"Reflecting on the past year through the lens of our Homelessness Response Action Plan, I am drawn back to earlier this year when we confronted intense winter storms," writes Santa Cruz City Manager Matt Huffaker. "Those weeks of unrelenting rain and the accompanying infrastructure challenges were nothing short of daunting. While our response encompassed a spectrum of assistance, such as distributing sandbags and orchestrating swift emergency services, temporary emergency shelter for the unhoused stands out to me the most."