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RESOLUTION NO. 18-75
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN
DECLARING A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO SB 850 (CHAPTER
48, STATUTES OF 2018 AND GOVERNMENT CODE § 8698.2)
The City Council of the City of Tustin finds:
WHEREAS, California's Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and the members of the
California Legislature have recognized the urgent and immediate need for funding at the
local level to combat homelessness;
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature have provided funding to local
governments under the Homeless Emergency Aid Program as part of SB 850 and the
2018-19 Budget Act (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2018);
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature require jurisdictions seeking an
allocation through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program to declare a Shelter Crisis
pursuant to Government Code §8698.2;
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has developed a homelessness plan and
undertaken multiple efforts at the local level to combat homelessness;
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin finds that 69 persons within the City of Tustin are
homeless and living without shelter;
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin finds that the number of homeless is significant,
and these persons are without the ability to obtain shelter;
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin finds that the health and safety of unsheltered
persons in the City is threatened by a lack of shelter;
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin affirms the City's commitment to combatting
homelessness and creating or augmenting a continuum of shelter and service options
for those living without shelter in our communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin
that a shelter crisis pursuant to Government Code §8698.2 exists in the City of Tustin,
and authorizes the City's participation in the Homeless Emergency Aid Program.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Tustin held on the 16th day of October, 2018.
ELWYN A. MURRAY
Mayor
ATTEST:
ERICA N. YASUDA
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 18-75 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of October, 2018 by
the following vote:
COUNCILPERSONS AYES:
COUNCILPERSONS NOES:
COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED:
COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT:
ERICA N. YASUDA
City Clerk
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