Sacramento Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum is proposing a limit on the number of homeless shelter beds in the city’s River District.
Under the proposal, the north downtown neighborhood will cap its shelter capacity after adding roughly 100 later this year at the city’s proposed safe camping site. The shelter — located at 291 Sequoia Blvd. — will bring the district’s total to 626. The measure would also cap the number of social service providers in the neighborhood after its adoption date. New providers could be added by a two-thirds vote by the City Council. The district currently has several service providers including Loaves & Fishes, CORE Mariposa Mental Health Facility, Sierra Elder Wellness Program, TeleCare facilities, Women’s Empowerment, Mercy Housing’s Quinn Cottages and the Showers by Touchstone program, according to a Thursday staff report.
“Not just the beds, but just services in general, have always sort of congregated in the River District,” Pluckebaum said…