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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #149-2026
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Mein; �n�-M��:�ty Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager {,/1AA.,, "-,CVf.--vvv¥ v,
April 1 3, 2026
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update #14- March 30-April 05, 2026
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 -March 30-April 05, 2026:
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Total Arrests
Homeless Arrests /
% of homeless arrests to
total arrests
Homeless Baker Acts /
% of homeless Baker Acts to
total Baker Acts
Homeless Marchman Acts / % of homeless Marchman Acts
to total Marchman Acts
Police Placements
Arrests -Refusal of Placements
Sec. 70-45
(Camping Prohibited)
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
./ULt.'; I ) { 2026 £.l'L..; (Jan -YTD)
5,187 5,392 1,309
2,179 / 42% 2,427 / 45% 521 / 40%
907 / 50% 357 / 43% 85 / 40%
266 / 55% 119/44% 19 / 33%
100 72 27
261 795 133
January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 44 40 43
03/09/26-03/16/26-03/23/26-03/30/26-
03/15/26 03/22/26 03/29/26 04/05/26
130 136 97 81
54/ 42% 33 / 24% 41 / 42% 34/ 42%
9 /64% 9 /43% 7 /47% 4/27%
1 / 20% 1 / 20% 1 / 25% 0/0%
2 1 4 1
3 4 14 7
October 2023 to Present
1,213