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Sacramento County proposes elected Sacramento Homeless and Housing Board to steer regional strategy
Summary
County staff proposed a Sacramento Homeless and Housing Board (SHHB) that would merge certain Continuum of Care (CoC) functions with a publicly accountable elected board to set regional goals, performance targets and data priorities while leaving local budgets and land-use authority intact.
Emily Halkin, director of the Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing, presented a regional model Tuesday that would create a Sacramento Homeless and Housing Board (SHHB) to provide elected-official oversight and strategic direction for homelessness response across Sacramento County.
Halkin said the change would ‘‘retain local jurisdictional control of existing housing and homeless funding, as well as land use decisions,’’ while creating a single, Brown Act–compliant elected board to set regional goals, performance targets and funding priorities. She…
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