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3. Work with the county on development of expanded shelter beds that operate in a similar manner as to The Link. I believe that the county should have a model that it applies to all shelters... including The Courtyard and the Armory. 4. Seek reimbursement from the County of Orange for costs that the city has incurred with regards to homeless issues ... it is the county's responsibility to deal with public health issues and the financial burden should not fall upon our city. The city has previously expended tremendous funds dealing with a situation that the county should bear the financial burden for. 5. Seek changes in the county's jail release program to where the county transports released inmates to their city of residence and/or city of infraction instead of being released to the streets of Santa Ana. Supervisor Do brought this up at a prior Board of Supervisor's meeting on June 25th. 6. Work with the county in closing down The Courtyard and replacement with a more appropriate shelter. In the meantime, the county should implement needed changes to The Courtyard including no walk ins, no loitering, and other measures that they would implement at a new facility like the previously proposed Yale facility. 7. Work with the County and the operator of the seasonal Armory shelter so as to minimize impact of the surrounding neighborhood including more appropriate intake processes, day time storage of items, transportation plans, and anti -loitering rules. 8. Force the county to open shelter facilities in other cities especially in South Orange County. Right now, the county has no available beds in South County. Try calling 211 and seeking a bed for a homeless person in South County. See item number 3 above with regards to the previously approved filing of a lawsuit. 9. Put out public information educating the public about the homeless crisis including the causes, the solutions, the financial impact, the responsibility of the county, and what the residents expectations should be with regards to homelessness. I previously have used the below 5 points which is a good summary I believe of the above as it relates to what the City of Santa Ana should be doing in coordinating with the County on our homeless crisis ... these are items the county needs to be doing proactively but the city should be encouraging/pressuring the county to do: 1. Inform: Come out with a public message about what Yale would look like operationally ... help those in SA know that it is not going to be like The Courtyard. In the alternative, inform the public about what we should expect of any future shelter that the city would support, what the expected results of such future shelter programs would be, and what the course of action would be to monitor such program. 2. Jail Release: Commit to transporting those released from the SA County Jail to the jurisdiction that they offended in instead of simply releasing them onto the streets of Santa Ana which puts an undue burden upon SA. 3. Show: Improve the conditions of The Courtyard right now ... make it look like Bridges/Link from a walk in/out perspective and no loitering. Show those in SA what Yale may look like by changing The Courtyard for the better now. 4. Stop: Commit to stopping the procedure of sending homeless folks from other parts of the county to Santa Ana which would also entail creating service centers outside of SA and in South County. 5. Probation: Commit to finding another location for post -release jail probation and/or parole housing outside of Santa Ana. Right now the Red Roof Inn (Main Street by Main Place Mall) is used I believe for this purpose but there likely are others in SA also. The county needs to work with the State to reform its parole housing to have less impact upon Santa Ana. 6. Spread: Come up with a plan to officially open a shelter facility in South County. The County has 100-acres in Irvine properly zoned- since it is S132 zoned, a little 5-acre slice seems more than reasonable. The County has other property outside of SA, Garden Grove, Westminster, Anaheim... which is properly zoned also. Thank you for your time and service to our city and its residents and businesses. Tim Johnson FA