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YOU DON'T NEED A HOME TO VOTE Homeless Voter Registration Voter Education GOTV! Get Out the Vote Request a training Link to National Coalition for the Homeless Manual

SRCEH's 2019 Neighborhood YIMBY Council's Campaign Background Homeless Crisis; Mayor's Challenge & SRCEH's Response Homeless Crisis: Sacramento County has between 7,500 - 10,000 people experiencing homelessness on an annual basis. This includes: 13,000 homeless students, K-12 grade, in Sacramento County school districts- roughly 12% or 1,000 are homeless in the streets or in shelters while 88% are live in doubled up living situations; 3,500 homeless college students at Sacramento State University; 1,000 unaccompanied youth - 40% of whom identify as LGBTQ; 25% of the homeless population are over 50 years of age; 56% are living outside due to lack of emergency shelter and affordable and accessible housing Mayor's Challenge: Mayor Steinberg has challenged each city councilmember to site at least 100 emergency shelter beds in their district, or a combination of shelter beds and tiny homes - for a total of at least 800 new emergency shelter beds to keep homeless people safe. SRCEH's Response: SRCEH knows that City Council members will face a combination of NIMBY [Not in My Backyard]; CAVE [Citizens Against Virtually Everything] and Banana [Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything] mentalities. Our goal is to sign up at least 100 community members in each of the 8 city council districts forming 8 Neighborhood YIMBY Councils - for our 2019 Neighborhood YIMBY Council's Campaign - to educate our city councilmembers that there are hundreds of community members who want to address our homeless crisis with proactive and positive responses and say..... YES! to homeless programs and affordable and accessible housing. Yes! to neighborhood equity, inclusion, fair share and collective responsibility in holding our elected officials accountable Collective Responsibility 5 Campaign Principles Equity Inclusion Fair Share Collective Responsibility Accountability

CONTACT US CALL US: W: 916-993-7708 M: 916-889-4367 EMAIL US: Bob Erlenbusch, Executive Director bob@srceh.org Jeremy Racik 'Food Equity Organizer Sacramento Hunger Coalition jeremy@srceh.org FIND US: 1331 Garden Highway, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95833 NEIGHBORHOOD YIMBY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN SIGN-UP FORM Name Organization Phone Email Sacramento City Council District - if you know it- Address Message Your details were sent successfully! Send

HEALTH EQUITY Advocacy Priorities: Organize to create the Treatment on Demand Alliance - a broad, inclusive coalition of stakeholders to advocate for the County Board of Supervisors to fund a Treatment on Demand program, as part of the City-County Homelessness Partnership Agreement; Continue to participate in Public Health Advocates First Response Transformation Campaign's Equity Advisory Committee; Zero Tolerance Policy for institutions [hospitals, jail, foster care system, shelters] discharging people "to the streets;" Monitor the implementation of SB1152: Hospital Patient Discharge Process: Homeless Patients [effective 1/1/2019]; Continue to participate in the County's Methamphetamine Coalition; Continue to advocate for the expansion of respite or recuperation care beds in Sacramento County; Advocacy for new County jail discharge procedures for homeless people with mental health issues - modeled after Los Angeles County; Annually research, produce and disseminate the Sacramento County Homeless Deaths Report

SUPPORTERS: 10 Monthly Sustainers and 188 Donors Founding & Supporting Organizational Members ($1,000 contribution) Foundations, Financial Institutions & Government

EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN & YOUTH FACT SHEETS Student Homelessness in Sacramento: 2022 Fact Sheet Student Homelessness in Sacramento CoC: 2006 - 2022

HOMELESS CIVIL RIGHTS Advocacy Priorities: Campaign to limit the City's and County's Ban of homeless people being within 500 feet of "critical infrastructure" project ; Partner with civil rights lawyers to challenge the constitutionality of Measure O; Campaign to pressure the City and Coun ty to stop towing homeless people's vehicles - and instead have the City and County fund a program where they partner with local mechanics to fix homeless peoples vehicles and bring their registration up to date; Advocacy to include homelessness to Sacramento City's Non-Discrimination & Equality Municipal Code; Stop the Law Enforcement Homeless Encampment Raids Campaign: SRCEH defines law enforcement sweeps as a range of activities from the informal “move along orders” that are often threatening i.e. “or else”; to the formal – the forcible removal of people and campsites including the destruction of people’s property, necessities for survival, valuables, personal documents including identification and sometimes medications. Finally, this includes towing homeless people’s vehicles and RV’s; Moratorium to the County's anti-camping ordinance until enough affordable housing units are created in our region. This would include protection of the property of homeless people seized by law enforcement; Oppose any efforts to criminalize homeless people including anti-homeless laws such as anti-panhandling ordinances; Continue to monitor Sacramento Park Rangers monthly anti-camping citations and homeless camps closed; Continue to facilitate the Sacramento Services Not Sweeps Coalition Continue to participate in National House Keys Not Handcuffs Campaign 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON ANTI-CAMPING ORDINANCE

ABOUT US MISSION & HISTORY GUIDING PRINCIPLES YES IN MY BACK YARD! BOARD & STAFF SRCEH IN THE NEWS ANNUAL REPORTS SUPPORTERS CONTACT US

FOUNDING GUIDING PRINCIPLE In order to promote equity, policymakers and the community must address the underlying issues of structural racism and its intersections with class, gender, gender identity sexual orientation, age disabilities and the political, economic and social structures that creates and perpetuates hunger, homelessness, the lack of accessible and affordable housing and disinvestment in neighborhoods of color GUIDING PRINCIPLES We can end and prevent homelessness We - public policymakers and the community - must address the underlying issues of structural racism and its intersections with class, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, disabilities, and the political, economic and social structures that create hunger, homelessness, the lack of decent affordable housing, and disinvestment in neighborhoods of color We declare that safe, decent, affordable and accessible housing, healthy food and access to quality healthcare are basic human rights We believe that people experiencing homelessness should not be criminalized, or otherwise deprived of their rights, due to their lack of stable housing We believe that coalition-building with community members and public education are effective catalysts for change We believe that currently and formerly homeless people must be active and equal participants in all decision making bodies that address the crisis of homelessness

FACT SHEETS & PUBLICATIONS Overview: Homelessness in Sacramento County: 2022 Myths & Facts Criminalization of Homeless People Ethnicity/Race: Homeless People of Color Health Care Homelesss Employment Homelesss Students Homelesss Seniors Safe Parking Program Systemic Racism Violence Against Homeless People

HOMELESS ENVIORNMENTAL JUSTICE PUBLICATIONS Fires On the American River Parkway & Our Unhoused Neighbors Homeless Have Nowhere to Go...Literally: Lack of Access to Bathrooms