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Council approves motel‑shelter contracts; staff warns state funding shortfall will tighten budget
Summary
The council approved motel owner and service-provider agreements for the city’s motel shelter program, reduced locations while keeping room count at 200, and heard staff say a $5.4 million reduction in HAP funds will require shifting city funding to maintain services.
The Sacramento City Council approved a set of motel‑shelter agreements intended to continue the city’s family motel program while staff warned that recent state funding changes will require the city to shift local dollars to sustain services.
Brian Pedro, director of the Department of Community Response, told the council the motel program began in 2020 as a COVID‑era sheltering program and has since evolved into the city’s only family‑specific shelter model. Pedro said the current recommended contracts would reduce the number of motel locations from five to four but keep the total room count at 200, producing renegotiated annual savings of about $1.5 million compared with the prior year.
Pedro gave operational…
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