Monterey County Grand Jury
• 2017-2018
• Agency Response
Response to:
WHO’S IN CHARGE? Stepping up on Homelessness: The need for strategic leadership and comprehensive planning
Who's in Charge? Stepping up on Homelessness: The need for strategic leadership and comprehensive planning*
⚠️ Aviso de traducción: Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings and Recommendations 12 findings
F1
Homelessness is a bigger problem in the County than the biennial homeless census would suggest.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities.
F2
The County's homeless problem has the potential to get worse if we do not invest in accessible housing solutions. Growing housing insecurity will only increase demand on our underfunded, over-stressed public services.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities. Honorable Stephanie E. Hulsey July 24, 2018
F3
The County's strategy for addressing homelessness needs a clearer focus, accountable leadership, and enhanced capacity.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities.
F4
Structuring the Continuum of Care administrator as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization is conducive to securing funding and coordinating homeless services. However, a nonprofit organization cannot establish public policy and planning needed to end homelessness.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
Not yet implemented. This recommendation is the responsibility of the Lead Me Home Leadership council.
F5
The County has unofficially established the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers as the central organization for addressing homelessness. Making any non-profit the center of homeless solutions effectively creates the perception there is governmental leadership when there is, in fact, no formal political leadership. This arrangement provides elected officials with a way to avoid accepting political responsibility for addressing homelessness.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities.
F6
The City has no information on which to either agree or disagree.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
Not yet implemented. This recommendation is the responsibility of the County.
F7
The City has no information on which to either agree or disagree.
Related Recommendations (1)
R7
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities.
F8
The City has no information on which to either agree or disagree.
Related Recommendations (1)
R8
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities.
F9
Political leadership is necessary to secure public support, enact policy and planning decisions that capitalize on state legislation, and execute a regional homeless plan.
Related Recommendations (1)
R9
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities.
F10
Government decision-making is essential for making choices about resource commitments.
Related Recommendations (1)
R10
Not yet implemented. City will participate with Monterey County and other cities, subject to availability of City budget and financial resources. Timeframe is dependent on cooperation and participation by the county and cities. The City of Greenfield will provide any additional information requested by the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury on the issue of leadership and comprehensive planning for homelessness. The responses to the Grand Jury's final report on homelessness set forth herein were approved by the City of Greenfield City Council on July 24, 2018 (Resolution 2018-__) and are hereby transmitted to the Presiding Judge of the Monterey County Superior Court as required by California Penal Code section 933. By affixing his signature below, the Mayor of the City of Greenfield, Jesus OlveraGarcia, concurs with the responses set forth herein and the resolution adopted by the Greenfield City Council on July 24, 2018. Sincerely, For the City of Greenfield City Council: Paulwood Paul Wood Interim City Manager Lesis Olivo Jesus OlveraGarcia Mayor City Council Memorandum 599 El Camino Real Greenfield CA 93937 831-674-5591 www.ci.greenfield.ca.us DATE: July 13, 2018 AGENDA DATE: July 24, 2018 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers PREPARED BY: Mic Steinmann, Community Services Director TITLE: RESPONSE TO 2017-2018 MONTEREY COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT - "WHO'S IN CHARGE? STEPPING UP HOMELESSNESS: ON THE NEED FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING"
F11
To meaningfully change the course of homelessness and housing insecurity, there must be a regional approach to homelessness and the creation of a new governing body with the power to oversee implementation of the plan.
No recommendations for this finding
F12
The strategic plan to end homelessness serves as an informal guide rather than a definitive regional plan. It needs to be updated and fully implemented.
No recommendations for this finding
* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.