Score: +2
(4/8/2)
Sacramento County Grand Jury
• 2022-2023
Homeless Should Not Mean Hopeless: Homeless Solutions Elude Local Leaders Investigative Report
Published: May 23, 2023
10 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
There is no cooperative, collaborative, and coordinated effort among all eight governments in the County to create comprehensive solutions to this shared problem.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness
F2
The problem of homelessness in Sacramento County has drastically worsened over the past five years, as demonstrated by the dramatic increases in Point in Time counts.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The newly formed JPA should be governed by elected officials who are directly accountable to citizens of the County.
F3
A lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness and the most difficult one to solve due to the high cost of new development.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The Joint Powers Authority should develop and manage a comprehensive County-wide strategic plan to address homelessness
F4
Sacramento Steps Forward does not have any elected leaders on its Board and lacks decision-making authority over the eight governmental jurisdictions in the County, making it powerless to implement needed changes.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
The County/City Partnership Agreement should be used as a model for the other six cities as an interim measure pending the creation of a Joint Powers Authority.
F5
The legally binding agreement mandated by Measure O and the Partnership Agreement is a step in the right direction, but it applies only to the City and County of Sacramento.
No recommendations for this finding
Observations 1
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OB1 Page 3Members of the Grand Jury, like other citizens of the County, witnessed the ever- increasing population of homeless living on our streets, in parks, on sidewalks, and in other open areas.
Agency Responses 6
Government agencies' official responses to this report's findings and recommendations. Click on a response to see the structured breakdown.
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City of Elk Grove, Mayor
August 10, 2023
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5 pages
• 5 responses
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Score: 0
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5 responses to findings and recommendations
R1
The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness
Response: Requires Analysis
Score: 0
The recommendation requires further analysis. Since it was formed in 2011, Sacramento Steps Forward has served as a regional lead entity on homelessness. Their mission "to end homelessness through leadership, convening partners, datadriven best practices, and improving system performance" broadly encompasses the work done by JPAs in other regions. Sacramento Steps Forward serves as the Continuum of Care facilitator and collaborative applicant for US Department of Housing and Urban Development funding, as the lead agency for the Homeless Management and Information System, the lead strategic pla...
R2
The newly formed JPA should be governed by elected officials who are directly accountable to citizens of the County.
Response: Requires Analysis
Score: 0
The recommendation requires further analysis. Sacramento Steps Forward developed the Sacramento Local Homelessness Action Plan (LHAP) in 2022. The LHAP covers the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, and was developed in coordination with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, the Sacramento Continuum of Care, and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. While the LHAP is understandably focused on the challenges of those jurisdictions with the greatest numbers of people experiencing homelessness, considerable resources went into the development of the LHAP and the City believ...
R3
The Joint Powers Authority should develop and manage a comprehensive County-wide strategic plan to address homelessness
Response: Requires Analysis
Score: 0
The recommendation requires further analysis. Sacramento Steps Forward developed the Sacramento Local Homelessness Action Plan (LHAP) in 2022. The LHAP covers the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, and was developed in coordination with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, the Sacramento Continuum of Care, and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. While the LHAP is understandably focused on the challenges of those jurisdictions with the greatest numbers of people experiencing homelessness, considerable resources went into the development of the LHAP and the City believ...
R4
The County/City Partnership Agreement should be used as a model for the other six cities as an interim measure pending the creation of a Joint Powers Authority.
Response: Will Not Implement
Score: -1
The recommendation will not be implemented as proposed because it is not warranted. The City has collaborated effectively with Sacramento County on the topic of homelessness. The City appreciates the County's efforts to distribute access to services more equitably, including by opening a CORE Wellness Center in central Elk Grove to offer intensive behavioral health services and supports along with a day center for people experiencing homelessness. With less than one percent of the region's unsheltered homeless population and substantial local financial resources, at this time the City does not...
F5
The legally binding agreement mandated by Measure O and the Partnership Agreement is a step in the right direction, but it applies only to the City and County of Sacramento.
Response: Agree
Score: +1
The City agrees with this finding.
August 10, 2023 Page 4 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CITY RESPONSES Recommendation R1: The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness by December 1, 2023. Response: The recommendation requires further analysis. Since it was formed in 2011, Sacramento Steps Forward has served as a regional lead entity on homelessness. Their mission "to end homelessness through leadership, convening partners, datadriven best practices, and improving system performanc...
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City of Elk Grove, Mayor
August 10, 2023
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5 pages
• 5 responses
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Score: 0
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5 responses to findings and recommendations
R1
The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness
Response: Requires Analysis
Score: 0
The recommendation requires further analysis. Since it was formed in 2011, Sacramento Steps Forward has served as a regional lead entity on homelessness. Their mission "to end homelessness through leadership, convening partners, datadriven best practices, and improving system performance" broadly encompasses the work done by JPAs in other regions. Sacramento Steps Forward serves as the Continuum of Care facilitator and collaborative applicant for US Department of Housing and Urban Development funding, as the lead agency for the Homeless Management and Information System, the lead strategic pla...
R2
The newly formed JPA should be governed by elected officials who are directly accountable to citizens of the County.
Response: Requires Analysis
Score: 0
The recommendation requires further analysis. Sacramento Steps Forward developed the Sacramento Local Homelessness Action Plan (LHAP) in 2022. The LHAP covers the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, and was developed in coordination with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, the Sacramento Continuum of Care, and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. While the LHAP is understandably focused on the challenges of those jurisdictions with the greatest numbers of people experiencing homelessness, considerable resources went into the development of the LHAP and the City believ...
R3
The Joint Powers Authority should develop and manage a comprehensive County-wide strategic plan to address homelessness
Response: Requires Analysis
Score: 0
The recommendation requires further analysis. Sacramento Steps Forward developed the Sacramento Local Homelessness Action Plan (LHAP) in 2022. The LHAP covers the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, and was developed in coordination with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, the Sacramento Continuum of Care, and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. While the LHAP is understandably focused on the challenges of those jurisdictions with the greatest numbers of people experiencing homelessness, considerable resources went into the development of the LHAP and the City believ...
R4
The County/City Partnership Agreement should be used as a model for the other six cities as an interim measure pending the creation of a Joint Powers Authority.
Response: Will Not Implement
Score: -1
The recommendation will not be implemented as proposed because it is not warranted. The City has collaborated effectively with Sacramento County on the topic of homelessness. The City appreciates the County's efforts to distribute access to services more equitably, including by opening a CORE Wellness Center in central Elk Grove to offer intensive behavioral health services and supports along with a day center for people experiencing homelessness. With less than one percent of the region's unsheltered homeless population and substantial local financial resources, at this time the City does not...
F5
The legally binding agreement mandated by Measure O and the Partnership Agreement is a step in the right direction, but it applies only to the City and County of Sacramento.
Response: Agree
Score: +1
The City agrees with this finding.
August 10, 2023 Page 4 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CITY RESPONSES Recommendation R1: The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness by December 1, 2023. Response: The recommendation requires further analysis. Since it was formed in 2011, Sacramento Steps Forward has served as a regional lead entity on homelessness. Their mission "to end homelessness through leadership, convening partners, datadriven best practices, and improving system performanc...
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City of Rancho Cordova
August 07, 2023
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4 pages
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City of Rancho Cordova
August 07, 2023
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City of Sacramento
August 31, 2023
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13 pages
• 9 responses
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Score: +1
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9 responses to findings and recommendations
F1
There is no cooperative, collaborative, and coordinated effort among all eight governments in the County to create comprehensive solutions to this shared problem.
Response: Agree
Score: +1
The City of Sacramento agrees that there needs to be a collaborative and coordinated effort among all eight governments in the County to create a regional, comprehensive approach to this shared crisis. The City of Sacramento would point out that some efforts toward this coordinated approach have already occurred. The Sacramento Homeless Policy Council (SHPC) was launched in August 2021 at the direction of Sacramento City Council and the County Board of Supervisors. The SHPC is tasked with regional collaboration to end homelessness and currently consists of elected officials from Sacramento Cou...
R1
The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City agrees with this recommendation. Recently enacted state requirements (AB/SB 129) for funding the region's homelessness response will require significant analysis of the potential for a regional response, which includes the creation of a JPA. In addition, working with members of the Sacramento City Council, Assemblymember Kevin McCarty has introduced AB 1086, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act: Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness. The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to...
F2
The problem of homelessness in Sacramento County has drastically worsened over the past five years, as demonstrated by the dramatic increases in Point in Time counts.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento a5 with the finding. F3: A lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness and the most difficult one to solve due to the high cost of new development. City Council's
R2
The newly formed JPA should be governed by elected officials who are directly accountable to citizens of the County.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
See the City's
F3
A lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness and the most difficult one to solve due to the high cost of new development.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento disaqrees partially with the finding. A recent study by University of California, San Francisco found a direct link between the cost of housing in California and homelessness.l Additionally, during the most recent Point-In-Time (PIT) count, forty-four percent of individuals experiencing homelessness surveyed identified a lack of affordable housing as the primary problem in Sacramento.2 While housing affordability and availability certainly are substantial contributing factors to generating an environment where the crisis of homelessness thrives, there are a number of oth...
R3
The Joint Powers Authority should develop and manage a comprehensive County-wide strategic plan to address homelessness
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
See the City's
F4
Sacramento Steps Forward does not have any elected leaders on its Board and lacks decision-making authority over the eight governmental jurisdictions in the County, making it powerless to implement needed changes.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City or Sacramento disaqrees partially with the finding. It is correct that Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF) does not have any elected leaders on its Board. It is also correct that as presently constituted, the mechanism under which SSF operates can result in limited progress to implement the needed responses to address the homeless crisis. Fact 1 : SSF serves as Continuum of Care (CoC) that is funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SSF also receives grant funding from the State of California per Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) grant program whi...
R4
The County/City Partnership Agreement should be used as a model for the other six cities as an interim measure pending the creation of a Joint Powers Authority.
Response: Implemented
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento agrees with this recommendation and has already implemented this Recommendation by entering into the Partnership Agreement with the County of Sacramento on December 6, 2022. The City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento have also subsequently enhanced the agreement by agreeing to Collaboration Protocols that provides further guidelines to the Partnership Agreement which addresses training and data sharing, outreach and services, shelter and respite centers, funding, and planning and accountability. 9al5 IStreet, New City Hall 5'h Floor Sacramento, California 95814
Re:...
F5
The legally binding agreement mandated by Measure O and the Partnership Agreement is a step in the right direction, but it applies only to the City and County of Sacramento.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento a5 with the finding.
Re: City of Sacramento"s Response to the Sacramento County Grand Jury August 31, 2023 The City of Sacramento would add that it stands ready and willing to collaborate and partner with the other cities in Sacramento County in addressing homelessness as the City has done with the County. B . RECOfMMENDATIONS RI : The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness by December 1, 2023. City Council's
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City of Sacramento
August 31, 2023
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13 pages
• 9 responses
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Score: +1
(+1, 1, 0)
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9 responses to findings and recommendations
F1
There is no cooperative, collaborative, and coordinated effort among all eight governments in the County to create comprehensive solutions to this shared problem.
Response: Agree
Score: +1
The City of Sacramento agrees that there needs to be a collaborative and coordinated effort among all eight governments in the County to create a regional, comprehensive approach to this shared crisis. The City of Sacramento would point out that some efforts toward this coordinated approach have already occurred. The Sacramento Homeless Policy Council (SHPC) was launched in August 2021 at the direction of Sacramento City Council and the County Board of Supervisors. The SHPC is tasked with regional collaboration to end homelessness and currently consists of elected officials from Sacramento Cou...
R1
The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City agrees with this recommendation. Recently enacted state requirements (AB/SB 129) for funding the region's homelessness response will require significant analysis of the potential for a regional response, which includes the creation of a JPA. In addition, working with members of the Sacramento City Council, Assemblymember Kevin McCarty has introduced AB 1086, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act: Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness. The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to...
F2
The problem of homelessness in Sacramento County has drastically worsened over the past five years, as demonstrated by the dramatic increases in Point in Time counts.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento a5 with the finding. F3: A lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness and the most difficult one to solve due to the high cost of new development. City Council's
R2
The newly formed JPA should be governed by elected officials who are directly accountable to citizens of the County.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
See the City's
F3
A lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness and the most difficult one to solve due to the high cost of new development.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento disaqrees partially with the finding. A recent study by University of California, San Francisco found a direct link between the cost of housing in California and homelessness.l Additionally, during the most recent Point-In-Time (PIT) count, forty-four percent of individuals experiencing homelessness surveyed identified a lack of affordable housing as the primary problem in Sacramento.2 While housing affordability and availability certainly are substantial contributing factors to generating an environment where the crisis of homelessness thrives, there are a number of oth...
R3
The Joint Powers Authority should develop and manage a comprehensive County-wide strategic plan to address homelessness
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
See the City's
F4
Sacramento Steps Forward does not have any elected leaders on its Board and lacks decision-making authority over the eight governmental jurisdictions in the County, making it powerless to implement needed changes.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City or Sacramento disaqrees partially with the finding. It is correct that Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF) does not have any elected leaders on its Board. It is also correct that as presently constituted, the mechanism under which SSF operates can result in limited progress to implement the needed responses to address the homeless crisis. Fact 1 : SSF serves as Continuum of Care (CoC) that is funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SSF also receives grant funding from the State of California per Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) grant program whi...
R4
The County/City Partnership Agreement should be used as a model for the other six cities as an interim measure pending the creation of a Joint Powers Authority.
Response: Implemented
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento agrees with this recommendation and has already implemented this Recommendation by entering into the Partnership Agreement with the County of Sacramento on December 6, 2022. The City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento have also subsequently enhanced the agreement by agreeing to Collaboration Protocols that provides further guidelines to the Partnership Agreement which addresses training and data sharing, outreach and services, shelter and respite centers, funding, and planning and accountability. 9al5 IStreet, New City Hall 5'h Floor Sacramento, California 95814
Re:...
F5
The legally binding agreement mandated by Measure O and the Partnership Agreement is a step in the right direction, but it applies only to the City and County of Sacramento.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
The City of Sacramento a5 with the finding.
Re: City of Sacramento"s Response to the Sacramento County Grand Jury August 31, 2023 The City of Sacramento would add that it stands ready and willing to collaborate and partner with the other cities in Sacramento County in addressing homelessness as the City has done with the County. B . RECOfMMENDATIONS RI : The 2022-2023 Sacramento County Grand Jury recommends that the County and the seven incorporated cities implement a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to address homelessness by December 1, 2023. City Council's
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