Attachment 1 - Resolution Expressing Support for 2020-2025 Plan to End Homelessness1 of 2
Resolution 2021 - June 15, 2021
RESOLUTION 2021-
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE 2020-2025 SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY PLAN TO
END HOMELESSNESS
WHEREAS, in June 2019, the County, Destination: Home, and other cities and
nonprofits, embarked on strategic planning and an extensive community engagement process
to develop a new five-year plan, the 2020-2025 Santa Clara County Community Plan to End
Homelessness (Community Plan); and
WHEREAS, during the development of the new Community Plan, feedback was sought
from a variety of stakeholders to identify challenges in the homeless system of care and to
collect innovative ideas on how to reduce homelessness Countywide; and
WHEREAS, this work resulted in three primary areas of focus for the Community Plan: (1)
Address the root causes of homelessness through system and policy change; (2) Expand
homelessness prevention and housing programs to meet the need; and (3) Improve quality of life
for unsheltered individuals and create healthy neighborhoods for all; and
WHEREAS, with homelessness being a regional issue, preventing and ending
homelessness requires collaboration and coordination of resources at all levels of government,
together with community institutions, nonprofit agencies, and community-based organizations;
and
WHEREAS, the Community Plan provides a regional-level roadmap and a common agenda
for community stakeholders;
WHEREAS, the Town recognizes the moral obligation to help alleviate homelessness to
extent it can; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the Town of Los Gatos expresses support for the 2020-
2025 Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness.
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Resolution 2021 - June 15, 2021
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, California, held on the 15th day of June 2021 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: __________________
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: __________________