Agenda - 11-05-20; 8-a - Minutes

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9 1 2 Cait Fenhagen resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 3 4 Slide #5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Slide #6 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Commissioner Price said this is an exciting report, but she is concerned about access to 33 housing, and asked if there is enough housing in Orange County to meet the needs. 34 Corey Root, Homeless Programs Manager, said more affordable housing is always 35 needed, but people are housed every month successfully. She said one of the gaps is 36 permanent supportive housing. She said rapid rehousing started in early April, and is showing 37 good results. She said the staff is good, and just keeps working. She said more people have 38 been housed this year than ever before. She said more housing programs are needed. 39 Caitlin Fenhagen said involvement in the criminal justice system creates a barrier to 40 accessing housing, especially ongoing criminal justice involvement. She said lack of housing 41 also leads to increased criminal justice involvement. She said both issues go hand in hand. 42 Commissioner Price said she hopes this program would be successful. She said having 43 housing inventory is important, but many people do not want affordable housing near them. 44 She said there are ample luxury apartments being built, and she wants to make sure the BOCC 45 is supporting the efforts referenced in this presentation. 46 Commissioner Dorosin said this program is very exciting. He said he remembered 47 hearing about this in the criminal justice committee. He referred to the gaps analysis and pre-48 COVID discussions, and asked if there is a natural next step in which gap to tackle. He asked if 49 the way to maximize the success of this program is to connect it to the next gap that will be 50