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Sacramento committee forwards River District shelter-cap proposal to full council after heated debate
Summary
A proposal to cap homeless shelter beds and service providers in the River District was forwarded to full council following competing testimony: district representatives and business leaders said the area carries a disproportionate share of services, while service providers and street-medical staff warned caps would reduce capacity and worsen outcomes.
The Sacramento Law and Legislation Committee voted to forward to the full City Council a councilmember's proposal to establish limits on the number of homeless shelter beds and social-service providers in the River District, setting up a broader citywide debate.
Council member Pluckibaugh introduced the item as an iteration of a decades-old ordinance, saying the intent is to establish a boundary for over-concentration of shelter beds and account for an anticipated additional 100-bed proposal in the district. "The intent here is not to thwart any proposal...it is to just establish sort…
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