Department of Housing & Human Services

Public Safety and Engagement Team

The City Council voted unanimously in early 2019 to allocate $3.45 million in Measure Z money to create a Public Safety and Engagement Team (PSET) Program. This multi-department approach is designed to maintain order in public places while also providing homeless individuals with a pathway out of homelessness. Team members will specialize in providing resources and assistance while also addressing issues of unlawful panhandling, camping, abandoned personal belongings and vagrancy. The team officially begin its activities in May 2019.

For example, employees from the Office of Homeless Solutions, as well as from the Police, Community and Economic Development, and Parks, Recreation and Community Services departments have received training on engaging with homeless individuals, mental health and public health. The City also will contract with a private company to clean up homeless encampments.

PSET Stats

WILDANDS PSET              
DATE # OF LOCATIONS # OF CONTACTS # ACCEPTED SERVICES # CODE NOTICES # CITATIONS # ARRESTS # VEHICLES TOWED TONS REMOVED
Jul-23 36 58 5 31 4 5 1 28
Aug-23 42 100 9 55 2 4 2 22.71
Sep-23 27 43 0 24 1 3 0 20
Oct-23 26 33 0 26 0 0 0 10.49
Nov-23 36 64 3 49 0 3 0 12.25
Dec-23 20 20 0 7 0 3 0 47
Jan-24 26 36 0 28 1 3 1 14.52
Feb-24 22 42 7 18 1 0 0 13.42
Mar-24 40 48 3 34 0 4 0 15.67
Apr-24 40 37 1 25 0 9 0 11.66
May-24 58 50 1 51 0 3 1 7.46
Jun-24 43 50 0 37 0 1 0 15.32
TOTALS 416 581 29 385 9 38 5 218.5
                 
URBAN PSET              
DATE # OF LOCATIONS # OF CONTACTS # ACCEPTED SERVICES # CODE NOTICES # CITATIONS # ARRESTS # VEHICLES TOWED TONS REMOVED
23-Jul 517 451 79 129 26 41 0 24.02
23-Aug 565 482 65 146 15 49 0 41.89
23-Sep 543 517 64 172 17 60 1 18.33
23-Oct 483 456 53 158 25 29 0 37.5
23-Nov 418 384 43 144 19 25 0 41.58
23-Dec 385 376 38 110 10 29 0 22.88
24-Jan 428 425 29 140 8 43 0 26.1
24-Feb 488 411 25 134 22 35 1 26.69
24-Mar 550 358 24 171 9 29 0 41.33
24-Apr 431 329 25 174 10 27 0 31.5
24-May 568 413 17 166 21 41 3 29.98
Jun-24 565 565 7 146 16 30 2 13.3
TOTAL  5941 5167 469 1790 198 438 7 355.1