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County and city counts: Staff reported countywide PIT results published the previous Tuesday showing 9,905 people counted as experiencing homelessness in 2025, a 7% decrease from 10,605 in 2024. Staff said county unsheltered counts decreased 6% (from 6,110 to 5,714). Vista-specific slides showed an overall change of –2.2% and a 3% decrease in unsheltered counts; staff reported 144 unsheltered people counted in Vista on the PIT night.

By-name list and definitions: Jonathan Long, Homeless Services Program Manager, presented the city’s by-name unsheltered list. Staff said the list captures individuals the outreach teams had contact with in the last 90 days; as presented, the Vista unsheltered by-name list totaled 240 people at the beginning of the month. The Rescue Mission reported 46 new inflows during the reporting period (22 newly experiencing homelessness, 13 returns to homelessness, 11 returns to active) and 31 outflows (3 to permanent housing and 28 to other destinations such as shelters). The list will drop individuals if outreach teams do not make contact for 90 days; the 90-day rule was described as a HUD/RTFH standard but committee members were told the city can present the list using alternate time windows if desired.

Data tools and availability: Committee members and the mayor pressed for a live or at-minimum monthly dashboard fed by a data specialist. Staff and provider representatives said six outreach staff and an expanding team would maintain the by-name and a separate high-utilizer list (26 people identified as high utilizers needing targeted attention). Shelter Ready, a placement app, is in use by 18 organizations in North County and by six emergency shelters for referrals. The committee requested monthly reports that compare 30/60/90-day views, vacancy and shelter-availability metrics and origin-destination information (where people were last permanently housed and how long they had lived in Vista in the prior five years).

Boynton Creek Navigation Center and shelters: Nanette Stingstra presented April intake and exit metrics for Boynton Creek Navigation Center (BCNC). In April BCNC had 16 intakes; staff said 11 of those clients were previously living in places not meant for human habitation. For April exits, BCNC reported 16 exits: five clients moved into permanent housing (two into rentals without subsidy, two with subsidy, one to a live-in caregiver), five into temporary housing (hotels or transitional housing) and six returned to the street. BCNC reported an average length of stay before exit to all destinations of 81 days and an average 63 days before exit to permanent housing (April exits only). Staff said BCNC provided client assistance funds for deposits, moving costs and transportation and referred many clients to mental-health and enhanced-care services.

San Diego Rescue Mission monthly snapshot: Daniel Schacht reported the Rescue Mission’s by-name list began the month with 225 active individuals, recorded 46 inflows and 31 outflows, and ended the month with 240 active people. Schacht said the unsheltered by-name list is distinct from the high-utilizer list that will focus on those with repeated emergency service interactions.

Service gaps: Committee members pressed staff on “no shelter available” incidents. Staff reported 96 shelter-availability service interactions in April where a bed was requested but none was immediately available; staff said the figure may include duplicated offers for the same person. Council members asked staff to provide an unduplicated count of individuals who were denied shelter and requested that the weekly heat map of outreach activity be included in monthly committee packets.

Shared housing and rapid rehousing: Brenda Viveros of Townspeople reported on the shared-housing program: in April the program had 10 new enrollments, 24 active clients representing 19 households and one dependent child reported; since contract inception the program has acquired four master-leased units and the city contract for Townspeople is roughly $320,000 per year. Townspeople reported an average rent-per-household figure of approximately $1,013.32 (no subsidy reported for currently housed participants) and staff said the program primarily serves service- connected referrals and uses a client-centered model with flex funds for first/last month or deposits.

Operation Hope and shelter occupancy: An Operation Hope representative reported the shelter had 43 clients in April, with roughly 40% of clients from Vista and a large share described as children or family households. Operation Hope said bed occupancy during April was high with very short vacancy windows and that its case-management and youth programming continued to operate nightly.

Requests and directions: The mayor asked staff to draft a letter to the Regional Task Force on the Homeless (RTFH) asking that unincorporated county areas be delineated on PIT reports so city counts are not inflated by adjacent unincorporated tracts; the committee asked staff to report back with the PIT counts attributable to specific census tracts that cross city limits. Staff committed to provide more detailed unduplicated counts for shelter denials, monthly vacancy data for BCNC and comparative cost-per-positive-exit figures for different program types on follow-up reports.

The committee framed the meeting’s outcome as direction to staff to improve the city’s dashboard, provide requested disaggregated counts and return with follow-up metrics; no final policy vote was recorded in the transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Standing Committee on Homelessness Meeting, May 22nd, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Homelessness Committee received monthly data and program updates — including 2025 point-in-time results, a newly compiled by-name unsheltered list for Vista (240 people), Shelter Ready adoption, Boynton Creek Navigation Center intake/exits, Rescue Mission monthly inflow/outflow metrics, Townspeople shared-housing enrollments and Operation Hope shelter occupancy — and directed staff to supply additional disaggregated counts and monthly reporting.","taxTitle","Vista, San Diego County, California","taxId",2844,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544789,"Committee recommends continuing Vista safe-parking program with Jewish Family Service under ERF3 funds",141,1893000,2034000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3445557-dae9b9129a103691ac97b112441f5db8&start=1893&end=2034","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3445557-dae9b9129a103691ac97b112441f5db8/thumbnail_1893000.jpg","/articles/6544789/Vista/San-Diego-County/California/Committee-recommends-continuing-Vista-safe-parking-program-with-Jewish-Family-Service-under-ERF3-funds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544789-35a5333bd7059221c035f4cfbc7000dd/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437820&Signature=kIlZRi~ia4ZcBtxhPhQ5HXwfmlUgtVVi0cMSLmQ9M-71LS4TuQNQywiFCaopKWxHxkZAJOV9YTtI0~RRoFjKPnK6jW7c-Olw83WQm659v3ZxEr7x7c-6RHLtChpWEU7UTemua39YhegAG8MC71g-0ytWbHpUgdPpDDbVNBQFeARk7IT4olG289QELEkpguy3bDSmO1AFiWojHJ2Xf9ilBQ0OKIxVrYjdbDPUNPW12hWlbrCbCuSahf5NwrzKJ7womAAjCJkqne3ZU2fMFvpZOrls2tPXJ6-7-DjanZL5XqBuVIKz5sMgtkhE6Cdfr0JO8VTtJnTED~9pa2UdGDiGyQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff recommended the City Council approve a contract amendment with Jewish Family Service (JFS) to continue Vista’s safe-parking program using ERF3 funds awarded to the city.

Staff briefed the committee on the program history: the city approved an initial JFS contract for safe parking on Jan. 10, 2023, and the contract has since been amended; the item before the committee would extend services starting June 25, 2025, for 12 months with an option to extend through June 30, 2027, limited to ERF3 funding availability. Staff said the ERF3 application included $1,100,000 for the safe-parking program.

Staff described program requirements in the proposed contract: capacity for a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 25 parking spaces; seven-day operations; staffing that includes case management, housing navigation and on-site security; ADA-compliant restroom facilities and hand-washing stations; adequate lighting and fencing; a pet-friendly environment; and participation in community engagement meetings. The budget breakdown presented was $389,000 in operating costs, $591,000 in staffing, $25,000 in flexible spending and $150,000 in administration, totaling $1,100,000.

Nicole McCune, presenter for the JFS program, provided performance data through April 2025: since inception the safe-parking program has served 230 individuals across 57 households; 138 total household exits since inception (20 reunified with family, 34 into permanent housing, 19 into shelters or with hotel vouchers); as of the last day of April 2025 the program had 22 individuals enrolled (19 households). McCune told the committee the program has provided 5,210 meals and $12,000 in direct financial assistance to participants.

Committee members pressed for more outcome data and cost accounting. One elected official raised the program’s average days to exit to permanent housing — cited in the presentation as 91 days — and used a back-of-envelope calculation of the monthly program cost to question cost-effectiveness compared with alternatives such as master-leased apartments, rental subsidies or expanded rapid rehousing. The same official also asked for counts and total nights for children sleeping in cars; another member emphasized the need to prioritize sheltering families with minors.

Staff and JFS representatives said they will provide more detailed exit tracking and further cost- per-positive-exit comparisons on request. The committee recommended forwarding the contract amendment to City Council for approval; the transcript records discussion and a council-level recommendation but no Council vote was recorded during this meeting.","Staff recommended the City Council approve a contract amendment to extend Jewish Family Service’s safe-parking program in Vista using ERF3 funding. Presenters reviewed program outcomes, capacity and costs; committee members pressed for data on exits, children in cars and cost-per-positive-exit metrics.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544794,"Vista staff recommend San Diego Rescue Mission for ERF3 outreach, navigation and stabilization contract",510,101000,611000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3445557-dae9b9129a103691ac97b112441f5db8&start=101&end=611","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3445557-dae9b9129a103691ac97b112441f5db8/thumbnail_101000.jpg","/articles/6544794/Vista/San-Diego-County/California/Vista-staff-recommend-San-Diego-Rescue-Mission-for-ERF3-outreach-navigation-and-stabilization-contract","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544794-4c5ef430a09bb6229eb1aa696fa83caa/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437820&Signature=KjuSv2D2N2-Bp-0FXkM5463NklkHSQnRbNfJKWB-~jLbr~q6yzcC~xry1Cj278A4eQvyxDCMwe~nEi1UGWbEr-9hq0EmLQ5SnUk9-tWeWwUa~7repEN23abtQYufMWD2MT3et5nMpOYG~JxBx3ODrmIc9-aTJ-jI39U7w1aS4ThV15nKs68Gwh8HvJPNmrimvv8et58jeLoRF5DAhYnJ4huapcx0xK5C-uSjNA5rSNOA-Y-R-Ze9LNk7tLf06x7kFlKHudTaBYl3z0Zs24PjC8O6u5nP7F66RbpjOJ~-5djQ1RpW2RoQMH3xqhIhKNwgOKnwOvwxJzpVg~M63nqFBw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City of Vista staff recommended the City Council approve a contract with San Diego Rescue Mission to deliver outreach, housing navigation and housing stabilization services under the Encampment Resolution Funding Round 3 (ERF3) award the city accepted from the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

The recommendation followed staff briefing that the city applied for ERF3 on June 30, 2024; the county-administered award was published on Dec. 23, 2024, and the city accepted the funds on Feb. 26, 2025. Staff said the application included $2.6 million for outreach, navigation and stability services and that the specific contract the committee reviewed is budgeted at $2.3 million for the provider’s Vista operations.

That contract as described to the committee runs through June 30, 2026, with an option for up to a 12-month extension. Staff outlined the contract staffing: an increase of six outreach workers (one licensed clinical social worker among them), a housing navigator, housing stabilizers, a data specialist and a coordinator to lead encampment engagement. Staff said the year-one budget for the Vista contract includes $110,000 for operations, $1,900,000 for staff costs, $100,000 for flexible spending, $10,000 for family reunification and $215,000 in administration, for a total of $2,300,000.

Daniel Schacht, North County director of outreach for San Diego Rescue Mission, told the committee the provider will use a multidisciplinary outreach team, maintain a by-name list of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Vista, coordinate case conferencing with Vista Sheriff’s and Fire departments and add clinical capacity to work with higher-acuity people. “The housing stabilizer position is really gonna be the bread and butter,” Schacht said, describing weekly in-home case management and home visits intended to prevent returns to homelessness.

Committee members emphasized data and accountability. Mayor (name not specified) said staff and partners must provide regular, comparable metrics and warned the city will “vigorously oppose partnerships in the future with organizations that are not committed to data science.” The mayor asked for a staff roster showing each position, employer and funding source and asked for monthly reporting on inflows, outflows and where people exit (family reunification, permanent housing, shelter, etc.).

Staff framed the contract as a service-delivery agreement backed by ERF3 grant funds; the item before the committee was a recommendation to forward approval to the City Council. The transcript records committee discussion and a formal recommendation to council but does not record a Council vote on the contract during this meeting.","City staff asked the Homelessness Committee to recommend a contract with San Diego Rescue Mission to deliver outreach, housing navigation and stabilization services funded by an ERF3 grant. The presentation covered staffing, budget breakdown and data-reporting expectations; no council vote was recorded in the meeting transcript.","actionData","errors"]

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