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Joint Sacramento City Council & Board of Supervisors Meeting on Homelessness & Housing
January 31, 2017
6 pm
location TBD
February 28, 2017
6 pm
location TBD
March 28, 2017
6 pm
location TBD
Food Research Action Center:
National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference
March 5 - 7, 2017
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert St, NW, Washington, DC
Corporation for Supportive Housing: CSH
Summit
May 23 - 25, 2017
Denver, Colorado
2017 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium
June 21 - 24, 2017
Washington, DC
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Building Changes
California Budget & Policy Center
California Wellness Foundation
Center for Community Change - Housing Trust Fund Campaign
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
Coalition on Human Needs
Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance
Health & Human Services [HHS]:
Housing and Urban Development [HUD] and Department of Education [[ED]
National Consumer Advisory Board; National Health Care for the Homeless Council
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JOINT CITY COUNCIL & BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS ON HOMELESSNESS & HOUSING CALLED BY MAYOR-ELECT STEINBERG
There will be three joint meetings between the Sacramento Mayor & city Council and Sacramento Board of Supervisors
January 31, 2017
February 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
all will be at 6 pm
location TBD
or contact Emily Halcon, Sacramento City Homeless Services Coordinator
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Justice for
Joseph Mann:
Greater Accountability & Better Training
SRCEH Calls on City Council to Adopt Specialized Units -
Crisis Intervention Teams
Joseph Mann [51 year old, Black, homeless man with mental health issues] was tragically shot 18 times by the Sacramento Police on July 2016.
On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, the City Council discussed strengthening the accountability section of
Officer Next Door framework.
The City Council then scheduled four community meetings in mid-November to hear directly from City residents on the
Officer Next Door Policing Strategy.
November 22, 2016:
Accountability & Transparency:
SRCEH stands in solidarity with Sacramento Area Congregations Together [ACT], Black Lives Matter and L.E.A.D. in calling for increased accountability and transparency and a City Policy on the appropriate use of force.
Crisis Intervention Teams [C.I.T.]: "Memphis Model:"
SRCEH recommends that City funds be reallocated to expand the number of Sacramento Mobile Crisis Response Teams [currently there is only one team], so that there is one Crisis Intervention Team in each City Council District, trained to work with people mental health issues.
Compare the Current SPD training to PERF to "Memphis Model:
Attached is SRCEH Fact Sheet comparing the current SPD training on crisis intervention [8 hours] to the proposed training by Chief Sommers - Police Executive Research Forum [16 hours divided into 4 modules - so 4 hours on crisis intervention; to the nationally recognized "Memphis Model"- 40 hours of training - now used in 2,633 local CIT programs and 346 regional CIT programs - either specialized teams or at least 25% of the police force trained in crisis intervention. Local CIT units including Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties.
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3rd Annual Homeless Interfaith Memorial
December 19, 2016
7 pm - 8 pm
Trinity Cathedral
2620 Capitol Ave,
Sacramento
Confirmed participants:
- Mayor-Elect Steinberg
- Supervisor Kennedy
- Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker, Dean, Trinity Episcopal Church
- Rabbi Mona Alfi, Congregation B'Nai Israel
- Pastor Joy Johnson, Higher Hope Christian Church & Board Chair, Area Congregations Together [ACT]
- Angel Blue, Lakota, Lower Brule Tribe
- Jessica Barthalow, Legislative Advocate, Western Center on Law & Poverty
- Deacon Joe O'Donnell Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
free parking: 2701 N. Street
For more information: contact Bob Erlenbusch, Executive Director, SRCEH 916-993-7708 or [email protected]
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CA VOTERS PASS LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEASURES
CA voters in 6 communities passed local affordable housing measures to address their local crisis of homelessness and lack of affordable housing:
Los Angeles - Prop HHH: authorizing $1.2 billion in bonds to create 10,000 units of affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness
Santa Clara - Measure A: $950 million for affordable housing
Oakland - Measure KK: $600 million for affordable housing and essential services
Alameda - Measure A1: $580 million for affordable housing
Berkeley - Measure U1: $5 million for affordable housing
San Mateo - Measure K: extends 1/2 cent sales tax an additional 20 years to be used for affordable housing
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a campaign by the National Coalition for the Homeless & the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Endorsing the National Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign means you agree "that in order to end the crisis of homelessness, the criminalization of homelessness must end immediately. All persons experiencing homelessness should instead have access to affordable housing, education, health care, employment, income, and other opportunities and services that allow all to live in dignity."
New publication on the increase in criminalization of people experiencing homelessness
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Homeless people
11 times more likely to experience incarceration than the housed population
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Identifying Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal & Juvenile Justice Systems through Data Collection November 29, 2016 2:30 PM - 4 PM [ET] Register Planning for Sustainability - Supporting Community-Based Reentry Programs November 30, 2016 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM [ET] Register  Cultural Competencies for an Aging LGBTQ Population December 13, 2016 10 AM - 12:00 PM [PST] Register |
Homeless Civil Rights Update
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Oregon:
The Western Regional Advocacy Project [WRAP] recently announced they have a Homeless Bill of Rights bill in 2017! Oregon WRAP members include the Right 2 Survive, Sisters of the Road and Street Roots.
Yakima, WA:
The ACLU in Yakima, WA says the city's policy of arresting the homeless who chose not to stay in a shelter puts the city at risk of legal action
Seattle, WA:
The Department of Justice [DOJ] issued a letter on October 13, 2016 reaffirming that the Seattle Council Bill 118794 is "without question" consistent with important constitutional principles. The Seattle bill creates protections for people experiencing homelessness who are forced to live in public spaces, while also carving out sections of town where encampments are not permitted.
DOJ Letter to Seattle City Council
Los Angeles, CA:
A day after the voters approved Proposition HHH [$1.2 billion to build supportive housing], the Los Angeles City Council adopted a nighttime ban on living in vehicles near homes, parks and schools, over the objections of advocates who claimed the measure will criminalize thousand of people experiencing homelessness.
Denver, CO:
Class action lawsuit against Denver alleging the city is violating the U.S. Constitution when it conducts regular sweeps of homeless people.
Austin, TX:
Austin saw a 17% increase in homelessness in 2016, partly due to cities in Texas, including Amarillo and Dallas giving homeless people a one way bus ticket to Austin
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Sacramento Park Rangers: Homeless Criminalization:
Updated Fact Sheet
Each month SRCEH posts the updated
Park Ranger Homeless Criminalization Fact Sheet based on the Park Rangers monthly acitivity report posted on their website.
To date, from March 2014 to October, 2016, the Park Rangers have issued 2,395 anti-camping citations [$230 each]; closed 2,611homeless camps and made
only
104 referrals to the County Dept. of Human Assistance - an expensive, ineffective "whack-a-mole" strategy
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