Encampment Closure Standard Operating Procedures

Testified remotely as senior policy director at the National Homelessness Law Center, urging the city to pass the ordinance to ensure humane, proactive approaches to homelessness.

Co-chair of the Commission on Homelessness expressed concern over who determines 'immediate hazards' and stressed the need to protect unhoused residents from harmful, rushed displacement.

Street outreach manager for the Conference of Churches shared traumatic experiences from previous summer sweeps and emphasized the vital need for communication and harm reduction.