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Davis commission approves 2026 work plan, prioritizes rental resources, ordinance review and camping/safe-parking committees
Summary
The commission approved a 2026 work plan that sets three top priorities: reviewing the affordable housing ordinance, strengthening the rental resources program and forming a subcommittee to examine camping and safe parking; staff will schedule presentations and the council must sign off on the plan.
The Davis Commission on Social Services on Monday approved its 2026 work plan, identifying three priority subcommittees and asking staff to schedule presentations from city and county service providers.
The commission voted to prioritize review of the city's affordable housing ordinance, strengthening the rental resources program and examining camping and safe-parking policies. "These are kind of the top subcommittees we definitely are thinking about forming," an unnamed commissioner said during the discussion.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the items are time-sensitive because council and county actions could move quickly. The commission agreed to present a more specific work-plan package to City Council for approval; staff said the earliest council calendar opening is likely Feb. 3.
What was decided: Commissioners discussed a tiered approach to the work plan (tier 0: required items; tier 1: presentations; tier 3: subcommittees) and asked staff to schedule presentations from the homeless outreach coordinator, the mental-health clinician embedded with police and county social-services staff so the commission could decide which items require subcommittees.
Staff took several scheduling commitments. "If you identify who you'd like to come make a presentation to you, I can work on getting them scheduled," a city staff member said.
On the motion to adopt the plan, Speaker 5 moved approval and Speaker 1 seconded; the commission voted unanimously "Aye." The motion formalized the priorities discussed in the meeting and directed staff to prepare the package for council review.
Key context and next steps: Commissioners discussed whether review of enforcement under the camping ordinance overlapped with the Police Accountability Commission and whether to ask PAC to audit enforcement steps; several members recommended coordinating rather than duplicating work. Staff said some items will likely be presented first, and subcommittees can be formally assigned in January pending council approval.
The commission also asked staff to provide additional background materials before January so members can refine which items should be assigned to subcommittees and which should remain informational presentations.
