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Council delays final decision but extends funding window as homelessness budget cliff looms
Summary
City staff told the council the city has spent about $57.6 million of roughly $76.1 million in pandemic‑era and related homelessness grants, leaving limited funding beyond FY 2026–27; the council directed staff to continue the SHaRE Center partnership and buy time on contract amendments while seeking county cooperation and additional grants.
City staff presented an update on homelessness programs and funding at a special Salinas City Council meeting on May 27, outlining which programs are funded, what they have placed into housing and how grant dollars will run out without action.
Assistant City Manager Lisa Murphy and Homeless Services Manager Keishla Lopez said the city has been awarded about $76.1 million since 2020 for homelessness response and augmented that with about $8.4 million from the general fund; expenditures to date total roughly $57.6 million, with remaining grant commitments expected to be largely exhausted by the end of fiscal year 2026–27 without new funding. Lopez presented program‑level outcomes: the Chinatown Navigation Center had served 753 individuals and placed 37 into permanent supportive housing to date; the SHaRE Center (a county‑city partnership…
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