Item A: Opportunity Eugene Task Force Update

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answer is: the time is now for everybody to be treated with dignity, to have enough food to eat, to have a good job and a safe place to sleep, to be respected as a human being without fear of reprisal. For families who walk the streets during the day and are afraid to sleep at night, and who are focus the inevitable; eventual death due to exposure, assault, overdose, or prolonged illness. These deaths tally up, and they are not nameless, faceless vagrants, but the deaths of our fellow human beings. In one night alone, roughly 2,410 people were counted homeless in Lane County, including 190 families with children. In that one night, 254 of our veterans, who served their country, in dangerous conditions, are among those individuals on the streets, under bridges, in parks, at food pantries, day access centers, churches, emergency shelters, and transitional housing. This is a critical moment and lives are at stake. The weight of this situation and the responsibility affect the change necessary to ensure our collective future. Stand with us and use your power to make decisions that allow us to look our children in the face and tell them we challenged the status quo and gave them the best future we possibly could. We urge the Eugene City Council to adopt and act upon the following recommendations and intended actions.