CC Resolution 2018-049 HEAP Homelessness Crisis RESOLUTION NO. 2018 - 049
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING
A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL
850 (CHAPTER 48, STATUTES OF 2018 AND
GOVERNMENT CODE § 8698.2)
WHEREAS, California’s Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and the
members of the California Legislature have recognized the urgent and
immediate need for funding at the local level to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature have provided funding to
local governments under the Homeless Emergency Aid Program as part of SB
850 and the 2018-19 Budget Act (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2018); and
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature require jurisdictions seeking
an allocation through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program to declare a
Shelter Crisis pursuant to Government Code §8698.2; and
WHEREAS, The City of La Quinta has undertaken multiple efforts at the
local and regional level to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS The City of La Quinta is additionally a part of regional efforts
to combat homelessness through the Coachella Valley Association of
Governments which include the cities of Blythe, Coachella, Cathedral City,
Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs,
and Rancho Mirage, the County of Riverside, and two tribal nations, Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and Cabazon Band of Mission Indians; and
WHEREAS, The City of La Quinta finds that 526 persons within the
Coachella Valley region are homeless and living without shelter in the 2017
Point in Time Count; and
WHEREAS, The City of La Quinta finds that 2 persons within the City of
La Quinta are homeless and living without shelter; and
WHEREAS, The City of La Quinta finds that the number of homeless in
the region is significant, and these persons are without the ability to obtain
shelter; and