LTC 399-2025 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #36 - September 1-September 7 2025MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #399-2025
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Me
Eric Carpenter, City Manager �
September 19, 2025
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2025 Update #36 - September 1-September 7, 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 September 1-
September 7, 2025:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
7023 i0'.?4 2025 08/11/25-08/18/25-08/25/25- 09/01/25-
(Jan -YTD) 08/17/25 08/24/25 08/31 /25 09/07/25
Total Arrests 4,476 5,187 3,803 134 124 130 141
Homeless Arrests /
% of homeless arrests to 1,543 / 34% 2,179 / 42% 1,636 / 43% 57 / 43% 59 / 48% 66 / 51% 64 / 45%
total arrests
Baker Acts/
% of homeless Baker Acts to 1027 / 49% 907 / 50% 226146% 3 /30% 13 / 68% 7144% 4/44%
total Baker Acts
Marchman Acts /
% of homeless Marchman Acts 183 / 40% 266 / 55% 91 / 46% 2/33% 4/ 57% 2 / 100% 4 / 100%
to total Marchman Acts
Police Placements 59 100 38 0 0 2 2
Arrests -Refusal of Placements 24 261 505 29 20 36 30
Sec. 70-45 June 2025 Jul)l 2025 August2025 October 2023 to Present
(Camping Prohibited) 55 97 120 790