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LTC 256-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #24 - June 9-June 15 2025MIAMI BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LTC #256-2025 LETTER TO COMMISSION TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission Eric Carpenter, City Manager � {J,y� June 23, 2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #24 - June 9-June 15, 2025 The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide a weekly update on efforts by the Administration to curb homelessness in the City of Miami Beach. This L TC is provided pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-33043 approved by the Mayor and City Commission at the May 15, 2024 City Commission meeting. The Administration was directed to publish a weekly L TC sharing the various metrics and data regarding the homeless population including the number of shelter beds and residential placements provided by the City or its providers; the total number of shelter beds available to the City; the number of homeless persons arrested for violating the City's camping ordinance; and other metrics pertaining to the provision of services to homeless persons in the City. The Office of Housing & Community Services Homeless Outreach Services Division, in collaboration with the Miami Beach Police Department's Homeless Resource Unit ("HRU"), and other City departments, have dedicated resources to addressing homelessness citywide including through a unified outreach initiative. Together, these teams conduct weekly joint outreach missions to proactively address homeless encampments in areas of concern, while simultaneously offering services to homeless individuals encountered during these missions. This collaborative effort has augmented engagement strategies in the community by promoting more accessibility to services provided within the homeless and mental health/substance abuse Continuum of Care. Miami Beach Police Department-Homeless Resource Unit (HRU) Update The following are reported service numbers for the HRU covering the current period of June 9-June 15, 2025: MBPD Departmentwide Statistics 05/19/25-05/26/25-06/02/25-06/09/25- 05/25/25 06/01 /25 06/08/25 06/15/25 Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 137 123 81 90 Homeless Arrests / % of homeless arrests to total 1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42% 68 / 50% 48138% 33 / 41% 28 I 31% arrests 24 261 25 18 14 12 March 2025 27 Janua!Y 2025-YTD Arrests -Refusal of Placements 234 Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited) A[;1ril 2025 26 October 2023 to Present Mat 2025 519 59