BE AVOIDED WHETHER PEOPLE
WERE HOUSED. AND I THINK THAT
WE- IT'S EASY TO GET DISTRACTED
BECAUSE WE DO SEE THAT PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MANY
OF THEM HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS. AS A
PHYSICIAN WHO TAKES CARE OF A
LOT OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE PROBLEMS I CAN
TELL YOU. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
PROBLEMS- WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE IS
TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE
PROBLEMS. WHEN SOMEONE IS
OUTSIDE OR IN A 4100% SHELTER.
OR THE LIKE AND SO. WHILE I'M
NOT SURE I'M THE BEST PERSON TO
ANSWER WHY THE STATE IS DOING
WHAT THEY'RE DOING I WILL SAY WE
ARE PAYING FOR IT AND IT'S A
QUESTION OF CAN WE USE OUR MONEY
IN A BETTER WAY. THAT WILL
CREATE THE CALIFORNIA THAT WE I
THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE ON- WE
NEED TO SEE WHICH IS A
CALIFORNIA WHERE EVERYONE. HAS
THE ABILITY TO THRIVE AND BE
SAFE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
GREAT QUESTION ALSO FOR THE NEXT
PANEL. AS WELL WHO'S IMPORTANT
QUESTION THANK YOU. OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COLLEAGUES
. YES CENTER OF ARTICLE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR. BEING THE FIRST
TO ADDRESS THIS SIDE OF OUR
PANEL MEMBERS- MY QUESTION IS A
ROUND UP PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. SO NOTED IN THE
MATERIALS THAT WE RECEIVED THE
PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA'S INS
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS WHO HAVE
A DISABILITY DISABLING
CONDITION. IS ROUGHLY BETWEEN
FORTY AND FIFTY PERCENT. SO CAN
YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT PROMISING PRACTICES YOU'VE
SEEN OR THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT WE ADDRESS FOR THAT
SPECIFIC POPULATION. ABSOLUTELY
THANK YOU CENTER FOR THAT
QUESTION- I THINK THAT IT RANGE
OF DISABILITIES IS CHANGING A
BIT CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE WHAT WE WOULD CALL BEHAVIOR
HEALTH DISABILITIES SUBSTANCE
USE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. BUT
AS THE POPULATION AGES WERE
INCREASINGLY SAYING DISABILITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH AGING BECAUSE
POPULATION HAS PREMATURE AGING.
SAID THEY HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT LIKE SOME
EARLY DEMENTIA HAS. PROBLEMS
WALKING PROBLEMS DOING
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. I
GUESS THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS WE
ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WE
HAVE REALLY PROMISING MODELS.
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WITH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISABILITIES
THERE'S THIS MODEL THAT HAS BEEN
STANDARD OF CARE NOW FOR A LONG
TIME CALLED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. OFFERED IN THE HOUSING
FIRST BASIS. WHAT THAT IS
HOUSING THAT SUBSIDIZED SO THAT
PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT.
WITH EITHER ON SITE OR CLOSELY
LINK SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT
SUPPORT PEOPLE'S NEEDS FOR
INDEPENDENCE SO THESE CAN BE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SUBSTANCE
USE SERVICES MEDICAL SERVICES
CASE MANAGEMENT AND THE LIKE- I
SHOULD SAY THAT THE SERVICES ARE
NOW- MOSTLY BILLABLE THROUGH
CAL. AMES SAID THERE'S A REAL
MECHANISM TO PAY FOR THEM IN A
MECHANISM THAT FRANKLY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL. BEAR
SOME OF THE BURDEN ON- AND THEN
I THINK THE THING THAT TRIPS
PEOPLE UP IS WHAT THE EVIDENCE
SAYS VERY CLEARLY. IS THAT YOU
OFFER THESE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS
WHICH I KNOW CAN SOUND
COUNTERINTUITIVE BY WHEN YOU
DEMAND THAT SOMEONE TAKE MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES. OR SUBSTANCE
USE SERVICES IT TURNS OUT WHEN
YOU DEMAND PEOPLE. TAKE IT
BEFORE THEY'RE READY TO TAKE A
AT A FEW THINGS. ONE IS THAT
THEY MIGHT REJECT THE HOUSING
THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE
THRIVENT AND THE SECOND IS THAT
THEY DON'T TEND TO HEAL VERY
WELL THERE'S SO MUCH TRUST THAT
GOES INTO TREATING THESE
PROBLEMS. INSTEAD WHEN YOU OFFER
IT AND YOU MAKE A VERY LOW
BARRIER SO IT'S NOT HARD TO
ACCESS THAT YOU DON'T PEOPLE
PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO MAKE
FIFTEEN PHONE CALLS AND WAIT ON
WAIT LISTS BUT THE SERVICES ARE
THERE FOR THE TAKING. PEOPLE
TAKE THOSE SERVICES AND WHAT WE
SEE IS THAT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS OR SUBSTANCE USE
PROBLEMS DIMINISH. AND THEY CAN
THRIVE IN THE HOUSING- FOR THOSE
WHO ARE OLDER WE'RE GONNA NEED
TO EXPAND OUR MODELS OF CARE.
BECAUSE WHAT I FEAR IS THAT MANY
PEOPLE WILL WIND UP
UNNECESSARILY IN NURSING HOMES.
WHICH ARE EXPENSIVE PEOPLE DON'T
WANT TO BE THEM IT DOESN'T YOU
KNOW RESPECT THEIR AUTONOMY. SO
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS PART YOU
KNOW PROGRAMS LIKE USING
MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY
BASED SERVICES TO GET PERSONAL
CARE ASSISTANCE- THERE SOME
PROMISING MODELS I'M USING AN
ASSISTED LIVING WAIVER WHERE YOU
CAN. I'M IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
PROVIDES SOME OF HIS PERSONAL
CARE- THINGS TO REALLY KEEP
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE
SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION HERE
BECAUSE I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT
PROTECTING THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK
OF BECOMING HOMELESS- PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES ARE AGING
COMMUNITY. THAT HAVE SOME TYPE
OF MOBILITY. ISSUES OR OR-
CHRONIC DISEASE- BUT THEY WANT
TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOME AND
THEIRS AT RISK OF BEING PUT IN
IT IN A FACILITY- FOR HAVING TO
LIVE WITH ANOTHER RELATIVE TO BE
CARED FOR. AND WE HAVE A
PROMISING PROGRAM THE IN HOME
SUPPORT SERVICES MODEL RIGHT.
AND SO HOW DO WE REPLICATE THOSE
MODELS SO THAT WE CAN BUILD
DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE IN OUR
AGING POPULATION AND WITH OUR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO THAT
WE CAN'T PREVENT. THEM FROM
MOVING INTO THE HOMELESS.
ABSOLUTELY SO THE IN HOME
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PAID FOR
THROUGH THE MEDICAID HOME AND
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES AS A
WAY TO REALLY KEEP PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO BEING AN
INSTITUTIONAL CARE. IN
CALIFORNIA WE HAVE A ROBUST
PROGRAM IT MOSTLY OFFERS-
OPERATES ON A CONSUMER BASE
MODEL WHERE THE CLIENT SORT OF
CHEESES AND HIRES AND MANAGES.
THEIR CARE WORKER IT'S
INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM- I
WOULD SAY FOR PEOPLE WITH
BEHAVIOR HEALTH DISABILITIES THE
REALLY PROMISING MODELS. ARE FOR
INSTANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO THEY
HAVE A PROMISING MODEL OF A
PILOT CONTRACT BASED SERVICES
WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY AN AGENCY
THAT HIRES AND TRAINS AND
MANAGES CULTURALLY COMPETENT.
SKILLED IN HOME SUPPORTIVE
SERVICE WORKERS THAT WORK
THROUGHOUT LET'S SEE A BUILDING
OR FORMALLY HARMLESS PEOPLE
LIVE- WHO MIGHT. BECAUSE OF
BEHAVIOR HEALTH DISABILITIES
HAVE TROUBLE OR THEY DON'T HAVE
YOU KNOW THAT THAT NIECE THAT
THEY CAN PAY TO CARE FOR THEM.
BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS
THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE FEW
WIN WINS IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
REMAIN INDEPENDENT IN THE
COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY. AND IT
KEEPS THEM OUT OF EXPENSIVE.
NURSING HOME CARE. YEAH FEDERAL
HUB THANK YOU- I JUSTIFY UP TO
THE QUESTION OF ASKED- IN
PARTICULAR. YOU KNOW I I'VE
HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES- THAT
FORCED- SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IF
YOU WILL WHETHER IT'S- GETTING
CLEAN OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY
BE OR MENTAL HEALTH. IS
DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT
CALIFORNIA REALLY LIKES TO MODEL
ITSELF AFTER. HOWEVER SOME OF
THE CONVERSATIONS IN OTHER
STATES CLEARLY SHOW THAT IT HAS
BEEN HELPFUL IN SOME CAPACITY-
THERE OR- I'M GONNA SEE
ANECDOTAL AT THIS POINT BECAUSE
I'M SURE THERE'S DATA OUT THERE
BUT I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME-
WHERE POTENTIALLY GETTING
INDIVIDUALS ARE TREATED. RIGHT
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOUSING
FIRST MODEL BUT STATING THAT IT
IS A REQUIREMENT. THAT YOU NEED
TO GET CLEAN OR SEEK SERVICES
THAT NEED TO BE- NEEDED EVEN JOB
PLACEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES NOT
JUST- DRUG TREATMENT OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT- YOU KNOW. MANY
PRACTITIONERS HAVE ACTUALLY
STATED THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL
BECAUSE- THE CLIENT EVENTUALLY
REALIZES THAT OKAY THE WAY THAT
I WAS LIVING WAS NOT
NECESSARILY- HEALTHY FOR ME OR
MY FAMILY. AND EVEN IF SOME WILL
SAY THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER
BECOME CLEAN IF IT WASN'T LIKE A
REQUIREMENT OF THIS PROGRAM OR
THAT PROGRAM- THERE HAVE BEEN
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK THAT HAVE ACTUALLY
REACHED OUT AND TOLD ME THAT
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO VERSUS. US
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY- CONSIDERATION TO
KIND OF MAKE THIS- POTENTIALLY
AN OPTION NOT NOT ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT. WHAT KIND OF.
INCENTIVIZING THAT EVEN FURTHER
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE
OF OUR BIG CONCERNS AS WELL. I
MEAN I THINK WHERE WE MOST DO
FORCE TREATMENT UNFORTUNATELY IS
IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND OFFER TO THE OUTCOMES ARE
NOT GREAT IT'S TEMPTING LIKE A-
I UNDERSTAND THE TEMPTATION TO
DO IT BUT JUST SORT OF. RELYING
ON WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS US
PARTICULARLY FOR SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS IT'S NOT VERY
EFFECTIVE I'M NOT SAYING THAT
THERE AREN'T PEOPLE WHO WILL
ATTEST TO FOR INSTANCE- GEL
STATE HAS BEEN THERE WAKE UP
MOMENT THERE CERTAINLY ARE
PEOPLE. FOR WHOM THAT WORKS BUT
AS A POLICY I WOULD I WOULD YOU
KNOW GO AGAINST IT- BECAUSE I
THINK ALL OF THE EVIDENCE
SUPPORTS IT IT'S A VERY HARD
THING FOR PEOPLE TO. AGREE TO
WALL THEY'RE DEALING WITH THEIR
SURVIVAL. AND THAT ONCE YOU TAKE
CARE OF THEIR SURVIVAL ONCE YOU
GIVE THEM A PLACE TO STAY. THEN
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE IT
INCREDIBLY LOW BARRIER YOU KNOW
SO AS SOON AS THAT MOMENT HOW AS
SOON AS THAT PERSON HAS THAT
MOMENT OF AWARENESS. YOU'RE
WORKING ON IT AS SOMEONE WHO
DOES A LOT OF ADDICTION
MEDICINE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ARE
REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. YOU
KNOW TRYING TO HELP THE PERSON
SEE THAT THIS ISN'T WORKING FOR
THEM. AND THEN AND THEN THEY
TEND TO ADHERE TO THE TREATMENT
A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE NOW IS
SOMETIMES WHEN THAT PERSON.
REACHES THAT MOMENT THE
TREATMENT ISN'T AVAILABLE THAT
WE NEED TO WORK ON WE NEED TO
MAKE IT INCREDIBLY EASY TO
ATTEND TO. I THINK WHAT WE'VE
SEEN AND WHEN THESE HAVE BEEN
COMPARED HEAD TO HEAD IS THE
PROBLEM IS. THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE FOR WHOM THAT WORKS BUT
TO BE HONEST SENATOR HAVE THOSE
SAME PEOPLE WOULD DO JUST FINE
IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING. THE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T IT DOESN'T WORK
FOR UNFORTUNATELY LEFT OUTSIDE
IN ANY PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ANY
PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO PUSH THEM
TOWARDS THAT MOMENT OF
REALIZATION. IS GONE BACKWARDS
AND SO YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE WHO
GOT BETTER. BUT THOSE PEOPLE
WERE ALSO GOING TO GET BETTER-
IF YOU OFFERED IT IN A VERY LOW
BARRIER WAY AND YOU'RE
SPECIFICALLY TALKING DETOX NOT
NECESSARILY ALSO MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES. TO MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES ARE- A SLIGHTLY A
DIFFERENT QUESTION BUT YOU KNOW
WE SEARCH. HAVE PEOPLE WE HAVE
IN CALIFORNIA. AND A PRETTY
ROBUST SYSTEM OF YOU KNOW THE
FIFTY ONE FIFTY FIFTY TWO FIFTY
LPS OF FORCE TREATMENT. WHEN
PEOPLE ARE DIRECTED DANGERS TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS- I WILL
TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE
PROBLEMS WITH THAT SYSTEM AND
YOU CAN TALK TO ANY OF MY
FRIENDS WHO WORK IN EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENTS AND THE LIKE. IS IT
THAT SYSTEM DOESN'T YOU KNOW I
THINK GOOD PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE
ON WHERE YOU DRAW THE LINE OF
WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE HAS
TO BE COMPELLED TO TREATMENT OR
NOT I THINK VERY REASONABLE
PEOPLE HAVE VERY- DEEPLY FELT
AND REASONABLE. THINGS ON THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SYSTEM
IS NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
THERE'S NO HOUSING. BUT WHEN
YOU'RE AT YOU KNOW YOU ARE A
PHYSICIAN OR NURSE AND YOU'RE IN
AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. AND YOU
HAVE YOUR ALL OF YOUR ROOMS ARE
FILLED WITH PEOPLE ON FIFTY ONE
FIFTIES THERE'S NO HOSPITAL BEDS
FOR THEM. AND THERE'S NO PLACE
FOR PEOPLE TO GO AFTER THEY
LEAVE THE HOSPITAL WHAT DO YOU
START DOING YOU START. SORT OF
THING I THINK THIS PERSON CAN GO
OUT AND I THINK THAT OUR SYSTEM.
IS NOT WORKING NOT SO MUCH
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A
STRUCTURE TO CARE FOR PEOPLE.
WHO AT THAT MOMENT NEED CARE BUT
WE LITERALLY DON'T HAVE A PLACE
TO SEND THEM. AFTER THEY LEAVE
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU KNOW
THE SHIFT IN HEALTH CARE EVEN
OVER MY CAREER IN HEALTH CARE I
AM. FINISHED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
NINETEEN NINETY FIVE AND EVEN IN
THAT PERIOD THERE'S BEEN JUST A
DRAMATIC DECREASE IN WHAT. DO
YOU AS AN INPATIENT VERSUS
OUTPATIENT. WE CAN DO INCREDIBLE
CAN DO BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT IS
NOW PATIENT WE CAN DO INCREDIBLE
THINGS AS OUTPATIENT. IT'S
CHEAPER SAFER IT'S ALL GOOD.
SIMILARLY IN THE HEALTH. THREE
THERE OFTEN PEOPLE NEED A WEEK
TWO WEEKS THREE WEEKS IN THE
HOSPITAL. BUT THEN WHAT THEY TRY
TO DO IS GET PEOPLE BACK INTO
THE COMMUNITY IN A STRUCTURED
WAY INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT
TREATMENT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
COMING. TO TREATMENT FOR EIGHT
HOURS A DAY FIVE DAYS A WEEK BUT
GOING HOME TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
THEN THEY MIGHT BACK OFF AND DO
IT YOU KNOW THREE DAYS A WEEK
AND THEN EVENTUALLY MORE
INTEGRATED INTO THE REGULAR
COMMUNITY CARE. THOSE THINGS
BREAK DOWN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
HOUSING. SO I DON'T MEAN TO
SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD AND
OBVIOUSLY I LEARNED ALL THAT BIO
CHEMISTRY AND EVERYTHING TO
BECOME A DOCTOR BECAUSE I DO
BELIEVE IN HEALTH CARE. BUT I'M
SAYING TO YOU I'M SPEAKING TO
REALLY PLEADING WITH YOU AS A
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WE CAN'T DO
OUR JOBS WITHOUT THE HOUSING.
AND IF YOU TRY TO FIX THE
PROBLEM FROM THE OTHER END UP
NOT SAYING HEALTH CARE DOESN'T
HAVE THINGS TO FIX BUT IF YOU
TRY TO FIX IT FOR MEN WITHOUT
FIXING THE HOUSING. OUR HANDS
ARE TIED BEHIND OUR BACKS. THANK
YOU FOR. YOUR SENTIMENTS OF OUR
- WELL I HAD A QUESTION BEFORE I
WAS GOING TO COME IN BUT YOU
TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT. OUT OF ME
ON YOUR SECOND QUESTION SO
NUMBER COMMENTS. ALL THAT TO
SAY. AS A SOCIAL WORKER ON THIS
DEVICE I UNDERPREPARED RE WITH
YOU. MY WIFE IS A SUBSTANCE
ABUSE. LMFT THIS IS FOR. IT I
COULD SEE I COULD SEE YOU TELL
YOU SO MANY STORIES OF HOW MANY
TIMES. YOU KNOW IF YOU FORCE
PATIENTS INTO TREATMENT THEY'RE
NEVER GOING TO DO IT. YOU
MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT'S SO
KEY MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IS
THAT HE- WHAT'S IT CALLED-
INTERVENTION UTILIZES. UTILIZE
WITH INDIVIDUALS YOU HAVE TO
BUILD THAT REPORT. YOU HAVE TO
BUILD A RAPPORT OR ELSE IT'S- NO
ONE'S GOING TO WANT THAT
TREATMENT. SO THAT'S WHY HOUSING
FIRST IS SO IMPORTANT. BECAUSE
YOU BUILD A REPORT BUT ALSO WANT
TO MENTION I THINK AND I WAS A
LITTLE LATE I APOLOGIZE. IF THIS
WAS MENTIONED ALREADY BUT YOU
CAN'T LOOK AT THIS HOMELESS
CRISIS WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE
MENTAL HEALTH PEACE. WITHOUT IT
RIGHT- AND I THINK IT REALLY. US
HERE- YOU KNOW HERE IN THE
EVERYONE HERE WE SHOULD LOOK AT
THAT. GOES HAND IN HAND AND
CHARLENE. AS IN AS A PREVIOUS
EMT I WOULD GO AND DROP A FIFTY
ONE FIFTY PATIENTS AT YARDS. AND
HOLD THE WALL FOR FIVE SIX
HOURS. BECAUSE THERE WERE NO
BEDS. THERE'S NO BEDS FOR ANYONE
THERE. IN THE PHYSICIANS WOULD
TELL ME WE JUST NEED A BETTER
PUT SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THE EXTRA
COUPLE OF WEEKS. M. IN IN LA
COUNTY WE'VE DONE A LOT YOU KNOW
WE'VE DONE OUR TINY HOMES AND SO
FORTH BUT THERE ARE NO. TINY
HOMES. FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH
VERSION OF IT RIGHT. AND THAT'S
WHY I THINK HERE I WANNA PLEASE.
ENSURE THAT WE ALSO FIND THAT
TEMPORARY HOUSING. FOR THOSE ON
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THOSE WHO
NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP WITH
MENTAL HEALTH. ON THE WAY TO
PSH. YEAH AND I THINK- I THINK
ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT INTO
THIS HOUSING BUSINESSES BECAUSE-
THE REASON THAT THERE ARE NO
BEDS HAS A LOT TO DO. WITH THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE STAY IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR A LONG TIME. AND
THEN YOU DISCHARGE THEM AND THEN
THEY COME RIGHT BACK IN SO. WE
DEFINITELY PROBABLY MAY NEED
MORE BANDS BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
EVEN HARD TO MODEL HOW MANY BEDS
WE NEED IF WE ACTUALLY. HAD A
SYSTEM WHERE WHEN PEOPLE ARE
READY FOR DIS CHARGE. THEY COULD
BE DESTROYED. BECAUSE ALL YOU
NEED TO DO IS DELAY IT DESTROY.
FOR AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE WHOLE
SYSTEM BACKS UP. I THINK THE
ARTISTS- IF FOR NO OTHER
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE A- OPEN
SOURCE. CENTER TROUBLED. HELLO
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE- FISHER SAID DR
CRYSTAL RIGHT. PERFECT SO. I WAS
READING THE ADDON. FOR BREAKING
THE CYCLE. THIS REFERENCES
EARLIER. AND I WAS JUST GONNA
HERE'S MY FIRST QUESTION WAS I
NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MANY OF
THE STUDIES WERE. IN MY OPINION
PRETTY OUTDATED- WE HAD A TWO
THOUSAND AND EIGHT STUDY.
RESEARCHERS BY THE RMIT
UNIVERSITY- WHERE. IT'S QUIET
HERE WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF
HOMELESSNESS TOWARDS BEING
REFERENCES. WHERE THEY FOUND
THAT FEWER THAN 50% OF THEIR
LARGE SAMPLE OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESS AND HAD
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. ISSUES BEFORE
ENTERING HOMELESSNESS- WHICH
WEST FREDERICK. THE TIME OF THE
HOUSING COLLAPSE- AND THEN
THERE'S OTHER GOOD STORIES THAT
WERE RECORDED. THAT- WERE ALSO-
A LITTLE LATER THAN THAT BUT
STILL PRETTY PRETTY OLD I HAVE A
STUDY HERE- AND MY DRUG COME
FROM A REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE SO
I I'M I'M LOOKING AT FROM THE
FROM THAT ANGLE. SO I UNDERSTAND
THE COST OF HOUSING IN
CALIFORNIA AND IT'S- IT IS MIND
BOGGLING ON THAT END BUT- I HAVE
ANOTHER A STUDY THAT WAS
CONDUCTED IN TWO THOUSAND
NINETEEN BY. THE UCLA POLICY LAB
THAT SUGGESTS THAT 70% OF
UNSHELTERED ADULTS MIGHT
STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT- WITH
SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS- AND
THE ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE IT
HAD THIS IS THE DATA THE DATA
ALIGNS WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE
LOS ANGELES TIMES ANALYSIS OF
HOMELESSNESS DATA. AS WELL AS TO
THE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF
SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY SUCH AS ST JOHN'S
PROGRAM A REAL CHANGE IN
SACRAMENTO. AND THOUGH I
ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT HOUSING IS
AN ISSUE- AND I ALSO BELIEVE
THAT BAD BEHAVIOR HEALTH IS IN
SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A HUGE FACTOR
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
IT FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE AND
I SPEAK TO- LOCAL SHERIFFS AND
CHIEFS. OF POLICE IN OUR AREA AS
BEING ONE OF THE- KEY- KEY
FACTORS WHEN THEY'RE DEALING
WITH PEOPLE- DEALING THAT WHICH
ARE IN A SHELTERED. SO WOULD YOU
LIKE TO I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU
AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AS TO
THE DATE OF THIS DATA THAT WAS.
PLACED ON HERE FIRST OF HAVING
YOU ARE MORE RELEVANT DATA AND
WHY THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS- SO
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE JUST
COMPLETED A LARGE STATEWIDE
STUDY EVER WHAT'S CALLED A
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF ADULTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SO WE
ACTUALLY HAVE DRIED OFF THE
PRESS EFFECTS OF FOR OFF THE
PRESS WE HAVEN'T. FINISHED THE
REPORT YET BUT WILL BE DONE IN A
FEW MONTHS BUT I CAN GIVE YOU
SOME PREVIEWS OF IT. OF WHAT'S
CALLED THE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE
SO THIS IS ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE EXPERIENCED HOME ASSESS
WHETHER OR NOT THE INTERACTIVE
SERVICES EXCITER. SO I THINK
WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU UP TO
DATE- DATA ON THAT VERY SOON-
THE UCLA POLICY LAPSE HE WAS A
VERY IMPORTANT STUDY. I'M I'M
CLOSE TO THIS INVESTIGATORS IT'S
A WONDERFUL STUDY BUT JUST TO BE
CLEAR OF HOW THEY GOT THEIR
DATA. THAT IS DATA BASED ON
PEOPLE'S USE OF SERVICES SO
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGHER
PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
HEALTH CONSULTANCY SERVICES
BECAUSE THEY'RE SORT OF
RECORDING PEOPLE AS HOMELESS. AS
THEY ENTER THE MENTAL HEALTH
SYSTEM IN THE SUBSTANCE USE
SYSTEM. WHEN WE LOOKED AT STATE
WIDE- I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
MORE ABOUT 3240% WITH A REGULAR-
SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS-
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DEFINE IT
WE CAN CUT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT
WAY. MY FAVORITE ANALOGY FOR
THIS COMES FROM I'M A RECENT
BOOK- PUT OUT BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON- CALL THOMAS SAYS
IS A HOUSING PROBLEM. AND WHAT
THE NOTICE I HAD SORT OF USE
THIS ANALOGY TO THEM THEY TOLD
THEY TOLD ME A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD
TO USE IT I THINK IT'S A VERY
HELPFUL ONE WHICH IS MUSICAL
CHAIRS. WHICH IS IF YOU'RE
PLAYING A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS
AND SELLING YOU KNOW ADULTS PLAY
THE GAME AND THEN THEY TURN OFF
PUT YOUR WEIGHT ENOUGH TO MUSIC
AND ALL THE KIDS SCRAMBLE TO THE
CHAIR. GIVE A KID WHO SPRAINED
HIS ANKLE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
BIRTHDAY PARTY. AND YOU PUT AWAY
A CHAIR THE KID IS A SPRAINED.
ANKLE IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE
THE KID WHO- STILL STAND. IF YOU
ASK. WHY IS THIS KID STILL. WITH
KID IS. BECAUSE HE'S HIS ANKLE.
BUT IF YOU TURN AROUND AND SAY
WHY IS THERE A KID STANDING
THERE'S A KID STANDING BECAUSE
THEY'RE ONLY NINE CHAIRS IN
THEIR TEN KIDS TO THEIR TWO KIDS
WERE GONNA SIT ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER OR SOMEONE'S GONNA BEAST.
STANDING AND SO I THINK THE SAME
WAY WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE USE QUESTION IF YOU
ASK. WHY IS THIS PERSON
HOMELESS. UNQUESTIONABLY SOMEONE
WITH A MENTAL HEALTH OR
SUBSTANCE USE DISABILITY IS IT
DRAMATIC INCREASE RISK OF
BECOMING HOMELESS. AND THEN
THOSE DISABILITIES GET WORSE
DURING HOMELESSNESS SO IF YOU
LOOK ACROSS PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS
UNQUESTIONABLY A
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE
PROBLEMS. BUT IF YOU ASK THE
QUESTION WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH
HOMELESSNESS. IT'S BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CHAIRS. AND IF
YOU LOOK FOR INSTANCE IN A PLACE
LIKE WEST VIRGINIA. BY ALL
ACCOUNTS MUCH HIGHER RATES OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
IN CALIFORNIA. BUT MUCH MUCH
MUCH LOWER RATES OF
HOMELESSNESS. BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE THIS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
SO I'M NOT GONNA STAND HERE AND
DENY THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
PROBLEMS. AND I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD IGNORE THOSE ISSUES AND
WE NEED TO HAVE ROBUST. EVIDENCE
BASED TREATMENT FOR IT. AT THE
HEART OF THE CRISIS IN
CALIFORNIA IS NOT THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE WHICH YOU'RE VERY
HEALTHY STATE. AND WE ACTUALLY
HAVE LOWER AMOUNTS OF MENTAL
HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE
PROBLEMS. BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE
WHO USE SUBSTANCES THEY'RE
FIGHTING AGAINST SUCH. DIFFICULT
HOUSING COSTS. THAT THEY WIND UP
LOSING OUT SO. BOTH THINGS CAN
BE TRUE AT ONCE I THINK. AND I
COMPLETELY AGREE. WITH THAT I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAD THAT ON THE RECORD. ON THE
ON THE DATE OF THE STUDIES AS
WELL AS WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE-
THE OTHER COMMON THAT I WANTED
TO MAKE WISE. I COMPLETELY AGREE
WITH YOU THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT
CAPACITY WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT
IN CALIFORNIA TO ADDRESS THOSE
ISSUES AND AS AS WE- REALIGN OUR
COMMIT. JUSTICE SYSTEMS WHERE WE
TRY TO- YOU KNOW TO AWAY HE KNOW
THE CARS. PAR OF PEOPLE HAVING.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE WE DON'T HAVE.
THE CAPACITY TO TEND TO THE-
HELP OR- PEERED- OUR PROBLEM IS
THAT MANY PEOPLE FACE SO- IT'S
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'VE
BEEN. TRYING TO ALTER BILLS
THAT. CREATE THOSE GRANTSBURG
PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
THAT MENTAL HEALTH BUT CAPACITY
WHICH WOULD TAKE AWAY. THE
AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE- IN
THE INDIA. ANY IN CALIFORNIA AND
I AGREE WITH YOU AT. I REALLY.
REALLY APPRECIATE A COMMENT THAT
WAS MADE TO ME AND IT REALLY
STRUCK ME BECAUSE- I HAD A
COLLEAGUE WHO STATED. YOU KNOW
WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY. BUT THE QUESTION
SHOULD REALLY LIE AND HOW DO WE
MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHEN
WE PLEASE DISCUSS POLICY AND THE
IMPACT THAT THIS POLICY HAS ON
THE ABILITY TO. MAKE HOUSING
MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE IN
CALIFORNIA SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR TALKING THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU I SAW A COUPLE
THINGS I WANT TO KNOW AN INTERN
FOR THE QUESTIONS I DON'T HAVE
IT OVER THE GAVEL OVER TO CENTER
OUT FRONT UNTIL- WE I REMEMBER A
FEW YEARS AGO I WAS FIT FOR THE
PENDANT WAS VISITING- AND- FOUR
TIMES FOUR OF HOUSING. COMPLEX
AND IN HE'S VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD
IN SAN FRANCISCO AND- VERY DAY I
FORGET HOW MANY BUT A NUMBER OF
THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WE'RE IN A
CONSERVATORSHIP. YEAH SO THESE
ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE SO SEVERELY
DEBILITATED THEY QUALIFY FOR
CONSERVATORSHIP AND COUNTRY
PUBLIC- SOMETIMES NOTIONS ON
THIS. IT'S NOT EASY TO GET
SOMEONE INTO CONSERVATORSHIP IN
CALIFORNIA'S PEOPLE WERE
CONSERVED. AND THEY WERE IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN
THE CONSERVATORSHIP. AND SO WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE
PRETTY SEVERELY DEBILITATED
PRETTY SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH
SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS. THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN BE HELD
THEY KNOW THEY MAY NEED A
TRANSITION RIGHT THERE. REALLY
IN BAD SHAPE IMMEDIATE
HOSPITALIZATION BEFORE BUT
THEY'VE BECOME YELLS AND THAT'S
GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE
CONSERVATORSHIP OR WHATEVER
TREATMENT. OUGHT TO SUCCEED I
ALSO AND I MENTIONED THE
BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT I
SOMETIMES GET INTO THE SKIN. HE
FARMS SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS WITH
SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO.
THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH IT
WITH WHAT THEY SEE ON THE
STREETS IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS IS
NOT JUST EVER CISCO IT'S IN.
CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE- THE
PEOPLE ARE VERY JUST. AT THEIR
WITS END ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE ON
THE STREETS WHY ISN'T ANYONE
DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY. DEVASTATING
HEARTBREAKING AND HUMANE. AND IF
HE TO SAY OKAY THE PAST FOUR
HOMES AS THE MOST SEVERE THE
BILL. PEOPLE ON A STREETS. THAT
THAT'S ALMOST AND WHAT I TRY TO.
INVADED PEOPLE IS THEIR- THE
FOREMOST WITH YOU DON'T SEE OR
YOU SEE. BUT YOU WOULD NEVER
KNOW THE HOMELESS. THEY'RE
TAKING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL 5%
OF SCHOOL CHILDREN SAN FRANCISCO
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT.
STATEWIDE IN. IN IN THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE STATE IS PROBABLY
MORE LIKE TEN OR 20% OF
STUDENTS. ARE HOMELESS. AND TO
THE PARENTS WERE BRINGING THEM
TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO
ARE GOING TO WORK BUT THEY MIGHT
BE WAKING UP IN A SHELTER OR
COUCH SURFING OR LIVING IN A
CAR. AND THEY ARE YOU KNOW
FUNCTIONING BARELY- AND THAT
THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE THE
PEOPLE DON'T SEE AND SO I. I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
THINK ABOUT THE- HOMELESS PEOPLE
THAT. ARE NOT OBVIOUSLY.
HOMELESS IN ALASKA IT'S GOING TO
SAY IS. CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE-
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF SINGLE
ROOM OCCUPANCY SROS THAT USED TO
BE CALLED FLOP HOUSES. AND FOR
MANY MANY YEARS IF YOU IF YOU
WERE IF YOU HAD. IF YOU WERE
VERY LOW INCOME AND MAYBE YOU
HAD A MENTAL HEALTH. ISSUE BUT
BUT YOU COULD WITH A DISABILITY
CHECK. TO PAY FOR AN SRO AND YOU
HAD A PLACE TO LIVE IT WASN'T
FANCY BUT YOU COULD AT LEAST.
HAVE A PLACE THAT YOU COULD.
BARELY AFFORD WITH YOUR
DISABILITY CHECK. THOSE THAT
SORROWS. THE LAST I CHECKED THEY
WERE LIKE. FIFTEEN SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A
MONTH. AND IT WAS. RESTAURANT
WORKERS RETAIL WORKERS LIVING
THERE PEOPLE WHO WOULD NORMALLY
GET A REGULAR ONE BEDROOM OR TWO
BEDROOM THREE CAN'T AFFORD
ANYMORE SO THEY'RE LIVING IN THE
US SERVICE. AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO
WORK IN THE A SERVICE BEFORE ON
DISABILITY. OR LIVING ON THE
STREETS AND THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE
SO IT'S JUST. EVERYTHING PUSHES
DOWN WHEN YOU DON'T BUILD ENOUGH
HOUSING THE MIDDLE CLASS GETS
PUSHED DOWN WORKING CLASS. THE
WORKING POOR AND EVENTUALLY YOU
HAVE PEOPLE WHO END UP. ON THE-
THAT MUSICAL CHAIR IS NOT THERE
FOR THEM AND THEY'RE OUT ON THE
STREETS- SO IF THERE ARE NO
OTHER. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I
WANT TO THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR
JOINING US TODAY AND I WANT HIM
TO GOBBLE OVER TO. A CHAIR OF
BROUGHT AGAINST ME. THANK YOU
DOCTOR COULD SHOW. SO WE'RE
GONNA MOVE ON ON THE AGENDA TO
THE NEXT PANEL THE STATE AGENCY
PROGRAMS AND COORDINATION
EFFORTS. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE
UP- OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM
STATE AGENCY PROGRAMS- LEWIS
MORALIS PRINCIPAL FISCAL AND
POLICY ANALYST WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE.
SECRETARY LOOK AT THIS GASTROPUB
METIS BUSINESS CONSUMER SERVICES
IN HOUSING AGENCY. KARAN
BUCHANAN DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR
POLICY AND STRATEGIC
INITIATIVES. CALIFORNIA HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. THE
CHICA WE- WERE GREETED. WITH
TREETOP VIEWS ME DUCK SHIKHA
WITH CREMA DEPUTY SECRETARY
BUSINESS CONSUMER SERVICES AND
HOUSING AGENCY. AND KIM JOHNSON
DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY WELCOME. AND WE'LL START
WITH MISS MORALIS. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIRS AND MEMBERS I
AM NEW TO THIS MARVELOUS WITH
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR
INVESTMENTS IN RECENT YEARS
RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS BY THE
STATE AS WELL AS TO BEGIN TO
SHARE SOME OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE WORKING
AND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
MY COMMENTS TODAY WILL BE BASED
ON THIS HANDOUT WHICH I HOPE YOU
HAVE BEFORE YOU IT'S ALSO
AVAILABLE ON THE LA A WEBSITE.
IF YOU TURN TO THE FIRST PAGE WE
JUST PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THE FEDERAL STATE
AND LOCAL ENTITIES THAT ALL WORK
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE- THAT I HAVE. A CHALLENGE
AFFORDING HOUSING AND ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT
RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. ZEROING IN
ON THE STATE- WE HAVE FOUR MAIN
STATE ENTITIES THAT ARE
PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ADDRESSING HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS THIS BEING H. C. D.
CAL HFA. TO CRACK AND THE
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS I'M SORRY CAN I
JUST INTERRUPT BRIEFLY WITH YOU-
WITH YOUR ACRONYMS WE USE-
PLEASE TELL US WHAT THE
AGENCIES- SO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT THAT'S EACH CD. THE
CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY COLLEGE OF A CALIFORNIA
TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE
THE CAC AND THE CALIFORNIA
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS KELLY C. H. MY
APOLOGIES. SO AS I MENTIONED
THESE PROGRAMS PRIMARILY
ADMINISTERED THE STATE HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. THE
COUNCIL HAS ANOTHER SHOULD A
BROADER ROLE IN ADDITION TO
ADMINISTERING- A HOMELESS.
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS WHERE THEY
CAN BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL AS
OTHER- STAKEHOLDERS TO REALLY
THINK ABOUT IMPORTANTLY THE
STATE'S OVERALL HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THE TABLE- THE COUNCIL IS CO
CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE
BUSINESS AND CONSUMER SERVICE
HOUSING AGENCY. AS WELL AS THE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AGENCY SECRETARY. AND HAS
PARTICIPATION FROM DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE STATE IN AREAS LIKE-
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AFFAIRS AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND REHABILITATION. AND SO IT'S
REALLY SORT OF THESE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS LIKE I JUST
MENTIONED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL
ROLES IN SUPPORTING THE STATE'S
RESPONSE FROM FOR EXAMPLE BY
ADMINISTERING THE STATE SAFETY
NET PROGRAMS ALSO SERVE TO LIKE
WEAVE TOGETHER THE DEPARTMENTS.
ACROSS THE STATE THAT SUPPORT
HOMELESSNESS. AND SEE TURNED TO
THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE THE A
TAPE THAT BECAUSE PAGE TWO AND
SPANS PAGE THREE BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF I THE MAJOR INVESTMENT
IN RECENT YEARS FROM THESE CORE
FOUR DEPARTMENTS. AS WELL AS THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
GIVEN THE FOCUS OF THE HEARING
TODAY. ON THE TABLE BEGINS IN
THE EIGHTEEN NINETEEN FISCAL
YEAR. THIS IS REALLY WHEN THE
STATE BEGAN TO TAKE A MUCH MORE
ACTIVE ROLE IN ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS WAS THIS YEAR THE
STATE ESTABLISHED THE HOMELESS
EMERGENCY AID PROGRAMS. IT'S AN
ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
AND HOMELESSNESS REALLY SORT OF
PICKED UP FROM THERE. CANCEL
IMPORTANTLY THIS TABLE. THE SIZE
OF THESE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THE
STATE HAS TAKEN IN RECENT YEARS
TO ADDRESS HOUSING HOMELESSNESS
DOESN'T REFLECT. BASELINE FEND
FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF ON
GOING TO FOR EXAMPLE BOND
FUNDING THROUGH PROPOSITION ONE.
AS WELL AS ONGOING REVENUE FROM
THE SP TWO WHICH ESTABLISHED A
RECORDING FEE ON. REAL ESTATE
DOCUMENTS AND SO FOR EXAMPLE IF
YOU LOOK AT THE MULTI FAMILY
HOUSING PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY
EACH CD. YOU SEE THAT THREE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM. BUT THIS
DOESN'T REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL.
ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE BILLION
DOLLARS PROVIDED TO THIS PROGRAM
FROM PROPOSITION ONE. ALL YOU
SEE THAT ABOUT TWENTY THREE
BILLION DOLLARS IN DISCRETIONARY
FUNDING. HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN
THE STATE OF ACROSS THESE FIVE
DEPARTMENTS- A LARGE AMOUNT OF
THIS MONEY HAS GONE TOWARDS THE
DEPARTMENT- TOWARDS EACH CD
ABOUT TWELVE BILLION DOLLARS.
AGAIN IN MANY CASES EXPANDING
THESE LONG STANDING PROGRAMS
LIKE THE MULTI FAMILY HOUSING
PROGRAMS. IN OTHER CASES
ESTABLISHING BRAND NEW PROGRAMS
LIKE THE TWO BILLION DOLLARS
PROVIDED TO THE ACCELERATOR
PROGRAM. WHICH HELPED ADDRESS
FUNDING GAPS IN SOME SHOVEL
READY PROJECTS THAT WERE WAITING
FOR TAX CREDITS. TO HELP THOSE
MOVE FORWARD MORE QUICKLY. THE
STATE ALSO PROVIDED ABOUT FIVE
POINT FOUR BILLION DOLLARS
TOWARDS THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
ON HOMELESSNESS THEY'RE
PRIMARILY PROVIDING. FLEXIBLE
FUNDING TOWARDS LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. TWO POINT THREE
BILLION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES- PRIMARILY TO
EXPAND HOUSING SUPPORTS FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN
SOME OF THE STATE SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS LIKE HOW IT WORKS. AN
ADDITIONAL TWO BILLION WAS
PROVIDED TOWARDS ADDITIONAL TAX
CREDITS. AND ABOUT ONE BILLION
TOWARDS CALLIE CAFE TO HELP
FINANCE SOME DEVELOPMENTS LIKE
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS- HEY IF
YOU TURN THE PAGE TO BEGIN TO GO
PROVIDE SOME HIGH LEVEL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE'S
CURRENT APPROACH TO OVERSIGHT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY. OVERALL
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S JUST A
LOT OF VERY ABILITY AND WHERE
THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE
ESTABLISHED- WHAT ARE THE
REPORTING INTERVALS. WHAT DATA
ACTUALLY COMES TO THE
LEGISLATURE WHETHER THAT COMES
AUTOMATICALLY OR VIA REQUEST WE
WILL NOTE THAT IN RECENT YEARS
THERE HAS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT
IN THE USE OF ELECTRONIC
DASHBOARDS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
SO YOU CAN TRACK THE PERFORMANCE
OF PROGRAMS MORE READILY- BOTH
EACH CD AND DSF- CAPITAL
PROGRESS IN THIS AREA FOR SOME
OF THE PROGRAMS THEY ADMINISTER-
BUT- OVERALL WE DO KNOW THAT
IT'S MUCH. EASIER TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT SPENDING
EXPENDITURES AND USES. RATHER
THAN TO THE MORE- HOW COME BASED
ON FOR TO SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
OF INTEREST OF THE LEGISLATURE
FOR EXAMPLE IT'S HARDER TO
DISTRACT THE DURATION OF HOUSING
STABILITY FOR EXAMPLE. OR THE
ROUTE ME TO RETURN FOR
HOMELESSNESS IT JUST TAKES MORE
TIME TO TALK FOR COMPLICATED.
I'M SO WE DO SEE- GENERALLY SORT
OF MORE SPENDING AND USE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ALTHOUGH
WE COULDN'T HAVE NOTED THAT
THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS ON
THIS FRONT OVER THE OVER THE
YEARS. ON PAGE SIX TO PROVIDE A
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF FOUR KEY
STATE HOMELESSNESS DEPARTMENT
THESE BEAN. HOME KEY CAP THE
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE HOMELESS
HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
PREVENTION PROGRAM AS WELL AS
ACCOUNT INCOMING RESOLUTION
FUNDING PROGRAM AND THE FAMILY
HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGE. PROGRAM
THE TABLE PROVIDES. INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDING THE STATE
ALLOCATED TOWARD THESE PROGRAMS-
HOW MUCH HAS BEEN AWARDED
GENERALLY AWARDS GO TO CITIES
COUNTIES THE CONTINUANCE OF
CARE. AND WE'RE FUNDING REMAINS
WITH THE TIMELINE FOR GETTING
THAT FUNDING OUT. IT IS. THE
REMAINDER OF THE HAND OUT GO
THROUGH EACH OF THESE FOUR
PROGRAMS IN TURN AND BEGINS TO
PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW WE
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THESE
PROGRAMS ARE WORKING SELF. AND
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION QUICKLY- TURNING TO
PAGE SEVEN WE BEGIN THE
DISCUSSION OF HOME KEY. WHICH
ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
ACQUIRE AND REHABILITATE
PROPERTIES LIKE MOTELS AND
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. AS YOU
CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE OVER TWO
POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS HAS
BEEN AWARDED SO FAR ACROSS TWO
ROUNDS IN. THE VARIOUS REGIONS
ACROSS THE STATE- A LOT OF THE
FUNDING WENT TO LOS ANGELES
COUNTY WERE OVER FOUR THOUSAND
UNITS ARE ANTICIPATED. DUE TO
THIS PROGRAM. THE TABLE ON THE
NEXT PAGE PROVIDES MORE
INFORMATION ON THE STATUS UPDATE
AS YOU CAN SEE OVERALL HOKEY HAS
FUNDED TWO HUNDRED AND TEN
PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE. WHICH
COLLECTIVELY ARE EXPECTED TO
CREATE ABOUT- THIRTEEN THOUSAND
UNITS. BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE
UNITS HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT
GUARANTEE AFFORDABILITY OVER A
FIFTY FIVE YEAR TERM. IN ALL THE
ADMINISTRATION ANTICIPATES THAT
THESE UNITS WOULD. HOUSE ABOUT-
TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE OVER THEIR LIFE- ALL OF
THE ROUND ONE FUNDING FOR HUNKY
HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. AS WELL AS
ROUND TWO. THERE WERE
SIGNIFICANT DEMAND IN THE- ROUND
TWO FUNDING TO SOME OF THE ROUND
THREE FUNDING WITH EVEN
ACCELERATED. AND SO IN ALL
THERE'S ABOUT NINE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS REMAINING IN
HOME KEY THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO
BE AWARDED LATER THIS YEAR. AND
ONCE THAT FUNDING IS ALLOCATED
THAT WOULD EXHAUST ALL OF THE
CURRENTLY APPROPRIATED OR
PROPOSED FUNDING FOR HUNKY. IF
YOU TURN THE PAGE THERE'S A
DISCUSSION OF THE HEART PROGRAM.
WHICH PROVIDES FLEXIBLE FUNDING
INTO LARGE CITIES CONTINUANCE OF
CARE- AND COUNTIES. AS WELL AS A
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE TABLE
THAT SPANS PAGE NINE AND TEN
PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF THE
PROGRAM. THE CROSS THE FIRST TWO
ROUNDS OF HAPPENED DEAN- WHICH
LOCALS HAVE HAD ACCESS TO FOR
SOME TIME A TOTAL OF EIGHT
HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE MILLION
DOLLARS OF THE NINE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY- HAPPENING COVERED BY
LOCALS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT'S ABOUT.
86% OF THE FUNDING AND CONVERT-
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SEVEN REMAINS AN OBLIGATED. IT'S
ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TEN WE LAY
OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE
KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE SERVED
THEM IN ALL. NEARLY SEVENTY FIVE
THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS AND
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FAMILIES WITH
DEPENDENT CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
SERVED. THROUGH THOSE FIRST TWO
ROUNDS OF HAPPY- THE HALF ROUND
THREE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH
THE TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO FISCAL
YEAR ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS
WERE RECENTLY MADE AVAILABLE. TO
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING REVIEWED
BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR HALF
BROWN THREE- THE BUDGET ALREADY
INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL BILLION
DOLLARS. FOR THE TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR FISCAL YEAR WHICH
WOULD BE ADMINISTERED IN THE
COMING YEAR AND THAT WOULD. ONCE
AGAIN TO THE EXHAUST THE
CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR
THIS PROGRAM- A FEW HIGH LEVEL
OUTLET. HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM WE HAVE SEEN OVER TIME
THAT THERE'S BEEN MORE
PARTNERSHIP CULTIVATED AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL AND APPLYING FOR
THESE FUNDS AND USING THEM FOR-
USING- THE FUNDS MORE
COLLABORATIVE LEE. WE'VE ALSO
SEEN THE MOST EVOLUTION IN THE
OVERSIGHT APPROACH TO THE HEALTH
PROGRAM OVER TIME INITIALLY AS I
MENTIONED THOSE FIRST TWO
ROUNDS. OF THE TRACKING WAS
AROUND EXPENDITURE AND USING
SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
BEGINNING WITH ROUND THREE AND
THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO
FISCAL YEAR- THANKS STATE LOST
IT- W. REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCALS
TO DEVELOP ACTION PLANS TO
REALLY SORT OF SET THE GOALS FOR
HOW THEY PLAN TO USE THE
FUNDING. AND SORT OF SEEN THAT
MOVE FORWARD NOW- ONE THAT
CHALLENGES JUST GIVING THE LAG
IN REPORTING INFORMATION. THE
FIRST REPORTS- OF THAT ROUND
THREE FUNDING WON'T BE AVAILABLE
TILL DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST
TWENTY TWENTY THREE. JUST AFTER
WHEN THE LEGISLATURES BEING
ASKED TO CONSIDER THE ROUND
FIVE- IMPLEMENTATION LEGISLATION
. AND JUST TO A PRO- THE- ARE
FUND PROGRAM ON THE NEXT PAGE
PAGE TWELVE JUST HIGHLIGHTS. HOW
OLD THE CHEMIN FUNDING HAS BEEN
PROVIDED OVER RECENT YEARS AS
YOU CAN SEE- TWO ROUNDS OF
FUNDING HAVE DISTRIBUTED NEARLY
NINETY SIX MILLION DOLLARS
ACROSS VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS-
THE ROUND TWO DISBURSEMENTS- WAS
FIRST AND FOREMOST GIVEN TO
APPLICANTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE
FUNDING AVAILABLE UNDERGROUND
ONE BECAUSE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
DEMAND FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND THE
FINAL CRUNCH ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS ANTICIPATED TO
GO OUT. IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR
AND ONCE AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER
AREA WHERE THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL
FUNDING PROPOSED FOR AUTHORIZED-
FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND FINALLY
THE FAMILY HOMELESS CHALLENGE
GRANTS MADE ABOUT FORTY BILLION
DOLLARS AVAILABLE PART
SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. FROM THIS PROGRAM
WE'VE SEEN ABOUT SEVENTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS BE ALLOCATED SO
FAR- APPLICANTS ADD TO THAT THEY
BE ABLE TO SERVE NEARLY TWO
THOUSAND FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT
CHILDREN WITH THIS FUNDING. THE
REMAINING FUNDING WILL BE
AVAILABLE TO THOSE SAME
CANDIDATES AS ROUND ONE THAT
DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY CONTINUE
TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT JUST GIVES
YOU A HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION
AROUND HOW MUCH FUNDING HAS
BEEN. ALLOCATED SO FAR WHAT
REMAINS AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
THIS PROGRAM SO FAR HAPPY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS
MORALIS- WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
THE PANEL AND HAVE QUESTIONS AT
THE END. NEXT WE'LL BE HEARING
FROM SECRETARY LUTHER SCOTT
SPOKE TO MEET. YOU AT THE- THANK
YOU- CHAIR- AND WHAT OTHER GIL
THANK YOU AT. CLOSER HERE YOU GO
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU- SENATOR
ABOUT ANOTHER BILL- AND US
SENATOR WIENER HELLO AND THANK
YOU TO. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
ABLE TO TESTIFY HERE TODAY AS
MENTIONED I'M NEW TO THIS
CUSTOMER FOR ME THIS AND I SERVE
AS SECRETARY OF. THE CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS CONSUMER SERVICES AND
HOUSING AGENCY I AM ALSO THE CO
CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS- AND- WANT TO. LEAD
OFF WITH JUST- SOME CONTEXT AND
BACKGROUND- SOME OF THIS
INFORMATION MAY SOUND FAMILIAR-
BASED ON DR- BECAUSE SHELLS AND
PRESENTATION BUT I THINK IT'S
STILL IMPORTANT TO BE GROUNDED
IN THEM A FEW FACTS. LIKE MANY
STATES ACROSS THE NATION
CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGES HAVE
BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING WE
SIMPLY HAVE NOT BUILDING UP
HOUSING. THE PROBLEM IS SO
SEVERE THAT FOR EVERY ONE
HUNDRED LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
THERE ARE LESS THAN THIRTY
AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE HOMES.
LIMITED HOUSING SUPPLY AND HIGH
RENTS ARE SQUEEZING LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. AND ALSO PLACING
THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS AND THIS IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING
BLACK INDIGENOUS LATINOS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO YOU HAVE TO
STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT THE MOST
EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO
HOMELESSNESS IS TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING. AND HOUSING THAT MEETS
PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND SO
WE'RE FOCUSED ON HOUSING
INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE
AT. IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND
ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING SO-
WITH THE FOCUS. ON BEING PERSON
CENTERED. TODAY I WILL PROVIDE A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STATE'S
COORDINATED RESPONSE TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS A
COLLECTIVE EFFORT- IT'S A
COLLECTIVE EFFORT EFFORT THAT
FOCUSES ON BUILDING MORE.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MORE QUICKLY
. IT'S A EFFORT THAT IS PERSON
CENTERED AS A STATE. AND THIS IS
A BAND OR A QUICK FIX. IT REALLY
REQUIRES CONTINUING TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES
TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES AND TO
IMPLEMENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT
ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE URGENCY OF
THE MOMENT WHILE BUILDING
LASTING RESULTS. AND POSITIVE
PEOPLE OUTCOMES. THE STATE'S
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS
COORDINATED BY THE CALIFORNIA
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS THE COUNCIL
OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE STATE'S HOUSING FIRST
POLICIES. AND PROMOTES SYSTEM
LEVEL PROBLEM SOLVING. JUST TWO
YEARS AGO THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
THE ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING
AND ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA. AND LAUNCH THE
HOMELESS DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM
ALSO KNOWN AS H. C. I. S. BOTH
ACTIONS WERE THE FIRST OF THEIR
KIND TO PROVIDE A COORDINATED
STATE LEVEL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND
DATA STRATEGY. LAST YEAR AS
MENTIONED SECRETARY KELLY AND I
BECAME CO CHAIRS OF THE COUNCIL
THIS WAS DONE TO ENHANCE THE
VITAL COORDINATION THAT IS
REQUIRED BETWEEN HOUSING HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES. AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS WERE FOCUSED ON
ADVANCING BEST PRACTICES
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE-
DEVELOPING POLICIES AND
ADVANCING RESEARCH INCLUDING THE
RECENTLY RELEASED STATE WIDE
LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT. THE
COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE ITS WORK
TO ALIGN SYSTEMS AND INVESTMENTS
TO EXPAND THE SPECTRUM OF
SUPPORTS THAT ARE NECESSARY. AS
WE SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. AND KEY TO THIS
MISSION IS OUR SHARED GOAL TO
BUILD MORE HOUSING- BUILD MORE
HOUSING IN EVERY COMMUNITY LARGE
AND SMALL. TO ADVANCE THIS GOAL
WERE IMPLEMENTING AND THE RATE
OF HOUSING POLICIES WITH
PROMISING SUCCESS. WE'RE MAKING
SURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
PLANNED FOR TWO POINT FIVE
MILLION HOMES STATEWIDE. THROUGH
OUR CURRENT PLANNING CYCLE AND
THAT'S WAS MENTIONED EARLIER
WERE REQUIRING THAT ONE MILLION
OF THESE BE AFFORDABLE TO LOW
INCOME CALIFORNIANS. WE'RE ALSO
WITNESSING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
IN FAST TRACKING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING APPROVALS INCLUDING
THOUSANDS OF UNITS THAT HAVE
BEEN. PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF
THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE SP THIRTY
FIVE WHICH HAS PROVIDED NEW
STREAMLINING AUTHORITY BOOSTING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
. ADDITIONALLY THE NUMBER OF
EIGHTY USE ALSO KNOWN AS SCOTT
SEAT US OR GRANNY FLATS HAS
GROWN EXPONENTIALLY FROM LESS
THAN TWO THOUSAND PERMITTED
STATEWIDE IN TWENTY SIXTEEN TO
MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND AND
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THAT'S A
TOUGH TEN FOLD INCREASE OVER THE
COURSE OF FIVE YEARS. AND
THOUSANDS OF HOUSING UNITS HAVE
BEEN UNLOCKED BY ATVS H. C. D.'S
HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY UNIT AS
THEY CONTINUE ENFORCING THE
STATE'S HOUSING LOSS. AS THE
GOVERNOR HAS MADE CLEAR WE WILL
USE EVERY TOOL TO ENSURE THAT
JURISDICTIONS FULFILL THEIR
STATE HOUSING LAW OBLIGATIONS.
TO COMPLEMENT OUR HOUSING POLICY
WORK WE ARE ALSO DELIVERING
UNPRECEDENTED STATE RESOURCES TO
COMMUNITIES. FROM CAPITAL
FINANCING TO ACCELERATE THE
PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TO AN INFUSION OF FLEXIBLE STATE
FUNDS TO CITIES COUNTIES AND
CONTINUANCE OF CARE. THE RETURN
OF THESE. HOUSING INVESTMENTS
IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME RETURN
BUT IT'S A MULTI GENERATIONAL.
BECAUSE OF THE FIFTY FIVE YEAR
FORD ABILITY COVENANTS WERE
ESTIMATING THAT EACH UNIT WILL
SERVE SEVEN DIFFERENT FAMILIES
OVER THE SPAN OF THE FIFTY FIVE
YEARS. WHILE OUR STATE AND MANY
ACROSS THE NATION HAVE WITNESSED
INCREASES IN UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS WE HAVE SEEN SOME
VERY ENCOURAGING TRENDS. FROM
TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY
TWO UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN
CALIFORNIA INCREASED AT HALF THE
RATE OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
ACCORDING TO HIDE. WE ATTRIBUTE
THIS PROGRESS TO OUR PETS
PANDEMIC RELIEF EFFORTS
INCLUDING PROJECT ROOM KEY HOME
KEY AND PROVIDING EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE STATE. IT
IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT
EVERY PERSON THAT SAID RISK OF
OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
NEEDS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. IN FACT MOST DON'T
RATHER WHAT THEY NEED LIKE YOU
AND ME IS AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO
CALL HOME. TO THAT END WE'RE
UTILIZING STATE RESOURCES TO
BUILD MORE UNITS THAT ARE
AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS AND PEOPLE EXITING
HOMELESSNESS. FROM TWENTY
EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE
THE STATE FUND FINANCED ALMOST
SIXTY THOUSAND PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND WE
HAVE TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND MORE
IN THE PIPELINE. AND THESE
NUMBERS OF COURSE DON'T. CAPTURE
THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE
BEING CREATED A WITHOUT ANY
STATE SUBSIDY. SO I'M OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THE MOMENTUM I'M
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT-
PROVIDING REAL LASTING CHANGE
REQUIRES A POLICY RESPONSE THAT
ADDRESSES THE FULL SPECTRUM OF
SUPPORTS WHICH REQUIRES ALL OF
US- INTO YOU'LL HEAR- SOON FROM.
HHS IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE
CONTINUING TO ADVANCE THIS WORK
. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS I
HAD VISITED COMMUNITIES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA TO LEARN ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THEIR HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS ADVANCEMENTS. I'VE
SEEN THE JOY AND THE RELIEF ON
PEOPLE'S FACES AS THEY ARE
WELCOMED INTO THEIR NEW HOMES.
AND I HAVE ALSO FELT THE EMOTION
OF A MOTHER'S HEART AS SHE HAS
SHARED WHAT IT MEANT FOR HER
CHILDREN TO MOVE OUT OF THE CAR
IN INTO A HOME. EACH COMMUNITY
HAS FOLLOWED THEIR OWN UNIQUE
APPROACH WHILE CENTERING EQUITY
AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE THERE. AND USING THE
APPROACHES THAT WE KNOW WORK
FROM SALINAS TO SAN DIEGO FROM
RIVERSIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE TO LOS ANGELES
WHAT IS CONSISTENT IS A
WILLINGNESS IN A SHARED
COMMITMENT TO BUILD. MORE
DIGNIFIED AFFORDABLE PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO CALL HOME. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIP AND- THAT WILL BE
PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ONCE MY COLLEAGUES. THAT PROVIDE
THE REMARKS THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MISS GOT THROUGH- METIS AND FOR
BRINGING US HOPE ENDING WITH
HOPE AND THE JOY PART I THINK
THAT. YOU KNOW THIS IS A TOPIC
THAT REALLY IS- DEVASTATING. AND
REMINDING US THAT YOU KNOW THERE
IS SOME LIGHT AT THE END FOR US
TO AIM TOWARDS A THANK YOU FOR
CORRECTING THAT UP- WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY
CURRENTLY CANADA. MANY THANKS HI
FOLKS CORINNE BUCHANAN A SERVICE
OUR DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR POLICY
INTERDIGITAL INNING AT THE
CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES AGENCY. I WANNA THANK
YOU SIR TO CUSTOMERS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP I DON'T THINK WE
COULD ASK FOR A BETTER HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY CHAMPION HERE IN
CALIFORNIA SO THANK YOU DEEPLY
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP- AS YOU
HEARD IT CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS THE MAKE
UP IS NEW. AND OUR KELLY TEACH
THAT IT KELLY TO JUST
SECRETARIES AFTER MARK ALI
SERVES AS THE CO CHAIR ALONGSIDE
SECRETARY CASTER IN HERE AS WE
GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TOGETHER THESE DAYS- IN THIS NEW
ROLE CALLIE GHS IS FOCUSING OUR
ENERGY ON THE INTEGRATION. OF
HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES AND
HOUSING TO MEET THE WHOLE PERSON
NEEDS. OF CALIFORNIANS WERE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS- THERE
ARE SIX KELLY TO TRUST
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED
ON THE COUNCIL. AND WE ARE
WORKING BOTH TO MAKE OUR
MAINSTREAM SERVICES RESPONSIVE
TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AS
WELL AS IMPLEMENTING HOUSING
PROGRAMS HERE WITHIN OUR AGENCY
THAT PROVIDE DIRECT HOUSING
ASSISTANCE. TO PLACES WHERE WE
HAVE MADE REALLY SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN THOSE HOUSING
INTERVENTIONS. AND THE SUPPORT
OF SERVICES THAT MUST GO ALONG
WITH THEM. OUR IN OUR SOCIAL
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS AND IN OUR
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS. SO
YOU'LL HEAR MORE TODAY ABOUT
THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
FROM DIRECTOR JOHNSON- INCLUDING
OUR PROGRESS TO DATE. AND I'LL
BE HIGHLIGHTING OUR FOCUS ON
THOSE WITH THE MOST COMPLEX CARE
NEEDS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. AS
WE'VE HEARD. TODAY WELL THEY
DON'T MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS.
THEY MAKE UP A SIDE PER- AND
WE'RE THINKING REALLY
SPECIFICALLY HOW TO MEET THEIR
UNIQUE NEEDS- DEPARTMENTS ACROSS
OUR AGENCY ARE PART OF A
COLLECTIVE STRATEGY TO END
HOMELESSNESS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGING'S MASTER PLAN- FOR
AGING. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES ROLE IN
ADDRESSING HOUSING STABILITY FOR
THEIR CONSUMERS AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS IN
THEIR WORK TO ADVANCE MENTAL
HEALTH DIVERSION AND COMMUNITY
BASED RESTORATION. AND KEY TO
THE APPROACH ACROSS OUR AGENCY
IS ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES
AMONG CALIFORNIANS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS- WITH BLACK AND
NATIVE AMERICANS OVER
REPRESENTED IN OUR HOMELESS
POPULATION FOR THIS REASON WE
MUST SETTLE RETREAT CENTER
RACIAL EQUITY AND OUR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT WERE ADMINISTERING. AND
WE'RE COMMITTED TO USING A
RACIAL EQUITY LENS AS WE ARE
DESIGNING- PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
AS WERE IMPLEMENTING THOSE
PROGRAMS AND ADS WERE EVALUATING
THOSE PROGRAMS. I'M BACK TO THAT
COMPLEX CARE NEEDS- BETWEEN
TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY TWENTY
TWO WHICH IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR
MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME DATA.
WE SAW 23% INCREASE IN PEOPLE
COUNTED AS SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL
REACHING NEARLY FORTY THOUSAND
INDIVIDUALS AND TWENTY TWENTY
TWO. DURING THAT SAME TIME
PERIOD WE SAW A 77% INCREASE IN.
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS TO OVER
SIXTY THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS WHICH
AS YOU MAY KNOW IS DEFINED BY
BOTH THE LENGTH OF TIME HOMELESS
IN THE PRESENCE OF A DISABLING
CONDITION. ADDRESSING THE NEEDS
OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH THOSE
COMPLEX CARE NEEDS IS REALLY
FRONT AND CENTER IN OUR
APPROACH. AND IN OUR EFFORTS TO
PROVIDE HOUSING AS A STABILIZING
FORCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
AND HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVERSEEING SEVEN HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS THAT ARE
EMBEDDED IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES
DELIVERY SYSTEM- WITH ONE TIME
PROGRAM EXPANSION DOLLARS OF
OVER TWO BILLION DOLLARS
INVESTED OVER THE LAST. TWO
YEARS TO SERVE FAMILIES IN THE
CAL WORKS PROGRAM IN THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM AS WELL AS TO
SERVE SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH
DISABILITIES. INCLUDING THOSE
WHO ARE CONNECTED TO ADULT
PROTECTIVE SERVICES THOSE WHO
CAN BE CONNECTED TO SSI BENEFIT
CA GETTING THOSE LONG TERM-
INCOME SUPPORTS FOR PEOPLE TO
STAY HOUSED- AS WELL AS PROJECT
ROOM KEY OUR HOTEL AND MOTEL
EFFORT IN RESPONSE TO COOK AT
NINETEEN. IN THE COMMUNITY CARE
EXPANSION PROGRAM WHICH IS A
CAPITAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO
EXPAND AND PRESERVE BOARDING
CARE SETTINGS AND OTHER
SUPPORTIVE SETTINGS THAT CAN
SERVE PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX CARE
NEEDS. AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM
DIRECTOR JOHNSON IN JUST A
MOMENT- THESE DSS PROGRAMS I
LIKE TO CALL THEM. A
MANIFESTATION OF OUR MOTTO OF
MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT-
BY OFFERING HOUSING SUPPORT IN A
WAY THAT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE
DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR VULNERABLE
FAMILIES. AND INDIVIDUALS. SO
I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO
PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
OUR WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES WE'RE WE'RE
TAKING REALLY BIG STEPS. TO
ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DRIVE OF
HEALTH- AND HOUSING BEING CHIEF
AMONG THOSE FACTORS THAT
DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR HEALTH AS
YOU HEARD FROM DOCTOR WHO SHALL.
AS THE PRIMARY EQUITY TOOL WE
HAVE IN OUR SAFETY NET TOOLBOX
MEDI CAL SUPPORTS MANY OF THE
IMPORTANT HOUSING PROGRAMS WE'VE
LAUNCHED. CAL AIM HAS
ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS THAT
SUPPORT TEMPORARY HOUSING
SOLUTIONS PROVIDE RESOURCES TO
HELP BENEFICIARIES FIND OBTAIN
HOUSING AND PROVIDE THE CASE
MANAGEMENT AND CARE COORDINATION
THAT OFTEN HINDERS THE SUCCESS
OF. A PEOPLE WHO HAVE MULTIPLE
CHRONIC CONDITIONS WERE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FROM
ATTAINING AND MAINTAINING THEIR
HOUSING. CALIFORNIA WILL
CONTINUE TO MAXIMIZE AND
LEVERAGE FEDERAL RESOURCES. TO
SUPPORT HOUSING AND INTENDS TO
SEEK A NEW WAIVER WHICH WOULD
ALLOW FOR THE PROVISION OF UP TO
SIX MONTHS OF RENT OR TEMPORARY
HOUSING UNDER CERTAIN.
CONDITIONS WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT- DEPARTMENT HEALTH
CARE SERVICES IS ALSO
ADMINISTERING THE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM
WHICH ALLOWS FOR OUR MEDICARE
MANAGED CARE PLANS. TO EARN
INCENTIVE FUNDS FOR ACHIEVING
PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS BY KEEPING PEOPLE
HOUSED IN DEVELOPING THE
NECESSARY CAPACITY AND
PARTNERSHIPS TO CONNECT TO THEIR
MEMBERS THEIR BENEFICIARIES
MEDICAL BENEFICIARIES. TO THOSE
NEEDED HOUSING SERVICES- NEXT I
AM GONNA TALK ABOUT THREE
EFFORTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSED ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
THE FIRST IS THE CALIFORNIA AT
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMUNITY
BASED CONTINUUM WAIVER IT IS AN
ELEVEN FIFTEEN DEMONSTRATION
WAIVER THAT IS ALSO BEING
PURSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH
CARE SERVICES I TOLD YOU WE WERE
GOING FOR ALL OF EVERY EVERY.
EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND- TO REALLY
MOVE THE NEEDLE ON HOMELESSNESS
THIS WAIVER WOULD ALLOW US TO
EXPAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES IN MEDICARE
BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE LIVING
WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. AND
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE- WITH A
FOCUS ON CHILDREN A FOCUS ON
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND A FOCUS ON JUSTICE INVOLVED
INDIVIDUALS. AMONG MANY OTHER
THINGS WHICH I WON'T HAVE TIME
TO GET INTO TODAY- THIS WAIVER
WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR COUNTIES TO
COVER THE RENT OR TEMPORARY
HOUSING FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS FOR
CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES. THE
SECOND- BEHAVIOR HEALTH PROGRAM
IS CALLED THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
BRIDGE HOUSING PROGRAM AND I AM
HAPPY TO SHARE- THAT LAST MONTH
WE RELEASED THE FIRST ROUND.
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS OF WHAT
WILL TOTAL ONE POINT FIVE
BILLION. IN FUNDING TO COUNTIES
TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE HOUSING
NEEDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH SERIOUS
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
AND LASTLY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES ALONG WITH
OUR OUR TEAM AT THE CALIFORNIA
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
ARE SUPPORTING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARE ACT-
I'LL DO A NOD TO OUR SENATOR
UMBERG ON THE CARE ACT SIDE. A
NEW CIVIL COURT PROCESS THAT
WILL SERVE THOSE WITH THE MOST
SERIOUS UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS- TOO OFTEN- SUFFERING
IN OUR JAILS ARE ON OUR STREETS.
THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH CARE
SERVICES WILL PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE- AND DATA
AND EVALUATION WHICH WILL
INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING THE
HOUSING OUTCOMES OF THOSE SERVED
BY THIS NEW MODEL. WHICH FOCUSES
ON ACCOUNTABILITY BOTH FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL YEAH AND ON THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A HOLISTIC
CARE PLAN. THAT INCLUDES HOUSING
- IN CLOSING SHARE THAT TODAY'S
HEARING I THINK YEAH AND THE
PANEL IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
THAT IS REQUIRED ACROSS ALL
ENTITIES. HOUSING HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH PROGRAMS- TO DISCERN
EXISTING CHALLENGES AND TO ACT
FOR FUTURE SOLUTIONS. WITH YOUR
LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP THERE
HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT
SIGNALING OUR COLLECTIVE
RECOGNITION AND PARTNERSHIP. ON
THE IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY.
FRANKLY OF THIS ISSUE. AND OUR
STATE HAS MADE IT IN IN THE
SUPPORT COMMITMENTS TO ENDING
HOMELESSNESS WE HAVE ALSO MADE
COMMITMENTS TO HOLDING OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE IN NEW WAYS BOTH AT
THE STATE AND THE LOCAL LEVEL.
TO TURN OUR INVESTMENTS INTO
TRUE TANGIBLE RESOURCES WE NEED
MORE HOUSING WE NEED MORE RENTAL
SUBSIDIES WE NEED MORE SERVICES
AND SUPPORTS. FOR PEOPLE TO GET
AND STAY HOUSED AND THIS TRULY
TAKES CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION.
WE CAN'T EXPECT THIS WORK TO GET
DONE WITH THE SAME APPROACHES
WE'VE USED IN THE PAST WITH THE
SAME PEOPLE DOING THE WORK WE
NEED TO GET INNOVATIVE ON THE
HOUSING SIDE. AND WE NEED TO
GROW OUR WORK FORCE OF DIRECT
SERVICE STAFF WHO CAN OFFER REAL
SOLUTIONS. KELLY CHEST WE
WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT THIS
WORK IS POSSIBLE IF WE
PRIORITIZE IT. WE WANT TO THANK
THE STAKEHOLDERS TO COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE HEALTH CARE
PARTNERS WHO ARE PROVING EVERY
SINGLE DAY. THAT THIS IS
POSSIBLE THANK YOU. THANK YOU
DEPUTY SECRETARY AND I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT
FULL LANDS OF OTHER SERVICES
THAT ARE ATTACKING THE SAME
ISSUE. I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A
MOMENT WE HAVE TWO MORE
PANELISTS- I WILL SAY THAT IF
YOU HAVE A HAND OUT OR SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT
WHILE YOU'RE PRESENTING PLEASE.
MENTION THAT AT THE BEGINNING
WAS THERE ANY CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS BEFORE I. GO ON. OKAY
ALL RIGHT SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD
WITH- OUR DEBT DEPUTY SECRETARY
DUCK SHIKHA WITH CREMA. THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON SHELVES
AROUND A DELETE CHANT LENA AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY TODAY. I'M GONNA TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT DATA SOME OF
WHICH IS IN THE BACKGROUND AND I
NOTICED. AND THEN I'M GONNA TALK
ABOUT THE HOMELESS ASSESSMENT
WHICH THE SECTOR HE MENTIONED
AND THEN I'LL DO A VERY HIGH
LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS WHICH MISS MORALES HAS
ALREADY PROVIDE A LOT OF DETAILS
THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT- IN. MIND
GET PRETTY SECRETARY UP HE COULD
BECOME I LOOK FOR SECRET
CUSTOMER ON THE U. S. AT THE
BUSINESS CONSUMER SERVICES AND
HOUSING AGENCY. SO LITTLE BIT OF
A DATA- THE SECRETARY MENTIONED
H. D. I. S. THAT'S CALLED THE
HOMELESS DATA INTEGRATION
SYSTEM. AND THE SYSTEM WAS
LAUNCHED IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE SO
FAMILIES RECENTLY. BUT WHAT IT
DOES IS IT TAKES DATA FROM THE
FORTY FULL FEEL SEES CONTINUUM
OF CARE ENTITIES IS A HARD
MANDATED LOCAL ENTITIES THERE
ARE FORTY FOUR IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY ARE MANDATED BY HUD TO
COLLECT DATA ON WHO'S BEING
SERVED TO THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS.
BUT NOW FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
THE STATE HAS THE INTEGRATED ALL
THE DATA FROM THE FORTY FOUR
COMMUNITIES. AND WE ARE ABLE TO
GET A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OFF THE
DATA AGGREGATED AT THE STATE
LEVEL AND WE DON'T JUST COLLECT
THE DATA THIS IS STUFF. THAT
CLEANS THE DATA DE DUPLICATES
THE DATA SO WE ARE GETTING A
TRUE PICTURE OF UNDUPLICATED
CLIENTS SERVED. THROUGHOUT THE
STATE OF. CALIFORNIA AND THIS IS
REAL LEE A VERY POLISHED TOOL
LIKE I SAY LONG IN TWENTY TWENTY
AND ALL. AND I'LL GET TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT HOW WE ARE USING.
REALLY DO HELP LOCAL. AND ALL TO
HELP STATE. HOW LANE. ARE BEING
USED. SO ONE OF THE WAYS IT'S
USED IS THE- ASSESSMENT FOR I
THINK YOU THE HAVE ALL. THAT IS
REFLECTED IN THE BACK. AND THIS
IS A VERY TEN USE AGAIN OFTEN
INTEGRATION OF THE IT'S A THREE
YEAR STUDY PERIOD JULY FIRST
TWENTY EIGHTEEN. TO JUNE
THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY ONE SO
ALL THE TIME MENTIONED IS WITHIN
THAT THREE YEAR STUDY PERIOD.
SOME HIGH LEVEL TAKEAWAYS WHAT
THE STATE NOW WE CAN SEE DURING
THAT THREE A STATE STUDY PERIOD.
HELPED ALMOST SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. AND EACH CONSECUTIVE
YEAR IN THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD
THE STATE HELPED MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE THAT SHOWING THE REACH OF
THE INVESTMENTS THE STATE IS
MAKING. WAY EACH YEAR WE WERE
HELPING MORE. IT DOES SHE'LL AND
THIS IS VALIDATING WHAT WE ALL
KNOW UP THE OVER REPRESENTATION
OF BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
EXCEPTIONALLY. IN THE SYSTEM SO
THEY ARE OVER REPRESENTED FIVE
OR MORE TIMES MORE THAN THEIR
REPRESENTATION IN THE GENERAL
POPULATION. I WILL SECRETLY HERE
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT DATA BUT I
DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
IS SOMETHING WE REALLY CARE
DEEPLY ABOUT HOW TO REVERSE THIS
TRAJECTORY SPEAKING OF BREAKING
THE CYCLE. AROUND HOW CAN WE
REALLY THINK ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY
AND BUILDING THESE KINDS OF
GOALS WITHIN. THE FUNDS WE
PROVIDE TO THE PEOPLE THAT
PROVIDED THE TOOLS AND THE
RESOURCES AND ALSO SETTING GOALS
TO REALLY BREAK THE CYCLE AROUND
THE OVER REPRESENTATION. TELL
YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT
WHEN I GET TO THE GROUND SKIS.
WE ALSO STILL DOING THIS THREE
YEAR STUDY PERIOD THAT MOST OF
THE PEOPLE BEING SERVED THE OVER
THE AGE OF 2556% WELL OVER THE
AGE OF TWENTY FIVE. BUT AS
PROFESSOR CRUCIAL MENTIONED A
LARGE PROPORTION IN THE THREE
YEAR STUDY P. WOULD ALMOST 30%
TO AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS OLD.
YOU'RE SEEING YOU'RE SERVING A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE DOES
HOWEVER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO US
TO NOTE THAT TWENTY FOUR
PERCENT. DURING THIS THREE YEAR
STUDY PERIOD WITH CHILDREN UNDER
THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN SO BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT SURPRISING YOU HAVE A
SINGLE MOTHER A SINGLE PARENT
AND USUALLY THERE ARE TWO KIDS
IN THE FAMILY SAID GONNA SEE. A
LOT OF CHILDREN BEING SERVED UP
TO A DISTANCE OF 24% WITH
CHILDREN. 6% OF UNACCOMPANIED
YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF
EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY FOUR AND I
WILL SAY THAT A LARGE PROPORTION
EVEN IN THE FAMILY GROUP. HEADED
BY USE PAYMENTS- AND THEN.
FINALLY 10% OF INSURANCE. WE
LOOKED WEAK ALSO SEE. HAS
EMERGED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
266% OF THE FOLKS OF THAT SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND. WE HAD NOT
SEEN IN H. D. A. S. FOR THE LAST
TWO YEARS TO BE CONSIDERED IN
NEWLY HOMELESS EITHER THEY'VE
NEVER BEEN HOMELESS AND HOMELESS
FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALL THEY HAD
BEEN HOUSED FOR SOME TIME AND
THEY RE EMERGING IT'S HARD TO
KNOW BUT- THEN WE CONCEDED THAT
NEWLY HOMELESS ABOUT 66% ON THE
OTHER HAND THE- BUT 20% WHO WE
CONSIDER CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
MEANING THEY'D BE HOME THIS
FIFTY THREE YEAR. OVER A THREE
YEAR PERIOD. AND THEY HAD SOME
KIND OF DISABLING CONDITION
PHYSICAL MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE
USE ISSUES YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND
OF SPECTRUMS. TO THE POINT THAT
HAD BEEN RAISED IS A VERY
DIVERSE POPULATION AND THAT
NEEDS. NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL-
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FISCAL
ANALYSIS THE OTHER THING WE DID
FOR THE SERVICE NOT JUST THE H.
D. I. S. DATA WE ALSO LOOK
BECAUSE WHAT THE STATUTE
REQUIRED US TO DO- AMONG THE
STATE FAMILY WAS REALLY
INVESTING ALEC MINISTRY FUNDS
THAT COULD. ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS. THIRTY FIVE
PROGRAMS TO A IDENTIFIED AND
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS OF
THOSE THIRTY FIVE PROGRAMS OVER
THAT THREE YEAR STUDY PERIOD.
ALMOST NINE POINT SIX BILLION
DOLLARS. WAS BEING INVESTED TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS THE GOOD
NEWS IS OVER FIVE POINT FIVE
BILLION SO MORE THAN HALF OFF
THAT. WAS INVESTED TO PRESERVE A
PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND
WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS BEING
PRODUCED A PRESERVED AS THE
SECRET YOU MENTION ABOUT SIXTY
THOUSAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNITS WERE BEING PRODUCED A
PRESERVED. THROUGH DISINVESTMENT
INCLUDING OVER TEN THOUSAND THAT
WAS TARGETED FOR PEOPLE THAT
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME WITH
HOMELESS BACKGROUNDS- UNTIL DAYS
YOU CAN SEE THE SIKRI MENTIONED
THIS DOES NOT COUNT WHAT COMES
IN THE PIPELINE AFTER TWENTY
TWENTY ONE THIS IS ONLY THE
STUDY PERIOD. ALSO SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND EMERGENCY SHELTER AND
ENTERING HOUSING BEDS WOULD BE
CREATED SO WE NEED TO DO BOTH WE
NEED TO HELP PEOPLE COME OFF THE
STREET BUT WE ALSO BUILDING THAT
DEEP BENCH OF. AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AN
EXIT- SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE DATA ABOUT FIFTY PER.
WAS BEING TRACKED INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING OUTCOMES WHEN YOU LOOKED
AT THE DESTINATIONS 70% HAD
EXITED. 30% REMAINED IN THE
SYSTEM AND ALL OF THOSE WHO
EXITED WE DID SEE 24% WITH
UNKNOWN DESTINATIONS WHICH
AGAIN. IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH PLACES SOMETIMES TO PUT
PEOPLE INTO- AND SO THERE'S MORE
THAT WE WILL LEARN AS WE KEEP
DIGGING INTO THE DATA. I'M NOT
GOING TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THE GROUNDS- MISS
MORALES PROVIDED SOME OF THE
INFORMATION ALREADY SO I'LL JUST
MENTION A FEW THINGS THAT MIGHT
BE HELPFUL. HAPPY WHICH YOU
MENTIONED THE HOMELESS HOUSING
AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THIS IS
STILL FLEXIBLE ONE TIME FIVE
YEAR GRANT WHICH GOES OUT TO ALL
FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES. ALL FORTY
FULL CONTROL OF CAT ENTITIES AND
THE BIG CITIES. YOU CAN USE
THESE FLEXIBLE GROUNDS IN
MULTIPLE WAYS AND WHAT WE FOUND
IN ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO WHERE
WE HAVE THE DATA AROUND THREE.
DOLLARS ONLY WENT OUT IN THE
WINTER OF TWENTY TWENTY BECAUSE
IT'S BRAND NEW PEOPLE HAVEN'T
REALLY. STARTED USING THEM YET
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROUND ONE.
THEM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
EXPENDITURES LOCALITIES WERE
USING THEM FOR SHELTERS AND
NAVIGATION CENTERS AND OUTREACH.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROUND
TWO PEOPLE WERE USING IT AS
OPERATING SUBSIDY. MATCHING THEM
WITH THE HOME KEY PROJECTS YOU
CAN SEE THE HELP IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO REALLY ACTIVATE
HOME KEY PROJECTS. AT LEAST
BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE
DIETRICH DATA WE DO HAVE. AS I
MENTIONED ROUND THREE JUST WENT
OUT AND WE IN THE. MIDDLE OF
REVIEWING ROUND FULL. IT T. I.
S. IS THE- TO BECAUSE T. S. A
LOW US TO USE. THAT AS A BASE
DATA. FOR EVERY. THERE ARE A
HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS WE PROVIDED THE H. G.
I. S. DATA THAT WE RECEIVE FROM
THEM AS A BASELINE AND THEY HAD
TO USE THAT BASELINE DATA. TO
MEASURE THEIR GOALS FOR HELP
THREE THEY HAVE GOALS FOR TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR THAT THEY HAVE SET.
A LONG SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
METRICS LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
YOU GETTING INTO HOUSING HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE RETURNING FROM
HOUSING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU
SERVING. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
FIRST TIME HOME THIS WILL BE A
MEASURING ALL THOSE OUTCOMES BUT
WE HAVE A BASELINE DATA. THAT
APPLES TO APPLES NOW AND THAT
WILL HELP US MEASURE THEIR
PROGRESS IN TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
FOR ROUND THREE. AND FOR AROUND
FOR ONCE WE HAVE REVIEWED THE
LIST THOSE SCHOOLS WILL BE FOR
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. THIS IS A
GAME THE POLLOCK H. D. I. S.
PROVIDING. US THE BASELINE DATA
. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
MENTION IS I MENTIONED THE
RACIAL EQUITY GOALS. EACH OF THE
GOALS. IN THE HOMELESS LOCAL
ACTION PLANS. HAVE RACIAL EQUITY
GOALS EMBEDDED IN THEM THAT WE
WANT TO THE LOCALITIES TO TELL
US. WHAT ARE YOUR STRATEGIES TO
REALLY ADDRESS. HOMELESSNESS
AROUND UNDER SERVED AND OVER
REPRESENTED POPULATIONS AND WE
WANT THEM TO REPORT OUT ON THE
STRATEGIES. AND THE GOALS AROUND
RACIALLY CRITICAL IT'S
UNDERSERVED AND OVER REPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES. WE'LL ALSO HAVING A
YOUTH SET ASIDE TO HELP THREE
AND HALF FULL HAS A 10% YOU'D
SET ASIDE. I THINK THE ATHLETES
THE ADVOCATES TELL US THAT THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT PROVIDING KIND
OF DISSATISFIED BECAUSE IT
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PLAN AND BUILD
CAPACITY. AND I THINK WE CAN SEE
THAT BECAUSE OF THIS WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT
NATIONWIDE. CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY
HAD THE LARGEST ABSOLUTE
DECREASE AMONG YOUTH IN THE
NATION. THE V. SAW TWENTY FIVE
HUNDRED FEWER USE FROM TWENTY
TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY TWO THAT
WAS A 21% DECREASE. SO I THINK
THIS YOU SAID THE SITE IS REALLY
HELPING THE U. S. COMMUNITY
SERVE YOU IN A VERY PERSON
CENTRED WAY. AND FINALLY THERE'S
A TRIBAL SET ASIDE TODAY'S MONEY
THAT GOES OUT TO THE FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED TRIBES WE HAD A
TRIBAL LIAISON WHO IS FROM A
TRIBE AND HAS FORMALLY
EXPERIENCED BEING HOMELESS
HERSELF. THIS IS REALLY HELP
DESK CONSULTANT PROVIDE A VERY
TARGETED- PERSON CENTERED
APPROACH AMONG TRIBES. THAT HAVE
RECEIVED THE HEADSET DECIDE. WE
ALSO HAVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUND IS A
COMPETITIVE GRANT FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS WENT OUT LAST SPRING.
AND AS- MISS MORALES MENTIONED A
WHEN WE GOT THE INVESTMENT FOR
ROUND TWO WE USED SOME MONEY
FROM ROUND TWO TO GO BACK AND
LOOK AT WHO HAD APPLIED IN ROUND
ONE. AND IF THEY'VE MET THE
QUALITY STANDARDS WE FUNDED THEM
AS WELL SO ABOUT A HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS HAS GONE OUT. IN
CANCELING RESOLUTION GRANTEES OF
ABOUT TWENTY SIX COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN WE WILL. HATE AROUND TO
THE REMAINED AT ABOUT TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS
THAT'S BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW
THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN.
AND THANKS TO THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THE LEGISLATURE THIS AROUND
THREE THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN
DECEMBER LATER THIS YEAR- AND
THEN FINALLY FAMILY CHALLENGES
MISS MORALIS MENTIONED SEVENTEEN
MILLION HAS GONE OUT. VISA FOR
YOUR GROUNDS REALLY LOOKING AT
INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT FAMILIES
CAN BE SERVED AND THAT. WENT OUT
TO TEN GRANTEES. AS HE MENTION
AS MISS MORALIS MENTORED HALF IS
COMING UP THAT'S ANOTHER BILLION
DOLLARS AND HAS THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS SIGNALED.
THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE
TO THINK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WELL AS YOU KNOW PRO HOUSING
POLICIES ARE MAKING A REAL
DIFFERENCE HOWEVER SOME
COMMUNITIES NEED ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT AND SO THE
ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO PURSUE
STATUTORY CHANGES TO PRIORITIZE.
NOT ONLY SPENDING ON ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS HOME KEY OPERATING
SUSTAINABILITY BUT IT COULD BE
ACCOMPANIED BY EXPANDED HOUSING
STREAMLINING PROVISIONS STILL
MORE TO COME ON THAT. AND THEN
FINALLY EVEN THOUGH H. C. STARCK
HERE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO PROVIDE SOME- HIGH LEVEL
FRAMING AND TAKEAWAYS ON EACH
CITY'S INVESTMENT WHICH IS
REALLY ABOUT HOUSING PRODUCTION-
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE
PANEL. IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT
HOW H. C. D.'S WORKING IN TANDEM
WITH THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
IN THE HALF FLEXIBLE SUBSIDIES
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF
US WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY
CREATE THE INVESTMENTS WE.
NEEDED AS THE SECRETARY
MENTIONED. ALL THE UNITS THAT A
CITY. IS FOR EXTREME LOW IN
HOUSEHOLDS ON THIS HOUSEHOLDS
WOULD NOT JUST ONE KEY ALL DAY.
AND INVESTMENTS HOLD THE UNITS
AFFORDABLE FOR FIFTY FIVE YEARS-
SINCE TWENTY TWENTY WHOM HE HAS
AWARDED OVER TWO POINT SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS TO TWO HUNDRED
AND TEN PROJECTS TOTALING
THIRTEEN THOUSAND AFFORDABLE
UNITS. AND EACH CITY ALSO
PROVIDED INITIAL OPERATING
SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS
INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN FUNDING
FOR OPERATING SUPPORT. IF THE
PROJECT WAS SERVING PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS WELL IF THE UNIT
SERVED HOMELESS YOUTH. 60% OF
THE ROUND TWO HOME Q. WHAT HE'S
CREATED PERMANENT HOUSING WHICH
IS UP FROM 40% IN ROUND ONE. AND
AS YOU HEARD THEY'LL BE ANOTHER
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS AVAILABLE LATER THIS
SPRING FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROUND
OF FUNDING. HELLO JUST CLOSE TO
A KNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT EVERYBODY
HAS BEEN SAYING AND AGREED THAT
THIS IS AN ALL OF GOVERNMENT
APPROACH WE'RE TAKING HERE. ANY
TRUTH REALLY TAKE ALL OF US
WORKING FOR SOME TIME TO REVERSE
THE TRAJECTORY AND BREAK THE
CYCLE THANK YOU. SO MUCH WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP MOVING ALONG I
KNOW THAT TIME IS OF ESSENCE
HERE- WE'LL MOVE DIRECTOR KIM
JOHNSON. THANK YOU TEARS- AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS KIM JOHNSON
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES AND APPRECIATE THE
INVITATION TO JOIN THIS
AFTERNOON THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES HOMELESS HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS DIVISION DESIGN
SUPPORTS AND OVERSEES THE
DELIVERY OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE
TAILORED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
CHILDREN. FAMILIES OLDER ADULTS
AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR
HOUSING INSTABILITY. AS YOU'VE
HEARD DEPUTY SECRETARY BECAME
MENTION EACH PROGRAM IS EMBEDDED
INTO THE BROADER SOCIAL SAFETY
NET PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MEET
PARTICIPANTS WHERE THEY'RE AT IT
INTEGRATES SERVICES EFFECTIVELY
THIS INCLUDES SERVICES PROVIDED
BY THE COW WORKS PROGRAM CHILD
WELFARE SERVICES SYSTEM ADULT
PROTECTIVE SUITS ADULT
PROTECTIVE SERVICES. AND
DISABILITY BENEFITS SERVICES AT
EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS AS YOU'VE
HEARD AT THE DOCTOR SHALL
UTILIZE THAT HOUSING FIRST
APPROACH. TO PAGE TEN OF YOUR
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE
SEVEN HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS THAT WE OVERSEE IT AS
YOU'VE MENTIONED HEARD- WE WERE
AT GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE ONE TIME
PROGRAM EXPANSION DOLLARS BY THE
LEGISLATURE. AND THE GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR TOTALING MORE THAN TWO
BILLION DOLLARS INVESTED OVER
THE LAST TWO YEARS. THESE
PROGRAMS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO
COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THE
STATE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES AND
WORKS WITH GRANTEES TO BLEND AND
BERATED THE TREMENDOUS
INSIGNIFICANT STATE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WITH THAT
WIDE ARRAY. OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL
SERVICE INTERVENTIONS. I'M
PLEASED TO REPORT THAT AS OF
JANUARY OF TWENTY TWO THE
DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ALL OF THESE
BANDS AVAILABLE THE OPTICAL
APPLICABLE FUNDING NOTICES AND
HAS AWARDED OVER ONE POINT FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS IN FINES TO OVER
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
GRANTEES. TO IMPLEMENT THESE
PROGRAMS STATEWIDE THE REMAINING
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION IS
AVAILABLE VIA RELEVANT FUNDING
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF REVIEWING SUBMITTED
APPLICATIONS. THE CRITERIA FOR
AWARDING THESE FUNDS AS
DESCRIBED IN OUR DEFENDING
NOTICES BUT OUR METRICS INCLUDE.
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND
ROLLED THE SERVICES PROVIDED IN
THE HOUSING CUTS OUTCOMES WHICH
I'LL SPEAK TO IN JUST A MOMENT.
ALONG WITH THE SIGNIFICANT ANY
EXPANSIONS. THE PROGRAM L. TO
BILITY WAS X. TO SERVE FAMILY
OLDER. IN A WITH THIS. THAT OF
HOME WHO ARE NOT YET IN RECEIPT
OF AN EVICTION NOTICE WHICH
ALLOWS GRANTEES TO HELP STEM THE
INFLOW. INTO THE HOMELESSNESS
SYSTEM ON THE PREVENTATIVE AND
PROVIDE SERVICES. AND SUPPORTS
FURTHER UPSTREAM. ADDITIONALLY
THE ALL OF THE ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS PROVIDE MULTI YEAR
SPENDING AUTHORITY TO ENSURE
GRANTEES CAN CAN COMMIT TO
LONGER TERM SUPPORT FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE
ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS. THIS
ALLOWS LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT
FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES
AND SUPPORTS IN RESPONSE TO
INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS WHETHER
THEY BE THAT SHORT TERM OR ONE
TIME INTERVENTION OR LONGER TERM
SERVICES AND SUPPORT. AGAIN WANT
TO NOTE THAT THE IMPORTANCE AND
JUST APPRECIATE ON THE GROUND
ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING
LOCALLY. AT THE STATE HAS
PROVIDED ROBUST AND TAILORED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH A
NUMBER OF PARTNERS TO ENSURE
THAT THESE FUNDS CAN BE.
LEVERAGING OFF OFF THE GROUND WE
ALSO HAVE AGAIN FOCUSED OUR WORK
WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO THESE.
RESOURCES HAVE. ENGAGED IN
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION WITH TRIBES TO
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE. COMPLETELY
ACCESSIBLE AND FIVE OF OUR SEVEN
PROGRAMS DESIGNATE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AS ELIGIBLE GRANTEES
. AS WAS MENTIONED IN IN YOUR
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT WE KNOW THAT
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN REPRESENT
35% OF CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS
POPULATION. SUPPORTING FAMILIES
IN OBTAINING AND RETAINING
STABLE HOUSING LEADS TO BETTER
OUTCOMES FOR PARENTS AND
CAREGIVERS AS WELL AS THEIR
CHILDREN. ACROSS MULTIPLE OTHER
SYSTEMS INCLUDING EDUCATION WORK
FORCE CHILD WELFARE AND HEALTH.
IT'S A QUEUE SO TO NOT ONLY
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS BUT MORE
BROADLY IN BREAKING THE CYCLE OF
INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY WHICH
AGAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS
PEOPLE OF COLOR. TO ACHIEVE
THESE GOALS THIS DEPARTMENT
OPERATES THREE PROGRAMS THAT
SERVE FAMILIES THE HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING SUPPORT
PROGRAMS PROVIDE TEMPORARY
HOUSING RENTAL SUBSIDIES. AND
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO FAMILIES
IN OUR CAL WORKS PROGRAM THIS
PROGRAM HAS SERVED MORE THAN
SIXTY SIX THOUSAND FAMILIES IN
PERMANENTLY HOUSE MORE THAN
THIRTY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
FAMILIES SINCE THE PROGRAM'S
INCEPTION. IN TWENTY FOURTEEN.
IN FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY TWENTY
ONE TWENTY TWO FORTY SEVEN
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
FAMILIES WERE SERVED TO THE
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SIX
MONTHS AFTER EXIT AT THE CAL
WORKS HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM
88% OF PARTICIPANTS RETAINED
HOUSING. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER
PROGRAM IN THE SPACE OF SERVING
FAMILIES NOT TO BRING FAMILIES
HOME PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES THE
SAME RESOURCES TO FAMILIES IN
THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM TO KEEP
HELP FAMILIES TOGETHER. THIS
PROGRAM HAS SERVED OVER FORTY
SEVEN HUNDRED FAMILIES IN
PERMANENTLY HOUSE TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED FAMILIES SINCE ITS
LAUNCH IN TWENTY SIXTEEN. AS IT
RELATES TO AND SHELTER
POPULATIONS WITH A DISABLING
CONDITION THE CALIFORNIA
HOMELESS DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM
H. D. A. S. AS WAS REFERRED. AS
REFERENCED REPORTS 46% WITH A
DISABLING CONDITION AND 20% OVER
THE AGE OF FIFTY FIVE AND WE
KNOW. AS WE'VE HEARD FROM DOCTOR
TO SHOW THAT THE OLDER ADULTS
ARE THE FASTEST GROWING
POPULATION OF HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS IN CALIFORNIA. WE
OPERATE FOR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE
THESE POPULATIONS HOME SAFE
WHICH PROVIDES HOUSING AND
SUPPORT TO THOSE IN THE ADULT
PROTECTIVE SERVICES SYSTEM WHICH
CAN BE CONSIDERED AMONGST THE
MOST MOBILE POPULATIONS IN THE
STATE. THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED
MORE THAN FIFTY SIX HUNDRED
PEOPLE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN
TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND SIX MONTHS
AFTER ACCIDENT THIS PROGRAM
EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT. OF THOSE
PARTICIPANTS RETAINED AT
HOUSING. THE HOUSING AND
DISABILITY ADVOCACY PROGRAM
COMBINES HOUSING ASSISTANCE WITH
DISABILITY BENEFITS ADVOCACY SO
THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE AND HOUSING
WHO HAVE DISABLING CONDITIONS
CAN GET THE INCOME ASSISTANCE AS
YOU HEARD AGAIN. DEPUTY
SECRETARY KEVIN MENTIONED. THAT
CONNECT TO THAT FOR A LONGER
TERM HOUSING STABILITY THIS
PROGRAM HAS SERVED MORE THAN
FIFTY FIFTY FIFTY FIVE HUNDRED
CLIENTS AND HELP PERMANENTLY
HOUSE MORE THAN TWENTY EIGHT
HUNDRED PEOPLE SINCE ITS
INCEPTION. IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN
AND SIX MONTHS AFTER EXIT OF
THIS PROGRAM WE'RE SEEING 80% OF
THOSE PARTICIPANTS RETAINING
THEIR HOUSING. HE ALSO HEARD A
LOT OF MENTION RELATED TO THE
STATE'S RESPONSE TO COPE WITH
NINETEEN AND PROJECT ROOM KEY. A
NATIONAL MODEL FOR PROTECTING
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND ONE ALSO THANK DR CASSELL.
AND MANY IN THIS ROOM FOR THE
THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP IN
ESTABLISHING THIS PROGRAM. SINCE
MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY OVER
SIXTEEN THOUSAND ROOMS THOSE ARE
AGAIN HOTEL AND MOTEL ROOMS
ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN
SECURED IN OVER SIXTY ONE
THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS. HAVE BEEN
SHELTERED. REPRESENTING A 50%
NUMBER A INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF SHELTER BEDS- AS WAS
MENTIONED IN THE SURVEY. AND
EXCEEDING THE GOAL OF OUR
ORIGINAL GOAL OF FIFTEEN
THOUSAND ROOMS THAT WE PUT
FORWARD. M. AS OF JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR OVER TWENTY TWO
HUNDRED HOTEL AND MOTEL ROOMS
ARE. STILL OCCUPIED BY OVER
TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SEVEN HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WE ARE
GRATEFUL TO THE SUPPORT. OF THE
LEGISLATURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO RE HOUSING
CONNECT TO THOSE IN THIS BUT
THAT PROGRAM TO LONGER TERM
SUPPORTS WE HAVE EIGHT
COMMUNITIES REPORTING.
SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING OVER
EIGHTY PERCENT. OF PROJECT ROOM
KEEP DISPENSED TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. ANOTHER NINETEEN
COMMUNITIES REPORTING 7279%
SUCCESS RATES IN THE SPACE IN
FIFTEEN COMMUNITIES REPORTING
6269% SUCCESS IN THAT PERMIT
HOUSING. AND ENTER THE PROJECT
ROOM CAN RE HOUSING STRATEGIES
GRANTEES HAVE EXPANDED THOSE RE
HOUSING SERVICES. WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF
DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE DATE
FOR PROJECT IN KIKWIT CLOSURES
AT THOSE THAT ARE STILL OPEN.
BASED ON LOCAL NEEDS IN
CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL.
EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS. AND LASTLY OUR NEW
PRO. AT AN A PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA PART OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES. AS WE WORK IN TANDEM
TO DESIGN IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS
THAT WAS MENTIONED THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTINUUM
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM OR B.
CHIP. AND THE COMMUNICATOR
EXPANSION PROGRAM. WE ISSUED A
JOINT REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. THE
COMMUNICATOR EXPANSION PROGRAM-
PROVIDES CAPITAL FUNDING AND
OPERATIONAL SUBSIDIES TO
PRESERVE AND EXPAND ASSISTED
LIVING SETTINGS. THAT CAN SERVE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT
RISK OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE
SPORT PENDING SUPPORTS.
RESIDENTIAL CARE OPTIONS
INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL CARE
FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY AND
ADULT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BOARDING
CARE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN CLOSURES IN RECENT
YEARS IN WHICH SERVE AS A
CRITICAL HOUSING RESOURCE FOR
PEOPLE. ALONG THE LONG TERM CARE
CONTINUUM. INVESTING IN THESE
SETTINGS DIVERT RECIPIENTS AT
THE SSI AND S. S. P. IN CASH
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR
IMMIGRANTS OR CAPPY PROGRAM FROM
HOMELESSNESS AND WILL FORM A KEY
PART. OF THE STATE STRATEGIC
MULTI AGENCY EFFORT TO BOTH
MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE
STATE'S PORTFOLIO OF HOUSING
OPTIONS FOR REDUCING AGAIN THE
INFLOW. TO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE
INSTEAD. AS OF FEBRUARY I JUST
LAST MONTH CDS AS IN NOW A TOTAL
OF TWO AND SEVEN MILLION THROUGH
THE COMMUNICATOR EXPANSION
CAPITAL PROJECTS OF THIRTY TWO
PROJECTS CREATING ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO NEW
BETS. PROGRAM GRANTEES AND
AWARDS ARE POSTED ON OUR
DASHBOARD AND WE'VE ALSO AWARDED
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX
MILLION DOLLARS TO THIRTY FIVE
PARTICIPATING CALIFORNIA
COUNTIES TO OUR PRESERVATION
PROGRAM. FOR THE IMMEDIATE AGAIN
PRESERVATION AT THE SETTINGS I'M
ALSO GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT-
DIRECTOR JOHNSON SO I KNOW WE
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM- FROM
THE COMMITTEE HERE. SO WE'LL GO
PLAY X. BEER- KEPT US ON OUR
CAREER DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY THANKS FOR COMING AT ALL.
THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU FOR
THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ALL
VERY INTERESTING- EACH OF YOU-
PROVIDING DIFFERENT DATA AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT- I
WANTED. I WANTED TO PARTICULARLY
SAY THANK YOU TO- DEPUTY SECOND
SECRETARY WAKE ROMA FOR THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUE
PICTURE OF THE DATA AND THE LAST
TWO YEARS AND THE ALIGNMENT. OF
HIGH END WITH OUR LOCAL-
COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT I
THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
AND I WAS. REALLY INTERESTED IN
ALL THAT DATA YOU PRESENTED. IN
PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING I
REVIEWED THE RECENT HOMELESSNESS
RELATED AUGMENTATION OVERSIGHT
WHICH WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
WAS DISCUSSED BY. MISS MORALIS
AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS
THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THAT I JUST
WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT.
EVERY ONE OF THEM IS JUST. THE
REALITY THAT SINCE TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN WE'VE SPENT TWENTY
THREE BILLION DOLLARS ON HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS SO THAT IS A
HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY- AND IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE- WHAT
WE REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE DONE A
LOT OF GOOD AND THAT WE ARE
DOING A LOT OF THAT THINGS. THAT
WE ARE AS A STATE INVESTING IN
THIS HOWEVER WE ARE SEEING MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE LIVING
UNSHELTERED AND THIS IS
INCREASINGLY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
THAT WE FACE IN THE STATE. SO
PUTTING THAT THAT NUMBER IN
CONTEXT AND THEN RECOGNIZING
THAT THE ONE OF THE BUZZ WORDS
THAT WE HEAR HERE IN SACRAMENTO
ALL THE TIME THAT THE GOVERNOR
IS ALSO TALKING ABOUT IS THIS
ACCOUNTABILITY. AND SO TO ME
WHEN I READ THE SENTENCE THAT.
THAT WHERE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS EXIST THEY
GENERALLY CAPTURES SPENDING AND
USES RATHER THAN OUTCOMES I FIND
THAT VERY ALARMING AND I FEEL
THAT EVERY AGENCY AT EVERY
LEVEL. SHOULD NOT BE CAPTURING
SPENDING AND USES INSTEAD OF
OUTCOMES SO WE SHOULD BE REALLY
CLEAR ABOUT TWENTY THREE BILLION
DOLLARS GOING OUT THE DOOR THAT
WE WANT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE BEING HOUSED. AND HOW LONG
THEY'RE STAYING HOUSED AND TO BE
REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT AND NOT
NOT JUST ON WHERE ON WHICH POT
OF MONEY IT WENT OUT THE DOOR
INTO BECAUSE- AS AS POLICY
MAKERS AS- AGENCY OFFICIALS
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY. MAKE DECISIONS OR
COURSE CORRECT WE DON'T ACTUALLY
HAVE THAT OUTCOME SO JUST LIKE
REALLY DIALING IN ON THAT THAT
BEING A MAJOR PROBLEM- AND THEN.
I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THIS
OTHER SENTENCE WHICH SAYS THAT
THIS IS RELATED TO HAPPEN. AND
IT SAYS THAT WHERE LOCAL GOALS.
SORRY WHETHER LOCAL GOALS ALIGN
WITH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS
UNCLEAR. SO I COME FROM BEING A
MAYOR OF THE CITY AND HAVING
LOCAL GOALS ALIGNED WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS REALLY
IMPORTANT I THINK IN THE BIGGEST
SENSE WE ALL WANT TO SEE A
LOWER. NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING
UNSHELTERED WE WANT TO SOLVE FOR
HOMELESSNESS. BUT BUT THIS
QUESTION OF HOW IS HALF MONEY
BEING USED. AND IT IT WAS SHARED
AND THE DATA SHOWS THAT ITS
NAVIGATION CENTERS AND- IT'S-
IT'S SOCIAL SERVICES- AND IT
SHELTERS. BUT EVERYTHING WE TALK
ABOUT GOES BACK TO. HOMELESS THE
HOMELESS PROBLEM IS A HOUSING
PROBLEM WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON
ON BUILDING HOUSING. AND I THINK
BACK ABOUT THE FIRST PANELISTS
WHO SUED TALKED ABOUT. THE
MUSICAL CHAIRS ASPECT OF THIS
THAT WHEN ONE CHAIR IS REMOVED
AND THERE ARE TEN PEOPLE. AND
THEN THEY'RE ONLY NINE SHARES
THE BOY WITH A BROKEN ANKLE IS
THE ONE WHO CAN'T FIND THAT
CHAIR. AND SO WE'RE SPENDING ALL
THIS MONEY TO PROVIDE HIM A
SOCIAL WORKER. TO TRY TO ADVISE
HIM ON HOW TO GET TO THAT CHAIR
IN THE NEXT ROUND OR PROVIDING A
NAVIGATION AND- OR- ATTEMPT.
PLACE FOR HIM TO SIT WHILE HE
WAITS FOR A CHAIR. AND SO JUST
THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
BEING PUT INTO NOT ACTUALLY
PROVIDING THE CHAIR. WHICH IS
ACTUALLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
WHICH GOES BACK TO THE POINT OF
LIKE HOW DO WE MOST DIRECTLY AS
A STATE. FUND HOUSING NOT FUNDED
WEEK FUNDING ALL THESE OTHER
THINGS FOR CERTAIN SUBGROUPS IS
CLEARLY REALLY IMPORTANT BUT TO
BE FOCUSED ON THAT OUTCOME PARK
SO WE GO BACK TO SPENDING IN
USES VERSUS OUTCOME. OUTCOME IS
THAT THAT BOY GETS TO SIT IN A
CHAIR WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS. AND
I THINK WE ALL WANT THAT AND
WE'RE ALL UNITED WITH LOCAL
PRIORITIES AND LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES. BUT BUT WITH THE BIG
GRAB BAG. VERY HARD TO ACTUALLY
SEE THAT WERE ACHIEVING THOSE
GOALS SO. I'M REALLY. REALLY
INTERESTED IN TRYING TO COULD
COLLECTIVELY MOVE IN THAT
DIRECTION AND IF THERE'S ANY
THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN MORE
CLOSELY ALIGN. TO GETTING THAT
HOUSING BUILT FROM FROM THIS
PANEL I'D REALLY APPRECIATE
HEARING. THANK YOU. SENATOR
THANK YOU SENATOR I THINK THAT-
WE USE- SUMMARIZED IT IS- IT.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO- INSURE
THAT AS WE ADDRESS- THE- WHEN WE
WHEN WE SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE
WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE
THEY'RE AT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF. INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN
UNSAFE- CONDITIONS RIGHT IN
CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE
FOR- FOR. HABITAT AND SO WE WERE
VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO BRING PEOPLE IN SAFELY. AND
THAT IT REQUIRES A LEVEL OF-
SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE LEVEL
OF INTRAVENOUS BUT ON THE
HOUSING PRODUCTION- AT PEACE A
HIGH- I THINK IT IT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
DOUBLE DOWN ON PRODUCING MORE.
HOUSING UNITS AND THAT IS A
CRITICAL PRIORITY FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION- WE ARE- BUILDING
AND MANY MORE- HOUSING UNITS.
WE'RE BUILDING A ROBUST HOUSING
FINANCE SYSTEM- WERE CREATING
CAPACITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL-
AND- I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. A
TWENTY THREE BILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT- AS SOON AS YOU
MENTIONED IS RESULTING IN-
THINGS TO TANGIBLE CHANGE AND
TANGIBLE- UNITS AND SUPPORTS.
BUT THE SCALE IN THE MAGNITUDE
OF THE ISSUE IS- IS VERY
SIGNIFICANT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR
TWO POINT FIVE MILLION UNITS BY
TWENTY THIRTY. ABOUT A MILLION
OF THOSE UNITS NEED TO BE
AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. AND SO A CRITICAL
PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT NEEDS TO
BE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT
THE LAST THREE SORT OF
SIGNIFICANT CYCLES WHERE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN PROVIDING
SIGNIFICANT OF FUNDING TO. TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS WAS IN THE
NINETEEN THIRTIES PUBLIC HOUSING
IN THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES THE
SECTION EIGHT HOUSING CHOICE
VOUCHER PROGRAM. IN IN THE- LATE
NINETEEN EIGHTIES WITH THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT
PROGRAM SO AS WE CONTINUE TO.
INVEST AT THE STATE LEVEL WORK
WE ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE-
ENSURING THAT FEDERAL FUNDING.
IS MATCHING THE SCALE OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE
STATE- SO I GUESS I'VE I WOULD
SAY THAT THERE'S NO DISAGREEMENT
THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE. TO DO
MORE TO CREATE MORE HOUSING
UNITS. AND WHAT THE STATE HAS
BEEN DOING THIS ESSENTIALLY
EMPLOYMENT EVERY SINGLE TOOL AT
OUR DISPOSAL WERE UNLOCKING
STATE LANDS MAKING THAT
AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING- WE'RE WORKING WITH
CITIES TO BUILD CAPACITY TO
PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO
LEVERAGE THEIR OWN. LANDS TO BE
BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING-
WERE ALSO COORDINATING AND
CONNECTING OUR HOUSING
INVESTMENTS WITH OUR SERVICE-
INVESTMENTS- AND I WILL SAY THAT
WE- ART SCENE- AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL THAT COMMUNITIES ARE
STEPPING IN AND STEPPING UP. AND
WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT LEVEL
OF MOMENTUM WE NEED TO CONTINUE
THAT LEVEL FOCUS. WE'RE ALSO
VERY MINDFUL AND THOUGH THAT-
THAT PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS A
QUESTION REGARDING THE COST OF
THE OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OR HOUSING IN GENERAL
WOULD ALSO BE VERY MINDFUL THAT
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REDUCE
THAT COST. AND YET I WOULD SAY
THAT- TO DO THAT- WE ALSO ARE-
THANK YOU WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE
THAT THAT WERE HOLDING LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR
REMOVING BARRIERS TO
DEVELOPMENT- FOR- MEETING THEIR
FAIR SHARE WHEN IT COMES TO
PRODUCING A HOUSING. AND SO
AGAIN NO DISAGREEMENT- THIS IS-
AND THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE
STATE- AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT- AS
WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THIS IS
A CRISIS AS THAT HAS BEEN MANY
MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING WE'RE
MAKING UP FOR- YEARS OF NOT
INVEST. INVESTING THE WAY THAT
WE SHOULD HI AND WE ARE MOVING
AS FAST AS WE CAN. THANK YOU CAN
I JUST MAKE ONE FOR A FOLLOW UP
COMMENT I THINK. COMING FROM
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CITING OF
HOMELESS HOUSING IS A BIG
PROBLEM SO EVEN THOUGH WE SAY
CITIES ARE DOING MORE. THEY'RE
NOT DOING NEARLY ENOUGH AND
THERE ARE MANY MANY CITIES WHO
WANT THE COUNTY AND SOMEBODY
ELSE TO HANDLE THIS PROBLEM AND
THEY SAY WE DON'T HAVE THE
CAPACITY OR INTEREST OR LAND OR
WHATEVER THE REASONS ARE
NIMBYISM. THAT LEADS TO THIS
ACTUALLY NOT BEING CITED IN
CITIES THAT NEED IT SO THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY A BARRIER WE NEED TO
ADDRESS AT THE STATE LEVEL I
THINK YEAH. IF I COULD COMMENT
ON THE ISSUE ABOUT OVERSIGHT IN
ALIGNMENT WITH LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES AS I MENTIONED THE
HELP PROGRAM HAS HISTORICALLY
BEEN THE MOST FLEXIBLE
PARTICULARLY THE FIRST TWO
ROUNDS OF FUNDING THAT'S CHANGED
IN THE THIRD ROUND WHERE THERE'S
THIS INCLUSION OF LOCAL ACTION
PLANS. FOR THE FIFTH ROUND OF
FUNDING WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS PUT FORWARD. BUDGET RELATED
LEGISLATION THE ADMISSION IS
PROPOSING A PRIORITIZATION OF
USES INCLUDING HAVING- HAPPENS
SUPPORT CARE COURT
IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO THAT IS
ONE WAY OF THE LEGISLATURE WERE
TO ADOPT AT TBL WHETHER IT'S
THAT EXACT LIST OF PRIVATIZATION
THAT'S RIPPLED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION OR A DIFFERENT
LIST. WHERE YOU COULD BEGIN TO
SORT OF SHAPE. HOW LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE USING THE HOT
FUNDING CLEARLY THAT COMES AT A
TRADE OFFER YOU REMOVE SOME OF
THAT FLEXIBILITY AND SO. THERE
IS DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ON THAT
FRONT THAT COULD ADDRESS THE
ISSUE A REASON SENATOR. THANK
YOU THANK YOU SENATOR CO YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR-
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION WE JUST SAY THAT
IT'S OVERWHELMING THE NUMBER OF
FINES. AND THE DIFFERENT- WAYS
THAT THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED AND-
SOME YOU KNOW IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT AT SOME OF THE FUNDS ARE ALL
GOING TO THE BIG CITIES IN THE
ROOM HE- WENT TO THE BIG CITIES
AND- SO THE CHALLENGE BECOMES
YOU KNOW HOW DO WE ACCESS. THIS
EQUALLY OR FAIRLY OR EQUITABLY-
AND I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE
SOLUTION- LET ME JUST SAY AS AS
A POINT OF FRUSTRATION. IS IT
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE I MASSED IN
BY CONSTITUENTS IS WHAT YOU
GONNA DO ABOUT HOUSING WHAT DO
YOU DO ABOUT. HOMELESSNESS AND
IT'S YOUR POINT IS REALLY WELL
TAKEN EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS
ABSOLUTELY TRUE- YOU KNOW WE'RE
COUNTING THE NUMBER. OF CHAIRS
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO BE ABLE TO REALLY
QUANTIFY AS WE ROLL THESE FOR
THESE FUNDS OUT AND PARTICULARLY
IN THE HOMELESS AREA- WHAT ARE
WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. AND SO THAT
WE RECYCLE PEOPLE THROUGH IN
MANY INSTANCES AND I'VE TALKED
WITH WITH SOME OF THAT. LOCAL
HEALTH- AT HOMELESS. SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND- THEY END UP ON
THE STREET. SIX MONTHS DOWN THE
ROAD BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
PERMANENT SOLUTION RIGHT AND SO
WE DO NEED TO BUILD HOUSING- I
DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
THAT WE SPEAK WE'VE ALLOCATED
TWENTY SIX BILLION DOLLARS FOR
HOMELESSNESS- MY FRUSTRATION IS
THAT THE LOCALS ARE NOT. WHEN
THEY OPEN A SHELTER OR THEY DO
SOMETHING ELSE SAY OH THIS IS
WITH STATE MONEY- IT'S JUST- YOU
KNOW HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
LIKE THIS- WING A I THINK WHAT
WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE A
COORDINATED APPROACH THAT SAYS.
IT'S GOT TO GO IN EVERY SINGLE
COMMUNITY- AND IF YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO DO THAT THEN YOU DON'T
GET THE RESOURCES BECAUSE MY
EXPERIENCES AS IT GOES. INTO
BLUE COLLAR COMMUNITIES THAT
THAT THAT HOMELESS SHELTER ARE
ALWAYS ON THE POOR SIDE OF TOWN-
AND THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS
IT- IT'S NOT EQUITABLY.
DISTRIBUTED BUT I GUESS I GUESS
THE- AND I DID AND I AND I DO
REALLY DO APPRECIATE. B. C. S.
H. AGGREGATING THE DATA THIS
COMING FROM THE COCS BECAUSE
THAT'S BEEN MY FRUSTRATION IS-
HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO EACH
OTHER HOW ARE THEY DOING WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES-
SO THAT WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE. NUANCED ABOUT HOW WE DO
OUR FUNDING AND- AND DON'T ALLOW
THE RECYCLING OF INDIVIDUALS TO
GET WE GET HIM OFF THE STREET
FOR A WHILE BUT THEN THEY'RE
BACK ON THE STREET BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T CREATED THE PERMANENT
HOUSING. OR A PLACE FOR THEM TO
GO AND AS A FOOTNOTE- WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT THAT. PROJECT HOME
KEY- HI HE MENTIONED I THINK-
ELLIE- MENTIONED THAT THERE'S
COVENANTS WITH- THE PURCHASE OF
THE HOTELS AND RESIDENCES THAT
ARE BEING USED FOR HOMELESS. AND
I'M HOPING THAT THOSE. THE
PROPERTY IS BEING MANAGED SO
THAT IT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC
SPHERE. SO EITHER IT'S A HOUSING
AUTHORITY THAT THAT THE OWNER OF
THE PROPERTY OR THE CITY OR THE
COUNTY AND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
NOT LEASING. FOR FIFTY FIVE
YEARS- WE NEED WE NEED ON IT AT
THE END OF IT AND- I DON'T KNOW
THAT WE'VE EVER MADE THAT IF A
REQUIREMENT BUT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE
OPPORTUNITY. TO OWN. LOW INCOME
HOUSING. THAT HAS BEEN
SUBSIDIZED FOR YEARS AND THAT
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOSES ITS
SUBSIDY AND IT CAN BE USED TO
MAKE PROFIT FOR SOMEBODY- I
DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS
IS- BEEN VERY VERY INFORMATIVE-
AND BUT ALSO REALLY FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE- WE- WE HAVE SET THESE
PRIORITIES AND- I THINK YOU ALL
HAVE DONE IT- THREE- AN
INCREDIBLE JOB. BUT IT SEEMS TO
ME THAT THE SITUATION DOESN'T
GET ANY BETTER AND SO WE BETTER
START BUILDING. THE BOTTOM LINE
WE BETTER START BUILDING. THANK
YOU SENATOR. GONNA MOVE TO
CENTER WINNER THAT CENTER
SKINNER. THANK YOU I JUST HAVE A
COMMENT A POSITIVE COMMENT. AND
REQUESTS A SERVICE CONNECT
CONSUMERS I GUESS SO OTHERS AS
WELL- SO ABOUT FOUR FIVE YEARS
AGO WE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
FOCUSED ON ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
SPARKED MY TIME ON THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS- WE HAVE YOU KNOW
THESE KIDS WHO END UP ON THE
STREETS AND- IF WE CAN GET THEM.
OFF THE STREET AND- AND ON ON
YOU KNOW A BETTER PATH QUICKLY
V. WE CAN AVOID. BECOMING LONG
TERM. CHRONIC HOMELESS- AND- WE
ABOUT FOUR FIVE YEARS AGO MR MR
WORKING INTENSIVELY TO TRY TO
GET MORE STATE RESOURCES FOCUSED
SPECIFICALLY ON YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS. UNTIL LIKE TWENTY
FIVE TWENTY FIFTEEN OR SIXTEEN
HOURS ALMOST NO ALMOST ZERO WAS
LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT ENTIRE STATE
BUDGET THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO
HOMELESSNESS BASICALLY. ALMOST
NOTHING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
SCALE OF THIS PROBLEM. IT'S
CENTER HI MITCHELL STARTED
GETTING IT- INCREASE BEFORE I
GOT HERE WE WE'VE AND SIR PICKED
UP THE BATON AND KEPT WORKING TO
GET IT INCREASES MORE AND FINAL
TAMALE DOT- THE SET ASIDE AND-
AND- BOTH IN HOME KEY AND OTHER-
BUDGETS TO FOCUS ON- AT LEAST AT
THAT. MINIMUM THRESHOLD ON
ONLINE YOU SPECIFIC COLLEGE
PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE DEFINITELY
SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHEN I
FIRST STARTED DOING THIS WORK IN
THE SENATE. I BELIEVE ONLY ONE
THIRD OF CALIFORNIA COUNTIES.
HAD YOU SPECIFIC HOMELESS
PROGRAMS AND SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN
I. WAS IN FRESNO FOUR FIVE YEARS
AGO FOR OFFERS FROM FRESNO PRIDE
I MET A GUY WHO. OPENED UP FOR
YOU SHELTER WITH TWENTY FIVE
BEDS IN FRESNO IN FRESNO. AND
THE FIRST THING LIKE THREE OR
FOUR HUNDRED KIDS SHOWED UP FOR
THE TWENTY FIVE BAGS OF IT NEEDS
IS EXTRAORDINARY IN THESE KIDS.
I DON'T WANT TO REALLY WANT TO
GO INTO AN ADULT SHELTER AND
INSULTS SYSTEM YOU CAN. FOR
UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS AND SO WE
HAVE TO HAVE THESE TWO SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS- WE CHECKED AND I THINK
WE'RE DEALT TWO THIRDS OF
COUNTIES HAVE YOU SPECIFIC.
HOMELESS PROGRAMS IT'S LIKE
THIRTY NINE. FANTASTIC IT NEEDS
TO BE A HUNDRED. PERCENT AND WE
THEY HAD THE USED PROGRAMS IT
SAYS. IT WORKS ONE- FOR THESE
KIDS SO I WANT TO REALLY THANK
HIM. FOR SOME. THE ASIDE I WAS
TO SEE THE SO SIDE BE A LITTLE
BIT. HI WE AND I ALSO ONE IS HAS
NO. FOR HOME KEY AND WE HAD A
BILL IN THE US I BELIEVE CENTER
MEN'S OF R. AS ODD DOING THE
BILL THIS YEAR- AND I'M CO
AUTHORING OUR JOINT OFFERING IT
. HOME KEEP. YOU HAVE ONLY
GOVERNMENT CAN APPLY FOR THEM.
RIGHT THE ONLY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
CAN APPLY. OUR NON PROFIT-
HAUSER'S. GOOD NIGHT AND WHEN IT
COMES TO YOU WITH- YOU KNOW WE
HAVE ARE YOU ARE YOU USED
FOCUSED OUR HOMELESS PROVIDERS
THE LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES
WORK. WHO ARE THE ABSOLUTE
EXPERTS ON HOW TO HELP YOUR KIDS
OFF THE STREETS HOW TO HOUSE
THEM. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THEY
ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
THAT FUNDING IS A CENTRE
MENJIVAR HAS A BILL THIS YEAR TO
ALLOW THEM TO DIRECTLY APPLY.
FOR HOME KEY FUNDS AND OTHER
FUNDS. AND I REALLY WANT TO JUST
PLUG. SENATOR MENTORS BILL.
THREE MINISTRATION IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT LIKE THE FACT THAT
WE'VE JUST. GOTTEN THIS MINIMUM-
SET ASIDE FOR YOU THOMAS SAYS.
WE'RE NOW SEEING DOUBLE THE
NUMBER OF COUNTIES WITH USE
SPECIFIC COLLEGE PROGRAMS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS
THESE FUNDS- SO IT HAS A DIRECT
DEPOSIT BENEFIT AND I REALLY
WANT TO SEE THAT MOMENTUM. KEEP
GOING SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ISSUE.
YES US SENATOR I WOULD SAY.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN YOU
PRIORITIZE AND YOU DEDICATE
RESOURCES- INCLUDING THE-
ESTABLISHING SET ASIDES WE SEE
THE IMPACT OF THAT- DEPUTY
SECRETARY OF WHAT GRANDMA- SPOKE
TO. THE PIT COUNT AND THE
REDUCTION IN UTAH HOMELESSNESS
AND SAID THERE'S ANOTHER
INDICATOR THAT POINTS TO THAT. I
WILL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF HOME
KEY I'M A SENATOR. WE DO HAVE-
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PARTNERING
WITH NON PROFITS- I WAS IN
RIVERSIDE AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO VISIT WITH A NON PROFIT THAT
PARTNERED WITH THE LOCAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY- INS AND SO I'M I'M
INTERESTED IN SORT OF- TRYING
TO. FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WOULD
DEFINITELY FOR A FOR A FOLLOW UP
THAT I WOULD. I WOULD AGREE WITH
YOU I THINK THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE STAYING FOCUSED- WE
KNOW THAT. WE ARE MOVING THE
NEEDLE NEEDLE AS IT RELATES TO
CREATING MORE- HOUSING AND
SERVICES- AND YOU KNOW JUST THE
LAST POINT THAT I WILL MENTION.
A JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS. AGO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE
RELEASE OF ABOUT. FOR FALL CARE
YOUTH ARE- TRANSITIONING FROM
THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND- BEING
INDEPENDENT AND THESE VOUCHERS
ARE FOR HOUSING AND SO WE ALSO.
WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
PAIRING UP THOSE RENTAL
SUBSIDIES- SUPPORTS WITH WITH
ACTUAL UNITS BUT- THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION FOR YOUTH. HAS BEEN
OUR- PARTNER ON THIS WORK I'M
SURE THEY CAN TELL YOU ALL THOSE
CHALLENGES WITH THE CURRENT
STRUCTURE THANK YOU YES THANK
YOU. SENATOR SKINNER. THANK YOU-
SOME OF YOU SPOKE AT THE
OVERSIGHT HEARING WE HAD IS- IN
THE BUDGET ON THIS TOPIC
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUT- STILL
ABOUT- TRYING TO. TRACK OUR
INVESTMENTS. AND AT THAT MEETING
HI POST AND- A POST IT AGAIN.
THAT GIVEN THAT WE'RE COMING
INTO A TIME NOW WHERE WE'RE NOT
GOING TO HAVE THE LEVEL OF STATE
INVESTMENTS TO MAKE AND WHILE I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENT ABOUT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HEY IT'S
BEEN MORE THAN FORTY YEARS
PROBABLY YEAH. AT LEAST FIFTY
YEARS OF FORTY YEARS SINCE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS REALLY
PUT ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MONEY TOWARDS HOUSING SO. I
WOULD SAY THAT IF WE ARE TRYING
TO ADDRESS THIS IN CALIFORNIA
SHOULD NOT HOLD OUR BREATH
RELATIONSHIP TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. SO AND- ADDITIONALLY
. MUCH NOT ALL THAT MUCH OF THE
PROBLEM IS OUR OWN MAKING SO- SO
THE QUESTION- THE WHAT I WOULD
POSE AGAIN IS THAT GIVEN THAT
WE'RE GOING INTO A TIME. WHERE
WE CAN HAVE LESS RESOURCES TO
DIRECT NO NOT THE SURPLUSES
WE'VE HAD THE PAST. THAT. WITH
THE AGENCIES THEMSELVES BE
WILLING TO COME TOGETHER AND
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MERGE THE
PROGRAMS SO THAT WE'RE REDUCING
OUR DEMONSTRATED OVERHEAD ON THE
STATE LEVEL. YES THAT WOULD BE
SAVING SOME FUNDS AND REDUCING
THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD FOR
THE ENTITIES THAT ARE APPLYING
FOR THIS MONEY. BECAUSE WHEN WE
INTERACT WITH THE PROVIDERS AND
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SOME
YOU KNOW IT'S TIME IN THE NEXT
PANEL. THEY DESCRIBE. THE AMOUNT
OF GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE TO
COBBLE TOGETHER TO OPERATE THEIR
PROGRAMS AND WHAT IT COSTS THEM
TO ADMINISTER THOSE GRANTS AND
JUST TO EVEN APPLY FOR THEM. AND
THAT IT ALSO LEAVES THERE'S- A
GROUP IN A WAY THAT CAUSES HER
TO UNICORN HOUSING THAT THE
IDEAL- HOUSING THAT WOULD GET
FUNDED DOESN'T EXIST IT IS NOT
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE OR IF THERE'S
NOT. A POP POPULATION EVEN
UTILIZE IT. SO THE JOKE AND CALL
IT UNICORN HOUSING. SO- I GUESS
I WOULD POSE THE QUESTION ONCE
AGAIN. GIVEN THAT WE ARE GOING
TO COME INTO POINT OF LESSER
FUNDS. CAN WE MEET MORE
EFFICIENT BOTH FOR OURSELVES
REDUCE OUR COSTS AND FOR THOSE
THAT WE ARE FINDING. KIM JOHNSON
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES I
JUST NEED A COUPLE OF EFFORTS
THAT I THINK ARE ALONG THOSE
LINES IN AT ONE I MENTIONED
THAT. THE APPLICATION ESPECIALLY
AS IT RELATES TO SERVING THOSE
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WITH A
JOINT APPLICATION BETWEEN THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES IN SOCIAL SERVICES.
BETWEEN COMMUNICATE EXPANSION
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DOLLARS
THE ONE APPLICATION- OUT INTO
COMMUNITIES TO APPLY FOR THE
OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT
FOR OUR PROGRAMS WHICH I GET
EMBEDDED IN THE SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS. IS THAT WE HAVE
SHIFTED OUR FUNDING DISTRIBUTION
TO ALLOCATIONS STILL HAVING A
PLAN THAT OUTLINES AGAIN- WHO'S
GOING TO BE SERVED HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO BE SERVE HOW THINGS ARE
GOING TO BE INTEGRATED BUT AS
OPPOSED TO HAVING. FULL
APPLICATIONS YEAR AFTER YEAR ADD
TO GO FORWARD WE HAVE
STREAMLINED THAT PROCESS FOR A
COUNTY SOCIAL. SERVICE AGENCIES
AND TRIBES TO DO THAT AS AN
ALLOCATION WITH A SIMPLIFIED
PLAN SO JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF AT
THE QUESTION ONE TO SHARE THOSE
EXAMPLES THAT WE CAN CONTINUE
TO. YEAH I KNOW CAREER BEGAN IN
ADD A COUPLE HELPING HIM TO SEE
ANOTHER EXAMPLE ALONG THE SAME
LINES IS THROUGH OUR WORK ON THE
CALIFORNIA. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
ON HOMELESSNESS WE HAVE A STATE
FUNDING WORKING GROUP- THAT HAS
STOOD UP TO BE ABLE TO THINK
ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE
CAN CREATE. INTERNALLY WITHIN
OUR OWN PROGRAMS FROM THE
APPLICATIONS TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE PROGRAMS
AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE'RE
COLLECTING DATA ON THOSE
PROGRAMS WHICH BOTH HELPED US AT
THE STATE LEVEL TO UNDERSTAND
THE OUTCOMES OF OUR PROGRAMS AND
HOW TO DRIVE INVESTMENTS IN THE
THINGS THAT REALLY WORK- IN IN
NAMELY RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND THAT
DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE- AS
WELL AS HELP BEING HELPFUL TO
THE LOCALS WHO ARE ULTIMATELY
ADMINISTERING THESE PROGRAMS.
YOUR QUALITIES BUT THOSE ARE
DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE OR ARE DOING. BUT NOT OF
WHAT WE MIGHT DO. YEAH YEAH
THANK YOU SENATOR- SO JUST A FEW
OTHER THOUGHTS THAT I WOULD THAT
WOULD OFFER I THINK CONSISTENT
WITH- WITH MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
SAID IN TERMS OF WHAT CAL H. AS
IN DSS IS DOING- WE- WE
RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL
OF OUR PROGRAMS AND LOOK AT WAYS
TO BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND
STREAMLINE SO THAT'S- THAT'S- A
CRITICAL PRIORITY IN THE WAY OF
REDUCING. REDUNDANCY REDUCING
COST- WITH- COMPLETED THAT
EFFORT THROUGH THE SUPER NOTICE
OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR
MULTI FAMILY WITH AN H. C. D.
FOR PROGRAMS CONSOLIDATED INTO
ONE APPLICATION. BUT I THINK
THAT YOU KNOW YOUR LARGER
QUESTION IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS AND-
FIND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE
COSTS. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS
THAT IN. OUR CONSOLIDATED RIGHT-
WHAT I WOULD SAY SAID WITHIN
HOUSING WE HAVE TWO AGENCIES WE
HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING. THE
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT- THAT.
LEADS EVERYTHING FROM
ADMINISTERING DOLLARS TO ALSO
ENFORCING HOUSING- STATE LAW.
AND THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING
FINANCE AGENCY THAT ALL IS ALSO
LOOKING AT WAYS TO UNLOCK
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SO
I DON'T. I DON'T SEE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSOLIDATION
THERE BUT I THAT'S NOT TO SAY
THAT THERE MIGHT NOT. BE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE. I WILL
OUT TO- WITH- DEPUTIES- IF YOU
CAN AND- SAID. ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF. UPBRINGING
SYSTEMS TOGETHER- TO INSURE THAT
WE ARE CO INVESTING AND BEING
STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE'RE
DELIVERING THESE RESOURCES AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL. THERE'S THE ON
THE HOUSING INVESTMENTS ON FOCUS
ON PRESERVATION AND PRODUCING
MORE HOUSING. IN THERE ARE THE
HUMAN AND HEALTH SERVICES
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON
STRENGTHENING THE SAFETY NET
SYSTEM- SO I THINK TO THE EXTENT
THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN THAT
COORDINATION AND MAKE IT EASIER
FOR LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY
FOR FUNDING OR TO BRING TOGETHER
OUR DOLLARS- THAT MAY BE SORT
OF. A WAY OF GETTING TO YOUR
QUESTION OF CONSOLIDATION- BUT I
WILL SAY THAT- I THINK IN
GENERAL- WERE PRETTY- STREAMLINE
IN THE HOUSING SPACE WERE PRETTY
STREAMLINED- THE WITH THE NUMBER
TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE FOUND
THEIR RESORT IT'S CLEAR.
MANDATES AND- IN. THE LAST
MENTIONED OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS WE HAVE BEEN GROWING- OUR
CAPACITY- IN DOING OUR BEST TO
PAY ATTENTION TO REDUCING COSTS
ELIMINATING DUPLICATION- BE MORE
RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE- TO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT- JUST AS
QUICKLY AS AN EXAMPLE- THROUGH.
THE HOME KEY INITIATIVES OUR
APPROACH WAS NOT DISTRICT TO
DEVELOP THE GUIDELINES FOR A NEW
PROGRAM FOR APPROACH WAS TO
DEVELOP THE GUIDELINES AND TO
PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF. TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL
OUTCOMES FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT WERE PLANNED FOR HUNKY I
THINK THAT THAT WAS A VERY SHORT
IMPORTANT. PIECE OF OUR APPROACH
THAT LED TO ALMOST THIRTEEN
THOUSAND UNITS BEING FUNDED IN
LESS THAN TWO YEARS- SO WE IT I
APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF YOUR
QUESTIONS AND- AND I THINK AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS
TO. TO BE SMARTER. ABOUT HOW WE
SPEND OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. WHO
IS FULL OF. RIGHT WHAT I WAS
HEARING THIS PERSON GOING BACK
TO CENTER BUT EXPERTS QUESTION
AND I. SHOULD HAVE HER COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS- IN ONE PARTICULAR
AREA THIS AREA OF. CONSOLIDATION
THAT YOU'RE RESPONDING TO NOW
WAS NOT SO MUCH THE USUAL KIND
OF AGENCY CONSOLIDATION OR
BUREAUCRATIC CONSOLIDATION THAT
WE'VE HEARD. OVER DECADES THAT
MIGHT LEAD TO COST SAVINGS OR
STREAMLINE OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT- ALTHOUGH ALTHOUGH MAYBE
THAT'S BEEN SAID. BUT YOU KNOW
CONSOLIDATION OF INFORMATION
THAT DIRECTLY POINTS THE
OUTCOMES BEING ACHIEVED- ON A
REAL TIME BASIS I DON'T FEEL WE
HAVE THE IN IT'S NOT JUST ALL OF
YOU. IT'S IN OTHER AREAS THAT
ARE AT CRISIS LEVELS IN THE
STATE RIGHT NOW. NO I SO ON THE
ELECTRIC GRID EACH WEEK ANYONE
OF US CAN CHECK RIGHT NOW AND
SEE. ON A PUBLIC BASICALLY ON A
PUBLIC PLATFORM EXACTLY WHERE
POWER IS GOING ANYWHERE IN THE
STATE YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH
WATER DESPITE THE FACT THAT
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE
WATER CRISIS. HOMELESSNESS IS A
RECENT. BIG INVESTMENT BY THE
STATE SO I THINK IT'S
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT. AFTER A
COUPLE YEARS OF HEAVY INVESTMENT
UNDER THIS GOVERNOR WHICH HAS
NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE AND I
THINK THE GOVERNOR DESERVES. THE
TREMENDOUS KUDOS AND- FOR THAT-
GETTING US. IN THE GAME AND KIND
OF REPLACING WHAT ISN'T COMING
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
BECOME FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT I MEAN WE HAVE AN
ADMINISTRATION ON THE SCENE FINE
WE'LL DO IT OURSELVES. BUT I
THINK THE NEXT STEP HERE ONE OF
THE NEXT STEPS BEFORE YOU CAN
EVEN MOVE TO THE ISSUE OF. OF
FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY OR
EFFICIENCIES AS LET'S GET
EVERYTHING ON THE SAME PLATFORM
WHICH REALLY MEANS WE HAVE TO
GET BEYOND A FEAR OF THAT IT'S
ONE THING TO THE STATE BUT UPON
UP. BEYOND THE FEAR INCLUDING
HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE OF
APPROPRIATIONS ISSUES WITH
REGARD TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WE
HAVE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION-
I KNOW IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
WILL HEAR FROM THEM I THINK
LATER ON TODAY WHERE I'M FROM-
THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT WOULD
HAVE TO BE INTEGRATED INTO. WHAT
ALL OF YOU DO AND ARE DOING IN
ORDER TO TRY TO SET UP AN
OUTCOME. BASED REAL TIME
DATABASE THAT REALLY TELLS US-
YOU KNOW. THIS IS THIS IS A
PRACTICE CONVERSELY WE'RE STILL-
TO THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW SORT OF
IN THIS OLD MODEL AS A
LEGISLATURE OR STUCK IN IT WERE.
YOU KNOW I. I DON'T MIND DOING
THIS BUT A CALL FOR AN AUDIT. OF
THAT FLOW OF RESOURCES INTO MY
OWN COUNTY I THINK THAT'S GOING
TO PICK UP AT LEAST ONE OR ONE
OF THEIR CITY IT'S BASICALLY.
SETTLED IN ONE OF THEIR CITY.
WHICH PUTS PEOPLE YOU KNOW. ON
THE DEFENSIVE A LITTLE BIT WE
KNOW WHERE YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS
BUT- IN THE ABSENCE OF HAVING A
DASHBOARD WE CAN GO TO THE S.
OUTCOME DRIVEN THERE'S NO WAY I
COULD EVEN TELL MY CONSTITUENTS
WHY. MONEY IS GOING FOR EXAMPLE
TO A MOTEL ACQUISITION INSTEAD
OF TO MITIGATE THE LARGEST
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN THE STATE
WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
MY CITY. WE CAN ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS REALTOR I WOULD EXPECT
YOU TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION REAL TIME. BECAUSE WE
JUST DON'T HAVE THAT SO I'LL
STOP THERE BUT IT'S JUST SO.
IT'S ABSOLUTE OBVIOUSLY LESS OF
A QUESTION THAT JUST A COMMENT-
THAT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO
GO IN THAT DIRECTION SEEMS LIKE
IT COULD BE HELD
ADMINISTRATIVELY BUT IF IT
NEEDS. TO BE. IN SOME WAY LED BY
THE LEGISLATURE DIRECTION NEEDS
TO BE GIVEN LEGISLATIVELY TO. GO
DO THAT IT WILL FIGHT FOR THE
APPROPRIATION TO GO DO THAT. YOU
KNOW SO BE IT I THINK PEOPLE
HERE WOULD. WOULD TAKE THAT NEXT
STEP- AND- FIGURE ONLY THE THERE
. THANK YOU SENATOR ME TO WRAP
UP BUT THERE'S NO MORE
QUESTIONS- SO I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF YOU- YOU HAVE A LOT OF
DATA A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT
YOU GAVE US HERE TODAY- I DID
WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF
CLARIFICATION. SO IN THE- LA O'S
OFFICE PRESENTATION PAGE TWO WE
STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE
AMOUNTS SPENT IN EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS. I WANT TO CLARIFY
IS THIS TWENTY THREE BILLION
TWENTY THREE MILLION. TWENTY
THREE BILLION BE WITH THE B. YES
OKAY SO ON THE HAND OUT IT'S A-
TOP LEFT SIDE ON PAGE TWO. IT'S
PART OF THE SEASON MILLIONS- CAN
YOU CLARIFY THAT JUST AS WE KNOW
BECAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE
SEE. WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE
KNOWLEDGE GENE- ALL THE SURPRISE
FROM. THIS COMMITTEE ON THE
OFFICE DOLLAR AMOUNTS YES TWENTY
TWO THOUSAND. EIGHT HUNDRED AND
NINETY SIX MILLION TO TWENTY
THREE BILLION TO FINISH OF THE
COMMAS BUT YES IT IS I CAN
CONFIRM IT'S TWENTY THREE
BILLION TWENTY THREE BILLION
OKAY. SO THAT THAT IS
STAGGERING- AS YOU'VE ALREADY
HEARD M. LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
AND I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN- BUT
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED A HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY- FIVE. HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY HOMELESS. HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY THOUSAND HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS IN CALIFORNIA AND
WHEN YOU DO THE MATH. WHAT WE'RE
SPENDING ON EACH HOMELESS
INDIVIDUAL TO HELP THEM WOULD BE
THE COST OF. YOU KNOW TO
SALARIES THREE SALARIES OF THE
SIX FIGURE SO I'M I'M CONFUSED I
AM I AM I'M SHOCKED AT THESE
NUMBERS. AND I'M I WANT TO DIVE
DEEPER INTO THIS NOT TODAY- BUT-
WE'RE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS AND WHEN WE WERE
THROWING MONEY AT A PROBLEM AND
WE'RE NOT SEEN IMPROVEMENT. THE
QUESTIONS THAT I ASK IS WHAT ARE
WE DOING THAT WE NEED TO STOP
DOING. WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
DOING BECAUSE IT'S WORKING AND
WHAT WE NEED TO START IN TERMS
OF BEING MORE INNOVATIVE AND
MORE CREATIVE. BECAUSE TWENTY
THREE BILLION DOLLARS IN
TAXPAYER MONEY IS A HUGE AMOUNT
TO GO TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND. INDIVIDUALS AND WE'RE
SEEING THE NUMBERS INCREASE IN
TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS SO I JUST
WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT'S
ALREADY BEEN SHARED HERE AND
AGAIN I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN SO
HELP CORRECT ME IF THAT IF THAT
IS NOT TRUE- THE SECOND THING I
WANTED TO POINT. OUT IS
CALIFORNIA SUCH A DIVERSE
COMMUNITY ART OUR STATE IS SO
WIDE IN JUST TO GO FOR MY
DISTRICT APPOINTED APPOINTEES
ABOUT TWELVE HOUR DRIVE. AND I
HIT SNOW DESERT MOUNTAINS
EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. AND
SO WHEN I THINK OF THE HOMELESS
COMMUNITY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. I
AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE TO THE
RULE CENTERS OF MY DISTRICT AND-
DATA IS TELLING US THAT ABOUT A
FIFTH OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION
RESIDES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE
DISBURSEMENTS OF THE GRANTS WHEN
I LOOK AT WHERE THE BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ARE GOING. I'M SEEN
URBAN CENTERS I'M SEEN MAJOR
CITIES I'M NOT SEEN THAT YOUR
MARK OR THAT- SET ASIDE FOR
RURAL COMMUNITIES. AND SENATOR
MAKE YOU RIDE SHE- TOUCHED ON
THIS THAT REPORT BUILDING TO
HELP LIFT SOMEBODY OUT OF
POVERTY LIVE SOMEBODY OUT OF A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. CERTAINLY
TO LIVE SOMEBODY OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS THAT REPORT THAT
RELATIONSHIP IS VITAL TO THE
SUCCESS OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND
MORE SO IN SMALL COMMUNITIES- IN
IN COUNTIES THAT I THAT I
REPRESENT A- FIFTY. RED OF OTHER
UNDER THOUSAND RESIDENTS OF
UNDER TWO THOUSAND RESIDENTS AND
SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE ARE
HYPER FOCUSED ON THESE MAJOR
CITIES. AND IMPLEMENTING
SOLUTIONS WHERE A SMALL AMOUNT
OF RESOURCES DEDICATED TO RULE
COMMUNITY CAN CHANGE THE LIVES
OF SO MANY PEOPLE AND AT SOME
POINT THERE'S A TIPPING POINT
RIGHT THAT IF WE'RE EMPLOYING
THESE ONE SIZE FITS ALL
STRATEGIES. AND PROGRAMS INTO
OUR MAJOR CITIES URBAN CENTERS
AND WE ARE NOT USING THE LANDS
OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITY EXPERTS
THEY WERE MISSING THE MARK
THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE
YOU WITH THAT IT ALSO WHEN
PRESENTING THE EXPENDITURES IS
CRITICALLY THE GRANTS I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE A HEAT MAP OF WHERE
THESE MONIES ARE GOING IN
CALIFORNIA. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S
KIND OF SEPARATED BY YOU KNOW
SAN DIEGO LA BAY AREA THAT TO ME
DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR
STATE OR EVEN MY DISTRICT THE
EASTERN- SIERRA REGIONS. AND I
THINK ABOUT. THE IN HOUSE THAT
ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE IN
0 DEGREES WEATHER AND BLIZZARDS
AND EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS IN
DESERT- AND WHERE TRANSPORTATION
IS AN ISSUE EVEN ACCESSING
HOSPITAL SERVICES AN ISSUE SO
I'M HYPER FOCUSED ON THAT AREA
AND HOPE THAT THE DATA. WHETHER
IT'S EITHER THROUGH THIS THIS
NEW DATA SET THE H. D. I. S. OR
EVEN THE WAY THAT WE FRAME AND
WE LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA THAT WE HAVE ANSWERS
TO THE WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH OUR WITH OUR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND
HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THERE
IS EQUITY AND THE TWENTY THREE
BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE
SPENDING THAT. IS GOING TOWARDS
MAJOR CITIES IN URBAN CENTERS.
FURTHER IF I COULD TO PROVIDE
MORE CONTEXT FOR THAT TWENTY
THREE BILLION IF THAT'S OKAY-
DETAIL ABOUT THE AMOUNT THAT THE
LEGISLATURE. HAS AUTHORIZED THE
DISCRETIONARY FUNDING AND WE AND
HERE'S HOW THAT FUNDING HAS OUT
TO COMMUNITY IS REALLY INTO THE
V. STATE OF FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU
LOOK AT THE TABLE- FOR HELP
FUNDING IT'S NEARLY FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN AUTHORIZED
FOR THE LEGISLATURE. FOR TOR
TECH PROGRAM BUT ONLY ABOUT NINE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY HAD BEEN OUT
FOR ANY SORT OF CONSIDERABLE
TIME TRADITIONAL BILLION JUST
WENT OUT- AT THE END OF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. AND SO A LOT OF THIS
FUNDING SORT OF IT HAS STILL NOT
MADE ITS WAY OUT THAT YOU THINK
ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THESE
DOLLARS IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE'LL SEE. OVER THE YEARS TO
COME- EVEN FOR THE RESOURCES
THAT ARE. ALLOCATED FOR THE
TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
FISCAL YEAR LOVE THESE PROGRAMS
HAVE YOU KNOW THREE OR FIVE YEAR
EXPENDITURE WINDOWS. AND
EXCELLENT AS A HIGHLIGHT THAT
POINT. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK
YOU FOR THAT AND YOU KNOW WITH
ALL DUE RESPECT BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU WORKED. EXTREMELY HARD AND
YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL IN PUBLIC
SERVICE WE'RE ALL. HE STILL. OF
THE PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS. THE
BIGGEST ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME
ABOUT THIS MONEY IS OUR
INABILITY TO MEASURE THE
OUTCOMES. AND FOR ME SEEN CHARTS
WITH NUMBERS WITH DOLLAR SIGNS.
I GET A PICTURE OF THAT. BUT I'M
LOOKING FOR THOSE OUTCOMES HOW
ARE WE CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
ARE WE CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY.
OF THEIR THEIR NEED FOR SERVICES
OR FOR- SUPPORT- HOW ARE WE- HOW
ARE WE USING OUR PARTNERSHIPS IN
THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WITH OUR NON
PROFITS. TO ENSURE THE OUTCOMES
ARE HAPPENING. THERE'S FACES
THERE'S LIVES THERE'S HEARTS
THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED THROUGH
THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. AND
WE'RE SO DROWNED IN THE NUMBERS.
AND SO THOSE NUMBERS FOR ME NEED
TO TRANSLATE TO OUTCOMES REAL
LIFE HUMAN CIRCUMSTANCES
OUTCOMES. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO SEEK THOSE- AS WE HOLD A CAP
ALL OF US ACCOUNTABLE. FOR THOSE
DOLLARS DOLLARS AND AS WE ISSUE
GRANTS OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES TO
OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE COUNTIES
THOSE OUTCOMES ARE JUST AS
IMPORTANT AS ACCOUNTABILITY TO
THE DOLLARS. THANK YOU SO I'M
GONNA MOVE ON AND PASSED THE
GAVEL TO MY CO CHAIR THANK YOU
SO MUCH. FOR ALL OF YOUR
INFORMATION TODAY. THANK YOU ALL
SO MUCH. OKAY WE'RE NOW GOING TO
MOVE TO OUR THIRD PANEL- ABOUT
CURRENT OUTCOMES IN JOBS. WE
HAVE THREE PANELISTS SIZE SHERIN
REPORTER WHO'S THE DIRECTOR-
CALIFORNIA POLICY FOR THE
CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. ALEX VYSOTSKY THE
SENIOR CALIFORNIA POLICY FELLOW
AT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END
HOMELESSNESS AND MARY KATE
JOHNSON DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL
HOMELESS PREVENTION. FOR ALL
HOME CALIFORNIA. AND YOU'LL EACH
HAVE- UP TO FIVE MINUTES FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION. SO WELCOME
AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU- ALL
START- GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRS AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY
MY NAME IS ALEX ASSAULT SKI I AM
THE CALIFORNIA POLICY FELLOW FOR
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END
HOMELESSNESS WERE A DC BASED
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS ON.
LIFTING UP WHAT THE EVIDENCE
TELLS US WORKS AND USING THAT TO
MOVE FEDERAL POLICY AS WELL AS
PRACTICE WITHIN THE FIELD- MY
POSITIONS BASED HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FOCUSES IN ON
STATE POLICY- BEFORE DIVING IN
TO CURRENT INVESTMENTS I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE
STEP BACK TO A LONGER HISTORICAL
SCOPE. OF THE MODERN ERA OF
HOMELESSNESS REALLY BEGAN IN THE
NINETEEN EIGHTIES AND WAS IN
LARGE PART A RESULT OF FEDERAL
DISINVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING STARTING WITH DRAMATIC
CUTS IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES AND
FURTHER DISINVESTMENT FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE DECADES. THAT LEFT
THINGS UP TO STATES AND LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO SUPPLEMENT-
WHAT CAME IN FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BUT ABOUT A DECADE
AGO WE SAW SIMILAR DISINVESTMENT
FROM CALIFORNIA WITH. MAJOR CUTS
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING IN
200-011-2000 TWELVE FOLLOWING
THE GREAT RECESSION- MEANWHILE
THE STATE HAS ONLY VERY RECENTLY
MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN
HOMELESS SERVICES ALLOCATING
MONEY THROUGH THE HEAP PROGRAM
IN FY EIGHTEEN NINETEEN. AND
THEN HOPPED IN MORE RECENT
YEARS- THOSE ARE MAJOR
INVESTMENTS CALIFORNIA'S MADE
HUGE BREAKTHROUGHS IN JUST THE
LAST THREE YEARS AND FUNDING A
HOMELESS SERVICES BUT IT COMES
AFTER YEARS OF VERY LITTLE
FUNDING FOR A PROBLEM THAT WAS
GROWING- SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE
OF DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT AND
POLICY CHOICES AND- YOU KNOW
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON DONE BY
A COUPLE YEARS OF ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS NO MATTER HOW
EFFECTIVE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE.
THAT BEING SAID- THERE'S A
NUMBER OF CRITICAL WAYS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE STATE'S
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS INCLUDING
HOUSE WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED
TODAY ARE R. AS EFFECTIVE AS-
AND- MORE PEOPLE'S HOMELESSNESS.
THE FEDERAL CONTINUUM OF CARE
PROGRAM OR C. O. C. PROGRAM
PROVIDES A HELPFUL MODEL FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY THIS IS A PROGRAM
THAT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR
CONTINUANCE OF CARE AROUND THE
COUNTRY WITH FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS OR SO IF THAT
COMING TO CALIFORNIA. MUCH OF
THAT GOING TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
RAPID RE HOUSING AND OTHER
HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTIONS IT'S
NOT NEARLY AT THE SCALE IT NEEDS
TO BE BUT IT IS EFFECTIVE WITHIN
THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM.
THE C. O. C. PROGRAM COMBINES
ACCOUNTABILITY TO ITS GRANTEES
WHICH- REGIONAL WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY
DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY AND
PROJECT LEVEL. HUD REQUIRES
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS TO APPLY TO
THEIR SEO SEE THROUGH A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS WITH THE C.
O. C. THEN RANKING THESE
PROJECTS ACCORDING TO A
COMMUNITY'S GIVEN RANKING POLICY
AND THEN SUBMITS THAT- TO HIDE
AS PART OF A PROCESS THAT'S A
MIX BETWEEN FORMULA GRANTS AND
COMPETITIVE PROCESS. REQUIRES
COCS TO ESTABLISH A RE
ALLOCATION POLICY SO LOCAL SEO
SEES CAN MONITOR COMMUNITY LEVEL
PROJECTS AND WHEN A PROJECT
ISN'T MEETING ITS GOALS- THEN
MOVE THAT. TO ANOTHER PROGRAM
THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN IS
MEETING ITS GOALS. THE
INCENTIVES ARE REALLY STRONG
HERE FOR REGIONAL COCS TO
MONITOR PERFORMANCE OF
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND MOVE
MONEY IF NECESSARY BECAUSE IF
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS DON'T MEET
THEIR GOALS. THE LARGER
COMMUNITY ISN'T GOING TO MEET
ITS GOALS- AND THAT WILL MAKE
THE LARGER CONTINUE ON LESS
COMPETITIVE WHEN IT APPLIES FOR
FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR ON THE WHOLE C. O. C. MAY
GET LESS MONEY. ALL OF THAT IS
PREDICATED ON A LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE THAT FUNDING IS GOING
TO CONTINUE TO BE ALLOCATED ON A
YEAR TO YEAR BASIS FOR THE
PROGRAM- WITH THIS ON GOING
FUNDING INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN FUNDING ARE PRETTY POWERFUL
TOOL TO HOLD LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR
PERFORMANCE- YOU KNOW. FOLLOWING
FROM THAT I THINK THE STATE CAN
DO A LOT HERE ESPECIALLY IN THE
APP PROGRAM TO ADOPT SOME OF
THESE LEARNINGS NOW THERE WERE
ABOUT THREE YEARS INTO INTO HALF
FOR EXAMPLE GOAL SETTING IS ONE.
OF THE FEDERAL C. O. C. PROGRAM
WORKS BECAUSE THERE'S CLEAR
GOALS AND EVERY COMMUNITY'S
OUTCOMES ARE THE SUM OF
INDIVIDUAL GRANTEE GOALS. THINK
OF THE ALLIANCE WOULD RECOMMEND
THE STATE LOOK AT YOU KNOW
SITTING OVER ARCHING GOALS FOR
HOMELESSNESS THAT CAN THEN BE
VIEWED AS A AS. A NORTH STAR OF
SORTS AND THEN LOCAL GOALS FLOW
FOR THAT BIG CITY GOAL AND MEANS
THAT WE ALL HOLD EACH OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE IT'S NOT JUST THE
STATE HOLDING LOCAL COMMUNITIES
ACCOUNTABLE BUT THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES CAN HOLD THE STATE
ACCOUNTABLE TO ITS GOALS. WE
ALSO RECOMMEND SOME REFINEMENT
IN THE GOAL SETTING PROCESS
RIGHT NOW THE WAY HAPP IS
STRUCTURED IT HAS AN ALL OR
NOTHING GOAL SETTING APPROACH
WHERE YOU HAVE TO HIT ALL OF
YOUR GOALS TO UNLOCK BONUS
FUNDING WHICH- IS AN INCENTIVE
FOR SETTING AN AMBITIOUS GOALS.
THE CONVERSE SIDE OF THAT IS
INCENTIVIZING LOCALS AND TO SET
OUT OF REACH GOALS THAT THEY
MIGHT NOT ACHIEVE SO WE
ENCOURAGE THE STATE TO LOOK FOR.
KIND OF AN IN BETWEEN APPROACH
HERE. THE OTHER PIECE ALL SAY IS
THAT YOU KNOW ONGOING FUNDING
WHICH I THINK SHARON WE'LL WE'LL
TALK MORE ABOUT. IS A REALLY
POWERFUL TOOL WHEN IT'S PAIRED
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
REALLOCATION OF FUNDING. TO THE
PROMISE OF FUTURE MONEY OR THE
THREAT OF LOSING FUNDING IT CAN
BE REALLY POWERFUL IN DRIVING
PERFORMANCE. SO WELL IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE BE INVESTING
IN HOMELESSNESS RESPONSES IT'S
ALSO REALLY CRITICAL WHAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN. HOW THAT MONEY IS
STRUCTURED AND THAT IT'S
STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS.
LOCAL SYSTEMS TO SCALE UP INVEST
IN WHAT WORKS AND MEET KEY
GOALS. THAT SHOULD INCLUDE GOALS
LIKE GREATER RACIAL EQUITY IN
OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE- DEPUTY
SECRETARY WICKER MON THE
PREVIOUS PANEL MENTIONED SOME OF
THESE RACIAL EQUITY GOALS. WE'RE
NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE GREATER
GREATER RACIAL EQUITY IN COMBAT
RACISM BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEMS
WITHOUT MAKING INVESTMENTS IN A
WAY THAT INCENTIVIZES LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS. TO PUT THEIR
FUNDING INTO WHAT WORKS- USED
DATA IN WAYS TO REALLOCATE
FUNDING AS APPROPRIATE INCLUDING
FROM PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT
ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND
THEIR OUTCOMES- THANKS SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU GOOD AFTERNOON SHERRIN
REPORT WITH THE CORPORATION FOR
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THANK YOU
FOR INVITING ME TO HAVE TO SPEAK
TO YOU TODAY ABOUT OUTCOMES AND
GAPS. THE ILLUSTRATE OUTCOMES I
THOUGHT I'D START WITH EXAMPLES
OF TWO CITIES WITH SIMILAR
HOMELESS POPULATIONS BOTH
COMMITTED TO SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS AND ABOUT TWENTY
ELEVEN- THE FIRST CITY IS
HOUSTON AND IT HAS DECREASED ITS
HOMELESS POPULATION BY ABOUT
FIFTY FIVE PERCENT. HOUSTON
BEGAN WITH DATA ON AND MET
HOUSING NEED IN PLANS TO MEET
THAT NEED. THE COORDINATED ALL
SYSTEM RESOURCES AND COMMITTED
NEW ON GOING MONEY TO DEVELOP
HOUSING. TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO
LANDLORDS TO TAKE FEDERAL RENTAL
SUBSIDIES AND TO INVEST IN
HOUSING BASED SERVICES. THE
SECOND CITY IS A CITY HERE IN
CALIFORNIA I HAD A SLIGHT DIP IN
HOMELESSNESS FOR COUPLE OF YEARS
BUT THEN- THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY
AN UPTICK. THIS SEDAN PARKED ON
A SERIES OF ONE OFF PROJECTS
SOME FOCUSED ON HOUSING BUT FOR
VERY SHORT PERIODS MEANT TO TEST
PILOTS THAT NEVER EXPANDED. THE
CITY SPENT SIGNIFICANTLY ON
SHELTER BUT ONLY 8% OF SHELTER
RESIDENTS EXITED TO HOUSING. I
APOLOGIZE I SHOULD HAVE
MENTIONED I DO HAVE A HAND OUT
AS WELL SO- THAT DOES TELL YOU.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT
EACH CITY DID. THE CALIFORNIA
CITIES PUFFBALL A COMMON PATTERN
OF ONE ONE TIME FUNDED PROGRAMS
THAT NEVER RECIEVE SUSTAINED-
COMMITMENT- ONE TIME FUNDING HAS
NEVER PROVEN PROVEN SUCCESSFUL
IN ANY JURISDICTION IN MAKING
SUSTAINABLE REDUCTIONS IN
HOMELESSNESS AND WE SEE THAT AS
A PROBLEM HEARING CALIFORNIA IN
GENERAL. ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULD
MEAN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
ARE COMMITTED TO SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS SOON VESTMENT IN
WHAT WORKS WHICH IS ONGOING
FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND HOUSING
BASED SERVICES. TO DRIVE MORE
ACCOUNTABLE PROCESSES THE STATE
SHOULD LEAD IN SETTING STATEWIDE
GOALS OF REDUCING HOMELESSNESS
IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. ALL OVER MAINSTREAM
SYSTEMS SHOULD COORDINATE AROUND
THESE GOALS AND SHOULD ESTABLISH
PROTOCOLS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
EXITING THE SYSTEMS INTO
HOMELESSNESS. AND WE NEED WISE
INVESTMENT AND PULL SHELTERS AND
HOUSING WITH MOST OF THE
HOMELESS MONEY GOING TOWARD-
HOUSING. IF WE CAN CREATE MORE
HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO EXIT
HOMELESSNESS OUR SHELTER BEDS
TURNED OVER MORE QUICKLY IDEALLY
AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX PEOPLE AT
TIMES PER YEAR- AND- PEOPLE CAN
BE MOVING INTO HOUSING OR
QUICKLY. WHEN WE UNDER INVEST IN
HOUSING PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO
ACCESS SHELTERS EXCEPT TO RETURN
TO THE STREETS. GIVING THE
MISGUIDED IMPRESSION WE NEED TO
FIND MORE SHELTERS BECAUSE
PEOPLE WANT A SHELTER BED CAN'T
ACCESS ONE. ON GAPS MY
ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH THE
CALIFORNIA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
IN THE HELMS FOUNDATION TO DRIVE
THE CALIFORNIA HOMELESS HOUSING
NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT
ANSWERS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO
SOLVE HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA
BY TWENTY THIRTY FIVE. THE
REPORT FOUND THAT CALIFORNIA
WILL HAVE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
FIVE FIFTY THREE HOUSEHOLDS
HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS WITH UNMET
HOUSING NEEDS OVER THE NEXT
TWELVE YEARS. THESE 200-250-0050
THREE HOUSEHOLDS ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR
WILL EXPERIENCE INCOME WILL
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AND
WON'T BE ABLE TO GET HELP WITH
THEIR EXISTING RESOURCES. FOR
CALIFORNIA TO MEET THIS HOUSING
GAP WE WOULD NEED TO INVEST IN
THE FOLLOWING- WE ANTICIPATE
THAT HOUSES THAT NEED CAN BE-
MET WITH BUILDING NEW AFFORDABLE
AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
WHICH WILL COST ABOUT FIVE POINT
SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR- WE
ALSO CAN MEET THE OTHER HALF OF
THAT FUNDING AND MET HOUSING
NEEDS BY. PROVIDING RENTAL
SUBSIDIES TO HELP THE REMAINING
A HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX-
HOUSEHOLDS ACCESS EXISTING
RENTALS. FUNDING THOSE SUB
RENTAL SUBSIDIES PLUS FUNDING
THE OPERATING COSTS OF NEW
HOUSING WOULD COST ABOUT ONE
POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR. ABOUT SIXTY THREE THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS WOULD NEED SERVICES
AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING TO GAIN
HOUSING STABILITY AND THRIVE.
AND THOSE SERVICES WOULD COST AN
AVERAGE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR. AND WE WOULD NEED AN
ADDITIONAL 320-002-0030 FIVE
INTERIM HOUSING BETS LIKE
SALTERS AND NAVIGATION CENTERS.
AND THAT WOULD COST A TOTAL OF
ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY
MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE TWELVE
YEARS. THESE INVESTMENTS WOULD
AVERAGE ABOUT EIGHT POINT ONE
BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE
NEXT TWELVE YEARS SO MAKE
KNOWLEDGE THIS IS A LOT OF
MONEY- BUT IT TOTALS A LITTLE
LESS THAN TWO POINT SEVEN
BILLION TIME. EXCUSE ME TWO
POINT 7% OF THE STATE BUDGET. WE
ALSO CAN COUNT ON AN EXISTING
ONE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS
EACH YEAR IN STATE AND FEDERAL
LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS
LEAVING A TOTAL CAP OF SIX POINT
NINE BILLION. AFTER YEAR TWELVE
THE STATE WE NEED TO INVEST FOUR
POINT SEVEN BILLION ANNUALLY TO
PAY FOR ONGOING COSTS. BY MAKING
DATA DRIVEN INVESTMENTS THROUGH
ON GOING FUNDING MOSTLY IN
HOUSING THIS REPORT SHOWS THAT
CALIFORNIA CAN SOLVE
HOMELESSNESS. INDEED HOUSTON IS
NOT ALONE IN ACHIEVING
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN
HOMELESSNESS EIGHTY SEVEN
COMMUNITIES AND THREE STATES
HAVE ELIMINATED HOMELESSNESS
AMONG VETERANS OR PEOPLE BECAUSE
PARENTS IN CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
DECREASED HOMELESSNESS AMONG
VETERANS BY FIFTY FIVE PERCENT.
THESE JURISDICTIONS ALL THAT
DATA DRIVEN STRATEGY THAT
COMMITTED ONGOING RESOURCES TO
HOUSING AND HOUSING BASED
SERVICES. THANK YOU. ALL THAT
FOR TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT
HAVE. GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU
VERY MUCH- I HAVE A HAND OUT
HERE AND WIN BUT YOU TO FOLLOW
ALONG. MY NAME IS MARY KATE
JOHNSON I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED ALL I
HAD AN ORGANIZATION CALLED HOME
HOME. HOME HOME LAUNCHED IN
TWENTY NINETEEN ON A REGIONAL
ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT A ROAD MAP
FOR REDUCING UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS BY 75% ACROSS THE
BAY AREA REGION- WE BRIDGE
COUNTY SECTORS AND SILOS AND
POLICY AND SYSTEMS WORK TO
PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS.
AND TO GET TO THE 75% REDUCTION
WE NEED SIMULTANEOUS INVESTMENTS
AN INTERIM HOUSING PERMANENT
HOUSING AND PREVENTION THESE ARE
THREE STRATEGIES EACH OF THEM IS
CRITICAL AND NONE OF THEM WILL
REDUCE HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT THE
OTHERS- AND BROADLY SPEAKING WE
RECOMMEND THAT FOR EVERY UNIT OF
IN TERM HOUSING OR SHELTER THAT
A COMMUNITY INVESTS IN. THAT
COMMUNITY SHOULD ALSO INVEST
INTO UNITS OF PERMANENT HOUSING
AND FOUR UNITS OF PREVENTION AND
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TO CREATE
FLOW TO MY COLLEAGUES POINT
THROUGH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE
SYSTEM AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS
BY KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE
HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IN IN
THEIR HOMES- THIS IS ESSENTIALLY
A MATH PROBLEM RIGHT. THE
OVERALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE-
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS
ONLY GOING TO GO DOWN IF THERE
ARE MORE PEOPLE EXITING
HOMELESSNESS AND ENSURING THAT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY DRIVING
COORDINATED REGIONAL STRATEGIES
TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN- THE
BAY AREA IN THE IN THE BAY AREA
THE PROBLEM IS BASICALLY ABOUT
AN AVERAGE OF THREE PEOPLE ARE
BECOMING HOUSED- BECOMING
HOMELESS FOR EVERYONE THAT IS
HOUSE THROUGH LOCAL NEWS
RESPONSE SYSTEMS. EVERY YEAR
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ON
AVERAGE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE BAY
AREA. AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT
NUMBER JUMPS. TO NINETY FOUR
THOUSAND PEOPLE- ESSENTIALLY WE
NEED TO REACH STRATEGY THAT'S
COORDINATED- TO ADDRESS THIS
INFLOW. AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR
HOMES TO STOP HOMELESSNESS
BEFORE IT HAPPENS BY REALLY
TARGETING THE RESOURCES TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO
BECOME HOMELESS- AND I WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST SITUATE.
PREVENTION ON A CONTINUUM- THE
HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IS FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ANNOUNCED
THIS TARGETED PREVENTION
APPROACH IS MEETING PEOPLE AT
THE FRONT DOOR OF HOMELESSNESS
AND KEEPING THEM IN THEIR HOMES-
USING RESEARCH BASED TOOLS.
INCLUDING AN ASSESSMENT A LITTLE
TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT- THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY ALSO A MATH PROBLEM
IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT. THE
COST OF LIVING FAR EXCEEDS WHAT
JOBS BRING IN AND WHAT FIXED
INCOMES FOR SENIORS BRING IN AND
SO UPSTREAM. MANY OF THESE
HOUSEHOLDS WILL NEED- YOU KNOW
AN ONGOING RENTAL SUBSIDY TO
ALLEVIATE THEIR RENT BURDEN AND
KIND OF FIX THAT BASIC MATH
PROBLEM THAT'S PUSHING THEM INTO
HOMELESSNESS AND IN MANY CASES
PUSHING PEOPLE INTO THE STREETS.
SO ALL HOME PARTNERED WITH AREA
COMMUNITY SERVICES BACKS- AND WE
BUILT AN ONLINE PLATFORM. WHICH
IS BASICALLY AN APPLICATION
PORTAL WHERE HOUSEHOLDS CAN
NAVIGATE AND APPLY FOR.
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN
SEVERAL LANGUAGES- AND WE USE A
RESEARCH BASED ASSESSMENT TOOL
SOME OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDER ASK
QUESTIONS THAT ARE BASED ON
RESEARCH ABOUT KNOWN RISK
FACTORS FOR HOMELESSNESS AND WE
ASSIGN PRIORITY POINTS. TO THE
PROGRAMS CAN THEN REACH OUT
PROACTIVELY TO THE HOUSEHOLDS
ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE THEM
WITH. EMERGENCY FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE HOUSING STABILIZATION
SERVICES LIKE BUDGETING AND
FINANCE FINANCIAL LITERALLY
LITERACY SUPPORT. AND LEGAL
SERVICE SERVICES REFERRALS TO
EVERY HOUSEHOLD FACING EVICTION
AND YOU CAN SEE IT SORT OF
SNAPSHOTS. OF OUR PORTALS RIGHT
HERE ON THE SLIDE- WE'RE WORKING
ALL ACROSS THE BAY AREA WE'RE
REALLY PROUD OF THESE PROGRAMS
ARE WORKING IN URBAN AREAS WERE
WORKING IN RURAL AREAS. WE
LAUNCHED EARLY PILOTS WITH
COVERT NINETEEN RENT RELIEF
FUNDS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
RESULTS OF SOME OF THOSE IN A
MOMENT- THOSE ARE IN FREMONT
OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO IN OUR
RE LAUNCHING- WITH A MIX OF
LOCAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS- SO WE ARE
OPERATING CURRENTLY IN NAPA AND
SAN FRANCISCO JUST RE LAUNCHED-
MAINLY WITH. WITH LOCAL PROPERTY
FUNDS. WERE AS NAPA'S PILOT IS
COMPLETELY FULL AND PROPERLY
FUNDED I'M REALLY TRYING TO
DRIVE THIS CAR NEEDED REGIONAL
STRATEGY TO PRODUCE OUTCOMES-
THAT. SHOW THE NEED FOR GREATER
AT AND MORE TARGETED INVESTMENT
AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
SERVICES. AND ALL HOMES PLAYING
SEVERAL ROLES FOR YOU KNOW OUR
FUNDRAISING WE ARE A GRAND T.
WERE A GRANT MAKER WERE
CONVENING AND PARTNERING TO
REALLY DRIVE THE STRATEGIES AND
OUR GOALS ARE. TO KEEP PEOPLE
HOUSED TO REDUCE INFLOW AT THE
SYSTEM LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN
FOCUS OUR HOME OUR HOMELESS
RESPONSE SYSTEMS ARE EXTREMELY
OVERWHELMING NEED TO FOCUS ON
THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ANNOUNCED
VERSUS PEOPLE ARE ENTERING
HOMELESSNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THE LARGE NUMBERS THAT I JUST
MENTIONED- AND WE REALLY WANT TO
BE CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT
PEOPLE'S INCOMES ARE BRINGING IN
AND WHAT. WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE
IN THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND- AND
THROUGH ALL OF THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO REDUCE RACIAL. DISPARITIES IN
WHO BECOMES HOMELESS AND- AND
TARGET RESOURCES. TO THE
HOUSEHOLD WHO NEED THE MOST TO
STAY HOUSED. SO WE HAD A LOT OF
COPA NINETEEN RENT RELIEF MONEY-
IN THE STEADY STATE PROGRAMS ARE
LAUNCHING NOW HOW ARE WE REALLY
USING THOSE RESOURCES TO TARGET-
THE HOUSEHOLDS ARE MOST LIKELY
TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
WITHOUT. WITHOUT THIS MONEY- WE
ARE USING RESEARCH- AND
BASICALLY LOOKING AT HOUSEHOLD
COMPOSITION. HOUSING AND INCOME
STATUS ANOTHER SITUATIONAL
FACTORS- TO TARGET RESOURCES THE
HOUSEHOLDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT
THESE FUNDS. SO THAT AGE RIGHT
WE WANT TO BE TARGETING SENIORS.
OUR FAMILIES HEY- WE WANT TO BE
LOOKING UP WHO'S EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE
THAT'S- A HUGE DRIVER OF. OF
IT'S A HUGE PREDICTOR OF FUTURE
PROTECTIVE FACTOR IN FUTURE
HOMELESSNESS. AND WE'RE ALSO
LOOKING AT SITUATIONAL RISK
FACTORS LIKE CHRONIC HEALTH
CONDITIONS WHICH START WITH DR
MARGOT KUSHEL TALKED VERY
COMPELLINGLY ABOUT EARLIER- AND
I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME EARLY
RESULTS FROM. OUR PROGRAMS IN.
SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND- IN
SAN FRANCISCO THEY RECEIVED OVER
FIFTEEN THOUSAND APPLICATIONS.
THEY ISSUED OVER FIFTY FIVE
HUNDRED CHECKS. AND DISPERSE
THIRTY EIGHT MILLION IN TOTAL
FUNDS- WITH A SIXTY NINE HUNDRED
DOLLAR AVERAGE ASSISTANCE AMOUNT
WHICH WE EXPECT MAY GO DOWN AND
DOVE IN THE STEADY STATE
PROGRAMS WE JUST HAVE FEWER
RESOURCES NOW- BUT I THINK IT'S
REALLY NOTABLE- THE YOU KNOW THE
TARGETING THE RESULTS OF THE
TARGETING HATS SO. 98% OF THOSE
HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE SERVED WERE
BELOW 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN
INCOME 36% HAD EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS PREVIOUSLY. A 17%
HAD RECEIVED AN EVICTION NOTICE
AND 77% IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR. IN
OAKLAND THE RESULTS WERE REALLY
SIMILAR THEY RECEIVED- NINETEEN
THOUSAND MORE THAN NINETEEN
THOUSAND APPLICATIONS FOR
SEVENTY SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR
AVERAGE ASSISTANCE AMOUNT. 84%
WERE BELOW 50% MI 38% HAD HAD
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS 15% HAD
RECEIVED AN EVICTION NOTICE AND
78% IDENTIFIED AS PEOPLE OF
COLOR- THESE ARE MORE OUTPUTS
AND OUTCOMES THE NUMBER THE
NUMBER ONE OUTCOME WE REALLY
WANT TO SEE IS HOUSING
RETENTION. BUT THAT'S TRACKED
OVER TIME SO IT'S HARD TO TRY
THAT AND A PILOT THAT YOU KNOW
THE TOPPER. FOR A YEAR- BUT
ESSENTIALLY RESEARCH FROM THE
LAB FOR ECONOMIC NOT
OPPORTUNITIES AT NOTRE DAME
CALIFORNIA POLICY LAB- IT SHOWS
THAT EMERGENCY FINANCIAL. AND IT
REDUCES THE USE OF HOMELESS
SERVICES OVER TIME- AND IT'S A
VERY COMPELLING KIND OF TRAUMA
AND FORMER STUDENTS TO KEEP
PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES IN THE
FIRST PLACE RATHER THAN
RESPONDING- ONCE THEY'VE BECOME
YOU KNOW. ONCE THEY'VE ALREADY
BECOME HOMELESS- AND SO I WANT
TO TALK FOR A MOMENT FINALLY
ABOUT CAPS. THERE ARE FIFTEEN
THERE ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE OUR HOUSEHOLDS
EXCUSE ME WITH EXTREMELY LOW
INCOMES IN THE BAY AREA. 68% OF
THOSE ARE RENTERS 80% OF THOSE
ARE COST BURDENED EIGHTY SIX S.
R. 80% OF THOSE 68% RENTERS ARE
COST BURDENED MEANING THAT THEY
PAY MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR
INCOME ON RENT. AND HALF OF
THOSE FOLKS ARE GETTING NO
ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER TO
MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING SO WE
ESTIMATE THAT EVERY YEAR BETWEEN
THIRTY AND FORTY THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS ARE AT IMMINENT RISK
OF HOMELESSNESS- ACROSS THE BAY
AREA. AND BASICALLY TO ADDRESS
THAT WITH YOU KNOW AN AVERAGE
COST OF TEN THOUSAND OR LESS PER
FAMILY IT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE
HUNDRED TO FOUR HUNDRED MILLION-
NOW IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A
RENTAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM TO
ELIMINATE THE COST BURDEN FOR
THE ROUGHLY TWO HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE
THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS. THAT ARE
RENT BURDENED- THAT WOULD GO UP
TO ABOUT TWO POINT NINE BILLION
IS OUR ESTIMATE SO THIS IS YOU
KNOW. HOUSING IS VERY EXPENSIVE
AND TO THE EARLIER POINTS RAISED
THAT HIGH HOUSING COSTS ARE
DRIVING THIS EXTREME NEED- BUT
THIS IS THE BALLPARK THAT WE
ESTIMATE TO. YOU KNOW KEEP TO
KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED IN A REALLY
STABLE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE COLORS
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. ON ON ROUTE THREE. YES
SENATOR COURTESY. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
TO ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE
DOING- TH. IN THE IN THE FIGHT
HERE THE STRUGGLE. TO ERADICATE
HOMELESSNESS. IT IS A QUESTION
WITH REGARD TO. THE I THINK
IT'S- I THINK THIS ONE IS.
REPORT FOR. SURE ENOUGH THANK
YOU- TRYING TO GET. THE PHILLIES
FOR ONE OF THESE PEOPLE'S NAMES
HERE- AND I APPRECIATE THE LAST
PRESENTATION AS WELL- IN A JUST
WANTED TO SORT OF TIE. A COUPLE
COMES TOGETHER GET A REACTION
WHO WITH A QUESTION- ON THIS IN
AND OUT. IT TALKS ABOUT THE
CALIFORNIA CITY IN THE THIRD BOX
. SEVEN INVESTMENT SHELTERS
WITHOUT PLAN FOR PEOPLE TO EXIT
TO HOUSING RESULTING IN 80% OF
PEOPLE LEAVING SHELTERS. TO
HOUSE THE. CALL HOME BY THE WAY
FULL DISCLOSURE I WAS PART OF.
THE ORIGINAL THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL AND SUCH SO I'VE WORKED
WITH THEM IN THE BAY AREA MY
REGIONAL CAPACITIES PARTICULARLY
ESPECIALLY BEFORE COMING HERE TO
STATE SENATE BUT- I THOUGHT I
HEARD. MORE OF IT A DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE NEED FOR. THE FRONT
INTO THAT CONTINUE WITH I CAN
CALL IT THAT THE SHELTER PIECE-
IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS AND INTO SHELTER IN-
COULD WANT TO PARAPHRASE WHAT
WAS SAID. BUT BUT BACK TO THE TO
THIS BOX. BRUCE ABOUT
INTERCOURSE YOU KNOW NUMBERS THE
STATISTICS ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE
PROVOCATIVE IN TERMS OF. OF WHAT
DO THEY REALLY MEAN- JUST USING
SAN JOSE AS AN EXAMPLE INSTEAD
OF AN ABSTRACT CALIFORNIA CITY
SINCE I COME FROM THERE AND I
THINK I HAVE PLACES TO TALK
ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT- THERE HAS
NEVER BEEN IN THAT CITY OR THE
COUNTY SUFFICIENT SHELTER BEDS
FOR THE HOMELESS DATING BACK TO-
THE LAST TWENTY TWO YEARS THAT.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT- IN
FACT WOULD WOODS ALWAYS BEEN
ALARMING TO ME OVER THE LAST.
SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT AS
HOMELESSNESS HAS INCREASED
EXPONENTIALLY UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS. THAT BASICALLY THE
NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS IN THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY REMAINED
STAGNANT- REMAIN INCIDENT SPACES
BASICALLY SO THAT. WHEN I'M IN.
SOME OTHER CITY LIKE NEW YORK.
TO USE ANOTHER SORT OF NON
ABSTRACT REFERENCE- REGARDLESS
OF HOW WELL OR POORLY THEY'RE
DOING GETTING FOLKS FROM
SHELTERS TO. PERMANENT HOUSING
OR PURPOSE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THEY THEY HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST
SHELTER SYSTEM- BIG CITY MUCH
BIGGER IN THE SAN JOSE. IN THE
QUESTION WHEN I'M VISITING
PLACES LIKE THAT IS OFTEN CAN WE
COME OUT AND SEE- YOUR
INTERPOSING OR YOUR SHELTER
SYSTEM EITHER EITHER- IN MY
RESPONSE UNFORTUNATELY IS. NO
I'M NOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
INVITE THEM AND ROLL OUT THE RED
CARPET IN GREET THEM AT THE
AIRPORT AND SHOW THEM AROUND BUT
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE
BASICALLY. AND WHAT I USUALLY
TELL THEM IS IF YOU FLY INTO SAN
JOSE MINETA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. DID YOU WANT TO SEE IT
YOU REALLY DON'T NEED ME ALL YOU
NEED TO DO IS DRIVE AROUND THE
AIRPORT WE HAVE A THING THEY'RE
CALLED THE GUADALUPE RIVER- AND
THAT'S BASICALLY OUR SHELTER.
PROGRAM IT'S TENSE INTENSE
INTENSE IN. WE ARE BUILDING
PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS
ROBUSTLY AS ANYBODY PER CAPITA
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH.
THE TUESDAY TWENTY SIXTEEN BOND
THAT WE DID ALMOST A BILLION
DOLLARS SAN FRANCISCO I KNOW.
HAS A COUPLE OF BONDS LIKE THAT
A LOT OF SELF HELP ALAMEDA
COUNTY RIGHT NEXT TO US ALL HOW
TO SELF HELP. BUT IT LEAVES US
IN A SITUATION THEN AFTER TWENTY
TWO YEARS OF NOT REALLY HAVING A
SHELTER SYSTEM. OF ESPECIALLY
TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM CREEK
TO CONDO OR CREEK TO STUDIO- TWO
PROBLEMS WITH THAT THAT I'VE-
WITNESSED ESSENTIALLY AS FAR AS
A LOCAL OFFICIAL. ONE IS THIS
PASSES WE CAN BUILD. THREE OR
FOUR OR FIVE THOUSAND UNITS TO
PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
WE'RE DOING THAT. ALL THAT
BILLION DOLLARS IS COMMITTED NOW
HOUSING PROJECTS IN JUST FIVE
YEARS SINCE OUR PRISONS ARE BY
MEASURE IN TWENTY SIXTEEN- BUT
WILL BE SOME MORE YEARS BEFORE
THOSE. UNITS ARE BUILT THAT WE
HELP PEOPLE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS-
UNSTABLE AS- MANY GLITTERY
UNSTABLE ICE FROM MENTAL HEALTH
STANDPOINT NOT NOT THE MAJORITY
BUT- BASED ON OUR NUMBERS 3538%
PERHAPS- IS SENSUALLY- IN THIS.
ON THE OLD IT'S KIND OF A-
UNSHELTERED CONDITION. AND SO
IT'S HARD FOR ME. TO FATHOM IN
THE END IT LIKE TO BE CORRECTED
IF IT'S IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO
SO. IT IS SOCIALLY CONTINUE TO
PUSH ALL OF OUR SHIPS TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE TABLE ON PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ONLY. HI RES
THIS RECENTLY IN ANOTHER SETTING
WERE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WERE
THERE IN THE- IN FACT OF A
FORMER LEGISLATOR WAS- HOLLY
MITCHELL WHO SAID IT'S GOT TO BE
BOTH AND IT'S GONNA BE BOTH END.
BUT WE ARE HEARING THAT FROM
EVERYONE IN A IN A AND I WAS
JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT. NO I
DON'T QUIBBLE WITH YOUR
STATISTIC HERE BUT WE SEE
RESULTING IN 80% OF PEOPLE
LEAVING SHELTERS TO HOUSING HOW
MANY ARE IN SHELTERS IN THE
FIRST PLACE. TO ME THE BIGGER
CONCERN IS I MEAN IF I HAD
EVERYONE SHELTERED AND I CAN
START MOVING ABOUT. 8% OF THE
TIME AND CHARGES I FEEL A HELL
WHAT BETTER THAN I DO RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE RIGHT AT LEAST HAVE THEM
. UNDERWEAR HOUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE
MOVING OUT AT SOME PACE BUT OUT
OF THE ELEMENTS IN IN IN
SOMETHING I PROBABLY REALLY
COULD SHOW VISITORS FROM NEW
YORK K. WE'VE- WE'RE STABILIZING
PEOPLE WERE WRAPPING THEM WITH
SERVICES THE COUNTY CAN AFFORD
THAT. WE'VE PROVEN THAT IT COSTS
WAY LESS TO WRAP THEM WITH
SERVICES THAN IT DOES. TO HAVE
THEM IN IN AND OUT OF OUR
SYSTEMS EIGHT OR TEN OR TWELVE
TIMES A YEAR INCARCERATED AND
SUCH. SO WE KNOW THAT COST IS
EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR NOT TO WRAP THEM WITH
SERVICES COSTS ABOUT THIRTY FIVE
TO DO IT- SO. IS THE REACTION
I'M LOOKING FOR IS- WHAT ARE WE
REALLY SAYING HOW ARE WE GOING
TO FIND. HOUSING FIRST IS IT IS
IT REALLY GOING TO INCLUDE
CATCHING UP ON SHELTERS OR IS IT
REALLY GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW
WHAT. LET'S NOT WASTE OUR TIME
WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T
REALLY NEED SHELTERS AMONG HER
TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU
KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE. A
CYCLE OF INCREASING THE NUMBER
OF SHELTERS IT JUST SEEMS TO ME.
THAT'S NOT A WORRY RIGHT NOW
IT'S CATCHING UP WITH TWENTY TWO
YEARS OF NEGLECT OF JUST NOT
HAVING THIS- AND YOU CAN CHECK
YOU CAN PUSH BACK I'M- WELL I
MEAN I. I COULD BE A PIN COULD I
FINISH IT THE QUESTION SENATOR-
I THINK IT IS BOTH END- BUT WE
NEED TO INVEST WISELY SO- I
WOULD SAY WE DON'T REALLY SEE IT
AS SALTER VERSUS HOUSING AND A
HOUSING FIRST. APPROACH IS
SHELTER DOES PLAY A ROLE IT
PLAYS A ROLE OF KEEPING PEOPLE
SAFE WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR
HOUSING AND HELPING THEM. ACCESS
HOUSING. I THINK OUR MY POINT IS
THAT WE NEED A LOT MORE HOUSING
THAN WE NEED SHELTER BEDS
BECAUSE- I THINK AS MENTIONED.
BY MY COLLEAGUE YOU KNOW WHEN-
WHEN WE- HAVE TOO MANY SHELTER
BEDS. THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT
EVENTUALLY PEOPLE DO HAVE TO
LEAVE THE SHELTERS AND THEY DO
RETURN TO THE STREET. AND SO
WE'RE CYCLING PEOPLE AND I THINK
SENATOR CAPITO HAD MENTIONED
THAT BEFORE WHICH I THINK IS
VERY ACCURATE THAT. PEOPLE ARE
OFTEN CYCLING FROM THE SHELTER
TO THE STREET. AND SO THE EIGHT
PERCENT- STATISTIC MEANS THAT
ONLY YOU KNOW PEOPLE TO MANY
SHELTERS PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO
EVER MOVE OUT OF THE SHELTER
INTO HOUSING. AND WHAT WE WANT
TO SEE IS SOME SYSTEM FLOW WHERE
PEOPLE ARE. COMING OFF THE
STREET GOING INTO SHELTER AND
THEN MOVING INTO HOUSING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF WE DO
THAT THEN IT MEANS THAT. FOR
EVERY SHELTER BED- WE HAVE FOUR
OR FIVE SIX HOUSING UNITS
AVAILABLE- FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL
OR THAT FAMILY- WHAT WHAT
HAPPENS MORE OFTEN IS THAT WE
THINK WE NEED A SHELTER BED FOR
EVERY PERSON WHO IS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND THAT. IS NOT AN
EFFECTIVE USE OF SHELTER BEDS
BECAUSE AGAIN WE WANT PEOPLE TO
THOSE SHELTERS BITS TO BE
CYCLING SO FOUR. FIVE SIX TIMES
A YEAR SOMEBODY NEWS SHOULD BE
MOVING INTO THAT SHELTER BED AND
MOVING IN THE NEXT PERSON MOVING
INTO HOUSING- I WOULD JUST- SAY
THAT WE DON'T WE SHOULDN'T COUNT
ON BUILDING ALL. ALL HOUSING
THAT WE NEED WE DO I THINK WE TO
MAKE OF NEWS. THAT ARE NEWLY
BUILT AND RENTAL SUBSIDIES. THAT
CAN BE ACCESSING UNITS IN THE
PRIVATE MARKET- AND PREVENTION
IS IMPORTANT TOO SO WE DO NEED
TO REALLY HAVE A BALANCED
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. AND NOT
RELY ON ONE INTERVENTION TO GET
PEOPLE INTO HOUSING OTHERS ALSO
RAPID RE HOUSING WHICH IS A WAY
TO PAY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR
SHORT TO MEDIUM TERM. AND FOR
SOME PEOPLE THEY CAN GROW THEIR
INCOME ONCE THEY'RE HOUSED AND
THEN THEY CAN MOVE OUT AND OTHER
HOUSEHOLD CAN MOVE IN OR- THEY
CAN KEEP THAT HOUSING AND- TAKE
OVER THE RENT- I THINK THE ONE
LAST POINT I'LL MAKE IS THAT-
MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN NEED
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SO- I'M FROM
THE CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING SO OBVIOUSLY. FULLY
BELIEVE IN THE MODEL AND IS
CRITICAL- FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN HOMELESS
REPEATEDLY OR OVER THE LONG
TERM. BUT MOST PEOPLE NEED AN
AFFORDABLE HOME AND- A LOT OF
OUR FOR THE HOUSING THAT WE
BUILD IN CALIFORNIA- MOST OF IT
DOES NOT GO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
HAVE BEEN HOMELESS MOST OF IT
GOES FOR. HIGHER INCOME
POPULATIONS IMPORTANT AS WELL
BUT- IF WE REALLY ARE SERIOUS
ABOUT SOLVING HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS WE WOULD
BE TARGETING A LOT MORE OF THOSE
UNITS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO'VE
EITHER BEEN HOMELESS. OR WHO ARE
ON THE BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS
AND- TO DO THAT WE WOULD NEED
THE SUPPORT FOR PAYING FOR SOME
OF THE OPERATING COSTS OF THOSE
UNITS. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY NOT
INVESTING IN HERE IN CALIFORNIA
SO I WOULD SAY. IT'S WILL BE WE
DON'T WANT TO OVER INVEST IN
SUPPORT OF HOUSING WE DON'T WANT
TO OVER INVEST IN SHELTERS WE
REALLY NEED MORE OF A BALANCED
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT'S
MORE LIKE A SYSTEM. WERE BILLY
ASSESSING WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE
FIGURING OUT HOW MANY SHELTER
BEDS DO WE NEED HOW MANY NEW
HOUSING UNITS DOING IT HOW MANY
RENTAL SUBSIDIES TO BE NEED. TO
REALLY MEET THE ON HOT ON MATT
HOUSING NEED- AND WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING OUR INSTRUCTORS
THEY'RE STILL TECHNICALLY
CONSIDERED HOMELESS SO WE'RE
REALLY NOT SOLVING HOMELESSNESS
WAS JUST STARTERS ALONE. WHICH
IS TO PUT ME THROUGH THE CHURCH
. YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW
MUCH YOU KNOW REAL LIFE
EXPERIENCE IS SKEWING MY- YOU
KNOW BY SEE ME HERE. BUT. WE
BROUGHT OUT WE BROUGHT OUT. WITH
CIRCULARS PUBLIC HEALTH AND
HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN THE STATE
DOWN THERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
WE BROUGHT OUT MOBILE UNITS M.
P.'S CREATE PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS. WITH THE
UNSHELTERED. HOMELESS GOT THEM
LINED UP FOR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND THEN
THREE DAYS LATER. THE PATIENT
PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIPS GONE.
THEIR NAME HAS TO BE SCRATCHED
OFF THE LIST BASICALLY YOU KNOW
WHY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THERE
ANYMORE THE TRANSIENT. IN INTO
AN IMAGE OF SOMEBODY TO YOU IF
YOU DON'T START WITH STABILIZING
PEOPLE AT LEAST WHERE YOU HAVE A
PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO BACK. TO
THEM AND HELP THEM IN. IT IT IS
TRUE IT REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD
ACROSS AGE GROUPS I HEARD-
ARCHER TALK ABOUT. YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS WERE GRADUALLY THE
FIFTEEN THOUSAND. KIDS AS YOU
KNOW MCKINNEY VENTO KIDS INTO
HOMELESSNESS. EVERY YEAR IN WHAT
WE DO IN TO INTERVENE. WHAT DO
THEY NEED A ROOM THEY DON'T NEED
I AGREE WITH YOU THEY DON'T NEED
A ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
SILICON VALLEY. MEDIUM PRICED
HOME THAT THEY BE HAPPY IN MANY
CASES IN MOST CASES WITH THE
ROOM IS SOMEBODY'S FOUR BEDROOM
HOUSE. INTERNET WITH VETERANS
BEFORE BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN
INTERCEPTING THEM. IN IN IN YOU
KNOW I JUST DON'T KNOW. HOW WE
SEND THEM OUT INTO THE ELEMENTS.
LOSE TRACK WITH THEM. YOU KNOW.
ABSENT YOU KNOW PUTTING PUTTING
A AN ANKLE BRACELET AROUND WHICH
I'M NOT GOING TO DO I DON'T KNOW
HOW WE KEEP TRACK OF FOLKS IF WE
DON'T STABILIZE HIM IN IN SOME
KIND OF THE SHELTER. I THINK. I
THINK WE COULD QUIBBLE ABOUT
WHETHER THAT MAKES SOME HOMELESS
. FOR HOUSE BUT IT'S REALLY NOT
THE POINT TO ME THE POINT IS I
NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO KNOCK ON
THE DOOR THE NEXT DAY. AND SAY
I'M HERE. WITH YOUR WRAPAROUND
SERVICES I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE.
YOU'RE DOING OKAY WITH YOUR
EDUCATION WHATEVER THE CASE MAY
BE WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT WHEN
PEOPLE ARE. IN IN THE TWENTY
SEVEN DIFFERENT TRIBUTARIES- YOU
KNOW OR OR AND I DON'T DISAGREE
WITH THAT AT ALL I JUST THINK WE
NEED TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE USE
OF OUR SOLDIERS. THANK YOU YES I
AGREE I THINK THIS POINTS TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF UP FRONT
INVESTMENT. AND I THINK THERE
ARE A LOT OF STRATEGIES SOME OF
THEM ARE BEING PILOTED IN SANTA
CLARA COUNTY ACTUALLY AROUND
PREVENTION AND FROM HOUSING SO-
BRIEFLY I'LL JUST SAY TO THE
POINT YOU RAISED ABOUT SHELTER
IN TERM HOUSING IS SORT OF A
SMALLER SITE. CONFIGURATION THAT
PROVIDES MORE INTENSIVE SUPPORT
ON THE RATES OF EXIT TO
PERMANENT HOUSING ARE MUCH
HIGHER THAN IN TRADITIONAL
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WILL SAY
THAT. AND THEN ALSO REACHING
PEOPLE ON THE FRONT END WITH
PREVENTION SERVICES IS REALLY
CRITICAL- A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS
ARE USING SUB GRANTEE NETWORK
SO- OUR SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING
AT ALL HOME IS ACTUALLY MODELED
ON SANTA CLARA'S HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION SYSTEM WHICH IS AN-
NETWORK OF NINETEEN SERVICE
AGENCIES. THAT ARE YOU KNOW
COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE IN
REAL TIME- WE'VE TAKEN THAT
MODEL. AND WE'VE ENGAGE SUB
GRANTEE NETWORKS IN OAKLAND AND
SAN FRANCISCO IN NAPA. AND THESE
FOLKS HAVE REALLY DEEP REACH
INTO COMMUNITIES THAT IN MANY
CASES AREN'T EVEN CONNECTED TO
IT TO MY HOUSE. AND WHEN THAT
WORD OF MOUTH SPREADS AND PEOPLE
HERE THAT HOUSING RESOURCES OR
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS
AVAILABLE. THEY CAN APPLY- AND
THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T
NECESSARILY EVEN CONNECTED TO
THE SYSTEM. AND SO WHEN WE CAN
KIND OF REACH PEOPLE ON THE
FRONT END AND PROVIDE THEM WITH
YOU KNOW A LOWER COST
INTERVENTION TO KEEP THEM
HOUSED. IT PREVENTS THE SAID THE
SORTS OF SITUATIONS THAT YOU'RE
SPEAKING ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR RESPONSES BOTH WE
APPRECIATE THE GIVE AND TAKE IN
ALL. RETURNED TO THE CHAIR IF I
IF I CAN JUST HAVE ONE BRIEF
THING WHICH IS WHY I THINK THE
PROBLEM IS A RISING WHERE. YOU
KNOW. AS FOLKS ARE MOVING INTO
SHELTER RIGHT MORE FOLKS FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS- WHICH IS WHY
THE PREVENTION PIECES IS SO
CRITICAL. AND SO EVEN AS WE
SCALE UP SHELTER BEDS IF WE'RE
NOT THEN EXITING FOLKS OUT OF
THE SHELTER BEDS BACK INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING YOU'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS KIND OF.
THIS THIS CLOG UP THE SYSTEM
WHERE YOU CAN'T MOVE FOLKS OUT
OF SHELTER BEDS SO EVEN THOUGH
YOU'VE- INCREASED SHELTER BEDS
WHICH- YOU KNOW SANTA CLARA
COUNTY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. BIG
INCREASE IN SHELTER. BEDS IN THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS. BUT WELL OKAY
ALL. BUT THE I. THE BUT I THINK
THE POINT IS THAT YOU KNOW IF
YOU CAN'T. INVEST IN THE SYSTEM
AS A WHOLE- RATE YOU'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE THESE KIND OF
BACKLOGS AND CAN IT CONTINUE TO
SEE. ON SHELTER HOMELESSNESS
PERSISTS EVEN AS SHELTER BEDS
GET ADDED SO IT'S- IT'S NOT JUST
LET'S PUT. X. NUMBER OF DOLLARS
IN THE SHELTER SYSTEM IT'S-
LET'S PUT X. NUMBER OF DOLLARS
IN THE SYSTEM AND GROW IT CON
COMMIT AND LEE FOR ALL THE KIND
OF KEY COMPONENTS THAT MOVE
SOMEONE THROUGH. PLEASE SEND
THEIR BIKES FOR. THANK YOU. YEAH
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT MY
COLLEAGUE SENATOR CORTEZ HE IS
SAYING ABOUT JUST HOW DEEPLY
UPSETTING AND PROBLEMATIC IT IS
THAT OUR SHELTER SYSTEM. IS OUR
CREEK BEDS AND THE SHANTY TOWNS
THAT ARE SPRINGING UP IN THE
CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY AND OUR
DOWNTOWNS. IN THE SHADOW OF OUR
STATE CAPITAL WE ALL LAWMAKERS
WALK BY PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS
AND ENCAMPMENTS AND TRASH AND-
JUST THE NORMALIZING OF THOUGHT
THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN PUBLIC
SPACES MENTALLY ILL BUT ALSO.
JUST LIVING THERE- AND SO YOU
KNOW THINK ALWAYS TRYING TO COME
UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT SAYS WHERE
SOMEBODY SLEEPING TONIGHT AND
WHERE ARE THEY IN SIX MONTHS AND
WHERE THEY IN TWO YEARS. AND TO
HAVE THAT AS OUR OUR ANALYSIS I
THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THINGS ARE JUST CONTINUING TO
GET WORSE AND IT'S- FOR MANY OF
US IT'S NOT THE STATE WE WANT.
AND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT-
COMING FROM A PLACE OF
COMPASSION AND WANTING TO HELP
PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. BUT ALSO
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A POINT
AT WHICH YOU WANT TO SAY YOU
WANT TO CRIMINALIZE LIVING IN
OUR PUBLIC SPACES LIKE THAT NO
YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE BECAUSE- YOU
BECAUSE THESE SPACES ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE PARKS AND THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE. A DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS AREAS AND THAT THIS IS
NOT AN APPROPRIATE LIVING
SITUATION AND WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW
THIS TO FLOURISH LIKE THIS. SO
YOU KNOW HOW DO WE COME UP WITH
THAT SYSTEM I THINK I THINK
ABOUT THIS AND STRUGGLE WITH IT
ALL THE TIME BUT- I'M
INCREASINGLY SEEMS LIKE WE JUST
NEED THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO. BUILD
THE HOUSING THAT'S TONIGHT AND
SIX MONTHS AND IN TWO YEARS AND
TO MAKE THAT A REALLY DIRECT
LINE NOT TO HAVE IT. BE FUNNELED
OFF INTO ALL THESE DIFFERENT
AREAS THAT THAT ARE SOMETIMES
FINAL BACK IN SOMETIMES ARE
INEFFECTIVE BUT JUST TO REALLY.
TRY TO SOLVE FOR THIS AND SO YOU
KNOW I'M I'M EAGER TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS WHAT IS
HOW DO WE DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S
SO IMPORTANT THAT THAT. I THINK
THAT WE THAT WE ATTACKED THIS
PROBLEM REALLY WITH THE VIGOR
THAT WE CAN IN THIS STATE. BUT
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT FRONT AND-
ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENTS. IT'S
JUST. IT'S REALLY UNACCEPTABLE
AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER ON ON
THAT PART. I'M CALLING FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS. OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR FINAL
PANELS. AND I WENT IN THE BACK
OVER TO. US AND- OVER ON A GIRL
UNDER FULL. THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY
FOR- THEIR ATTENDANCE- I KNOW WE
HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION TO PRESENT. AND THIS
IS A MATTER OF. FACT IS OF
UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO MANY OF
YOU. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HEAR
FROM OUR FOURTH AND FINAL PANEL
WHICH INCLUDES CONSUELO. NONE
THIS DIRECTOR OF SANTA CLARA
COUNTY OFFICE OF SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. RACHEL VANDER DEAN.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SAN JOSE
HOUSING DEPARTMENT. MICHAEL
ROBERSON HOMELESS SERVICES
COORDINATOR FOR TWYLA ME COUNTY.
AND JODY CATCH ASIDE DEPUTY
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR
TURNING POINT OF CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA THINK. THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE I'LL JUST REMIND
YOU THAT IF YOU HAVE A HANDOUT
OR SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO
REQUEST REFER TO WHILE YOU'RE
PRESENTING. PLEASE LET US KNOW
AND THEN ANY ACRONYMS PLEASE LET
US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT BEFORE YOU GIVE US THE
ACADEMIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH
WE'LL START WITH- MS HERNANDEZ.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYBE ONE MORE
TIME HOW ABOUT NOW. YES OKAY
GOOD AFTERNOON TEARS WEINER AND
OVERSHADOW GIL MY NAME IS SAM
CONSOLE HERNANDEZ I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA OFFICE OF SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. I HAVE THE VERY FINE
JOB OF WORKING WITH FIFTEEN
CITIES ALL LOOKING TO MEET THEIR
RENO GOALS ADDRESS HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS- ALL WHILE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND THE
ONGOING SUPPORT OF SERVICES THAT
ARE NEEDED- IT. AND I'M HAPPY TO
REPORT THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP AND
IT'S A VERY STRONG IN SANTA
CLARA COUNTY- INCLUDING LAST
YEAR WE APPROVED OUR FIRST
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
IN THE CITY OF LOS ALTOS- WHICH
YOU WOULDN'T THINK AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE CITY OF LOS ALTOS
NINETY UNITS INCLUDING TWENTY
UNITS FOR FORMERLY. HOMELESS
FAMILIES- THIS AFTERNOON I'LL
SHARE WITH YOU A FEW OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF
IN OUR COUNTY AND THAT'S OUR
COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION-
THIS REALLY STARTED IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN WHERE THE
COUNTY- CREATED OUR OFFICE OF
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND MADE A
COMMITMENT OF BUILDING AND
PRIORITIZING AFFORDABLE AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OF COURSE
WE CANNOT DO THAT ALONE NEXT TO
ME IS MY COLLEAGUE RACHEL FROM
THE CITY OF SAN JOSE- WE MEET.
THEM AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES A
MONTH- BOTH TO LOOK AT- THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE THE
SHELTER PIPELINE- OR INTERN
HOUSING AS WE REFER TO IT- IN
SANTA CLARA COUNTY WE COORDINATE
WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE
LOOK AT LEASE UPS HAPPY TO
REPORT THAT OF OUR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNITS IN THE COUNTY WE
HAVE A 2% MAKING ZERO EIGHT- AND
IF THAT UNIT IS VACANT IT'S
BECAUSE IT HAS SOME REPAIR WORK
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SINCE
TWENTY TWENTY DURING THIS
CONDEMNING EGG WE HAVE ALREADY
HOUSED UP TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AND AMONGST THEM- FIFTEEN
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FOUR ACCESS TO SHELTER. AND
TWENTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR
HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED WITH
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. AND
THAT'S DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
AND OF THOSE. 3% RETURN TO
HOMELESSNESS WHICH WERE VERY
HAPPY- AND NOW WE'RE INTERESTED
IN DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS
TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM. BECOMING
HOMELESS TO BEGIN WITH- IT WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER AT THAT- FOR
EVERY HOUSEHOLD THAT WE SERVE
THREE NEW PEOPLE BECOME
HOMELESS- LATER THIS WEEK WILL
BE RELEASING A REPORT- IN TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT RATIO IN
SANTA CLARA COUNTY WAS TWO POINT
FIVE. TODAY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD
THAT WE SERVE ANOTHER ONE POINT
SEVEN BECOME HOMELESS SO WE ARE
IN FACT BRINGING THAT NUMBER
DOWN. BECAUSE OF THE
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN OUR
COMMUNITY WE HAVE FORTY SEVEN
NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE
RESULTING IN FIVE THOUSAND
UNITS. OF THOSE TWENTY SEVEN
HUNDRED OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING-
WE ARE SERVING FOUR HUNDRED
HOUSEHOLDS AT A TIME GETTING
THEM DOCUMENT READY SO THAT
THERE IS THAT PIPELINE. WE HAVE
A THIRTEEN MEMBER KLEIN
ENGAGEMENT TEAM I KNOW THE
SENATOR WAS SPEAKING EARLIER
ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO
FIND. PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT
PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY NOW
BECAUSE BECAUSE IT ALLOWED US TO
TEST A LOT OF NEW MODELS WHERE
WE ARE ACTIVELY HELPING PEOPLE
WE DON'T NEED TO. DEVELOP A
NAVIGATION CENTER WERE RUNNING
IT OUT OF OUR OFFICE- AND THE
CLIENTS COME TO US OR WE GO TO
THEM. AND NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT WE HOUSE- BY THREE TIMES SO
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO
CONNECT ABOUT THREE HUNDRED
PEOPLE NEW PEOPLE INTO PROGRAMS.
THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER. INCREASED
TO EIGHTEEN HUNDRED- SO WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT
BECAUSE OF THOSE COMMITMENTS
THAT WE HAVE- AND HONESTLY
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE FUNDING
SO. AT THE SAME TIME THAT I HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH
FIFTEEN CITIES. I ALSO GET TO
WORK WITH ALL OF OUR COUNTY
DEPARTMENTS THAT MANAGE. THE
DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT YOU
HEARD ABOUT EARLIER TODAY- AND
WEAVING AND- PUTTING TOGETHER
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF
FUNDING. THAT REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS AND AT. YOU KNOW
FOR FROM A CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW WE
BREAK THAT FUNDING. RIGHT WE'RE
CLIENT CENTERED WE GET THE HOUSE
WE WORRY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL
SIDE AND THE- YOU KNOW HOW TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING-
THAT EXPENDITURES AND LOOKING AT
THE OUTCOMES- SO IT IS. A NOT A
VERY EASY JOB- RIGHT NOW I KNOW
THERE'S A PUSH FOR MORE SHELTER.
I HAVE ON THURSDAY. TO GET
PREPARED FOR FOUR HUNDRED ANGRY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO DO NOT
WANT TO SEEK SHELTER IN THEIR
COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
A PROBLEM IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
ANYMORE IN TERMS OF. SAYING YES
TO PERMANENT HOUSING. I THINK
OUR PROBLEM IS I HAVE TEN
PROJECTS FULLY FUNDED WAITING
FOR TAX CREDITS AND THEY WILL
SIT THERE FOR YEARS. UNLESS WE
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MOBILIZE OUR
FUNDING DIFFERENTLY. OUR
COMMUNITY- OVER THE LAST THREE
YEARS WE HAVE SEEN THINGS SHIFT
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING YES TO
HOUSING. FORTUNATELY SHELTER
STILL HARD A HARD SELL FOR US- I
HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY BUT IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME I WILL.
MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER I
APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU. I
WILL MOVE FORWARD- WITH RACHEL
VANDERVEEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON- I- I JUST
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT
TODAY- SAN JOSE APPRECIATES ALL
THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL PROVIDING
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS
OF OUR HOMELESS AND LOWEST
INCOME RESIDENTS. WE
SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR EIGHTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
IN- HAPPENS A HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIVE MILLION IN HOME KEY FUNDS.
THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE ALLOWED
THE CITY TO BE CREATIVE IN ITS
APPROACHES TO SOLVING
HOMELESSNESS. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK OUR TREMENDOUS PARTNERS IN
THIS WORK SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY HOUSING
AUTHORITY- DESTINATION HOME IN
ORDER FOR THE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
WHO ARE WORKING IN SAN JOSE
EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FIND WAYS TO
HOUSE OUR RESIDENTS. SAN JOSE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CRISIS
INTERVENTION. FOR OUR HOMELESS
RESIDENTS. IN THIS ROLE WE HAVE
FOUND SOLUTIONS THAT INCLUDE.
EMERGENCY INTERIM HOUSING. WE
BEGAN BY BUILDING INDIVIDUAL
CABINS AS EMERGENT EMERGENCY
INTERIM HOUSING WITH SHARED
RESTROOMS SHOWERS AND KITCHENS
PROVIDING EIGHTY BEDS FOR
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE
INDOORS. AND RECEIVE A VARIETY
OF SERVICES ON SITE. THE NEXT
MODULAR UNITS. SO THEN WE MOVED
INTO A PRE FABRICATED MODULAR
UNIT WITH THE BATHROOM INSIDE OF
THE UNIT INCREASING PRIVACY FOR
OUR HOMELESS RESIDENTS. THIS WAS
A CHANGE THAT WE LEARN FROM
WORKING FROM OUR RESIDENTS WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO ARE LIVING
IN THE CABINS- IN IN THE INTERIM
HOUSING THAT WE HAD ALREADY
BUILT. SAN JOSE UTILIZED MODULAR
HOUSING TO BUILD OVER THREE
HUNDRED INTERIM HOUSING BEDS.
FROM INSIDE INCEPTION OF THE
INTER HOUSING PROGRAM TO THE
FALL OF LAST YEAR THE CITY HAS
SHELTERED OVER ELEVEN HUNDRED
INDIVIDUALS. IN THESE
INTERMOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES WITH
47% OF THEM LEAVING TO PERMANENT
HOUSING AND 22% INTO SUCCESSFUL
TEMPORARY HOUSING. WHAT WE HAVE
FOUND AN WAS STATED IN THE LAST
PANEL EMERGENCY INTERN HASN'T AS
FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OUR
TRADITIONAL CONGREGATE SHELTERS
FOR CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO LONG
TERM HOUSING LARGELY DUE TO THE
INVESTMENT OF SERVICES AND STAFF
THAT ARE THERE AND AVAILABLE ON
SITE. SAN JOSE HAS SET A GOAL TO
EXPAND OUR INTER HOUSING BY ONE
THOUSAND NEW BEDS AND THIS IS AN
AGGRESSIVE GOAL THAT WE ARE WE
NEED TO PARTNER WITH EVERY
AGENCY AND EVERY LEVEL TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN. THE NEXT IN KIDMAN
SERVICES. SO IN AN EFFORT TO
INCREASE THE SAFETY AND
CONDITIONS FOR AN HOUSE
RESIDENTS LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS
THE CITY CREATED WHAT WE CALL
THE SERVICES OUR REACH
ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES FOR
SORE PROGRAM. SOURCE SORTER.
PROVIDES HYGIENE AND INFECTION
CONTROL TRASH SERVICES
COMPREHENSIVE STREET BASED OUR
REGION SUPPORT SERVICES. AND
HOUSING AND SHELTER REFERRALS
FOR ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS. AND
LAST YEAR SIXTEEN OF SAN JOSE'S
LARGEST AND CANNONS WERE
SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR
STORE PROGRAM. AND THEN
PERMANENT HOUSING. WE CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN THE CREATION OF
PERMANENT HOUSING AS THE
ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF OUR HOUSE HOMELESS
RESIDENTS. THE CITY AND COUNTY
HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO JOINTLY
FUND TWELVE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR
PIPELINE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ALL
READY TO GO- WHICH WILL RESULT
IN FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOMES FOR
OUR HOMELESS RESIDENTS OVER THE
COMING THREE YEARS. FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE THE TOOLS ARE MOST
EFFECTIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL
INCLUDE FOUR ITEMS. FIRST
STREAMLINING. REDUCE REDUCING
THE TIME LINE FOR PRODUCING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING- HAS A- SORT
THE STRING STREAMLINING ITSELF
HAS REDUCED THE TIME FROM NINE
MONTHS TO A YEAR IN MANY CASES
IN THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE THAT
IS SIGNIFICANT AND REAL AND IS.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE WE'RE AT THE
POINT WHERE EVERY SINGLE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
THAT'S MOVING FORWARD IN SAN
JOSE IS USING SOME FORM OF
STREAMLINING. SECOND ANOTHER KEY
POLICY WAS SEQUEL RELIEF ON HOME
KEY AND FOR THE CREATION OF
EMERGENCY SHELTER THIS IS
ALLOWED THE REHABILITATION AND
CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES FOR THESE
SPECIFIC TYPES OF HOUSING TO BE
CUT DOWN TO A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO HOUSE
OUR HOMELESS RESIDENTS MUCH
FASTER. THIRD ALLOWING STATE
FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE
OPERATING COSTS FOR
INTERMOUNTAIN SITES IS KEY TO
PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS FOR
OPERATIONS AND SERVICES IN THE
USE IN TERM COMMUNITIES. AND
FINALLY WE CONTINUE TO SEE
DEMAND OUTSTRIP THE AVAILABILITY
OF TAX CREDITS CREDIT FUNDING
ACROSS THE STATE RECOGNIZING
THIS NEED THE STATE MADE
ACCELERATOR FUNDS AVAILABLE.
MOVING FORWARD WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO INNOVATE AROUND
FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO TAX
CREDIT FINANCING IN ORDER TO
MOVE THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. FORWARD THAT WE NEED TO
ACROSS OUR STATE. AND WITH THAT
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK
YOU SO MUCH WE'LL KEEP MOVING
ALONG MR ROBERSON. GOOD
AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY
NAME IS MICHAEL ROBERSON AND I
AM THE HOMELESS SERVICES
COORDINATOR FOR QUALITY COUNTY
AND ON BEHALF OF THE NEARLY
FIFTY SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TODAY. WELL
THE COUNTY IS SITUATED IN THE
SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS ALONG
THE HISTORIC GOLD COUNTRY
HIGHWAY FORTY NINE. BORDERING
THE STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST
AND USE THE IN A NATIONAL PARK.
OUR COMMUNITY IS AN
INTERNATIONAL TOURIST
DESTINATION DESTINATION RICH IN
NATURAL BEAUTY AND HISTORY.
TODAY MARCH SEVENTH MARKS MY ONE
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOMELESS
SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR
ACCOUNTING IN OTHER WORDS. MY
PERSPECTIVE IS NEW FRESH AND
MAYBE NAIVE. BEFORE I STARTED
THIS JOURNEY I KNEW THAT
HOMELESSNESS WITH COMPLEX IT WAS
MY AMBITION TO FIND TO DEVELOP
PLANS FOR REDUCING HOMELESSNESS
AT EITHER THE STATE OR FEDERAL
LEVEL. THAT ARE RULED COUNTY
COULD FOLLOW A PLAN THAT
INVOLVED PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS FAITH BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. THE CONTINUUM OF
CARE. A REGIONAL COMMUNITY
ACTION AGENCY THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY AND ENGAGE MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY. IT QUICKLY BECAME
APPARENT THAT MY JOB WAS TO
COORDINATE SUCH A PLAN FOR TOM
ACCOUNTING. THE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND COACHING OF THE
CHANGE WILL PROJECT. A THOMAS
COUNTY HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM
OF CARE WAS DEVELOPED. AT AN
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM FLOWS
BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU TODAY.
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THESE SYSTEM
COMPONENTS ON THE TWELVE THE
COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
AGENCY STAFF IS UNDER WAY. BUT
THESE EFFORTS NEED TO BE TIED TO
A LARGER STATE AND REGION WIDE
RATIONALE. IN TWENTY TWENTY TO
THE USE OF FUNDING FOR HOMELESS
HOUSING FROM THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR SERVICES
AND CASE MANAGEMENT. THE PLACE
PEOPLE IN HOUSING. THROUGH H.
DAPPER THE HOUSING AND
DISABILITY ADVOCACY PROGRAM
STATUS PLACE THIRTY SEVEN
HOMELESS AND DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS. AND TEMPORARY
HOUSING AND TEN INDIVIDUALS AND
PERMANENT HOUSING. THROUGH CAL
WORKS HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM
FUNDING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES-
STAFF HAS PLACED FORTY FIVE
INDIVIDUALS. INTO TEMPORARY
HOUSING AND TWENTY SEVEN INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING. ENGINE ROOM
KEYS SEVENTY SEVEN INDIVIDUALS
WERE PLACED IN TEMPORARY
HOUSING. THESE COME THESE FUNDS
COME AS ALLOCATIONS WHERE AS THE
HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
PREVENTION THAT THE H. UP
GRANTS. A COME AS AN ALLOCATION
AND AS COMPETITIVE GRANTS BOTH
OF WHICH REQUIRE APPLICATIONS.
AND THERE ARE MYRIAD OTHER STATE
AND FEDERAL GRANTS THAT REQUIRE
COMPLICATED APPLICATION PROCESS
SEES AND REPORTING. GRANT
FATIGUE IS REAL. IN TWENTY
TWENTY TO TWENTY COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL CERTAIN
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
RECEIVED OVER THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY REFERRALS. FOR HOMELESS
SERVICES A HUNDRED SIXTY ONE
INDIVIDUALS WERE PLACED IN
TEMPORARY HOUSING AND HUNDRED
INDIVIDUALS WERE PLACED IN
PERMANENT HOUSING AND ALL OF
THIS HAPPENED WITH ONLY ONE FULL
TIME SOCIAL WORKER DEDICATED. TO
HOMELESS SERVICES. MORE SOCIAL
WORKERS WOULD MAKE FOR EVEN MORE
EFFECTIVENESS AND MORE
MANAGEABLE CASELOADS THE COUNTY
AS A BUDGETED TO INCREASE THE
SOCIAL WORK LABOR FORCE BUT
ATTRACTING QUALIFIED
APPLICATIONS APPLICANTS IS
DIFFICULT. JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY
TWO POINT IN TIME COUNT
IDENTIFIED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SIX
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS LIVING
UNSHELTERED IN TOMMY COUNTY.
THIS COUNTY DISCOUNTING
MECHANISM IS GROSSLY INEFFECTIVE
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. ARE
CALIFORNIA'S STATEWIDE AUTOMATED
WELFARE SYSTEM CAL SAWS DATA
SHOWS THAT TWELVE THE COUNTY HAS
EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX WHO
RECEIVE CALFRESH BENEFITS THAT
IDENTIFY AS HOMELESS. THAT IS A
DIFFERENCE OF FIVE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY PEOPLE BUT FUNDING IS
BASED ON DATA AND NOT CAL SIZE
DATA. TWENTY COUNTY IS 77%
PUBLIC LANDS WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCES REDUCES TAX REVENUE
MAKING THE PROVISION OF
ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES
DIFFICULT. THE DRAMA COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TRACIE RIGGS ARE
COMMITTED TO REDUCING
HOMELESSNESS NINE PRIORITY
PROJECTS WERE APPROVED BY THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN DECEMBER
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO A LIST OF
THESE PROJECTS HAS ALSO BEEN
INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. WITH
FOCUS ON THESE PRIORITIES ARE
COMMITTEE WILL SEE BOTH AN
INCREASE IN HOUSING CAPACITY AND
A REDUCTION IN HOMELESSNESS ONE
OF OUR BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES FOR TWENTY TWENTY
THREE. IS ADVOCATE. FOR AND
SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WILL
INCREASE RULE COUNTIES ACCESS TO
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS
THAT COMBAT AND REDUCE
HOMELESSNESS. SO IN SHORT WHAT
WE NEED FROM YOU. WE NEED. WHAT
WE NEED FROM YOU IS A
STREAMLINED COMPREHENSIVE. AND
COORDINATED PLAN TO COMBAT
HOMELESSNESS THAT IS NOT
COMPLICATED. WHAT WE NEED FROM
YOU. IS AN ONGOING FIGHT IS
ONGOING FUNDING FOR HOMELESS
HOUSING INITIATIVES THAT COMMAS
ALLOCATIONS AND NOT THROUGH A
GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. WHAT
WE NEED FROM YOU. IS FUNDING TO
RECRUIT AND RETAIN HOMELESS
SERVICES SOCIAL WORKERS. WHAT WE
NEED FROM YOU. IS EQUITABLE
FUNDING FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES.
AND WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS
LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS RULE
COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO REDUCE
HOMELESSNESS. THIS LAST SUNDAY I
CHECKED IN AS A WORKER AT THE
RED CROSS AND COUNTY COORDINATED
EMERGENCY SHELTER. THE SHELTER
WAS OPEN BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES AND LOW LEVEL. AND
UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF SNOW
PEOPLE DROPPED IN TO CHARGE
DEVICES TO WARM UP TO EAT A MEAL
AND FOR SOME TO SPEND THE NIGHT
BECAUSE THE HOMELESS. AND THAT
TWELVE HOUR SHIFT HI WITNESS
MENTAL HEALTH EPISODES AND THE
EFFECTS OF DRUG USE I HEARD
STORIES OF BROKENNESS AND BROKEN
FAMILIES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND AN
EMPLOYABILITY. AND OF THE
DESPERATION OF SOME NEWLY ON
HOUSES THEY RECOUNTED THE STORY
OF THE ROOF COLLAPSING UNDER THE
WEIGHT OF SNOW. SO I'M ONE YEAR
IN. I KNOW MORE NOW. AND ONE OF
THE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE. IS
THAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT
MAKING HOMELESSNESS RARE BRIEF
AT ONE TIME. AND I THINK WE CAN
. THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
. THANK YOU MR EVER SAID. MOVING
ON. TO CATCH SIGHT. I WAS ON.
OKAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
HERE TODAY MY NAME IS JODY CATCH
ASIDE I'M A DEPUTY CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER WITH TURNING
POINT OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. A
NONPROFIT THAT OPERATES ACROSS
THE STREET- MY REGIONS ARE IN
MADERA COUNTY FRESNO COUNTY AND
TULARE COUNTY. SEVENTY UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING IN A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONTINUUM.
OF CARE AND TO BEING ABLE TO
WORK AND BOTH AN URBAN SETTING
AND- A VERY RURAL SETTING-
EITHER AS A HAND OUT THAT YOU
WERE GIVEN THAT KIND OF SHOWS
SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE
SEEN. WITH THE ROLL OUT OF THE
STATE DOLLARS- I WOULD LIKE TO
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
CORNER OF- WELCOME CENTER DATA
THAT SHOWS THE- THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED SO
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT
DEMONSTRATES. PRETTY WELL THAT.
THE POINT IN TIME HOMELESS COUNT
IS- A DRASTIC UNDERCOUNT SINCE
THAT PROJECT HAS OPENED WE'VE
SEEN OVER TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED
UNDUPLICATED FOLKS. COME THROUGH
THE DOORS LOOKING FOR SERVICES
AND MEALS AND THEY THOUGHT THEY
ONLY HAD LIKE A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY HOMELESS PEOPLE IN. IN
THAT AREA SO. WHEN LOOKING AT
RURAL ALLOCATIONS WE HAVE TO
REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. THOSE
WORLD POINT IN TIME COUNTS ARE.
EVEN LESS ACCURATE THAN THE
URBAN ONES- THEY FOLKS ARE MORE
DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THE RURAL
COMMUNITIES SOMETIMES THE
COMMUNITIES HAVE LESS TOLERANCE
AND SO THEY HIRED A REALLY WELL-
AND SO IT'S VERY EMPATHETIC THE
ALLOCATIONS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES
ARE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE-
MIGHT RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION OF.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM MY BODY
OR GO A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE
THOUSAND DOLLARS. AN 8% OF THAT
GOES TO. SERVE YOU WITH SEVERAL
COMMIT LIKE THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO SERVE THE YOUTH
POPULATION IN THIS LARGE RURAL
AREA. AND YOU CANNOT START A NEW
PROGRAM OR OPERATE A NEW PROGRAM
ON THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SO
WHEN YOU REALLY BREAK DOWN THE
RURAL ALLOCATIONS AND THEN LOOK
AT THOSE CARVE OUT. IT'S JUST
NOT ENOUGH MONEY. TO SURVIVE THE
U. AND LOOKING THAT COUNTS ARE
SO MUCH LARGER THAN YOU CAN SEE
ON PAPER- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS WORKING REALLY WELL IN FRESNO
WE INCREASED OUR SHELTER BEDS WE
WERE ACTUALLY REFER TO THEM AS
TRIAGE CENTERS ALL OF THE
SERVICES OR HOUSING FOCUSED. AND
YOU CAN SEE THERE THE RESULTS OF
BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION FOLKS
ON TO EITHER TEMPORARY OR
PERMANENT DESTINATIONS. I THINK
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE YOUTH
POPULATION THOSE TEMP TEMPORARY
DESTINATIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO
MEASURE. SO THAT. WE CAN SEE.
THAT FOLKS ARE LEAVING TO SAFE
DESTINATIONS AT A LOT OF TIMES
DOES TEMPORARY DESTINATIONS TURN
PERMANENT. SO PEOPLE WHO ARE
OPERATING THESE PROGRAMS OFTEN
THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS TRY
TO CONNECT THEM WITH FOLKS THAT.
THEY MAY HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH
OR THAT THEY WANT TO RECONNECT
WITH AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE
RESULTS AND TRIAL HOUSING THAT
TURNS PERMANENT. SO I THINK
THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT
MEASURES TO KEEP TRACKING AND TO
TRACK MAYBE EVEN MORE CLOSELY-
ONE AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT I
WOULD RECOMMEND AS THE CAPS ON
THE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES. AS
SENATOR SKINNER WAS SAYING AND
IT'S- VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE
THE GRANTS WITH SUCH A SMALL.
PERCENTAGE OF ADMIN ALLOWED FOR
THE GRANTS WHEN THE WHEN
ADMINISTERED AT 7% OR 10% MOST
AGENCIES ARE OPERATING SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN. TWELVE AND 17% ADMIN I
CAN SPEAK FOR TURNING POINT
WE'RE OPERATING 1415% ADMIN SO.
IT REALLY DOES RESTRICT THE
FOLKS THAT CAN USE THE AGENCIES
THAT CAN DO THESE PROJECTS TO
THOSE LARGER. AGENCIES THAT ARE
ABLE TO. CONTINUE TO OPERATE
PROGRAMS WHILE THEY WAIT FOR
CONTRACTS OR BE ABLE TO. FLOAT
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IN THE
ADMIN EXPENSE AND THE CAP ON THE
STATE DOLLARS. OVERALL I WANT TO
THANK THE STATE IN GENERAL FOR
THE ALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS WE
MADE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD
STRIDES IN BOTH COMMUNITIES THAT
I WORK IN. AN IMPROVING- THE
RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS AND I
APPRECIATE IT. THEY HAVE THE
RIGHT INFORMATION HERE SO WE
WILL NOW BRING QUESTIONS BACK TO
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I
JUST. YES SIR GO HEAD SET OF
EXTRAS JUST QUICKLY I DON'T IN
READING THE EARLIER DATA IT SEEM
LIKE THE REUNIFICATION WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS ACTUALLY
. SO STATISTICALLY THAT THOSE
PEOPLE CYCLE BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS AND PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WAS THE TYPE
OF HOUSING THAT WHAT WAS
EFFECTIVE I KNOW IN MY COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO. THERE WAS DATA THAT
SHOWED THAT MOST PEOPLE ACTUALLY
SELF RESOLVING THOUGH SO MOSTLY
THEY'RE NOT GOING INTO
GOVERNMENT HOUSING THEIR SELF
RESOLVING IN VARIOUS WAYS SO. I
THINK THOSE TWO DATA POINTS ARE
IN CONFLICT BUT BUT I DO I DO
RAISE IT AS JUST AS AN ISSUE.
YEAH SO AND ART FOR PERMANENT
FOR SOMEONE WHO QUALIFIES FOR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS
LIKELY THE ANSWER. FOR SOMEONE
WHO IS HIGHER FUNCTIONING AND
JUST ABLE TO- YOU KNOW MAYBE GO
BACK INTO THE WORK FORCE THOSE
TEMPORARY DESTINATIONS OFTEN
BECOME PERMANENT OR THIS OFFERS
ALL THE OUT OF THAT. SO THEY MAY
GO STAY WITH A FRIEND AND THEN
THEY WORK LONG ENOUGH TO SAVE
SOME MONEY AND THEN MOVE OUT
INTO THEIR OWN APARTMENT- BUT
FOR SOMEONE WHO QUALIFIES FOR
PERMANENT. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
WHICH IS SOMEONE IS. TYPICALLY
DEMONSTRATING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS A
DISABILITY. THOSE FOLKS TO
DEFINITELY DO BETTER AND NOT
SETTING AND TYPICALLY DON'T. ARE
LESS LIKE TO FALL BACK AND HOW.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS
THIS PANEL RIGHT BECAUSE ONE OF
MY FAVORITES BECAUSE YOU GET THE
CONTRAST AND COMPARISON OF A
MAJOR CITY. AND THEN ROLL
CALIFORNIA WHICH JUST ADDS TO
THE DIVERSITY AND THE RICHNESS
THAT AND JUST WHY CALIFORNIA'S
JUST SUCH AN AMAZING PLACE TO
BE- I ALSO. DID SOME HOMEWORK
PRIOR JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I
HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DISPARITY BETWEEN RURAL AND
MAJOR CITY URBAN CENTERS. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT I HEARD TODAY JUST
UNDERSCORE THAT THAT YOU KNOW WE
HAVE A SYSTEM THAT SO COMPLEX IT
TO NAVIGATE THAT IN ORDER TO
COMPETE WITH LARGE MAJOR CITIES
ARE REAL COMMUNITIES ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING TO GET THOSE
APPLICATIONS OUT. OR TO EVEN
QUALIFY UNDER THESE VERY
STRINGENT GUIDELINES AND SO
ALTHOUGH I APPLIED- COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA IN CITIES LIKE SAN
JOSE OF BEING ABLE TO BRING
THESE REAL. AMAZING MODELS
FORWARD AND THINGS THAT WE CAN
WE CAN DUPLICATE I THINK THE
ONEROUS IS ON US AS AS A STATE
AGENCIES AND LEGISLATORS. TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE CREATING A
PATH TO PARITY. FOR OUR URBAN-
FARUL COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WHAT I
WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THE
NUMBERS DON'T COMPARE TO THE
MAJOR CITIES IN TERMS OF THE
AMOUNT. OF A HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT
THERE'S A GREAT VARIANCES AND
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE KNOW
THAT WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT WITH
A SMALLER AMOUNT OF FUNDS.
BETTER TARGETED AND MORE FREE
FLEA FREE FLOWING IF YOU WILL-
TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THINGS
LIKE WHAT MR ROBERSON IS
PRESENTING OR- WITH MISSED
CATCHES SIGHT IS PRESENTING. SO
I THINK YOU DEFINITELY CAN HEAR
THAT RESONATED THIS YEAR ABOUT.
UPLIFTING THE VOICE OF THE RURAL
COMMUNITIES ENSURING THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING THOSE AVENUES- AND
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE DUE TO
GREAT JOB PLEASE ASSIST US IN
HELPING TO SUPPORT. OUR OTHER
COMMUNITIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA-
BOTH WITH MENTORING AND MODELING
YOUR PROGRAMS- AND IT COULD EVEN
BE WITH GREAT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER OP. THAT
WE HAVE- AS AS PURVEYORS OF
LARGE COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
HELP- BUILD THAT BRIDGE IN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW
THERE IS A MIGRANT POPULATION
ALSO WITH R. AND HAL'S- THAT
THEY WOULD GO FIFTY. ONE COUNTY
TO ANOTHER TO ANOTHER SEEKING
FOR PERMANENT HOUSING- AND OFTEN
TIMES WERE NOT CONNECTING WE'RE
NOT WE'RE NOT- SHARING RESOURCES
OR EVEN COMMUNICATING TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY NET. AND
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY THAT
TWENTY THREE BILLION DOLLARS
REALLY HIT US HARD AT THE SIDE
OF THE DYESS- SO WE WANT TO SEE
OUR DOLLARS REALLY HAPPENED
IMPACT OF THE LIVES OF
CALIFORNIANS- AND BE ABLE TO
PARTNER WITH YOU IN THE
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO
SAY WAS- I ASKED FOR- A
ACCOUNTING ON ENCAMPMENT
RESOLUTION FINDS AND FAMILY
HOMELESS CHALLENGE GRANT FUNDS
IN MY DISTRICTS OF THIRTEEN
COUNTIES ALL RULE. AND NOT A
SINGLE ONE OF MY COUNTY'S GOT. A
CABINET RESOLUTION FUNDS NOT A
SINGLE ONE OF MY COUNTY'S GOT
FAMILY HOMELESS JOHN SPENCE SO
THAT TO ME IS TELLING ME THAT WE
HAVE A PROBLEM. WITH A PROBLEM
HERE AT THE STATE WHERE WE ARE
NOT CREATING AVENUES FOR A SMALL
RIPPLE COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE.
AND THAT CONCERNS ME. SO THAT'S
HOW I'M GONNA WRAP IT UP IN
TERMS OF MY COMMENTS- I HEAR YOU
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU
THANK YOU FOR STAYING- AND
BRINGING FORWARD YOUR JUICE.
OKAY I WILL NOT PASS IT OVER. TO
MY CO CHAIR SENATOR WIENER FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. IF I
JUST MAY- YOU KNOW WITH THE
LIMIT TIME WE'D WE DON'T GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF
THE- CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN
OUR COMMUNITY IT JUST. I WOULD
BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION
THAT ONE OF THE BIG STRUGGLES
THAT WE HAVE IN SANTA CLARA
COUNTY IS WITH. THE UNDOCUMENTED
POPULATION SO WE'VE STARTED A
FAMILY HOMELESS- CHALLENGE-
WHERE WE ARE HOPING TO END
FAMILY HOMELESSNESS WE STARTED
WITH ABOUT. A TWELVE HUNDRED
HOMELESS FAMILIES IN OUR
COMMUNITY Q. AND OF THOSE ABOUT
25% WE CANNOT HELP BUT WE CANNOT
SERVE WITH AN EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHER. BECAUSE THEY DON'T
QUALIFY- UNDER SO I THINK THERE
IS A GAP THAT WE DON'T SEE IN
OUR SYSTEM WE DON'T ASK THE
QUESTION. ARE YOU UNDOCUMENTED-
I THINK THAT IF THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK MORE
LOCALLY HOW CAN YOU KNOW WHAT
ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE
IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. THAT
MAYBE WE CAN LEARN FROM THE WORK
THAT- THE RULE COUNTIES ARE
DOING AND THE REVERSE AND I
THINK. YOU'LL HAVE A VERY
DIFFICULT JOB OF PRIORITIZING
THE- LIMITED RESOURCES THAT YOU
HAVE- AND YOU KNOW WE MAKE IT
SOUND EASY BUT IT'S A LOT OF
WORK- AND WE- DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FUNDING. TO VERY SIMILAR TO YOU
ALL WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING
TO HELP EVERYBODY WITH TEN
THOUSAND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND IF
WE DID- YOU KNOW WE WOULDN'T BE
HERE. WITH YOU THIS THIS
AFTERNOON SHARING WITH YOU SOME
OF THE STRUGGLE SO I JUST WANTED
TO MENTION THAT WE FOUND WE MAKE
IT SOUND LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT
AND WE ARE. BUT THREE YEARS INTO
THIS PANDEMIC AND YOU KNOW
WE'RE- COMING OUT OF IT VERY
DAMAGED AND INJURED. I'M TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
SUSTAIN THE SERVICES OVER THE
LONG TERM. THANK YOU GREAT THANK
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. VERY
MUCH. BYE WILL NOW MOVE TO
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'RE GONNA
START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT- FOLKS
ARE PHYSICALLY IN THE ROOM- AND
FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD- OF
COURSE WHEN WE DO BILL HEARINGS
WE ASK PEOPLE TO SET THEIR NAME.
AND PHYSICIAN OFFICES NO BILL
HERE- SO IF YOU COULD JUST SAY
YOUR NAME AFFILIATION IF ANY-
AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY. COMMENTS
THAT WOULD BE GREAT COME ON UP.
HI THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAD.
BRADLEY BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
REPRESENTING ALL FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
WHEN A STARBUCKS SAYING THANK
YOU TO THE CHAIRS IN THE
LEGISLATURE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP
ON THIS INCREDIBLY NUANCED
COMPLICATED ISSUE- COUNTIES ARE
INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
RECENT ONE TIME INVESTMENTS. BUT
THE STATE HAS MADE ON
HOMELESSNESS THAT HAVE ALLOWED.
FOR A LOT OF INNOVATION AND
INVESTMENTS IN NEW STRATEGIES
AND PARTNERSHIPS. HOWEVER THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE MEANINGFUL AND
SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS. IS THAT. A
IS THROUGH IT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM. BUILT ON
ACCOUNTABILITY. FIVE CLEARLY
DEFINED ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT. AND ONGOING
FUNDING. THE STOCK IS CURRENTLY
ENGAGED IN AN ASSOCIATION WIDE
EFFORT TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGY. THAT IDENTIFIES THE
GAPS AND BARRIERS- WITHIN THE
EXISTING SYSTEM AS WELL AS MAPS
OUT THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS.
NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM.
INFORMED BY COLLABORATIVE
EFFORTS WITH SEVERAL KEY WEEK
WORKING GROUPS THE STOCK HAS AND
CONTINUES TO IDENTIFY A POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND
HOUSING. PREVENTION ON SHOULDER
RESPONSE WORKFORCE CAPACITY AND
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. WE ARE
FINALIZING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT CURRENTLY AND WE ARE
EXTREMELY EAGER TO BE SHARING
THOSE WITH YOU VERY SOON- WE
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME
AND FEEDBACK LOOKS FORWARD TO
CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE LEGISLATURE AT THE
ADMINISTRATION. STUDIES AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. THANK
YOU THANK YOU. TORONTO. THANK
YOU CHAIRS FOR THIS WONDERFUL
HERE MY NAME'S LOUIS PRIME DAY
WE HAVE TO BURY COUNCIL- ONE OF
HIS HIGHLIGHT THIS THIS REPORT
THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT TODAY-
COMPARING HOUSTON TO SO THE
LESSONS WE HAVE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA- HOUSTON WAS ABLE TO
REDUCE ITS HOMELESS POPULATION
BY FIFTY FIVE PERCENT. BY DOING
MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE
FUNDING THROUGH THE BUDGET TODAY
ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES
THOUGH BETWEEN HOUSTON'S
APPROACH IN OURS IS IT ALSO
FOCUSED ON THE ON THE ON THE
GENERAL PRODUCTION OF HOUSING AS
A POLICY MERIT. FOR HOMELESSNESS
ITSELF- THEY REFORM THEIR ZONING
THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE
STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR HOUSING
REVIEW AND THEY HAVE MUCH LOWER
FEES ALL CHALLENGES THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS RAISE TO HOUSING
PRODUCTION IN CALIFORNIA. AND
ALL ISSUES THAT EXPLAIN WHY IT'S
SO HARD TO STOP THE RISE IN
HOMELESSNESS IN CALIFORNIA JUST
MORE MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING
HOMELESS THAN WE HAVE RESOURCES
TO PULL THEM OUT- SO I INCREASE
THE LEGISLATURE TO CONTINUE
FINDING WAYS TO STREAMLINE
HOUSING TO REDUCE FEES- WINNER
HAS- AS BEFORE TWENTY THREE.
WHICH WERE STRONGLY SUPPORTING
WHICH WOULD AT LEAST STOP ONE OF
THOSE TOOLS FROM- SUNSETTING IN
GOING AWAY- BUT ENCOURAGE YOU
TO- REMAINS AWFUL REMAIN
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW SOLUTIONS
LIKE THE ONES YOU FOR TODAY AND
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION THIS ISSUE. THANKS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS PLEASE COME
FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME
IS DAVID POLACK I'M SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF TAKE A STANCE
STANISLAW. THEY WANTED TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT. THE STATE HAS NOT
BEEN PRIORITY MONEY NOW HAS NOT
BEEN PRIORITIZING THE MONEY
ALLOCATED TO HOMELESSNESS
CORRECTLY. AND WE DON'T NEED
MONEY ALLOCATED THAT. USE UNTIL
THAT THEY CAN FIND REAL
SOLUTIONS NOT JUST THROW MONEY
AT IT WHEN MORE THAN HALF OF
CALIFORNIA'S CAN BARELY PAY
THEIR BILLS THANK YOU. EXPOSURE
. THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON HI MY
NAME'S DANNY CHOICE I'M INTERNAL
CALIFORNICATION FOR USE AND
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION ON.
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF
HOMELESSNESS ALSO THANK YOU
SENATOR WIENER- FOR THE COLLEGE
OF EARLIER- TO SEE WHAT I
BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO
BREAK THE CYCLES BY ENDING YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS- YOUTH WILL MOVE
ALONG WITH THE PATHWAY OF
CHRONIC ILLNESS- HOMELESSNESS.
IF THERE'S NO INTERVENTION AND
SHE'S INTRODUCTORY- THE SET
ASIDES. IN THE PROGRAM SUCH AS
HAPPENED LIKE HOME KEY- HAVE
BEEN CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT
COMMUNITIES DON'T FORGET THIS
POPULATION- WE SAW THOSE
COMMUNITIES LIKE- THOMAS WHERE
PRIOR HAPPEN KEEP ARE THE ONLY
PROGRAMS SERVING YOUTH. TO THE
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND
THE HOMELESS- PROGRAM. ANOTHER
FINDING A USE SPECIFIC PROVIDER
TO SERVE YOUTH- THIS. IS WHAT
SET ASIDE IS ACCOMPLISHING AND
WE URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO
INCREASE THE SET ASIDE 25%
BECAUSE MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES
ARE BEING SET ASIDE AS- SELLING
RATHER THAN THE FLOOR OFFERING
YOUTH ARE UNDERCOUNTED IN THIS
PIC. MISSION DRIVEN BY HIDE AND
MISSING YOUTH THAT ARE COUCH
SURFING OR SLEEPING IN PLACES
THAT ARE HIDDEN. WITH RESPECT TO
ACCOUNTABILITY CZ Y. SUPPORTS
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE WANT TO
SEE THESE OUTCOMES TO WORK FOR
THE YOUTH. MEANING THAT WE NEED
TO CONSIDER EXITS TO A SAFE AND
STABLE LOCATIONS AS A MEASURE OF
SUCCESS THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT HERE
IN THE ROOM IN THE ROOM. OKAY
SITTING DOWN WILL GO TO THE UP
TO REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE
PHONE LINES IS THE OPERATOR-
HERE. I AM GREAT LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC
COMMENT PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
THERE ON YOUR PHONE. IF YOU'RE
USING A SPEAKER PHONE PLEASE
PICK UP YOUR HANDSET BEFORE
PRESSING THE NUMBERS ONCE AGAIN
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PRESS ONE
THEN ZERO. SECOND ONE SITUATION
LET US KNOW HOW MANY. SURE WE
HAVE THREE- CUED UP RIGHT NOW
GETTING NEAR LINE NUMBER. AND
THEN THE FIRST TIME WE WILL GO
TO ITS LINE NUMBER THIRTY NINE
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH- GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY
NAME AT THE MONTERREY ECCLES AND
I WORK FOR JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES
FOR YOU. I WANT TO SHARE A
BRIGHT SPOT IN TERMS OF
CALIFORNIA'S INVESTMENTS
HOMELESSNESS SAYS REFERENCED BY.
THE CALIPH GAUGE DEPUTY
SECRETARY TWENTY TWENTY POLITICS
ARE BEING A LITTLE OUT OF
BREATH. THERE HAS BEEN A 21%
DECREASE IN YOUR HOME WITH THAT
IN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS DUE TO
OUR STATE USE THAT FIVE POLICIES
WHICH STARTED THE KEEPING
CONTINUED HALF. A SENATOR WIENER
ALLUDED TO. HAVE HAD TRULY
BECOME THE FOUNDATION OF FUNDING
IN CALIFORNIA FOR YOUTH HOMELESS
PETS. I WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST
IN HALF IT. AIMS TO BUILD ON THE
PROGRESS WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL
POLICY CHANGES HAPPEN
PARTICULARLY AROUND WE REALLY
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ADMINISTRATION FOR YOU WE
BELIEVE WITH CHANGES LIKE THESE
THINGS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH A LONGER TERM
FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR THIS
PROGRAM. WHICH WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE SHARING THAT WE ARE ONE OF
THE CO SPONSORS OF THE BILL IN
THE ASSEMBLY SIDE INTRODUCED BY
ASSEMBLY. RETREAT AT. EIGHTY
SEVEN NINETY NINE WHICH WILL
MAKE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES TO
HAPPEN. WITH PORTAGE GROWTH
INTER LONG INTO A LONGER TERM
THEORY THAT MEASURABLE
INVESTMENT. BUT WE ALSO- HAVE A-
WRITE UP OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE-
REDUCTION IN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE SECURITY.
COUNCIL ON DATA AND I'D LIKE TO
SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE
VIA EMAIL. THANK YOU. GREAT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FEEL
FREE TO SEND OUT AN- APPRECIATE
IT. HI NEXT PETER. SIR WE HAVE
MY NUMBER. TWO PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HI MY NAME IS MARK BEGIN THE
HOLIDAY PREVENT PROGRAM. FOR SAM
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC.
HOUSING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
IN CAMPUSES GO. CRAZY WITH ALL
THE PORTS PROVIDE EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE HOUSING
STABILIZATION SERVES AS- A
HOUSEHOLD ABOUT FIVE PERCENT.
THE COMMON SENSE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. EVERYTHING FELL OVER
. THE PROGRAM IS A CLASS EFFORT
BETWEEN MULTIPLE CITY AGENCIES
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WORKING
TOGETHER TO COORDINATE THE
PROVISION OF AVAILABLE
PREVENTION RESTART THE- CASE
SOMETHING THAT CAN'T RESEARCH ON
THE RISK FACTORS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
YOU CREATE A TOOL TO TARGET
ASSISTANCE. WERE MOST LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE SOME OF THAT AFTER
THAT THE SECOND. INTO ADDRESS
RACIAL EQUITY IN. RACIAL
INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY. HE
JONATHAN FOLKS THAT COMPLEMENT
OF THIS PROGRAM IN HER TESTIMONY
INCLUDING MORE THAN SIXTY FOUR
HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS THIRD MAY OF
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. 34% OF WHOM
HAD MINOR CHILDREN IN THE
HOUSEHOLD AND 15% OF THEM. HAD A
JUNIOR IN THE HOUSEHOLD BOTH OF
WHICH ARE CONSIDERED RISK
FACTORS OF HOW MUCH. RIGHT IN
PRACTICE IMPACTED PROGRAMS MADE
IN SAN FRANCISCO THE PAST TWO
YEARS AND DEMONSTRATED JUST HOW
HIGH THE NEEDED FOR RENTAL
CERTAIN. LONGER TERM RENTAL
SUBSIDIES AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE
CONSTANTLY SEEKING NEW SOLUTIONS
AND FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE
CURRENT PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE
SENATE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND
HUMAN SERVICES LADIES GOT. THE
SUPPORT ISSUE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT
SPEAKER. THANK YOU WE DO NOT
HAVE ANY OTHER IN Q. COMMA TWO
AND THEN ZERO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
. OKAY IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN
Q. WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND- BRING THAT HEARING BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE ALL OF OUR
WITNESSES- AND MEMBERS OF PUBLIC
FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY REALLY
INFORMATIVE- TESTIMONY I ALSO
WANT TO THANK. OUR COMMITTEE
STAFF BOTH ON THE HELP ON THE
HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR DOING A-
STELLAR JOB- ORGANIZING THE
HEARING AND- PROVIDING THE
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT AND- AND SO
FORTH- WITH A LOT OF WORK TO DO-
AS ALWAYS ON THIS. HERE IS PUT
THIRTY ONE POLLING SHOWS THIS
ISN'T THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN
ALMOST US. FOR CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS UP AND DOWN THE STREET
THAT DID NOT USED TO BE THE
CASE- IF IT'S TRAGIC THAT IS
BECAUSE IT SHOWS. THE DEPTH OF
THIS- OF THIS HUMANITARIAN
DISASTER BUT AT LEAST- IT
CREATES- THE POLITICAL PUSH THAT
OUR CONSTITUENTS. EXPECT US TO
DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE AND HELP
THESE FOLKS. AND I KNOW WE DO A
LOT OF GREAT WORK OF THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY-
TO MY COLLEAGUE TO CLOSE OUT THE
HEARING. THANK YOU IT WAS A
PLEASURE TO COACH HERE WITH YOU
THANK YOU THIS IS MY FIRST
HEARING AS A LEGEND. FRESHMAN
SENATOR- AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO STAYED WITH US
THROUGH THE HOURS OF THIS
HEARING- THE STAFF- MY STAFF AS
WELL WHO HELPED TO PREP FOR
TODAY- AND JUST ALL THE PANEL
MEMBERS I KNOW THAT THEY'VE-
THEY'VE GONE FOR THE DAY BUT
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET YEAH.
GET THIS I SHINE- THIS IS A
WONDERFUL WAY TO GET A LARGE
VIEW ON ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT
ISSUE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
HELPING TO CHAMPION THE VOICE OF
THE REAL COMMUNITIES AND WORK
WITH MY COLLEAGUES FOR SOLUTIONS
IN THIS FASHION THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SO WITH THAT- WE
WILL- WE'LL ADJOURN THIS HEARING
THANK YOU.