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
| Locations | Number of Contacts (Engagement) | Number of Individuals Accepting Services | Number of Code Enforcement Notices Issued | Number of Citations Issued | Number of Arrests | Tons of Trash / Debris Removed From Public Areas / Public Rights of way | Vehicles Towed | |
| Mar 2023 | 474 | 458 | 63 | 244 | 15 | 30 | 41.51 | 4 |
| Feb 2023 | 354 | 494 | 47 | 174 | 16 | 59 | 63.46 | 3 |
| Jan 2023 | 470 | 552 | 64 | 218 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 2 |
| Dec 2022 | 399 | 435 | 71 | 132 | 11 | 49 | 65 | 8 |
| Nov 2022 | 386 | 593 | 69 | 202 | 31 | 46 | 68 | 6 |
| Oct 2022 | 406 | 476 | 63 | 169 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 38 |
| Sep 2022 | 295 | 367 | 69 | 121 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 4 |
| Aug 2022 | 361 | 492 | 71 | 113 | 19 | 46 | 24 | 3 |
| Jul 2022 | 408 | 458 | 63 | 109 | 39 | 46 | 48.5 | 4 |
| Jun 2022 | 440 | 432 | 65 | 95 | 27 | 28 | 66.25 | 2 |
| May 2022 | 439 | 436 | 68 | 121 | 20 | 30 | 55.79 | 5 |
| Apr 2022 | 446 | 381 | 47 | 117 | 5 | 33 | 25.96 | 9 |
| Mar 2022 | 410 | 409 | 61 | 79 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2022 | 353 | 391 | 54 | 100 | 26 | 39 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 5,641 | 6,374 | 875 | 1994 | 264 | 546 | 562.47 | 112 |
