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Fontana council adopts emergency-shelter overlay ordinance, adds Jasmine Street site and tightens intake rules
Summary
The City Council voted to adopt Ordinance No. 1982 to expand the emergency shelter overlay to include 11109 Jasmine Street, add security and operational standards, remove time limits on resident stays and require referral-based (no walk-in) intake at shelters in overlay areas.
The Fontana City Council on Tuesday adopted Ordinance No. 1982 to amend the city's emergency shelter overlay, adding property at 11109 Jasmine Street and instituting new operating standards intended to control foot traffic and require referral-based intake for shelters in the overlay.
Cecily, the city's associate planner, summarized the key changes during the public hearing presentation, saying staff proposed 'the addition of specific standards, regarding, like, security surveillance systems, for emergency shelters, as well as the removal of time limits for resident stays and the limit, on the provision, for walk in services.' That change, she said, would 'require a referral-type system for the emergency shelters' so residents would be brought directly to facilities rather than arriving as walk-ins.
The ordinance also places the new overlay on the parcel at 11109 Jasmine Street and applies additional operating requirements where appropriate across the overlay map. Staff recommended the council find the ordinance categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the CEQA citations included in the staff report.
Council member John Roberts made the motion to introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 1982; Mayor Pro Tem Peter Garcia seconded. No members of the public submitted testimony on the item, and the council approved the ordinance on the council's roll call vote (motion passed; vote recorded as 4-0).
Supporters at the hearing framed the changes as a way to provide more reliable shelter capacity while managing neighborhood impacts; council members asked clarifying questions about the referral intake process and enforcement responsibilities. The ordinance takes effect following the city's procedural adoption steps.
The city posted staff materials and the ordinance as part of the agenda packet; staff remains available to provide operational details on how referral intake will be implemented and which partner agencies will participate.
