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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:SessionYear>2025</ns0:SessionYear>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Blakespear</ns0:AuthorText>
<ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_ORIGINATING">(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Archuleta, Arreguín, Becker, Caballero, Cortese, Grayson, Hurtado, McGuire, McNerney, Menjivar, Padilla, Reyes, Richardson, Rubio, Stern, Umberg, Weber Pierson, and Wiener)</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Name>Padilla</ns0:Name>
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<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
<ns0:Name>Reyes</ns0:Name>
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<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
<ns0:Name>Richardson</ns0:Name>
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<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
<ns0:Name>Rubio</ns0:Name>
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<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
<ns0:Name>Weber Pierson</ns0:Name>
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<ns0:Title> Relative to housing. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Housing: functional zero unsheltered homelessness.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>This measure would urge the Governor, relevant state agencies, and all local governments to adopt an urgent and coordinated approach to achieving functional zero unsheltered homelessness statewide, as specified. </html:p>
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<ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, It is the duty of the State of California to protect the health and welfare of all its residents, including those experiencing homelessness; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, More than 123,000 Californians sleep unsheltered each night on sidewalks, in public parks, under freeway overpasses, and in riverbeds with no access to privacy, safety, or sanitation; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The longer a person remains unsheltered, the more difficult it becomes for them to stabilize and enter permanent housing, and the more likely they are to suffer preventable illness, trauma, or death; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Over 50,000 people in the United States have died while living unsheltered on the streets in the past decade, a moral failing that must not be normalized or accepted; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Unsheltered homelessness is not only an individual tragedy but a public policy crisis that undermines community well-being, burdens local government, and erodes public trust in the effectiveness of state and local institutions; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, It is the role of government not only to protect but to uplift—to act urgently on behalf of the most vulnerable, especially when they struggle to care for themselves; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The government must expand its definition of acceptable homeless-serving housing to include safe, stable, and immediately available interim housing solutions, such as temporary sleeping cabins and modular units that offer privacy, security, and onsite services; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, These cost-effective, quick-build solutions can be constructed at a pace that meets the urgency of the crisis, often within months instead of years; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The widespread adoption of those interim solutions would ensure that our streets are no longer the waiting room for permanent housing, but a point of transition to safety, dignity, and progress; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Land is available and must be activated, including vacant lots, parking areas, and publicly owned parcels across every city and county in California to meet this moment with the seriousness it demands; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Achieving functional zero unsheltered homelessness is an urgent necessity that requires alignment of state funding, legal authority, and accountability systems; now, therefore, be it </html:p>
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<html:i>Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring,</html:i>
That the Legislature urges the Governor, relevant state agencies, and all local governments to adopt an urgent and coordinated approach to achieving functional zero unsheltered homelessness statewide through the full activation of interim housing strategies and funding reforms that prioritize housing unsheltered Californians now; and be it further
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<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor of California, to the Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, to the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, and to the executive officers of every county and incorporated city in the state.
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