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Placer County supervisors direct staff to renegotiate shelter contracts, seek regional homeless solutions
Summary
After a detailed briefing on county and state homelessness funding and outcomes, the Board directed staff to negotiate amendments with the current Mid-Placer shelter provider and to continue participation in regional siting and housing efforts.
The Placer County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday directed county staff to begin negotiations for revised contracts with the current Mid-Placer shelter provider and to continue participating in regional efforts to site additional housing and shelter.
County Chief Executive Office staff and Health and Human Services (HHS) officials told the board that county general fund spending on homelessness-focused programs totals roughly $5.7 million annually, while state and federal programs with a strong nexus to housing account for about $12.9 million. Health and Human Services Director Rob Oldham and CEO staff member Jeff Merriman outlined program-by-program funding and outcomes and emphasized that permanent supportive housing shows the strongest long-term housing stability among interventions.
Why it matters: Supervisors said they want clearer performance metrics and residency requirements at the Mid-Placer shelters and wanted the county to remain active in regional planning so that shelter and housing decisions are coordinated across member cities and counties. Supervisors also expressed…
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