City Council

30. 26-54661\nRecommendation to request City Manager, in coordination with City Attorney, City\nProsecutor, Police Department, Fire Department, Health and Human Services\nDepartment, and Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications, to draft\nand return to the City Council within 90 days with the CORE Strategy\n(Compassionate Outreach, Response, and Enforcement);\nThe CORE Strategy should serve as a severity-based decision-making framework\nto address threatening and unsafe behavior, untreated mental illness, severe\nsubstance use disorder, and grave medical deterioration in public spaces. The\nstrategy should operationalize all available tools, including:\n1. Deploying all voluntary engagement options provided in the December 23,\n2025 memo titled Response Strategy for Individuals Displaying Unsafe or\nNon-Criminal Threatening Behavior;\n2. Filing petitions for eligible individuals to the Community Assistance,\nRecovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court;\n3. Utilizing applications and referrals under the expanded definition of “gravely\ndisabled” pursuant to Senate Bill 43, including coordination with designated\nCounty LPS-authorized clinicians and receiving hospitals, and establishing\nprotocols, training standards, and documentation practices for outreach staff\nand officers;\n4. Enforcing existing laws, such as public intoxication, drug possession,\ndisorderly conduct, camping in public, trespassing, indecent exposure, and\nother applicable codes, to address safety concerns and support appropriate\nintervention when violations occur;\n5. Utilizing recent changes made to State law to address repeated theft and\ndrug possession and to create leverage for court-ordered treatment for\neligible repeat offenders;\n6. Integrating any additional local, county, or state intervention tools and\ndiversion programs identified by City staff as effective in achieving\nstabilization and preserving public safety;\nRequest City Manager return to City Council with a public reporting strategy for\ntreatment placements, SB 43-related applications submitted, CARE Court data as\navailable, diversion placements, and felony drug possession arrests. This report\nmust document systemic barriers to treatment and disaggregate outreach data to\ndifferentiate between the acceptance of basic survival supplies and the refusal of\nother services, treatment, and housing. The report should utilize the past year’s\ndata as a baseline; and\nRequest City Manager to include in the 90-day return any necessary City Council\nactions recommended to fully implement the CORE Strategy.\nOffice or Department:\nKristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Cindy\nAllen, Councilwoman, Second District; Daryl Supernaw,\nCouncilman, Fourth District\nSuggested Action:\nApprove recommendation.