§ 9.56.010 — Purpose

9.56.010 - Purpose.

This chapter shall be known as the Reporting of Transport of Persons Who Lack a Fixed, Regular and Adequate Nighttime Residence Ordinance. The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) identify the place of origin for persons who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence in the City; (2) identify any County, City, other governmental entity, or other organization that transports persons who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence in the City; (3) require government agencies and other organizations to aid such persons by providing shelter, care, outreach, and other homelessness-related resources in their own jurisdictions rather than simply just transporting these individuals to the City; (4) manage and prioritize the City's limited homelessness-related resources (including shelter and outreach) for the benefit of individuals who reside in or originate from the City; and (5) prevent government agencies and other organizations from engaging in cruel and inhumane treatment of unhoused individuals by merely dumping them in the City without any coordinated plan for services.

(Ord. No. 7774, § 1, 2, 2026)