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City adopts one-year homelessness response framework, renews service contracts
Summary
The City Council received and adopted a one-year homelessness response framework and financing plan for FY2027, renewing two service contracts and directing staff to continue county collaboration and report back on metrics and capacity.
The Santa Barbara City Council on July 28 received and adopted a one-year homelessness response framework and financing plan for fiscal 2027, city staff said during a presentation to the council.
Assistant to the City Manager Bárbara Anderson summarized county and program metrics and asked the council to "receive and adopt this homelessness response framework and financing plan." Anderson told the council the city will continue contracts for shelter and street outreach, and identified two contract renewals: contract number 3057, a one‑year, $200,000 agreement to provide seven shelter beds and associated services, and contract 30096, a one‑year agreement for $561,364.17 for seven‑day outreach and bed referrals.
Anderson said the framework focuses on prevention, housing placement and stabilization, and day‑center services and showed staff estimates for how funding is allocated: "50 percent of funds to temporary housing, 21 percent to prevention/coordination of services, 18 percent to outreach and 11 percent to day centers," and noted several programs funded in whole or part by state and federal grants.
Councilmembers asked detailed questions about capacity and program targets. Councilmember Friedman pressed staff on shelter bed counts and timing; Anderson replied that the city currently tracks program placements and noted the county report showing a countywide decline in homelessness of about 6 percent since 2023 but an increase in some duration metrics.
Councilmember Jordan moved to accept the staff recommendations; the motion was seconded and the council took the action to receive and adopt the framework and authorize the city manager to execute the listed contracts. Staff said the ordinance of adoption and the financing schedule will be returned to council with a fee‑study and budget entries ahead of a January 1 implementation date for program elements that require additional staffing or systems.
The council directed staff to consult further with partner agencies on capacity, bring the contractor agreements forward for signature per the adopted authorization, and to return with quarterly outcomes reporting to measure program impact.
