As with many things in life, working to end homelessness takes a village. The City of Petaluma and DST are eternally grateful to the amazing partners in our community who make our work possible and supplement services for this population that is so often overlooked. We are proud to work with: COTS Petaluma People Services … Continued
“Homelessness” is a complex problem – and severe mental illness, addiction and/or major life events are not the most common cause. Often, economic hardship or family issues (such as divorce or running away from an unsafe home) are factors on one’s path to losing housing. What’s more, the experience of homelessness itself can be traumatic. … Continued
DST is different from other work experience programs in that participants are engaged 20 hours per week to help clean and beautify our city. In contrast to counseling or case management services that might provide 1-2 hours of interaction each week, the DST model works to establish a deep connection with participants, which allows for … Continued
You will see our DST Team’s brightly colored shirts around town weekdays from 8am-12pm as they both clean and beautify our City, with Team Leads providing their singular approach to homeless outreach and services. Many participants begin as residents of well-known encampments around town (Steamer Landing, Cedar Grove, Lynch Creek Trail), spend their mornings volunteering … Continued
Item # Description 123 Fund and support a Downtown Streets Team to assist in beautification of Downtown and outreach to Petaluma’s unsheltered population. 126 Begin planning for update of the City’s General Plan 2025. 210 Identify location, select artists, and safely install a Black Lives Matter Mural.
Item # Description 44 Consider and move forward to adopt City’s participation in Sonoma Clean Power’s Evergreen program. 48 Adopt an ordinance creating and empowering a City Climate Commission. 190 Make permanent the moratorium on new gas stations and develop a plan for building out publicly available EV charging infrastructure and capacity to meet projected … Continued
Downtown Streets Team (DST) is an organization that works in partnership with the City of Petaluma to provide tailored, individualized support for people striving to overcome the challenges that contribute to experiencing homelessness. DST offers a step-by-step approach, understanding that lasting change takes time. Program participants volunteer their time beautifying our community and receive access … Continued
Item # Description 105 Establish City minimum wage ordinance. 184 Establish a Free Range, outdoor dining program that allows merchants impacted by the Covid Shelter in Place regulations to operate their business outdoors. 185 Reach out to individual businesses to determine how Covid shutdowns are affecting them and to see how staff could support them. … Continued
Item # Description 80 Assess and identify traffic needs and develop organizational structure to support needs, including the possibility of restoring a full-time City Traffic Engineer position. 81 Promote emergency preparedness and resiliency strategies to our residents and businesses. 83 Consider a firework and use sales ban, or other modification to current ordinance; assist the … Continued
Item # Description 1 Develop a fiscal sustainability plan with the community that balances City services with available revenues and integrates policies and identifies potential revenue sources that can ensure long-term financial health and effectiveness of the City. 2 Continue implementing strategies to reduce pension costs and unfunded liabilities. 3 Develop a budget-in-brief to provide … Continued
