TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: WARREN MORELION, AICP, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
SUBJECT
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Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-009.
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-009 (Second Reading), amending Chino Municipal Code Chapter 8.80 (Health and Safety) regulating public camping and public storage of personal property to address changes in law brought about by City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, et al.
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FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact. The cost to enforce the amended code and provide staff training has been included in the annual Police Department budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above will further the City's values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
* Positive City Image
* Responsible Long-Range Planning
* Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships
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BACKGROUND
Ordinance No. 2024-009 was introduced on first reading by the City Council at its October 1, 2024 meeting. The Ordinance will amend Chino Municipal Code Chapter 8.80 (Health and Safety) regulating public camping and public storage of personal property to address changes in law brought about by City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, et al. (2024) 144 S.Ct. 2202. The amendment will allow enforcement without available shelter, although the City is free to continue offering available shelter and a variety of other services it currently offers to homeless campers, which it can continue notwithstanding changes via this Ordinance.
Once adopted on second reading, the Ordinance will go into effect thirty (30) days thereafter.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
Ordinance No. 2024-009:
Second reading of Ordinance, entitled ...
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