CC Resolution 12702 RESOLUTION NO. 12702
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAMPBELL ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE 2020-2025
COMMUNITY PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS
WHEREAS, the 2015-2020 Community Plan to End Homelessness (Community Plan) in Santa Clara
County was adopted by the City Council on July 7, 2015;
WHEREAS, the Community Plan, which is driven by and adopted by the Santa Clara County (County)
Continuum of Care(CoC), is a planning requirement placed by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development on CoC funding that provides a county level roadmap to address
homelessness and its root causes, with local jurisdictions tailoring the roadmap to meet local needs;
and
WHEREAS, despite the substantial progress made in creating a more comprehensive supportive
housing system, the housing crisis continues to grow nationally and locally and are compounded by the
COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the economy and local budgets; and
WHEREAS, in June 2019, the County, Destination: Home, and other cities and nonprofits, embarked
on strategic planning and an extensive community engagement process to develop a new five-year
Community Plan 2020-25; and
WHEREAS, during the development of the new Community Plan, community feedback was sought to
identify successes and challenges in the homeless system of care, and to collect innovative and
inspiring ideas about how to address homelessness generally countywide, and specifically for certain
subgroups such as youth and families; and
WHEREAS, this work resulted in the development of 14 strategies that fall into three focus areas: (1)
Address the root causes of homelessness through system and policy change; (2) Expand
homelessness prevention and housing programs to meet the need; and (3) Improve quality of life for
unsheltered individuals and create healthy neighborhoods for all.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Campbell endorses the
Santa Clara Community Plan to End Homelessness 2020-25.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20h day of April 2021, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bybee, Landry, Lopez, Resnikoff, Gibbons
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
A: 'ROVED:
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ATTEST:
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Andrea Sa rs, Deputy City Clerk