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a. Receive a presentation on the proposed Policy for Addressing Encampments; and
b. Consider adopting an Encampment Resolution Policy; and
c. Consider adopting a Resolution affirming the Board’s commitment to homelessness response policies and practices that are comprehensive, evidenced-based, deliberate, compassionate, and effective; and
d. Consider approving and authorizing the County Administrative Officer or designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a One Year Term with Access Support Network to provide medicine loss prevention services during encampment clean-ups; and
e. Provide further direction as appropriate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a presentation on the proposed Policy for Addressing Encampments; and
b. Consider adopting an Encampment Resolution Policy; and
c. Consider adopting a Resolution affirming the Board’s commitment to homelessness response policies and practices that are comprehensive, evidenced-based, deliberate, compassionate, and effective; and
d. Consider approving and authorizing the County Administrative Officer or designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a One Year Term with Access Support Network to provide medicine loss prevention services during encampment clean-ups; and
e. Provide further direction as appropriate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In the 2018 case Martin v. Boise, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that city officials in Boise, Idaho, could not enforce an anti-camping ordinance whenever its homeless population exceeds the number of available beds in its homeless shelters and that became binding precedent within the Ninth Circuit. However, on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Ninth Circuit ruling in Martin V. Boise, giving local jurisdictions the authority to address encampments established by people experiencing homelessne...
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