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South Bay COG and CityNet tell Public Safety Commission Redondo Beach reached functional zero in mid-2024; census and casework explained
Summary
South Bay Cities COG and outreach contractor CityNet briefed commissioners on a multi-year census and outreach program they say produced a 1:1 housing-match ratio and rapid exits from street homelessness in Redondo Beach during Jan'Jun 2024.
Representatives from the South Bay Cities Council of Governments and contracted outreach provider CityNet told the Redondo Beach Public Safety Commission on Feb. 27 that the city achieved a one-to-one housing-match ratio (often termed "functional zero") for several months in mid-2024 and that median exit times from street homelessness were short.
Ronson Chu of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments said the regionwide effort uses a "by-names" list and coordinated case conferences to match available housing or shelter slots to people living on the streets. "We were able to do it in 14 days on average," Chu said of the median time to house or place people in interim shelter during the period the presentation measured.
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