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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a presentation on the Community Action Plan to Address Homelessness including encampment resolution strategy and 2024 Point in Time Count of Persons Experiencing Homelessness, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
a) Receive and file a presentation on homelessness in Santa Barbara County to ensure compliance with State of California and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements, including:
i) Local, State and Federal Funding to Address Homelessness Overview;
ii) Community Action Plan to Address Homelessness Year 3 Progress Report;
iii) 2024 Point in Time Count and Housing Inventory Chart Report; and
iv) Encampment Resolution Strategy Year 2 Progress Report;
b) Approve continuing Encampment Resolution efforts for removal of debris and biohazards from encampments through June 30, 2026, utilizing existing 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funding approved by the Board for the Homeless Encampment Strategy;
c) Provide other direction, as appropriate; and
d) Determine the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY