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Senate committee advances measure requiring local planning to pursue ‘functional zero’ for unsheltered homelessness
Summary
SB 606 would require cities, counties and continuums of care to plan proactively to end unsheltered homelessness (achieve ‘functional zero’) and to describe use of Shelter Crisis Act streamlining when increasing bed capacity; committee accepted technical amendments and referred the bill to Senate Housing.
Sen. Becker presented SB 606, which would require cities, counties and Continuums of Care to undertake proactive planning to end unsheltered homelessness in their jurisdictions by identifying the number of interim units needed and strategies to bring people indoors quickly (a concept described in testimony as “functional 0”). The bill also asks jurisdictions to document use of state streamlining authorities, such as the Shelter Crisis Act, when building bed capacity.
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