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This webinar will share how the City of Modesto, CA, dealt with the challenge of homelessness and vagrancy in their parks and trails.
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August 27, 2020
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Pacific Time) {more time zones}
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About this webinar:
Have a challenge with homelessness and vagrancy in your parks and trails? Want to hear from local officials in Modesto about how they are attempting to tackle this challenge? If so, this session if for you! The City of Modesto Staff will share how they have responded to the recent ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that stated that criminally punishing homeless individuals when there are not enough shelter beds or housing constituted cruel and unusual punishment and violated the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This ruling changed enforcement methods of illegal camping for local law enforcement agencies and in this session you will hear the successes and lessons learned from a temporary solution to house people experiencing homelessness in a local park. How this led to a declaration of emergency to address homelessness, a temporary outdoor shelter in the Tuolumne River Regional Park (TRRP) and a multi-agency effort to address the many reasons for homelessness learned through these steps. You will hear about the affect this had on our local park system and how more permanent solutions have come about that hopefully will help many of the people experiencing homelessness in our community.
This webinar qualifies as a Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) course (via LA CES).
Scotty A. Douglass, Deputy City Manager, City of Modesto
After serving onboard an aircraft carrier in the United States Navy in the late 1980’s, Scotty began his 24 year career in 1991, serving and leading Joint Powers Authority agencies. Scotty has a Bachelor’s Degree from Saint Mary’s College in Business Management and a Master’s in Leadership. Scotty also has several years of volunteer service with California State Vehicle Recreation Areas. Scotty joined the City of Modesto in January of 2019 as the Deputy City Manager of Operations.
Laurie A. Smith, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhoods, City of Modesto
Laurie has over 24 years experience with the City of Modesto, with 18 years in Economic Development. Laurie has a Bachelor’s Degree from Long Beach State in Political Science and has been the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Director for approximately 2 years.
Nathan Houx, Parks Planning and Development Manager, City of Modesto
Nathan is a CA licensed Landscape Architect specializing in Park Planning, Irrigation Design and Irrigation Water Management. He has a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly – Pomona, and 30 years of professional experience in landscape design, construction and maintenance. During the last two decades, Nathan has managed public sector CIPs with a combined total value of more than $100M.
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