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Residents and service providers urge housing‑first responses, safe camping and better wraparound services at Stockton session
Summary
At a City Council study session, more than a dozen residents, nonprofit leaders and people with lived experience urged Stockton to prioritize Housing First, safe camping/parking with services, storage and humane property handling rather than punitive sweeps in response to Grants Pass v. Johnson.
Scores of residents, service providers and people with lived experience addressed the Stockton City Council during a lengthy public‑comment period on Aug. 27, urging humane, housing‑first responses as the city considers new enforcement options after the Grants Pass v. Johnson Supreme Court ruling.
Speakers from local nonprofits and advocacy groups emphasized wraparound services and diversion over sweeps. Ruby Lockhart, CEO of Heart to Heart Ministries, described regular outreach and basic supplies distribution and warned that children live in encampments, calling for collaboration and compassion. “They need housing, but these things are to come...we should give the people out there an opportunity to have a sustainable life and not just throw…
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