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Core Safety & Services Plan

Published 9/19/2025
Updated 9/19/2025
Summary

Compassion where it helps. Rules where it counts. We will decant high-impact services out of the core into 24/7 Care Hubs with shuttles and Day Hubs on the fringe, harden hospitals and transit, and apply behavior-based enforcement after offering real pathways indoors.

Why Now
  • Violent incidents and disorder in high-traffic areas harm patients, workers, and small businesses.
  • Sidewalks are being used as living rooms; that fails everyone:including people in crisis.
Goals
  • Reduce violent/weapon incidents at hospital/transit sites by 40% in 6 months.
  • Achieve ≥ 70% acceptance of transport to Care Hubs during outreach.
  • Resolve corridor issues within 14 days on pilot blocks.
Actions & Implementation
Step 1

Care Hubs (24/7): clinical care, detox intake, laundry, lockers; pet/partner-friendly beds; on-site intake to apprenticeships.

Step 2

Day Hubs: seating, case management, bathrooms, charging; shuttle to Care Hubs every 10–15 min.

Step 3

Hospital & transit hardening: clinically led safety teams + outreach.

Step 4

Clean Corridor clock (14 days): outreach → offer → cleanup; publish case logs.

Step 5

Rules & rights: parks camping prohibited; right-of-way obstruction enforced; aggressive solicitation prohibited; behavior, not status.

Timeline
0–30 days
1 month

First Day Hub + shuttles; hospital safety surge.

30–90 days
2 months

First Care Hub live; pilot corridors on 14-day clock.

90–180 days
3 months

Second Care Hub; expand corridors; publish outcomes.

Key Performance Indicators
  • Hospital/transit incidents (monthly)
  • Outreach → transport acceptance rate
  • Corridor case resolution ≤14 days
  • Shelter/Care Hub occupancy vs capacity
Accountability
  • Independent Indigenous and civil-liberties oversight; body-cam/incident logs; monthly public reports.
Risks & Mitigations
Risk: Perceived displacement
Mitigation: Guaranteed transport, Day Hubs in reach, respectful engagement.
Risk: Legal challenge
Mitigation: Document adequate alternatives; enforce conduct, not status.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you banning homelessness?

No. We enforce behavior rules consistently and expand real alternatives.

Why move services?

Concentration improves care; it also protects hospitals, churches, shops.

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