Sacramento removes 80 tons of trash, hundreds of needles related to homeless response

451 individuals, 133 families waitlisted for shelter

Sacramento, Calif.- The City of Sacramento has released its weekly progress report for the City's Incident Management Team responding to homelessness.

From Dec. 30, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025, the City of Sacramento received 725 calls to 311 customer service related to unsheltered individuals.

Through the work of the IMT, 471 calls were closed, meaning that either the issue was remedied, compliance was achieved, or the issue no longer existed when City staff inspected the site.

Outreach

In terms of outreach, staff from the City's Department of Community Response enrolled 47 people into shared local databases that match them with shelters and other resources.

In addition, 25 people were placed into the City's Roseville Road campus or the Outreach and Engagement Center.

As of Jan. 7, there were zero Pallet homes and zero trailers available at the Roseville Road campus as well as three spaces available at the Outreach and Engagement Center. There was an average of 21 openings at City funded shelters (excluding the Roseville Road campus and the OEC.)

Waste removal

Regarding waste removal, the City cleaned up 162,470 pounds of trash.

Here is the complete weekly report: 12.30- 1.05 IMT Data Report

In addition, the City maintains a data dashboard for the work of the IMT. The public can track progress made by the IMT by week going back to September 2023 and access cumulative tallies for outreach, compliance and cleanup.


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