A grand unifying vision

1. A grand unifying vision Integrating regional and local homeless policy into a comprehensive, sustainable, and permanent community embedded homeless sheltering plan Joseph M. Lyons, Mayor Pro Temp City of Claremont SGVCOG Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee Chair LCC Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee

2. Who is this Guy? I am an unabashedly proud life-long progressive (aka liberal) who operates through a world view that all things are inextricably interconnected and interdependent. I am a retired medical research scientist who is trained in a method of observation and analysis that identifies and defines the causal relationship among things, i.e. how things came to be what they are and what they will become. I am a local elected official who is an advocate for local home rule, being of the opinion that the authority to govern resides with we the people and that the seat of government is where we the people reside.

3. Why do I Care? I am a product of the 1960s and the call to social action and the moral imperative to act in accord with such conscience defining statements as: “To whom much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be expected.” Luke 12:48 “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” President John F. Kennedy “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.". Dr. Martin Luther King

4. Why do I Care? I have loved ones who on a daily basis must live with both the personal life altering manifestations associated with severe mental illness, as well as the relational barriers created by the stigma, shame, and guilt that mental illness engenders. Over 30 years ago, my former wife was labeled as being manic-depressive (now known as bipolar disorder), while 10 years ago, at age 22, my youngest son was diagnosed with co-occurring bipolar disorder and alcohol and drug addiction. And although during this 3 decades there has been significant advances in both medication and behavioral management practices, much more needs to be done to remove the culturally entrenched stigma, shame, and guilt that accompanies a diagnosis of either mental illness or alcohol and drug addiction.

5. Why am I Here? San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness Ending Homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley

7. LAHSA’s mission is to support, create and sustain solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County by providing leadership, advocacy, planning, and management of program funding. • LAHSA is the lead agency in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care, which is the regional planning body that coordinates housing and services for homeless families and individuals in Los Angeles County. • LAHSA's primary role is to coordinate the effective and efficient utilization of over $70 million dollars annually in Federal, State, County and City funds for programs that provide shelter, housing and services to homeless persons in Los Angeles City and County.

8. San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness • The San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness is a non-profit organization leading the effort to end homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley by facilitating partnerships, educating communityand member agencies, and advocating for appropriate housing and services. • We believe that by developing and supporting coordinated, region wide strategies we can alleviate and ultimately eradicate homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley.

9. Community Engagement and Advocacy • PATH Partners focuses on community engagement, education and advocacy, and regional planning and helps communitiesthroughout Southern California implement effective solutions to address homelessness. • PATH Partners leads community-based efforts to establish projects that reach out to people on the streets, help them move into permanent homes, and create new units of permanent supportive housing. • PATH Partners helps bring additional resources for homeless individuals and families to the region, including housing vouchers as well as local and federal homeless assistance funding. • PATH is one of the organizing bodies of Our Faith Matters, an interfaith initiative designed to unite people of all faiths throughout Southern California in addressing homelessness.

10. The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments is a unified voice to maximize resources and advocate for regional and member interests to improve the quality of life in the San Gabriel Valley. The Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee The HCED Committee reviews matters related to affordable, senior and workforce housing, homelessness, and economic development.   OfficersChair:  Joe Lyons, ClaremontVice-Chair:  Becky Shevlin, Monrovia Membership Joe Lyons, Claremont Becky Shevlin, Monrovia Margaret Clark, Rosemead Bill Huang, Pasadena Mark Lazzarretto, Pomona Larry Stevens, San Dimas Joseph Gonzels, South El Monte

11. A grand unifying vision Integrating regional and local homeless policy into a comprehensive, sustainable, and permanent community embedded homeless sheltering plan

12. A grand unifying vision Integrating regional and local homeless policy into a comprehensive and sustainable permanent communityembedded homeless sheltering plan Sheltering in Place

13. What is Sheltering in Place?

14. What it is not!

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17. What it Might Look Like Pocket Neighborhoods: A 21st Century Model of Sustainable Housing Policy and Planning Creating Scattered Small Scale Neighborhoods Throughout a Communityto Provide Housing Opportunities for People in the Low Income Categories of the Regional Needs Housing Allotment, People with Special Needs, and the Homeless Pocket neighborhoods are clustered groups of neighboring houses or apartments gathered around a shared open space — a garden courtyard, a pedestrian street, a series of joined backyards, or a reclaimed alley — all of which have a clear sense of territory and shared stewardship. Pocket neighborhoods can help mend a web of belonging, care and support. Their protected setting encourages informal interaction among neighbors, laying the ground for caring relationships. Nearby neighbors are the ones most available to respond to daily needs. All of these encounters strengthen webs of support and friendship, which are the basis for healthy, livable communities.

18. Concept Framework of Sheltering in Place • Establishing the continuum of need • Assessing the availability of resources to meet this need • Mobilizing a community-wide consensus to meet this need • Adopting a municipal policy to intentionally meet this need • Empowering a CBO to co-ordinate a plan and programs to meet the need.

19. Obstacle(s) to the Grand Unifying Vision The absence of a community-based connection with either those in need or with the moral imperative to serve those in need. The entrancement of the silo model of public policy implementation. The absence of a community-based connection with either those in need or with the moral imperative to serve those in need.

20. Do you live in a Municipality or Community? Community: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. a group of people living together in one place and practicing common ownership. a fellowship with others who share common attitudes, interests, and goals. Municipality: a city or town that has corporate status and local government.