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Council asks staff for options to strengthen community participation in homelessness oversight
Summary
After debate about oversight and staff workload, the council directed staff to return with options to increase community participation — including nonvoting seats, an advisory commission or other models — to advise on the city’s strategic plan to address homelessness.
Deputy Mayor Melendez introduced a proposal to broaden the city’s standing committee on homelessness and to add community members with lived experience, service providers and stakeholders in a nonvoting advisory role.
Melendez said the intent is to bring additional perspectives — including people with lived experience of homelessness, representatives of nonprofits and business owners — into a regular review process for the city’s strategic plan to address homelessness. "I believe the oversight of our council is extremely important... I really do believe in…
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