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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #185-2026
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner an� Mn�ty Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � l.eVZ(�
May 1, 2026
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update #17 -April 20-April 26, 2026
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide a weekly update on efforts by the Administrationto 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. TheAdministration was directed to publish a weekly L TC sharing the various metrics and data regarding thehomeless population including the number of shelter beds and residential placements provided by the Cityor its providers; the total number of shelter beds available to the City; the number of homeless personsarrested for violating the City's camping ordinance; and other metrics pertaining to the provision of servicesto homeless persons in the City.
The Office of Housing & Community Services Homeless Outreach Services Division, in collaboration withthe Miami Beach Police Department's Homeless Resource Unit ("HRU"), and other City departments, havededicated resources to addressing homelessness citywide including through a unified outreach initiative.Together, these teams conduct weekly joint outreach missions to proactively address homelessencampments in areas of concern, while simultaneously offering services to homeless individualsencountered during these missions. This collaborative effort has augmented engagement strategies in thecommunity by promoting more accessibility to services provided within the homeless and mentalhealth/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 -April 20-April 26,2026:
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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
2024 20t�' 2026
(Jan -Y_TD)
5,187 5,392 1,523
2,179 / 42% 2,427 / 45% 587 / 39%
907 / 50% 357 / 43% 102 / 39%
266 / 55% 119/44% 24 / 33%
100 72 28
261 795 145
January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 44 40 43
03/30/26-04/06/26-04/13/26-04/20/26-
04/05/26 04/12/26 04/19/26 04/26/26
81 77 72 65
34/ 42% 28 / 36% 20 / 28% 18 / 28%
4/27% 5/36% 8/44% 4/29%
0/0% 2/40% 1 / 20% 2 / 33%
1 0 0 1
7 2 7 3
October 2023 to Present 1,225