SR 08-24-2021 13E 13.E
August 24, 2021
Council Meeting: August 24, 2021 Santa Monica, California
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CITY CLERK’S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk, Records & Elections Services
Department
Date: August 24, 2021
13.E Request of Mayor Himmelrich, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan and
Councilmember Parra that the City Council form an ad hoc committee of 3
council members to study and make recommendations for future strategic
investments that would advance the City’s Four Pillars Strategy to Address
Homelessness. The ad hoc committee would act as liaisons and advisors
to the Social Services Commission and would participate in the Social
Services Commission’s discussions on topics such as behavioral health.
Ad hoc committee recommendations would inform priorities for allocating
local funding, staffing capacity, and opportunities to leverage non-City
public and private resources. The ad hoc committee recommendations
would be timed to coincide with the release of the results of the Homeless
Count in Spring 2022.
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Vernice Hankins
From:Tara Barauskas <tbarauskas@communitycorp.org>
Sent:Friday, August 20, 2021 10:49 AM
To:councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox
Subject:Support for item 13E
EXTERNAL
Dear Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council,
Please allow this to serve as our strong support for item 13E to dive more deeply into strategies to address
homelessness. This is needed now more than ever, and we hope the City will take this opportunity to make some
definitive plans to find solutions to this urgent and challenging issue.
Thank you,
Tara
Tara Barauskas, LEED AP
Executive Director
Community Corporation of Santa Monica
1423 2nd Street, Suite B
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 394‐8487 ext. 133
tbarauskas@communitycorp.org
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Vernice Hankins
From:Ann Maggio <annmaggio@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, August 20, 2021 5:06 PM
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:Agenda Item 13E for Aug 24 meeting
EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
What is the reason for relying on an annual homeless count that means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and is simply
used as a smoke screen to NOT REPORT the reality of what homeless looks like in Santa Monica on a DAILY
BASIS?
Please stop touting the count as a meaningful thing on which to base policy. This is ridiculous!
Sincerely,
Ann Maggio Thanawalla
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." ‐ Albert Einstein
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