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El Cajon council debates homelessness strategy: staff to return with options for local counts and enhanced enforcement
Summary
Councilmembers discussed volunteer programs, repackaging homeless outreach videos, expanding the quality-of-life team (staffing vs. overtime options), and concerns about the regional point-in-time count. Staff was asked to return with costed options for local counts and enforcement tiers.
City Manager Graham presented a quarterly update on the City Council Action Plan at the May 27 El Cajon City Council meeting, focusing on five topics that staff said required council guidance: a volunteer program, a homelessness success-story video, quality-of-life team coverage for outreach and encampment cleanup, the city’s response to the point-in-time homeless count, and a citizens academy.
Volunteer program: Staff described challenges in vetting volunteer groups and residents’ needs, the liability exposure that can accompany city matchmaking, and the staff time required to manage such a program. Staff offered two options: defer the program or maintain a low-vetting online resource page listing volunteer organizations and letting residents contact them directly. Councilmembers generally favored deferring the full…
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