Nov 19, 2019 Public Safety Committee on 2019-11-19 6:00 PM

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ANDREW SULLIVAN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER .

COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE.

AND CHAIRWOMAN SANDOVAL.

WE HAVE A COURT.

THANK YOU, DENISE.

UH, WE'LL START WITH, UM, ITEM NUMBER

[1. 19-8548 Approval of the minutes from the Public Safety Committee meeting on September 20, 2019]

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM TWO,

[2. 19-8549 Approval of the minutes from the Public Safety Committee meeting on October 15, 2019]

ALL IN ANY, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

UH, WE'RE NOW INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE A SIGNUP SHEET? YES.

ANY CITIZEN SIGNED US TO SPEAK? YES.

NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.

THANK YOU, DENISE.

UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU, JOE FRANK.

UM, ITEM

[3. 19-8476 Briefing on the Department of Human Services (DHS) Homeless programs to include coordinated encampment outreach and alternative giving initiatives. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]

UM, WE HAVE EDWARD GONZALEZ.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, AGAIN, MY NAME'S EDWARD GONZALEZ.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF, UM, OVERSEEING HOMELESS INVESTMENTS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UH, TODAY I'M GONNA GIVE A BRIEF, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF HOMELESS, UH, SUM, A TOTAL HOMELESS, UH, BRIEFING, BUT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON TWO PROJECTS.

ONE IS OUR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WE, UH, AS A CITY FOCUS WITH MULTI DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS OUR ALTERNATIVE GIVING UPDATE.

LET'S SEE HERE.

ALRIGHT, IT WORKS.

SO, AS WAY OF BACKGROUND AND TO SET, UH, KINDA THE, THE, THE CONTEXT OF HOMELESS SERVICES, I WANNA SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT.

SO ANNUALLY, UH, EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY, USUALLY IN JANUARY OF, OF, UH, OF EVERY YEAR, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN COORDINATION WITH, UH, THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, AS WELL AS, UH, BEX COUNTY, WE TAKE A, A ONE NIGHT SNAPSHOT OF HOMELESS, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.

NOW, WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, SO THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

IT GIVES US A REALLY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO.

SO, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, UH, YOU, WE MAY SEE LIKE 11,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UH, FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS AND THEN BECOME REHOUSED.

THERE'S SOME SHORT DURATION OF HOMELESSNESS.

BUT ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ABOUT AN, AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 3000 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOMELESS.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE CATEGORIZED IN TWO WAYS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE EITHER SHELTERED OR UNSHELTERED.

SO, WHAT I HAVE ON THE SLIDE TODAY, IT, IT SHOWS, AND WE'RE ON SLIDE TWO.

IT SHOWS, UH, THE 2018 TO 2019 COUNT.

IN BOTH OF THOSE, IN, UH, BOTH OF THOSE AREAS, SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED, WE, WE SAW A DECREASE OF HOMELESS ACTIVITY, RIGHT? SO FROM, UH, OUR SHELTERED AREA, WE HAD 2% DECREASE FROM 2018 TO 2019.

IN OUR, OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION, WE SAW A 12% DECREASE FROM 2018 TO 19.

AND OVERALL, WE SAW A TOTAL DECREASE OF ABOUT 6% OF TOTAL INDIVIDUALS, UH, SEEN ON, ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN HERE, WE WE'RE SHOWING VETERANS, CHRONICS AND YOUTH INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS FAMILIES.

SO THIS REALLY TELLS US A PICTURE WHEN WE GO OUT.

UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

THE NIGHT.

SO WE DO THIS ALL IN ONE NIGHT.

UH, THE SHELTER COUNT IS REALLY COUNTED, UH, ELECTRONICALLY.

SO WE HAVE A HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

THE SHELTER COUNT IS AUTOMATICALLY TALLIED.

THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT, UM, ARE IN SHELTER ARE AT HAVEN FOR HOPE.

THERE'S AROUND 800 PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE IN THAT 853 TO BE EXACT.

IN 2019, UH, OF THE SHELTERED COUNT, THERE WAS 800 AND, UH, 53 PEOPLE AT, ON CAMPUS.

AND IN THE UNSHELTERED CATEGORY AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, THERE WAS 565 THAT WERE IN THE COURTYARD.

SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, UH, WELL, THEY'RE STILL CONSIDERED UNSHELTERED BECAUSE THEY ARE STAYING IN THE COURTYARD.

THEY'RE NOT, UH, INSIDE THE DOORS ON THE CAMPUS.

BUT THAT GIVES YOU ABOUT 700, AROUND 622

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SO THEY'RE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, AND THERE'S ABOUT 622 PEOPLE THAT WE COUNTED LAST YEAR THROUGHOUT THAT.

NOW, THE METHODOLOGY FOR THIS IS THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY, UH, VOLUNTEERS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED, ABOUT 500 VOLUNTEERS.

THEY'RE BROKEN UP INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS. AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HELPS STAFF EACH ONE OF THOSE TEAMS. AND THEY'RE, IT'S BROKEN UP BY THE AREA.

SO OUR SAFE OFFICERS PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE IS SAFETY AND SECURITY, BUT THEY ALSO HELP GUIDE US INTO LOCATIONS WHERE THEY KNOW WHERE, UH, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TEND TO STAY, RIGHT? SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE EITHER IN, UH, ENCAMPMENTS, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

AND, UH, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO OUT AND, UH, UH, WE GO AND SCOUR EVERY, THE, THE WHOLE CITY IS MAPPED, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND AREAS FOR, FOR THE CITY TO, FOR THE VOLUNTEERS TO, TO COUNT.

AND THEY COUNT EACH NUMBER.

AS PART OF THAT, THEY ALSO DO A SMALL ASSESSMENT.

AND THEY ASK A, A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.

WHEN YOU SEE AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, MAYBE THEY MIGHT BE ASLEEP.

WE GIVE A SMALL CARE PACKAGE TO THEM AND WE SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT MIGHT HAVE SOME SOCKS, UH, MAYBE A BEANIE FOR THEM.

'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE COLD IN JANUARY.

AND THEN WE ALSO, WE ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY, RIGHT? SO ONE IS, ARE YOU A VETERAN? YES OR NO? UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HOMELESS? THAT'S HOW WE IDENTIFY WHETHER THEY'RE CHRONIC, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR AGE.

SO WE CAN IDENTIFY YOUTH AND THEN, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE WITH A FAMILY OR NOT.

NOW, THIS, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THESE IS THAT THE, WHAT I THINK ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, UNDERTAKEN, SPECIFICALLY THE ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, CONDUCTING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL, UH, YEARS, HAS REALLY MADE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

SO, ON VETERANS, THAT'S AS A RESULT OF OUR VETERAN INITIATIVE THAT WE, THAT WE STARTED THE MAYOR'S, UH, UH, VETERAN INITIATIVE.

AND WHAT WE DID WITH THAT IS WE HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM, AND THERE'S, UH, RESOURCES IN PLACE, FUNDS IN PLACE THAT AS WE IDENTIFY VETERANS, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE, UH, SOME FLOW OF VETERANS.

WE SEE VETERANS, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR THAT.

WELL, THERE'S A VETERAN AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND I THOUGHT YOU ENDED HOMELESS, UH, VETERAN HOMELESS VETERANS, UH, HOMELESSNESS FOR VETERANS.

YES, WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE MET OUR FEDERAL BENCHMARKS.

AND IN TERMS OF THOSE, THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IF WE SEE A VETERAN TODAY, WITHIN 90 DAYS, WE CAN GET THAT VETERAN HOUSED.

SO THERE ARE RESOURCES FOR THEM.

THERE IS SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WE CAN GET THAT VETERAN HOUSED WITHIN 90 DAYS IF THEY ACCEPT THAT SERVICE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VETERANS THAT, THAT CHOOSE NOT TO, TO BE HELPED AND NEED A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIME.

BUT WE, AND ON AVERAGE, WE ARE HOUSING, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT 90 DAY PERIOD.

NOW, CHRONIC HOMELESS, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE DECREASE CAN BE SEEN BECAUSE, UH, WE DID SOME REALLY GREAT WORK ON OUR STREET OUTREACH.

THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ARE EITHER STAYING AT THE HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS IN THE COURTYARD, OR ARE IN ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE FIND OUT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND THEN OUR YOUTH HOMELESS, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THIS, WE DID, WE, WE DID SOME GOOD WORK THIS YEAR FROM 2018 TO 19, UH, SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH WORK.

AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THAT WE HAVE A TEAM MEMBER FROM THRIVE THAT IS, UH, THAT ASSISTS US.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF, UH, THAT, THAT YOUTH, UH, OUTREACH FOR US FAMILIES IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE.

THIS IS THE ONE AREA THAT WE SAW AN 18% INCREASE.

UH, THE ISSUE, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE COMING INTO THE SHELTER.

THEY'RE COMING INTO HAVEN FOR HOPE.

UM, UH, THEY'RE HAVEN FOR HOPE IS A, IS AN OVERFLOW FOR FAMILIES.

SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT.

AND I'LL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN MY NEXT SLIDE HERE.

SO, BEAR COUNTY HOMELESS CENSUS.

SO FROM THIS, THIS CHART GIVES YOU A, A COUNT OF REALLY, THE HOMELESS POINT IN TIME COUNT FROM 2010 TO 2019.

NOW IT'S, IT'S STAYED RIGHT IN 2010.

IT STAYED AROUND 3,200, UH, AND 90 PEOPLE IN 20 19, 28, UH, 72.

THIS LINE IS THE DOWNTOWN COUNT.

SO OPENING HAVEN FOPE, WE HAD OVER 738 INDIVIDUALS JUST DOWNTOWN.

SO IN THE 2019 COUNT, I I MENTIONED, WE HAD 622, UH, UNSHELTERED HOMELESS ACROSS THE CITY.

IN 2010, WE HAD 739.

IT'S 38 JUST DOWNTOWN.

AND THEN THIS LINE SHOWS REALLY THE PER CAPITA.

SO AS THE POPULATION IS GROWING, UH, THE, THIS GIVES YOU A MEASURE TO HOW TO, HOW TO RELATE

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SO FOR EVERY 10,000 INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING, UH, 19.9, UH, ONE, NINE IN 2010.

AND YOU'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING 14.46 IN 2019.

SO, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UH, THE PER CAPITA AND THE, AND THE POPULATION, WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE IN OUR HOMELESS COUNTS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, EXCITED TO, FOR THIS YEAR'S COUNT.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, UH, WE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN OUR ACCOUNTING OUTREACH, AND THERE IS A SENSE THAT THERE'S MORE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WILL NOT REALLY BE ABLE TO TELL THAT UNTIL WE GET OUR 2020 COUNT.

AND WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME TRENDS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY IDENTIFY IF THAT IS THE CASE OR NOT.

SO, HOMELESS INVESTMENT, I WANTED TO, TO BRIEFLY SHOW YOU A, A DIRECT SERVICE HOMELESS INVESTMENT THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE MAJORITY THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS A, UH, IS $15 MILLION.

$5.1 MILLION IS IN HAVEN FOR HOPE.

UH, THAT INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 THAT WE MADE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR, UH, FOR, TO ADDRESS THE FAMILIES, RIGHT? SO TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN FAMILY HOMELESSNESS ON CAMPUS, WE ADDED ANOTHER $500,000.

THIS YEAR.

UH, THE $2.4 MILLION IS A CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO ADDRESS FAMILY HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.

THAT IS CAPITAL FUNDING TO, UH, ADJUST THEIR MARTIN STREET BUILDING TO HELP WITH SOME RENOVATIONS.

UH, TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, $3.1 MILLION IS HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS PARTNERS.

THAT INCLUDES THE FOOD BANK, ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL, UH, UH, UH, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

AND THEN ANOTHER $3.2 MILLION IS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE, UH, SAM MINISTRIES AND OTHERS, UH, ENDEAVORS, AND OTHER, OTHER VETERAN PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICE, EITHER AT THE CAMPUS OR, OR AT THEIR LOCATIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

OUR HUMAN SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS ABOUT 3 730 $3,000.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $560,000 THAT WE HAVE EARMARKED FOR THE COMPLETION OF OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.

NOW, THAT PROCESS, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING THAT PROCESS, AND WE'RE HOPING TO BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, COUNCIL IN, UH, APRIL OF 2020.

SO, ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH INITIATIVE.

SO THIS IS REALLY THE INITIATIVE THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC AND YOUR RESIDENTS ARE REALLY SEEING EVERY DAY.

THIS IS THE INITIATIVE.

THIS IS OUR PRIMARY OUTREACH TOOL FOR, UH, ADDRESSING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

NOW, UH, THE WAY THIS WORKS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE IS WE IDENTIFY, WE OUTREACH, WE CLEAN RESTORE, AND WE FOLLOW UP AND RESTORE.

THIS IS A MULTI-DEPARTMENT, UH, EFFORT.

WE HAVE THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT LEADS THE OUTREACH.

WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH STAFF THAT ARE, UH, GOING OUT TO THESE ENCAMPMENTS, PROVIDING SERV, UH, OFFERING SERVICES.

WE'RE THE COORDINATING BODY OF THIS.

WE HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE THE DEPARTMENT ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE RESTORATION.

SO THEY ARE BRINGING IN HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

IN MOST CASES.

WE HAVE, UM, ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DRAINAGE DITCHES, UH, AND FOR A VARIETY OF SAFETY REASON, SAFETY REASONS, AND HEALTH AND HEALTH REASONS, WE HAVE TO CLEAN THOSE UP AND RESTORE THOSE.

UH, SO T C I IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING US WITH THAT.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, UH, HELPS WITH OBVIOUSLY THE DISPOSAL OF THE, OF THE DEBRIS, UH, THAT, THAT THE PHYSICAL DEBRIS THAT WE FIND, UH, SOME OF THE TRASH THAT'S THERE.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CRITICAL ON THESE.

THEY HELP PROVIDE, THEY'RE THE REALLY THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO THEY HELP IDENTIFY NEW ENCAMPMENTS AS THEY'RE PATROLLING.

UH, SAFE OFFICERS ARE PATROLLING.

THEY ALSO HELP ACCOMPANY, UM, OUR STAFF AND THE GROUP AS WE GO AND MAKE OUTREACH, UH, TO THESE, TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.

PARKS AND RECREATION IS PART OF, OF THIS AS WELL.

WE PROVIDE THESE OUT OUT ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH EVENTS IN PARKS, LOCATIONS, AND THEY REALLY ASSIST AND TAKE THE LEAD WHEN WE'RE IN THOSE PARK LOCATIONS.

ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES, ONE OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, EXPERIENCED FOR PEOPLE ACCEPTING SERVICES, UH, WHILE WE'RE WE'RE CONDUCTING OUTREACH, IS THAT THEY HAVE PETS.

SO, UH, A LOT OF THEM ARE DOGS.

UH, SO, UM, AND, UH, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID THIS, WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES AS A PARTNER, BUT WE NOTICED THAT THAT WAS A, A, A BIG BARRIER, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE WOULD TELL US, WELL, I'LL, I'LL GO IN, I'LL GO IN TONIGHT TO HAVEN OR I'LL ACCEPT

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I NEED TO TAKE MY DOG.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, SET SOME, UH, PARAMETERS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'LL TAKE 'EM, UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES WILL ASSIST US IN BOARDING THE DOG.

UH, THEY'LL ALSO HELP, UH, WITH VACCINATIONS AND, UH, UH, THEY'LL NEUTER THE DOG IF IT NEEDS IT.

UH, IF THEY'LL, AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL HELP US BOARD THAT UNTIL, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO REUNITE WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR PET.

NOW, THEY, THEY VISIT WEEKLY.

SO IF, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL'S AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, THERE'S NOT SPACE AT HAVEN FOR KENNEL, UH, THE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE WILL SET UP APPOINTMENTS, SO THEN TO VISIT THEIR PET, UH, AND, AND KEEP THAT RELATIONSHIP UNTIL THEY'RE, UH, IN A BETTER SITUATION WHERE THEY CAN, UH, TAKE CONTROL OF THAT PET BACK.

NOW, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY REALLY HELP US WHEN WE'RE, UH, WORKING AND DOING OUTREACH ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE A, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE CALLING US, OR WE ARE, UM, NOTIFIED ABOUT ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WE NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY, NO, THIS IS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE, THE PRIVATE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER TO ADDRESS THIS.

WE ASSIST IN MANY CASES IF, UH, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE UNAWARE THAT THERE'S HOMELESS ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UH, ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, AND, AND GIVE THEM THE COURSE OF ACTION IN ORDER TO, UH, HOW DO WE, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

NOW, IN SOME CASES, WE, WE, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS SAY, YEAH, WE, WE KNOW THERE'S HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, AND I WANT TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT I, I FEEL IT'S UNSAFE.

SO IN THAT CASE, WE GET OUR TEAM AND WE GO AND WE, UH, DO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO CLEAN THAT PROPERTY UP, UH, WHEN WE DO THAT.

SO, WE ALSO HAVE HAVEN FOR HOPES AND MINISTRIES AND THRIVE YOUTH CENTERS THAT ARE PART OF THE OUTREACH TEAM.

UH, AND THEY'RE REALLY CRITICAL IN, IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

UH, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW MUCH THIS COSTS, RIGHT IN, IN, UH, 2019, WE SPENT OVER $595,000 FOR ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH, UM, SERVICES.

THE PRIME, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS, UH, SALARIES AND, UH, FOR THE T C I DEPARTMENT.

SO, A SENSE OF SOME NUMBERS.

SO IN 2019, UH, UM, I'M SORRY, FROM 2017 TO 2019, WE CONDUCTED OVER 485 ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH EVENTS.

UM, WHAT'S CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT 20% OF INDIVIDUALS ACCEPTED SERVICES, WE, UH, CAME ACROSS IN 2019.

WE HAD 250 ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH EVENTS.

WE CONDUCT THESE EVERY FRIDAY.

SO THEY'RE CONDUCTED ON WEEKLY.

WE GO OUT EVERY FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BEFORE WE GO.

OUR OUTREACH STAFF TALKS TO AND PROVIDES OUTREACH.

UH, MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT SERVICES.

IN, UH, 2019, WE IDENTIFIED 512 INDI UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE ENCAMPMENTS.

AND OF THAT 95% ACCEPTED SERVICE, THAT'S 20%.

THIS TABLE HERE SHOWS YOU IN 2017, HOW MANY ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH EVENTS WE PROVIDED IN EACH ONE OF YOUR, UH, YOUR DISTRICTS.

SO IN DISTRICT ONE, WE HAD 10.

IN 2017, IN FY 2019, WE HAD 51.

UH, SO THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, UH, HOW MANY AND THE TOTAL.

SO, I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THIS JUST TO REALLY SHOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN EVERY DISTRICT, AND WE ARE ADDRESSING IT IN EVERY DISTRICT.

SO, OUR SS A P D OUTREACH TEAM, SS A P D, IS REALLY OUR, OUR FIRST, UH, CONTACT.

AND THEY'RE, THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR OUTREACH TEAM.

UH, THEY HAVE SOME VERY, UH, SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US, THE HOPE TEAM, AS WELL AS THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT TEAM.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, SPECIFICALLY UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.

AND OUR IMPACT TEAM IS, UH, HELPS ADDRESS THAT.

OUR POSITIVE ENCOUNTERS TEAM IS REALLY, UM, THEY DO A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THEIR PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICERS, OFFICERS, THEY PATROL AROUND DOWNTOWN.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY REALLY ASSIST IN INDIVIDUALS, UH, WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED AT THAT TIME.

SO THEY GO TO, UH, IF THEY COME ACROSS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL SAYS, AND THEY SAYS TO THEM, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET A SERVICE, BUT YOU KNOW, I NEED, I NEED AN ID.

THEY'VE

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THE FIRST STEP IN ANY SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS A COMMUNITY IS TO GET SOMEBODY AN IDENTIFICATION CARD.

HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS CANNOT BE HOUSED WITHOUT AN IDENTIFICATION CARD.

THEY CANNOT ENROLL IN SERVICES WITHOUT AN IDENTIFICATION CARD.

THEY CAN'T GET A BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION CARD.

SO THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP THAT THEY'RE HELPING, UH, PROVIDE FOR US.

THESE ARE SOME NUMBERS.

WE, UH, SINCE 2018, THEY'VE HAD 6,352 CONTACTS, 6,268 REFERRALS, 1,175 TEXAS ID RECOVERIES, UH, AND 400 BIRTH CERTIFICATES THAT ARE ISSUED.

NOW, WE FUND, UM, TO PROCESS, WE FUND, UH, TO PAY FOR IF THEY GO TO THE, UH, BIRTH CERTIFICATE OFFICE.

AND WE, WE FUND THAT SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN PAY FOR THOSE BIRTH CERTIFICATES, BUT THEY REALLY MANAGE THE WHOLE PROCESS IN TERMS OF VERIFYING, UH, SOMEBODY'S IDENTITY.

AND THE WAY THAT WORKS IS IF SOMEBODY HAS BEEN, UM, FINGERPRINTED IN THE PAST, WE CAN EASILY, UH, IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS, UH, AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL ACCEPT, AND THEY WILL CREATE, UH, AN IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR US.

OUR, AS WELL AS OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WILL, WILL, WILL, WILL TAKE THAT FOR VITAL RECORDS.

SO, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT WE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, IN ORDER TO TRY TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF ISSUES, YOU KNOW, ONE IS, UH, PANHANDLING, UH, SOMETIMES GETS, UH, CONFLATED WITH, UH, HOMELESS ISSUES.

SO THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOMELESS THAT PANHANDLE.

WE, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN CITY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT IT'S 100% PANHANDLER.

THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS, BUT THEY DO PANHANDLE.

AND ONE OF THE, THE WAYS THAT, UH, WE, UH, CAME UP WITH, UH, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT IS TO, TO REALLY TRY TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COMPASSIONATELY GIVE TO INDIVIDUALS.

UH, THEY MAY NOT, THEY MAY CHOOSE TO GIVE TO PEOPLE INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER WAY.

SO WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT, WELL, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE AN IM AN IMPACT.

AND WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, HOW CAN WE CRAFT SOMETHING SO THAT, UH, THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE WAY? THE ONLY WAY THAT WE HAVE IS JUST TO GIVE THAT TO THEM DIRECTLY.

SO LET'S, LET'S FIND ANOTHER WAY.

AND THIS IS THE OTHER WAY.

SO IF YOU TEXT SA GIVES TO 4 1 4 4, YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY GET A PROMPT AND YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION.

UH, I PUT SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT DONATIONS CAN, CAN DO FOR INDIVIDUALS.

SO A $10 DONATION CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR SOMEONE.

$15 DONATION HELPS PAY FOR ID RECOVERY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, $25 DONATION, UM, CAN HELP WITH AN, UH, A MEDICAL SERVICE, $75 ACCESS TO, TO APPLICATION FEES, SECURITY DEPOSITS.

AND THEN $125 CAN HELP WITH UNIT REUNIFICATION, RENTAL, AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING WITH THIS.

SO WE PARTNER WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS.

SO THEY ACCEPT THE FUNDS ON OUR BEHALF, AND THEY ISSUE THESE TO, UH, TO INDIVI, TO PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE SERVICE A NEED, AND THAT THAT CAN STILL BE MANAGEABLE.

NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS NOT ALL ABOUT RAISING FUNDS.

THIS IS ALSO, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, PROVIDING AWARENESS THAT THERE IS, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD AND TO PROVIDING, UH, A DONATION TO SOMEBODY ON THE STREET.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEDIA.

OUR KIOSK HAVE THIS MESSAGE IN THIS CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS OUR VIA, UH, BUS SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE SOME BANNERS THAT ARE RUNNING WITH THOSE AS WELL.

SO, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THOSE TWO PROGRAMS, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, EDWARD, UH, FOR YOUR THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

UM, I FORGOT TO GO OVER THE WELCOME BEFORE WE STARTED THE MEETING.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND DO THAT BEFORE WE GET INTO COMMENTS.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE ROAD COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO I WANNA WELCOME, UH, OUR STAFF WHO'S HERE, WHO'S MADE IT ALL THE WAY FROM WHEREVER THEIR OFFICE IS, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN OR AT ONE OF THE POLICE SUBSTATIONS.

AND TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE, UH, JOINED US TONIGHT.

I SEE AT LEAST ONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR JOINING US.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES

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UM, SO COMING DOWNTOWN DURING THE DAY ISN'T ALWAYS EASY FOR, FOR EVERYONE.

SO WE WANNA BE AVAILABLE.

AND I WANNA THANK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, MARIA GOMEZ, LAUREN FISHER WITH, AND, UH, THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND OF COURSE, IT, AND OUR TREMENDOUS AUDIO VISUAL TEAM FOR, UH, TAKING PART IN THIS AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CAVEO HDA FOR HELPING US FIND THE LOCATION TO HOST TONIGHT'S MEETING AND, UH, FOR WELCOMING US HERE.

SO, COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SAY ANY WORDS.

UH, YES.

ALL RIGHT.

HELLO.

GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO DISTRICT SIX.

WE'RE IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT SIX.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT HERE.

I CAME FROM DOWNTOWN, WHICH TELLS YOU HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET FROM DOWNTOWN TO DISTRICT SIX.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I WANNA THANK, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALREADY DID, BUT WANNA THANK THE STUDENT COUNCIL FOR HELPING US HERE TONIGHT AND THEIR, UM, THEIR COORDINATOR, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THEM HELPING US SET UP AND, AND REALLY WELCOMING EVERYBODY OUT HERE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, GREAT.

UH, WELL FOLLOWING UP ON THE PRESENTATION ON, UH, HOMELESS, UH, OUTREACH EFFORTS, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER RIGHT NOW TO COUNCILMAN, UH, PERRY.

HE, UH, REQUESTED THIS ITEM, UH, AND THIS BRIEFING TO OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET HIM, UH, TAKE IT AWAY.

HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND IT'S GOOD TO BE WAY OUT HERE ACROSS TOWN FROM MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

UH, THANKS FOR SETTING THIS UP.

UH, YES, I DO HAVE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE BRIEFING, EDWARD.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME POLICE QUESTIONS HERE ALSO, CHIEF.

UM, SO ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, LET'S JUST START THERE.

YOU SAY HOMELESS INVESTMENT, 15 MILLION.

THAT'S STRICTLY FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND GRANTS.

THAT'S THE TOTAL PROGRAM.

THIS IS DIRECT FUNDING, GENERAL FUNDING AND GRANTS FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.

NOW, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, LET'S SAY, UH, THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAFE OFFICERS, THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY FUNDED FOR THIS, BUT THE CITY SPENDS ABOUT $35 MILLION, UH, FOR, UM, HOMELESS RESPONSE.

SO THAT INCLUDES THE POLICE, THE SAFE OFFICERS THAT ARE, UH, SPENDING TIME, UH, WITH THE HOMELESS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE, UH, RESPONDING TO 9 1 1 CALLS, MOSTLY WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL.

AND THEY'RE NEEDING TRANSPORTS TO HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. SO, UH, THAT INCLUDES THAT AS WELL.

NOW, THIS IS JUST DIRECT FUNDING, DIRECT HOMELESS SERVICES FUNDING.

OKAY.

'CAUSE THE VERY FIRST TIME I ASKED THAT QUESTION, IT WAS 80 MILLION.

NO, BUT THAT WAS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY AS WELL.

SO THAT, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A, LET ME CLARIFY THAT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO THE COMMUNITY WHEN OUTSIDE THE CITY, THAT'S ABOUT, UH, THAT'S THE NUMBER, THAT $80 MILLION THAT YOU STATED.

NOW THAT, AND IT'S GROWN SINCE 55 MILLION WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS.

ADDITIONAL FUNDS, GRANT FUNDS HAVE COME INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, PRIMARILY AROUND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

AND, AND VETERAN SUPPORTS THAT THAT NUMBER HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 55 TO, UH, OVER THAT NUMBER.

IT'S CLOSE TO ABOUT, CLOSE TO THE $80 MILLION NOW.

BUT I, BUT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ITSELF, IT'S $35 MILLION.

OKAY.

BUT YOUR NUMBERS ON SLIDE NUMBER, UM, LEMME SEE.

CAN'T FIND IT HERE.

THAT SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBERS.

UM, YES.

SLIDE THREE, SLIDE BEFORE THAT.

UH, IT SAYS BEARER COUNTY HOMELESS COUNT.

WHAT IS IT IN SAN ANTONIO? I'M ASSUMING THIS IS FOR ALL OF BEARER COUNTY.

THIS IS FOR ALL OF BEARER COUNTY AND THE MA, WE, I, UM, THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COUNTED, ARE COUNTED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROPER.

I CAN GET YOU THE BREAKOUT OF HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WERE COUNTED THAT ARE NOT IN SAN ANTONIO.

UH, I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE.

THE MAJORITY IN INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE COMING ACROSS IN THIS POINT IN TIME COUNT ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

YEAH.

AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT, BUT I, I WANNA KEEP THIS ALL ON THE SAME APPLES TO APPLES HERE.

UM, SO IN, SO IN BEXAR COUNTY, UH, ARE THEY, ARE THEY PITCHING IN ANY MONEY TO THE HOMELESS POPUL POPULATION? THEY DO POPULATION.

SO BEXAR COUNTY'S, UH, UM, PROVIDES ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO, TO HAVEN FOR HOPE.

AND THEN THEY, UH, I DON'T HAVE THEIR BUDGET WITH ME, BUT I KNOW THEY, THEY ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UH,

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SO THEY FUND A NUMBER OF AGENCIES, LIKE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, ET CETERA, UH, TO PROVIDE THOSE, SO WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S BASIC, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S JUST A VERY SMALL NUMBER OUT IN THE COUNTY.

UH, BUT THEY'RE PUTTING IN A BIG, BIG NUMBER OF THIS AS WELL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BREAKOUT ON WHAT THIS $80 MILLION REALLY IS.

SURE.

WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM AND WHAT'S THAT MONEY GOING TO? UH, WE FUND, UH, A PORTION AND IDT SEE IT, I, YOUR, UH, LIST HERE AND MAY, MAYBE IT'S THE OTHER PROVIDERS, BUT WE PROV WE FUND NON-PROFITS ALSO.

IS THAT WHERE THAT NUMBER IS? 3.2? WE DO.

SO THAT NUMBER IS, UH, HERE, LET ME GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE HERE.

IT'S IN THIS $3.2 MILLION.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I, I JUST WANT TO COUCH WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER IS AND WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO, UM, WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL FUNDING OR COUNTY FUNDING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMELESS ARE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S WRAP THIS ALL TOGETHER AND BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE REALLY SPENDING ON THE HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN TOWN.

SO IF YOU COULD PULL THAT TOGETHER AND SEND THAT BACK OUT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, CHIEF, WHAT'S THE CURRENT, UH, UH, DA POLICY FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS? YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE FACE THERE WITH THE, I LOOK LIKE A FACE .

SO THE, THE DA'S POLICY THERE, THERE'S FOR HOMELESS, CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING? YES.

SO IF WE TRESPASSING OFF THE TABLE, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE, BUT ANY CHARGE THAT A HOMELESS PERSON IS ARRESTED FOR WILL BE FILED LIKE ANY OTHER CHARGE.

IF THE PERSON IS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING, IF IT'S ON, UM, LIKE A, LIKE A, A WALMART PARKING LOT OR, UM, UH, A VIA BUS BENCH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN TRESPASSED OFF, THE DA WILL NOT PROSECUTE THOSE CASES.

THEY'LL REJECT THEM AT, THEY'LL REJECT, THEY WERE REJECTING THEM AT, AT MAGISTRATION, NOW THEY'RE WAITING 48 HOURS BEFORE THEY REJECT THEM.

OKAY.

BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT, I I JUST SAW THE DA, UH, THIS LAST WEEKEND, AND HE PORTRAYED IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, THAT, UH, THEY ARE ARRESTING AND JAILING, UM, FOLKS FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS, AND THAT ANY OFFICER THAT BRINGS 'EM DOWN, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE 'EM, PROCESS 'EM, AND PUT 'EM IN JAIL.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

THE LITTLE FACE THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

THE LITTLE FACE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SORRY.

YES, SIR.

NO, I APOLOGIZE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, UH, DURING THE TRANSITION, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR POLICIES.

AND SO I THINK WHAT THE CHIEF WAS ALLUDING TO IS THAT WITH REGARDS TO THE CRIMINAL TRESPASS POLICY, IF WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS SIM IS HOMELESS AND THERE'S ABSENT ANY OTHER FACTORS, IF THEY ARE, WHAT THEY WERE SEEING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE TRESPASSING, EITHER AT A BUNK, UH, BUS BENCH, UM, OR A PUBLIC SPACE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, UH, WHEN THEY ROLLED IT OUT INITIALLY, THERE WAS SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD.

UH, GRANTED THEY DIDN'T, UH, COMMUNICATE THAT VERY WELL.

I THINK THEY'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT.

BUT SINCE THEN, UM, THEY'VE, UM, THEY'VE REALLY COMMUNICATED THEIR POLICY CLEARLY, AND THE PERSON THAT IS ARRESTED IS, IS GOING TO BE HELD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND DIVERTED TO A MENTAL HEALTH TYPE TREATMENT PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES IF, IF THEY'RE NEEDED.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE HOMELESS.

THEY DON'T WANT THESE SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE OFFERED TO THEM ANYWAY.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY NARROWLY TAILORED, UH, CRIMINAL TRESPASS POLICY.

IF THEY'VE GOT A VIOLENT HISTORY, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE.

IF THEY'RE TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE.

IF THEY'RE COMMITTED ANOTHER CRIME, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE.

OKAY.

I, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA GET TO IS WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC POLICY BY THE DA TODAY? YES, SIR.

BECAUSE I'VE HEARD IT KIND OF VACILLATE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO THIS IS A, UH, I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UH, I'M STILL GETTING A LOT OF, A LOT

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THEY CAN'T CONDUCT BUSINESS THAT WAY IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, YOU KNOW, IN COMMUNITY SPACES.

UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE BIG CONCERN IS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAS BEEN COMMUNI COMMUNICATED TO ALL THE SUBS OUT THERE, ALL, ALL THE DIFFERENT SUBS LIKE THE NORTH SUB AND EAST WEST.

AND, UH, IF I, I MAY WHEN YOU WRAP UP YOUR STATEMENT, OKAY.

UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CURRENT POLICY IS, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE HEARD IT GO BACK AND FORTH, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFUSION OUT THERE BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS OUT THERE THAT HAVE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT, WELL, THEY CAN PICK 'EM UP AND TAKE 'EM DOWNTOWN, AND THEY'RE RELEASED RIGHT AWAY, AND IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO, TO ARREST 'EM, UH, ON, ON CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

SO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT, THAT THAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY.

SO, UM, AND IT, IT GOES ALONG WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THE ONLY POLICIES THAT WE AND SS A P D NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ARE OUR OWN POLICIES, NOT THE DA'S POLICIES.

OKAY.

AND OUR POLICY IS TO ARREST.

TO ARREST, YES.

AND TAKE 'EM DOWNTOWN, AND THEN IT'S HANDED OFF TO, YES.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, GREAT.

WELL, THAT, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

AND, UM, UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS, BUT GO AHEAD, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM.

SO IF YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF, ONE OF YOU HAS TO TURN OFF YOUR MICS, SO, SO WE CAN ONLY HAVE TWO MICS ON AT A TIME.

SO IF, UH, AFTER YOU'VE SPOKEN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST TURNING IT OFF AND JUST TAP IT IN WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S TIME TO TALK.

THANK YOU.

JUST SO WE CAN ALL INTERRUPT EACH OTHER.

UH, SO IF I MAY MAKE A, A SUGGESTION, UH, REGARDING THE, THE DA'S POLICIES VERSUS OUR POLICIES, UH, VERY CLEAR CHIEF, YOUR PO OUR POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE OUR POLICIES.

UM, I, IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO REQUEST A MEMO FROM THE DA, UH, EXPLAINING THE, THE POLICY THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE CAN, UM, USE THAT FOR REFERENCE.

YES, COUNCILMAN, WE WILL, UH, MAKE THAT REQUEST OF THE DA.

OH, WE HAVE IT.

WE'LL PROVIDE IT TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN, PLEASE CONTINUE.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME WHERE I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER A DIFFERENT IMPRESSION RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT BACK OUT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, EDWARD, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT CLEANUP.

OKAY.

UM, I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT CLEANING UP AND I, I'M ASSUMING T C I CLEANS UP THESE, UH, CAMPSITES.

THEY DO.

SO, UM, BEFORE WE CLEAN UP, WE, WE DO, UH, OUTREACH.

I WANT TO, UH, EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS UP TO 48 HOURS BEFORE THE DAY THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO, UH, RESTORATION, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD GO AND OFFER SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, UH, 20% OF THEM SAY YES.

UM, AND ON THE DAY OF THE CLEANUP, T C I ACTUALLY DOES ALL OF THAT WORK FOR US.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

AND EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN, IF IT'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY VERSUS PRIVATE PROPERTY, HOW, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? RIGHT.

SO IF THERE IS AN ENCAMPMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, WE INVOLVE OUR CODE COMPLIANCE OR, UH, DIVISION WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT ASSISTS US.

THEY TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND, UH, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITATION OR ISSUE THAT HAS WITH, UH, THAT ARE OUT OF, UH, COMPLIANCE, THEY WOULD TALK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

NOW, IF THOSE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT HAVE THE MECHANISM TO CLEAN THOSE, IN SOME CASES, WE CLEAN THOSE AND THEN WE CHARGE THE BACK, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, BASED ON THEIR STA UH, UH, PROCESS.

AND, UM, BUT IF IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, THE MAJORITY ARE, ARE IN CITY RIGHT AWAY, THEN WE, OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS PROVIDE THAT CLEANUP.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, COUNCILWOMAN AND COUNCILMAN, UH, PER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UH, UM, ADD A COMMENT TO WHAT EDWARD JUST MENTIONED, AND MAYBE THE CHIEF WANTS TO CHIME IN.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS, UH, RECOMMENDING TO, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS OF,

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WELL, UM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT.

I HAD A, UM, ACTUALLY A UNIVERSITY COME IN AND JUST TO CLEAN UP THEIR PROPERTY, $10,000.

I THINK THAT'S WAY, WAY ABOVE WHAT THE CITY SHOULD BE TICKETING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CLEAN UP AFTER THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE SPENDING $10,000 A WHACK, I, I SAID, THAT'S CRAZY.

UH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING A, A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO CLEAN UP AFTER A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE LET HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WELL, THAT WAS A COMMENT.

I WAS JUST GONNA JUMP IN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.

SO THIS IS MIKE SHANNON, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, UH, WITH CODE, UH, ENFORCEMENT UNDERNEATH US.

SO CERTAINLY AS A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, ANY TRASH, DEBRIS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A CHALLENGING SITUATION.

WE DO TALK WITH THEM, UH, BUT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY PER OUR CITY AND STATE CODE TO ENSURE THAT THAT STUFF IS CLEANED UP.

UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS.

IF IT'S A PRETTY BIG SIZE ENCAMPMENT, CERTAINLY WE WILL, UH, WORK WITH EDWARD AND HIS TEAM AND ACTUALLY THE WHOLE TEAM.

'CAUSE IT'S A MULTI-DEPARTMENT EFFORT, UH, TO, TO REACH OUT TO THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS.

UH, BUT ALSO, UH, IT IS OUR JOB TO HELP ENSURE THAT GETS CLEANED UP.

UH, AND RIGHT NOW, AS PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.

SOME OF THEM CANNOT.

AND CERTAINLY WE WILL JUMP IN AND DO THAT, BUT VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OUR ABATEMENTS.

UH, WE THEN WILL BILL THEM BACK, UH, FOR THAT SERVICE THAT WE JUST PROVIDED THEM AS PROPERTY OWNERS.

OKAY.

WELL, I I THINK THAT'S STILL WORTH MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

UM, IF WE'RE GETTING, AND I'M GONNA USE THAT TOLL NUMBER AGAIN, THAT $80 MILLION A YEAR, I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE FUNDING THE MESSES THAT ARE BEING LEFT OUT THERE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

I MEAN, I'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOODS OUT THERE THAT ARE GETTING OUT THERE, WHICH I CONSIDER A DANGEROUS SITUATION OF THEM TRYING TO PICK STUFF UP BY HAND AND CART IT OFF AND PUTTING ON THE BACK OF TRUCKS AND THEN GETTING IT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, HALL PLACES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S DRUG PARA PARAPHERNALIA, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ALL HUMAN WASTE.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSING OUR NEIGHBORS TO OUT THERE.

BUT YET, WHERE CAN THEY COME UP WITH A THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET IT CLEAN, WHETHER THEY CONTRACT IT OUT OR GO THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO GET CLEANED UP.

I, I, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT, MARIA, AS TO WHAT OTHER KIND OF ASSISTANCE WE CAN GIVE, UH, OUT OF THIS TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO PRIVATE, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

IT, TO ME, IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY TOO COSTLY, BUT IT'S ALSO DANGEROUS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

UM, SO THAT THOSE, THOSE WERE MY MAJOR CONCERNS AND, UM, WOULD LIKE THE FOLLOW UP ON THE, UH, THE DA POLICY, UM, THE BREAKOUT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING INTO SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, UH, HOW THAT, WHERE THAT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED AT AND WHO'S EXECUTING WHAT AND TAKING ANOTHER CLOSE LOOK AT THIS CLEANUP OF THESE ENCAMPMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN PERRY.

UM, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JADA.

ANDREW SULLIVAN.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, SO AT WORK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY THERE, .

UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE OF THE BREAKDOWN WHEN IT COMES TO SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WERE REFERENCING HAVEN FOR HOPE QUITE A BIT.

DO THOSE NUMBERS OF SHELTERED INCLUDE ALL OF THE SHELTERS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, SUCH AS THE SAM'S MINISTRY AND YES.

THE SALVATION ARMY, AND THESE ARE THE TOTAL SHELTERED AND SHELTERED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY.

THE LARGEST IS HAVEN FOR HOPE.

OKAY.

SO DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OTHER SHELTERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ONES THAT ARE FAMILY, UM, UNITS? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET YOU THAT BREAKOUT SPECIFICALLY TO EACH ONE OF THE SHELTERS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE SHELTERS, LIKE, UH, SALVATION ARMY HAS A MULTIPLE SHELTERS.

WE CAN GET YOU THAT BREAKOUT ON

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SO THAT'S EASILY, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

OKAY.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN UNDER THE, THE VETERANS PROGRAM, AND I KNOW THAT WE, AS A CITY, WERE SHOOTING FOR 0% HOMELESS VETERANS.

HOW MANY VASH VOUCHERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE LAST 90 DAYS? SO, VASH VOUCHER IS INTERESTING.

SO THE VASH VOUCHERS, YOU TYPICALLY TURN OVER ABOUT 10 TO 15 EVERY MONTH.

SO WITHIN A THIR A 90 DAY PERIOD, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT 45 VOUCHERS THAT HAVE TURNED OVER TO VETERANS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SYSTEM.

UH, THERE'S ABOUT, UH, 680 VOUCHERS IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

AND THOSE VOUCHERS, UH, TRANSITION ABOUT 10 A MONTH.

OKAY.

AWESOME.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE DISPLACEMENT, UM, SERVICES.

AND HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH TEMPTING TO LOWER THIS NUMBER WHEN IT COMES TO FAMILIES AND REALLY KEEPING THEM WITHIN THE HOMES THAT THEY'RE IN UNDER THE, UH, DEVELOP OR THE DISPLACEMENT SERVICES? HOW ARE YOU WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE ADDRESS.

UH, THIS, WE, WE FUND, UM, A NUMBER OF AGENCIES FOR, FOR PREVENTION SERVICES.

SO IF SOME, UH, RESIDENT HAS AN EVICTION NOTICE, WE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, UH, THROUGH OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS FOR, UH, AGENCIES.

SAM MINISTRIES IS ONE THAT PROVIDES, UH, PREVENTIONS PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TO THE SAME, WELL, I HAVE AN EVICTION NOTICE.

UM, AND WE PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PAY THEIR RENTS FROM THEM TO PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS, AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE THE, UH, THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, THE EMERGENCY, UH, SHELTER GRANT.