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PATCHES Program Update
• HERO Community Services began providing outreach in El
Segundo in November
• 41 successful transitions from "homeless" to "sheltered"
• 35 transports to shelters
• 2 unifications with Veterans Affairs services
• 3 family reunifications
• 1 into permanent housing
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PATCHES Team
• City Departments
• City Attorney's Office
• City Manager's Office
• Community Development/Code Enforcement
• Fire Department
• Police Department
• Public Works
• Recreation, Parks, and Library
• HERO Community Services
• Department of Mental Health
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PATCHES Program Update
• Tom transported to permanent housing on
Nov. 25.
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• Process took several months
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• Ramona Aquilar from Homeless Outreach &
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PATCHES Community Outreach
• Focus: How to help when you
see someone experiencing
homelessness
• Social Media outreach to
general City audience
• Email outreach to business
community
• To start January 2026
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CITY OF
ELSEGUNDO
Request to Amend Anti -Camping
Municipal Code 7-8-3 ESMC
Benefits of the Anti -Camping
Ordinance
• Provides opportunity to identify individuals
experiencing homelessness
• Provide outreach, refer to HERO Community Services
• Deters individuals from establishing
encampments
• Multiple arrests for felony crimes initiated by a
detention for the ordinance
• Continued decrease in crime
Limitations of the Anti -Camping
Ordinance
• Does not include private property open to the public
• Requires officers to contact property manager or
representative
• If property manager wants them removed, a signed
Private Person's Arrest form is required
4a:
Request to Amend
7-8-3 CAMPING PROHIBITED:
No person may occupy a campsite in or upon any sidewalk, street, alley, lane, public right of way,
park, bench, or any other publicly -owned property or under any bridge or viaduct, unless (i)
otherwise specifically authorized by this Code or (ii) upon City Council resolution, the City Council
may exempt a special event from the prohibitions of this section, if the City Council finds such
exemption to be in the public interest and consistent with their goals and notices and in
accordance with conditions imposed by the City Council. Any conditions imposed will include a
condition requiring that the applicant provide evidence of adequate insurance coverage and agree
to indemnify the City for any liability, damage or expense incurred by the City as a result of
activities of the applicant. Any findings by the City Council shall specify the exact dates and
location covered by the exemption.
ESMC defines "camping" as any place where bedding, sleeping bag,
or other material used for bedding purposes, or any stove or fire is
placed for the purpose of maintaining a temporary place to live.
Request to Amend
Add the following:
• No person may occupy a campsite that:
• 1. Obstructs or impedes passage, as required by the Americans with
Disabilities Act; or
• 2. Is within 20 feet of an entrance or exit to any nonresidential building
which abuts a public sidewalk and (i) into which the public is invited or (ii)
which is open to view from the public street; or
• 3. Is on a privately owned parking lot into which the public is invited and
permitted.
ELSEGUNDO
Request to Amend
• No current caselaw prohibits the
expansion of anti -camping ordinances to
private property
• Other local jurisdictions have a similar
ordinance that includes private property
• Manhattan
Beach,
Hermosa
Beach,
Huntington
Beach,
and City
of Irvine
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CITY OF
ELSEGUNDO
QUESTIONS?