An ambitious homeless intervention put together by the mayor’s office, Councilwoman Virginia Marquez and Police Chief Jarrod Burguan passed the San Bernardino City Council on Monday. It tackles a homeless population of at least 950 — based on a point-in-time count that determines funding — or an estimated 2,000 based on services provided, costing the city an estimated $14 million to $27 million per year in direct and indirect costs, according to the report city staff prepared. Enforcing vagrancy, panhandling and loitering laws will also be part of the effort to avoid a “magnet effect.” Read more about this effort to combat homelessness here: sbsun/social-affairs/20140603/plan-approved-to-tackle-homelessness-in-san-bernardino
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:00:00 +0000
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