Encampment Resolution Funding program: safe parking sites: reporting.

Senator Richardson's expansion of California's Encampment Resolution Funding program adds safe parking sites to the state's homelessness response toolkit, enabling urban communities to establish temporary vehicle dwelling locations while pursuing longer-term housing solutions. The program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, provides grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to address encampment concerns and transition individuals into stable housing.

The legislation establishes new requirements for safe parking site operations, including funding for site acquisition, operational costs, services, and extended hours of operation. Beginning April 1, 2026, the department must submit quarterly reports to legislative committees detailing funding distributions across all program components. These reporting requirements expire on April 1, 2030.

The bill maintains existing data collection mandates, requiring grant recipients to submit client-level information to their local Homeless Management Information System for integration into the statewide database. This data, including protected health information, remains exempt from public records requests while allowing the department to evaluate program outcomes and identify replicable practices for encampment resolution.