City Council

30. 26-54661 Recommendation to request City Manager, in coordination with City Attorney, City Prosecutor, Police Department, Fire Department, Health and Human Services Department, and Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications, to draft and return to the City Council within 90 days with the CORE Strategy (Compassionate Outreach, Response, and Enforcement); The CORE Strategy should serve as a severity-based decision-making framework to address threatening and unsafe behavior, untreated mental illness, severe substance use disorder, and grave medical deterioration in public spaces. The strategy should operationalize all available tools, including: 1. Deploying all voluntary engagement options provided in the December 23, 2025 memo titled Response Strategy for Individuals Displaying Unsafe or Non-Criminal Threatening Behavior; 2. Filing petitions for eligible individuals to the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court; 3. Utilizing applications and referrals under the expanded definition of “gravely disabled” pursuant to Senate Bill 43, including coordination with designated County LPS-authorized clinicians and receiving hospitals, and establishing protocols, training standards, and documentation practices for outreach staff and officers; 4. Enforcing existing laws, such as public intoxication, drug possession, disorderly conduct, camping in public, trespassing, indecent exposure, and other applicable codes, to address safety concerns and support appropriate intervention when violations occur; 5. Utilizing recent changes made to State law to address repeated theft and drug possession and to create leverage for court-ordered treatment for eligible repeat offenders; 6. Integrating any additional local, county, or state intervention tools and diversion programs identified by City staff as effective in achieving stabilization and preserving public safety; Request City Manager return to City Council with a public reporting strategy for treatment placements, SB 43-related applications submitted, CARE Court data as available, diversion placements, and felony drug possession arrests. This report must document systemic barriers to treatment and disaggregate outreach data to differentiate between the acceptance of basic survival supplies and the refusal of other services, treatment, and housing. The report should utilize the past year’s data as a baseline; and Request City Manager to include in the 90-day return any necessary City Council actions recommended to fully implement the CORE Strategy. Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Cindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District; Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.