Antioch Council to hold special noon meeting, workshop to discuss 2023 plan, 2021 policy on homelessness
Asked to form Ad Hoc Committee
By Allen D. Payton
During a special meeting at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, the Antioch City Council will consider a plan to reduce homelessness and policy guidelines for homeless services. The meeting was scheduled on Nov. 20, but the agenda was not provided to the public until Monday, Dec. 1.
The one agenda is labeled a “City Council Priority Setting Discussion” on the “Plan for the Department of Public Safety and Community Resources to Reduce Homelessness and Increase Access to Critical Resources for Unhoused Residents,” by Focus Strategies, completed in December 2023.
The plan was a result of the Council adopting the “Policy Guidelines for the City’s Approach to Unhoused Resident Services” in 2021.
According to the City staff report on the item, “The Policy Guidelines of 2021 outlined three strategies that the City would use to prioritize to achieve this goal:
1. Address the immediate and public health needs of unhoused Antioch residents;
2. Invest in interim housing and services solutions designed to facilitate the transition into permanent housing; and
3. Increase permanent housing and linkages to permanent housing.
The City Manager (Bessie Scott) has recently restructured the housing investments approach for the City, to include the creation of a dedicated Housing Services Division, and she has bolstered regional relationships with external partners to address policy interventions as well as possibilities for increasing service provisions, in addition to identifying funding opportunities in the area of housing services and housing opportunities for all.”
Scott is asking for direction from the Council on forming an Ad Hoc Committee for this purpose.
Efforts to reach City staff asking how much has been spent to help the homeless in Antioch, including ARPA COVID-relief funds, were unsuccessful prior to publication time. Also, no response was received from Mayor Ron Bernal asking why the meeting is being held at Noon when most residents can’t attend. Please check back later for any updates to this report.
The meeting starts at Noon at the Antioch Water Park – Multi Use Room, 4701 Lone Tree Way. It may be televised on the City’s website and/or the City’s YouTube channel but that information is not provided on the agenda.
See meeting agenda with Plan and Policy Guidelines.
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