Every line, explained
Each line on the money diagram, in plain words: what it is, where it came from, what the petition takes from it, what we give up, the strongest case against, and who decides.
Where beds stand today
- Beds we already pay forWhat Santa Monica spends on homelessness now, and the beds it buys.
- A bed tonightA place to sleep inside for every person now sleeping outside.
From the city budget
- Measure GSH transfer to the Housing Trust FundSales tax money the city moves each year into affordable-housing loans.
- Reed Park and Downtown Santa Monica ambassadorsUniformed staff paid to watch, clean and help in parks and downtown.
- City Manager communicationsTwo new city press jobs and a $750,000 publicity consultant budget.
- Police overtimeExtra police shifts paid above salary, often to cover homeless-related calls.
- Public Works cleanup crew (HoST)A city crew that hauls away trash left at encampments.
- One-time start-up money: Camera Obscura capital and last year's surplusLeftover city money from last year, spent once to open the first beds.
From the county and the state
- HSH Staffing and AdministrationThe county homeless department's own staff and office costs.
- County BHSA housing interventions: time-limited and interim settingsState mental health tax money the county must spend on housing.
- Medi-Cal Transitional Rent and short-term post-hospitalization housingMedi-Cal health plans pay room costs for eligible bed residents.
- HHAP Round 7, Santa Monica's count shareOne-time state homelessness grant, split by each place's homeless count.
- Measure A carryover (Comprehensive Homelessness Services)Last year's unspent county homeless tax money, spent once.
What stays the same
- Everything else on homelessnessMost homelessness spending, and nearly all the city budget, stays as is.