File #: 10-00135    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/27/2010 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 2/2/2010 Final action: 2/2/2010
Title: HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding homeless sheltering during periods of inclement weather, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Receive and file a status report on homeless sheltering during periods of inclement weather; b) Determine any actions that the Board of Supervisors may want to take to address homeless needs for the balance of the winter months such as providing funding for supplies, providing staffing, and/or providing locations for warming centers; and c) Determine whether to adopt existing draft protocols for hazardous weather as they pertain to sheltering the homeless or recommend revisions.
Sponsors: SUPERVISOR FARR
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. History of Santa Barbara County’s General Population Homeless, 3. Draft 2009/10 Hazardous Weather Draft Protocol for Goleta, Isla Vista and Santa Barbara, 4. Draft 2009/10 Hazardous Weather Draft Protocol for Lompoc, 5. Draft 2009/10 Hazardous Weather Draft Protocol for Santa Maria, 6. Letter from The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara regarding Homelessness, 7. Public Comment - Lynne Jahnke, 8. Draft Hazardous Weather Protocol Feedback

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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding homeless sheltering during periods of inclement weather, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)

 

a) Receive and file a status report on homeless sheltering during periods of inclement weather;

 

b) Determine any actions that the Board of Supervisors may want to take to address homeless needs for the balance of the winter months such as providing funding for supplies, providing staffing, and/or providing locations for warming centers; and

 

c) Determine whether to adopt existing draft protocols for hazardous weather as they pertain to sheltering the homeless or recommend revisions.