It is illegal to sleep outside at night in Santa Cruz, which robs people of proper rest. We assert that a safe and clean place for homeless people to sleep and keep some things would be a huge improvement compared to sleeping unprotected outside. Sanctuary Village is a citizen organized, and community supported space with a set of rules and a system to enforce them. A fence encircles the space wit
h an entrance intake-desk that is staffed 24hours a day. Basic dignity-creating elements include porta-pots, a dumpster, soft structure domiciles, food preparation area and access to shower and laundry facilities. With addiction-cessation support meetings, a jobs program, housing placement partners, a resident volunteer system, and support from all local services, camp residents are able to begin to address the circumstances that may have been responsible for their homelessness. It is known that more than 75% of our homeless population lived here before becoming homeless and we want to help these, our local homeless population, get back on track. The first stage of this project is a mobile pilot camp that will only exist for 90 days at any given location, before moving to another spot in a different area. This protects the community from having any adverse affect on property values or constant contact with camp residents. It also enables different neighborhoods to benefit from interacting with the camp as well as offering camp residents access to jobs and other opportunities in various areas. We invite you to attend a meeting or presentation to see clearly what we’re proposing and how it benefits all sectors of our community. Here is some reading material we've created to shed some clear light on what we're proposing.
10 F.A.Q.https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/07/21/faq_10_sanctuary_village.pdf
Church and property owner presentation:
https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/07/12/church_and_property_owner_presentation.pdf
A somewhat lengthy Presentation to Smart Solutions to Homelessness - Santa Cruz County :
https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/04/16/sanctuary-camp-ssh-lc-presentation-2-19-14-v2.pdf
Demonstration of Fulfillment of Smart Solutions to Homelessness 5 Point Criteria
Here, we've boiled down the above 38 page document to 2 pages.https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/07/19/demonstration_of_fulfillment.pdf
