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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F2, F3
Findings 2 findings
F1
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The City of Chico precipitated the Warren lawsuit when the unhoused were relocated without adequate shelter. Response: Disagree. The legal reasoning that served as the primary basis of Warren v. City of Chico and utilized in F1 was resoundingly rejected and overturned by the US Supreme Court in Johnson v. Grants Pass.
F4
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Due to the notification and site-clearing directions in the Settlement Agreement, the City of Chico is constrained in the handling of complaints regarding the unhoused. Response: Agree.
Recommendations 3
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R1Page 62The Chico City Council direct the City Manager to develop and implement an internal committee specifically designated to interface with the unhoused population, current service providers and future county, state, and federal homelessness commissions by January 1, 2025. Response: The recommendation will not be implemented. Sufficient (more than weekly) internal coordination meetings regularly occur as well as extensive coordination with service providers and neighboring jurisdictions already exists.
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R2Page 62The Chico City Council develop a written policy that will deal with how the city will address the unhoused by March 31, 2025. Response: The recommendation was implemented in January 2022. R2 Appears to conflict with F4. Until modified, the stipulated Federal Court order "the Warren Settlement Agreement" is the written policy that prevails and is therefore already implemented. Also implemented is 2022-07-21 Resolution 40-22 shelter crisis_plan.pdf. As noted in F4, the City's means, methods and actions are tightly controlled and prescribed by the 30 Page Warren Settlement Agreement, the February 24, 2023, court order and by the results of countless informal conferences with Magistrate Judges and Plaintiffs Council and will remain so until changed by a Federal Court Order.
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R3Page 62The Chico City Council should implement this written policy within all City departments that interface with the unhoused population by June 30, 2025. 61