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Council approves state encampment grant for ‘street-to-housing’ effort and extends shelter-crisis tools; residents report mold, poor conditions at Roseville Rd.
Summary
The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously to accept a state encampment grant to fund a street-to-housing program focused on the Northern Bike Trail and to continue using emergency shelter tools, while residents described unsafe conditions at a trailer site on Roseville Road.
The Sacramento City Council on a unanimous vote approved accepting state encampment funds to support a street-to-housing program intended to move people off the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail into permanent housing and to maintain the city's shelter-crisis authorities.
Council Member Caplan told colleagues the item would put people into housing and called it the "next step" for getting about 100 families into housing from the bike-trail encampment. Mayor McCarty described the award as "good news for Sacramento," saying the city was awarded about $18,000,000 and that part of those funds would support the street-to-housing program and an expansion of tiny homes near Roseville Road.
The measure drew questions from council members about program details and accountability. Council Member…
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