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The Housing and Homelessness Subcommittee approved minutes, recommended that City Council adopt a new ordinance to update zoning for emergency shelters, transitional and supportive housing, low-barrier navigation centers, and group/residential care to implement Housing Element Program 19, authorized initiation of a Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan amendment, asked staff to further explore locations for by-right emergency shelter areas, and received updates on Encampment Resolution Funding Round 5 and a Mercy House ARCH presentation.
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The committee voted to ask City Council to change local rules so the city complies with recent state laws that make it easier to site shelters, supportive housing, and navigation centers. Staff will begin work needed for coastal plan changes and will study potential locations where shelters could be allowed by right. The meeting also included updates on a grant program for encampment response and a presentation from Mercy House about services.
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