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Council weighs cuts to homeless services; nonprofit partners urge preservation of drop‑in, shelter, and rental-assistance programs
Summary
City staff proposed reductions to several homeless-service contracts; nonprofit providers urged council to keep programs that prevent homelessness and maintain the area drop-in center, while proposing alternative savings and phased reductions.
Santa Rosa’s budget study session featured extended public testimony from nonprofit providers who urged the council to preserve major homeless-service contracts and administrative funding that they said leverages substantial private donations and prevents people from losing homes.
City staff had included several proposed reductions in the homelessness package to reduce the general‑fund subsidy. The revised package presented at the study session retained funding for a daytime drop-in center (a hub that also would host warming-center activations) and…
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