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SB 479 would let three city health jurisdictions share information for multidisciplinary homelessness response teams
Summary
SB 479 would authorize three cities designated as local health jurisdictions (Berkeley, Pasadena, Long Beach) to form multidisciplinary response teams and share limited, specified information across teams to improve continuity of care for unsheltered residents; supporters said it closes a statutory loophole that currently limits city teams.
Senate Bill 479 was presented as a targeted change to permit city‑based local health jurisdictions (LHJs) to use the same statutory authorities counties currently have to share specified information among multidisciplinary homeless response teams. The bill identifies Berkeley, Pasadena and Long Beach as the cities eligible to operate under this authority.
The author said county multidisciplinary teams are…
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