The Downtown Streets Team organization announced in late August that its doors were closing, due to political and financial challenges.
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) – The abrupt closure of a regional organization addressing homelessness has forced the City of West Sacramento to take a similarly abrupt step to continue those services locally.
At its Sept. 17 meeting, City Council approved a resolution creating an in-house homeless emergency housing program. The need for the move was due to the sudden closure of the Downtown Streets Team organization which had been under two contracts with the city since 2023 and 2024 to operate homelessness assistance in two local motels, as well as a program to clean up homeless camps…