BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Recommended Positions on State Legislation: AB 143 (Quirk-Silva) Shelter Crisis: Homeless Shelters; AB 1745 (Kalra) Shelter Crisis: Emergency Bridge Housing Community: City of San Jose; and Other Legislation Which May Require Urgent Consideration for a Position by the Board.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 143 (Quirk-Silva) Shelter Crisis: Homeless Shelters; and
B. Adopt a position of "Support" on: AB 1745 (Kalra) Shelter Crisis: Emergency Bridge Housing Community: City of San Jose.
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SUMMARY:
AB 143 (Quirk-Silva) Shelter Crisis: Homeless Shelters (A-04/10/19)
Position Recommendation: Support
Priority Recommendation: 3
In 2017, AB 932 (Ting) provided the Cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego, the County of Santa Clara, and the City and County of San Francisco, the authority to declare a shelter crisis and suspend any housing, health, habitability, planning and zoning, or safety standards, procedures, or laws for homeless shelters, provided that the locality has adopted health and safety standards and procedures for homeless shelters consistent with ensuring minimal public health and safety, and that the locality has complied with those standards.
AB 143 would extend the authority to declare a shelter crisis to all the cities in the County of Orange, the City of San Jose, and the Counties of Orange and Alameda. The bill also would extend the date on which the authority sunsets from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2023.
It would also require the above-named jurisdictions to develop a publicly available plan to address the shelter crisis, including, but not limited to, the development of homeless shelters and permanent supportive housing, as well as onsite supportive services by July 1, 2020.
Importance to Valley Water
Currently Valley Water engages in the cleanup of homeless encampments in creeks and streams throughout Santa Clara...
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