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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Declare a shelter crisis within incorporated and unincorporated areas of Monterey County to address the significant number of unhoused persons unable to obtain shelter that has resulted in a threat to the health and safety of those persons; and
b. Authorize Departments of Monterey County to collaborate and work with the Continuum of Care, local jurisdictions, and partners to urgently address the need to provide a variety of shelter options, including but not limited to, low-barrier navigation centers, interim living facilities, recuperative care centers, and post-hospitalization beds; and
c. Authorize County staff to utilize the declaration of a shelter crisis to be statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act for shelter related construction and development projects; and
d. Authorize extending the shelter crisis declaration throughout the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Monterey County until December 31, 2034, pursuant to Government Code Sections 8698 through 8698.2.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Declare a shelter crisis within incorporated and unincorporated areas of Monterey County to address the significant number of unhoused persons unable to obtain shelter that has resulted in a threat to the health and safety of those persons; and
b. Authorize Departments of Monterey County to collaborate and work with the Continuum of Care, local jurisdictions, and partners to urgently address the need to provide a variety of shelter options, including but not limited to, low-barrier navigation centers, interim living facilities, recuperative care centers, and post-hospitalization beds; and
c. Authorize County staff to utilize the declaration of a shelter crisis to be statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act for shelter related construction and development projects; and
d. Authorize extending the shelter crisis...
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