Council Legislation

Proposed Resolution No. R2024-254

Title: A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Approving the 2024 Funding Recommendations for Coordinated Entry, System Navigation, and Landlord Liaison Projects.

Status: Passed

Sponsors: Councilmembers Jani Hitchen, Robyn Denson, Ryan Mello

Final votes

December 10, 2024
Excused Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye


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Public Comments

Name Date Comment
John Leslie 11/22/24 11:00 PM While on the surface grant funding like those contained in this ordinance seem compassionate. Without a very comprehensive audit of the funding that is being channeled to all manner of so-called non-profits, the scope and breadth of non-essential, redundant and wasteful spending cannot be measured. A closer look at many of these recipients reveals a culture of dependency on government funding which used to be provided by philanthropic sources. The taxpayers of Pierce County have supplanted these once very benevolent efforts with a myriad of full time staff who’s own livelihood is directly dependent on a system of dependency creating a symbiotic feedback loop often supporting irresponsible behavior. With the oncoming budget shortfalls that are impending, its high time to rethink the scope of support the taxpayers of Pierce County are being forced to carry. Moving everyone closer to dependency. Vote NO!
Ryan Holland 11/24/24 11:24 PM These non profit organizations have shown decline in support to those in the community that are in need of support to get their lives back on track. Volunteers out in the community have shown more compassion and impact than county organizations. The appropriations on this funding can be better utilized on programs that work. I ask the Pierce County Council to vote NO on this resolution. Thank you.
Nick S Maurin 11/28/24 8:36 AM please vote NO
Susan Calhoun 12/2/24 7:23 AM Please vote NO
JBreshears 12/9/24 6:35 AM My family and I oppose this proposal. Government's role is to protect citizens' rights, not take all of our earnings to give "free" things to people. Stop it.
Nancy 12/10/24 2:05 PM As someone who was homeless most my young adult life and now has a mortgage on a home in Tacoma that the city has actively participated in helping squatters steal it from me, but managed to defy odds and get my house back, I feel I have the lived-experience to speak about my experience with these "resources" And that experience, is that these organizations are a joke. Without homeless & people needing services, they wouldn't exist. So, they're motivated to perpetuate the "homeless crisis" infinitely. None of these organizations help people keep their homes. Then, if a homeowner offers a room to someone to help pay the mortgage, they will not help cover the move in cost, last months rent, nor damages the people cause. Most importantly, they will not help or even inform the homeowner of the licensing required for the city to be okay with home-sharing. Which results in fees, fines, and can lead to loss of housing. Housing people is NOT in any of these companies interest as it would put them out of work. According to the counts & estimates, there's less than 10k homeless/nearly homeless people in pierce county. We've given over 500 million dollars in the last 2 years so these organizations could fuel the "homeless crises" We could have spent that money building 10k tiny homes AND purchased already cleared & vacant land to put them on. Hell, the old airport that bridge industrial is putting a useless warehouse onto would have been a perfect place for the majority of the tiny homes to be built. Stop funding organizations that provide difficult to access "resources" and start funding actual solutions.