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Lancaster Police outline updated homelessness plan, Measure A programming and new outreach steps
Summary
Lancaster Police said they are updating the city's homelessness plan to comply with county funding rules, rolling out public and employee surveys, piloting community mini‑grants and reporting about two to three shelter placements per week as Measure A funds become available.
At a meeting of the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission, Christie Malta, manager of the Core Division at the Lancaster Police Department, said the department is updating the city's homelessness plan and expanding outreach and placement efforts as new Measure A funds become available.
Malta said the department is conducting public outreach and running five different surveys to better understand how residents encounter people experiencing homelessness and what solutions the public would like to see. "We're not asking the standard questions of do you think homelessness is a problem because we already know the answer to that," she said. The police department will also survey city employees about training and referral…
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