Summary
The council set aside about $2 million as a first step toward a year-round shelter, a top council priority. Staff will make it a standing item at the Housing committee and bring a work plan with location, population, and opening target details.
At a glance
- Total mentions
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Last discussed Jun 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $2 million set aside now; full project estimated at $10 million capital plus $2-4 million a year.
Unsheltered residents who currently have nowhere to go year-round.
Hundreds of unsheltered residents remain without shelter funding in the proposed budget.
Mentions & discussions (6)
City Council Meeting: (Audio Description) - Jun 8, 2026
After criticism that the shelter was missing from the work plan, staff found about $2 million in one-time money to seed it and promised a standing work plan item at the Housing Committee with a target opening date.
City Council Meeting: - Jun 8, 2026
The council set aside about $2 million as a first step toward a year-round shelter, a top council priority. Staff will make it a standing item at the Housing committee and bring a work plan with location, population, and opening target details.
City Council Meeting: (Audio Description) - May 11, 2026
The budget hearing was continued again to next week. Advocates pressed for general fund and reserve money for interim housing, permanent supportive housing, and a year-round shelter, disputing staff accounts of how past RBOC debt was paid. Adoption is expected by mid-June.
City Council Meeting: - May 4, 2026
Speakers blasted the proposed operating budget for containing no year-round shelter or transitional housing despite it being a council priority, while police funding grows by $9 million. The hearing continues May 11.
City Council Meeting: (Audio Description) - May 4, 2026
Speakers repeatedly called out that a year-round shelter and transitional housing — a council priority set in December — appear nowhere in either the capital or operating budget, while police funding grows. The operating budget hearing continues May 11.
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