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Council accepts third-year update showing staff-reported decline in homelessness and outlines follow-up review

Santa Rosa City Council · April 8, 2026
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City staff presented the third-year update to the 2023—2027 homelessness strategic plan, reporting a 31% decline in the point-in-time measure (from 1,650 in 2022 to 1,140 in 2025) and summarizing investments, housing placements and remaining funding gaps; council accepted the report 5-0.

City staff presented a third-year update on Santa Rosa—ity's five-year homelessness strategic plan, reporting progress on placements and ongoing concerns about one-time funding and forthcoming budget pressures.

"Este plan estratégico tenía un periodo de 5 años, empezando en enero 2023 a diciembre 2027," Sasha Brown, program specialist for community housing services, told the council. Brown said the city has tracked a drop in the measured…

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