RES-2018-118RESOLUTION NO. 2018 - 118
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY COUNCIL DECLARING
A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 850 (CHAPTER
48, STATUTES OF 2018 AND GOVERNMENT § 8698.2).
WHEREAS, homelessness is one of the most pervasive challenges facing cities throughout
California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim continues to work with the County of Orange, non-profit
stakeholders and other regional partners throughout the county to address this ongoing issue; and
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
address 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 Anaheim has developed a homelessness plan and undertaken multiple
efforts at the local level to address homelessness;
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim finds that based on the 2017 Point in Time Count, 363 persons
within the City of Anaheim are homeless and living without shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim finds that the number of homeless is significant, and these
persons are without the ability to obtain shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim finds that the health and safety of unsheltered persons in
Anaheim is threatened by a lack of shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim affirms its commitment to combatting homelessness and
creating or augmenting a continuum of shelter and service options for those living without
shelter in the community; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Anaheim that a shelter crisis pursuant to
Government Code §8698.2 exists in the City of Anaheim, and authorizes the City's participation
in the Homeless Emergency Aid Program.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim this 14th day of August , 2018, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Tait and Council Members Moreno, Murray,
Vanderbilt, Barnes, Kring, and Faessel
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
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CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA ANDAL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Resolution No. 2018-118 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim
City Council held on the 14th day of August 2018 by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Tait and Council Members Moreno, Vanderbilt, Murray, Barnes,
Kring, and Faessel
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of August, 2018.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)