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Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark - Report on Homelessness, Anti-Camping and Anti-Loitering Laws
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Direct the City Manager and the Police Chief to return on January 17, 2023 to present the following:
1. A full report and accounting identifying all of the City's resources, including recently hired/appointed City personnel, County programs present in the City, and facilities like the Navigation Center, that have been employed or deployed to combat homelessness; and
2. A full report and accounting of the Navigation Center's use since it opened in December 2020, including the number of beds occupied over time (utilizing monthly data), where the clients/patrons are from (have they been Huntington Beach homeless or have they been brought in by the County or other cities), and average length of how long individuals stay and where they go once released (e.g., back on the streets, County facilities, or back home); and
3. A proposal that incorporates former Police Chief Handy's 90-day plan on how HBPD will enforce the City's and State's anti-camping and anti-loitering laws to get the City's public spaces free from the mentioned encampments, loitering, and their related health and safety concerns; and
4. A request for the Police Chief to give quarterly updates at City Council on enforcement of anti-camping and anti-loitering.