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Temecula outlines results, funding and next steps for homeless outreach after local census and new family assistance fund
Summary
City staff and contracted outreach partners presented a year-end review showing a modest drop in the local unhoused count, new flexible family shelter funding and continued focus on mental health and substance-use services; council did not take formal action but asked staff to continue evaluation and pursue funding.
The City of Temecula’s homeless outreach team reported a modest decline in the local unhoused population and highlighted new short-term shelter funding and program outcomes at the Jan. 14 council meeting.
The city’s homeless outreach administrator, Lacey Sizzler, told the council the city’s two‑day local census, conducted Nov. 20–21, found 50 unique people experiencing homelessness in Temecula, down from 56 in 2023. Sizzler said the 2024 census showed a continuing local pattern: many people experiencing homelessness have long-term local ties and high rates of mental-health and substance‑use needs.
The outreach team emphasized why that context matters. “Often, addiction and mental illness seem to present our most significant hurdles,” Sizzler said. She and other staff described outreach work that pairs repeated, street‑level engagement with flexible financial assistance and cleanup/accountability actions aimed at moving people into services.
The nut graf: city staff and partners…
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