REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt the Sunnyvale Homelessness Response Plan as the City’s Five-Year Framework for Addressing Homelessness and its Impacts on the Community, Receive an Update on Community Outreach Efforts, and find that these Actions are Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15262
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Housing and Human Services Commission (HHSC) considered this item on September 23, 2026.
The HHSC voted to approve Alternative 2: Adopt the draft Homelessness Response Plan with modifications and find that these actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15262.
The modifications included:
Establish baseline data for percentage-based measures;
Add dollar amounts to the table in Appendix B-2;
Clarify if the City will supplement County funding if there are cuts to homelessness prevention;
Include additional metrics such as program engagement, moves into housing, duration of housing, housing retention;
Explore standardized metrics across prevention, stabilization and housing and calculate cost for different housing exits;
Create a Dashboard for reporting program outcomes;
Consider an increase to overall goal to reduce homelessness beyond 25%;
Propose a more robust plan for homelessness prevention;
Propose a more aggressive timeline for vehicle- based programs; and
Provide transparency on how we ensure only Sunnyvale residents are receiving funded services.
The vote was 5-0, with Commissioner Lang absent. Attendees spoke mostly in favor of the Plan, but continued to seek additional program-level data, a public-facing dashboard, and more homelessness prevention programs and funding.
Public Comment letters are provided in Attachment 7 to the report.
To update the Report to HHSC about affordable housing funding, over the past decade, the City has invested about $100 million over eleven affordable hou...
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