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Encinitas council reviews draft 2026–31 homeless action plan; staff directed to pursue safe-parking options and stronger data reporting
Summary
City staff presented a draft 2026–2031 Homeless Action Plan update, highlighting partnerships and outcomes from a new San Diego Rescue Mission contract; councilmembers urged restoring a safe parking program, asked staff to issue an RFP and to improve data dashboards and reporting. No formal vote was taken.
Encinitas city staff on Monday presented a draft update to the city's Homeless Action Plan (HAP) for 2026'to'2031 and reported early results from a recently contracted outreach team.
Dr. Crystal Pew, the city's homeless programs coordinator, told the City Council the San Diego Rescue Mission (SDRM) began outreach in late November 2025 and, between Nov. 24, 2025 and Jan. 21, 2026, "enrolled 98 individuals through street outreach and had 40 placements," a result she described as "significant progress in less than 2 months with only 1 outreach worker and 1 housing navigator." Pew said the draft update adds two goals to the prior plan: a Goal 4 focused on enforcement and public safety (including approaches for service-resistant individuals) and Goal 5 to "use data to drive accountability and results."
The presentation traced outcomes from regional partners including PATH, the Buena Creek Navigation Center (BCNC), Jewish Family Services (JFS) and SDRM, and reviewed preliminary point-in-time (PIT) count…
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