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Consider adopting an urgency ordinance enacting Chapter 8 of the Solano County Code establishing minimum health and safety standards for emergency homeless facilities and shelters (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board:
1. Read the proposed ordinance by title only and waive further reading by majority vote; and
2. Adopt an urgency ordinance enacting Chapter 8 of the Solano County Code establishing minimum health and safety standards for emergency homeless facilities and shelters (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
On August 28, 2018 the Board adopted Resolution No. 2018-165 that declared a shelter crisis pursuant to Government Code section 8698.2 exists in Solano County and that this lack of shelter threatens the health and safety of unsheltered persons. Pursuant to Government Code section 8698.1(b), this declaration suspends provisions of state or local regulatory statute, regulation, or ordinance prescribing standards of housing, health, or safety to the extent that strict compliance would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. The state statute allows the Board to enact minimum local health and safety standards for emergency homeless shelters and facilities, such as those reflected in the proposed urgency ordinance, that replace existing health and safety requirements currently being enforced. Once enacted, the standards in the ordinance will be operative only during a declared housing emergency and will apply only to facilities owned, operated, leased or maintained by Solano County.
On August 28, 2018 the Board approved the concept and implementation of a Tiny Shelter Pilot Project to be located on County property on Brown Street, Vacaville near the intersection of Brown Street and Monte Vista Avenue. If adopted, the st...
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