100 tiny homes shelter, Florin area, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting April 26, 2022

Video from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting April 26, 2022 concerning plans to build and service a 100 tiny homes homeless encampment in the Florin area of Sacramento County

Sacramento County Homeless Initiatives staff quickly planned to use Covid funds to lease property, purchase 100 tiny homes, arrange for construction and other contracts for services including staffing site, maintenance, food, counseling, providing for pets, etc. necessary to shelter and feed up to 125 homeless individuals at this site located in a residential area. This involved planned expenditures of multi-millions of dollars and the site would be used for 2 years or longer.

The first community meeting to discuss this was on April 19. This proposal was sent for Supervisor's approval on April 26. Very limited or no advance notice provided by the county. Most people learned of this on or after April 19, less than a week before this April 26 meeting. The Supervisor of the district bordering this homeless site learned about it from the media shortly before April 19 and was not briefed about this project until April 25, just one day before this current meeting.

There are other issues related to this site. Actions taken give the appearance of trying to sneak and fast track this homeless project in to prevent or reduce input that would change or prevent actions desired by county staff.