Clark County council endorses sending ECHO letter asking state to maintain homelessness funding
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Summary
The council gave informal unanimous support to send an ECHO-endorsed letter urging the state to maintain homelessness-service funding, including backfill of document-recording fees that fund many local programs.
Jordan Bogie presented a draft letter from the Ending Community Homelessness Organization (ECHO) asking Clark County’s legislative delegation to maintain state funding for homelessness services, including backfilling lost revenue from document-recording fees. Bogie explained the funding mechanism: recording fees tied to real-estate transactions historically support local homelessness services and the state has backfilled declines; the letter asks the state to continue that backfill and provide flexible planning and technical assistance for local providers (SEG 2546–2567).
Councilors responded with immediate informal support; the chair observed “thumbs up all around” (SEG 2604–2611). Councilor Young and Councilor Fuentes offered no additional edits; councilors asked staff to send the letter to the delegation and to keep the county apprised of related state actions.
The presentation emphasized the letter is a recommendation from ECHO (a collaborative of county and city representatives and service providers) and not a binding directive; staff confirmed ECHO is not a decision-making body and the letter is intended to align local jurisdictions in advocacy to the state.