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Page 1 of 4 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />STAFF REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />DATE: August 25, 2025 <br />SUBJECT <br />Reintroduce modified anti-camping ordinance to regulate camping on public property and establish a City <br />Council Sub-Committee on homelessness <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />1. Waive the first reading and introduce an ordinance adding Chapter 49 (Hopeful Horizons: Empowering <br />Lives Initiative) to the Redwood City Municipal Code, an anti-camping ordinance (Attachment A) <br />modeled after the County of San Mateo’s ordinance, with an added provision authorizing the City to <br />remove an encampment with 48 hours’ notice if it is located within 200 feet of a school, the San Mateo <br />County Navigation Center (located at 275 Blomquist Street), or a waterway, and further directing staff <br />to return to the City Council within two-years of adoption of the ordinance with a comprehensive <br />review of its implementation and outcomes since adoption; and <br />2. Adopt a resolution (Attachment B) establishing the City Council Sub-Committee on homelessness. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLE <br />Housing <br />BACKGROUND <br />On July 21, 2025, by way of a 6-1 vote (Council Member Sturken opposed), the City Council took the <br />following actions: <br />1. Waived the first reading and introduced an Ordinance adding Chapter 49 (Hopeful Horizons: <br />Empowering Lives Initiative) to the Redwood City Municipal Code, an anti-camping ordinance <br />(Attachment A) modeled after the County of San Mateo’s ordinance, with an added provision <br />authorizing the City to remove an encampment with 48 hours’ notice if it is located within 200 <br />feet of a school or within 200 feet of the San Mateo County Navigation Center (located at 275 <br />9.B. - Page 1 of 11 <br />443