Santa Clara is moving forward with plans to reduce homelessness, which include adding more shelter beds and increasing outreach.
The City Council on Tuesday reviewed a draft, two-year work plan detailing tactics for the city to decrease homelessness and support unsheltered residents. The plan outlines 34 projects and goals, such as piloting a safe parking program for people living in their vehicles, building a 90-bed homeless shelter for families and forming a two-person outreach team.
While the plan is scheduled to return to council for a final vote this fall, parts of it will be approved sooner — such as a one-year outreach contract with WeHOPE. In addition to creating the two-person outreach team, the agreement would also open up five hotel rooms where homeless people can stay for up to 30 days, and 10 hotel rooms for inclement weather. Councilmembers will vote on that contract July 15…