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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC # 030-2026 LETTER TO COMMISSION
To: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Eric Carpenter, City Manager L lh ti
DATE: January 30, 2026
SUBJECT: Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update #04 — January 19—January 25, 2026
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (LTC) is to provide a weekly update on efforts by the Administration
to curb homelessness in the City of Miami Beach. This LTC 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 LTC 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 (HRUI Update
The following are reported service numbers for the HRU covering the current period of — January 19—January
25, 2026:
Homeless Arrests /
1
% of homeless arrests to
2,179 / 42%
2,427 / 45%
158 / 44% 38 / 40% 66 / 50% 34 / 37%
44 / 52%
total arrests
Homeless Baker Acts /
% of homeless Baker Acts to
total Baker Acts
Homeless Marchman Acts I
% of homeless Marchman Acts
to total Marchman Acts
Police Placements
Arrests — Refusal of
Placements
Sec. 70-45
(Camoina Prohibited)
907 / 50% 1 357 / 43%
266 / 55% 1 119 / 44%
20 / 38% 1 6 / 38%
5 / 42% 1 1 / 50%
100 72 I 9
261 795 38
October 2025 November 2025 December 2025
111 58 42
4/36% 1 8/40% 1 3/27%
1/ 33% 1 1/ 50% 1 2/ 40%
18 1 10
October 2023 to Present
1,118
MBPD Homeless•
• 1 1 1 1 •
1 141 1 : 1 •
Contacts / Engagements 7 20 17 11
Afterhours Emergency Shelter Placements
1
2
4
3
Residential Treatment Placements
0
1
2
1
Arrests
1
5
1
1
Baker Acts
0
0
0
0
Marchman Acts
0
0
1
1
Office of Housing & Community Services — Homeless Outreach Services Division Update
The following are service numbers for the Homeless Outreach Division covering the current period January
19—January 25, 2026-
Homeless Outreach ServicesDivision
Street Outreach / Walk -In Center Contacts
•
i 14
105 / 36
1 i
1
162 / 55
1
1
160 / 76
1
01/25/26
104 / 49
Street Outreach Refusals of Service
91
156
146
101
Shelter Placements
12
9
13
9
Family Reunifications
1
4
2
4
Average Number of Shelter Beds Available to the City Per Day
30
31
29
32
Afterhours Live Assistance Phone Calls Received
3
12
11
6
Park Ranger Service Update
The following are homeless outreach activities from the Park Ranger Service covering the current period of
January 19—January 25, 2026:
For questions or additional information, please reach out to Cilia Maria Ruiz -Paz at
cmruiz-pazRmiamibeach
fl.gov.
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