Thank you for your support for our homeless guests. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted on Wednesday to preserve funding for Sacramento County's shelter system! The total number of shelter beds will remain the same, although the type of shelters and the level of services they can offer will shift. The winter overflow shelter will close on July 1st but will now re-open for the colder months in November. The staff of the Department of Human Assistance, notably Director Bruce Wagstaff, Toni Moore and Suzanne Hammer, also deserve our thanks. They worked… long hours to maximize available funding and come up with a creative and workable plan. They care deeply about the homeless men, women and children helped by Sacramento's homeless programs and truly deserve to be recognized as outstanding public servants. The Supervisors were faced with very tough choices and a slashed budget but voted to save the shelter safety net.

We will face additional challenges as the state government decides on where to cut to meet its own budget crisis. Sacramento's cuts to its mental heath and primary care systems are severe and of great concern.

Would you please take a moment to thank our Supervisors and the leadership of the Department of Human assistance?

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