n REGIONAL CHALLENGE: HOMELESSNESS
daunting
dilemma
Homelessness is one of our region’s most pressing
concerns — and it’s proving to be one of the most
perplexing to solve
BY Jessica Laskey
Comstock’s panel of experts
• Frank Axe
District 4 supervisor, Amador County
Board of Supervisors
• Sarah Bontrager
housing and public services manager, City of Elk Grove, and
board chair, The Continuum of Care Advisory Board for
Sacramento County
• Jeff Brown
director, Placer County Health and Human Services, and
board of directors, Homeless Resource Council of the
Sierras
• Denise Cloward
housing director, Amador Tuolumne Community Action
Agency (a hub of the Central Sierra Continuum of Care)
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• René Evans
executive director, Only Kindness (a partner of El Dorado
County’s continuum of care)
• Lt. Jausiah Jacobson
Fairfield Police Department (partner in the city council’s
Homeless Strategy plan)
• Patrick Kennedy
District 2 supervisor, Sacramento County Board of Super-
visors
• Mike Leahy
District 2 supervisor, Yuba County Board of Supervisors