Addressing Homelessness in San Luis Obispo

Blue houseHousing and homelessness are intertwined. The fact is that you cannot reduce homelessness without first making it easier to provide more housing. This webpage will help you understand what the City of San Luis Obispo is doing to reduce homelessness and expand housing options for all. This webpage also provides resources for property owners, our unhoused community members, and the helpers in our community who want to make a difference. 

Our vision is that all community members in SLO City are empowered to successfully prevent and address concerns related to homelessness through equitable access to a variety of resources, and that periods of unsheltered homelessness within SLO City are reduced due to regional capacity to conduct timely outreach and connect individuals and families to a range of housing options.

 

What We're Doing

At a high-level, here’s what we’re currently doing to prevent and address homelessness:

1. We’re focused on expanding interim, permanent supportive, affordable, and workforce housing in the City of SLO, in partnership with the County and local housing service providers.

2. We are working directly with local homeless service providers and the County to coordinate our outreach, communications, and pilot program efforts to prevent and address homelessness. 

3. We have outreach staff with our Community Action Team, Mobile Crisis Unit, and Community Service Officers who connect unhoused community members with mental health, drug and alcohol, and housing services available through the County and local service providers. 

 

Homelessness Strategic Plan

An unrolled plan with various planning elements listedThe City has developed a Homelessness Response Strategic Plan, in alignment with the Countywide Plan, to guide City operations in its efforts to address and prevent homelessness in San Luis Obispo. View the Homelessness Response Strategic Plan. 

 

City Goals and Actions 

Our community is doing a lot to address homelessness and your City government is helping in a variety of ways.

homeless calls for service

While the County government is primarily responsible for providing public services to unhoused and unsheltered individuals in San Luis Obispo (see County Homeless Services), the City is also investing in resources and working with community partners to prevent and reduce homelessness within our city limits.

See the City's goal for Housing and Homelessness, including priorities, expectations, stakeholders and strategic approach to homeless prevention and assistance. 

 

2024 Homelessness Response Forum

Watch the 2024 Homelessness Response Forum, including a panel discussion with representatives from the City, County and CAPSLO.

Resources and Information

The following sections contain helpful information for different members of our community:

For At-Risk Community Members
For Unhoused or Unsheltered Community Members
For Property Owners
For the Helpers

CONTACTS

 

FOR ISSUES RELATED TO ILLICIT OR THREATENING ACTIVITY

Please call 911 to report an emergency involving criminal behavior where the crime is in progress, or the suspect is still on scene.

FOR ISSUES RELATED TO NON-EMERGENCY ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR

Please call Non-Emergency Dispatch (805) 781-7312 

FOR ISSUES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH & SKILLED OUTREACH

Please call SLOPD’s Non-Emergency Dispatch (805) 781-7312 to request one of the following City outreach units (Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm):

TO REPORT AN ISSUE, ASK A QUESTION, OR REQUEST A SERVICE 

Download the City’s Ask SLO app or visit www.slocity.org/services/how-do-i/ask-slo to ask questions or provide community feedback directly to the City regarding homelessness issues and/or to report encampments at or adjacent to your location.

FOR ALL OTHER HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE ISSUES OR QUESTIONS

Contact Daisy Wiberg, City of San Luis Obispo Homelessness Response Manager at dwiberg@slocity.org OR (805) 781-7025

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