Homeless Initiatives Update

Objected to treating the presentation as a complete performance report, questioned oversight of the Caring Place contractor (a Miami-based provider), and asked the commission to require unduplicated counts and housing retention data, citing her own certified recovery-provider experience.

A resident and attorney described being targeted by an unsheltered man now in jail, said she no longer feels safe on the Riverwalk, and argued the city has made it too easy for people who don't want help to stay downtown — insisting shelter beds are not actually available.