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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
APR 17 2017
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Changing Lives, Connecting People and HomesSLO
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Hom eShare
DATE: April 14, 2017
TO: San Luis Obispo Human Relations Commission: Robert Clayton, Barrie DuBois
Brett Raffish, Carol Sexton, Michelle Tasseff, Nancy Welts
RE: 2017-18 Grants in Aid Recommendations on Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Thank you for your patient listening to our explanations of the relevance of Home-
ShareSLO's request for funding as they address the goals of GIA funding. This
letter is to review the points we made in hope of making it easier for you to come to your
final recommendation to the San Luis Obispo City Council meeting in May.
HomeShareSLO....
- meets all five of the HRC's funding priorities especially homeless prevention,
affordable housing and providing supportive services, particularly for seniors and the
disabled, while families could benefit as well;
- is creative and innovative for SLO City, yet the concept has been proven successful in
over 60 other cities over more than 40 years;
- has successfully built a strong board, part-time staff, volunteers, prospective providers
and seekers and funders in a remarkably short period of time - less than 18 months;
- has a clear cost/benefit ratio by developing new affordable housing now instead of
waiting for the completion of expensive, new construction;
- lowers housing expenses and create more expendable income which allows for better
nutrition and improved physical and mental health, which in turn benefits the whole
community;
- assists local citizens who will spend their money locally vs. other non -profits which as-
sist clients to pay for services elsewhere;
- needs the GIA grant to be as large as possible at this critical point in time. By taking a
lead position as the largest city in our county, the GIA positions HomeShareSLO to
increase funding from other cities as well as area donors and larger foundations;
- considers the GIA grant to be seed money as we become less dependent in the future.
We sincerely appreciate your preliminary funding decision and the increase of the
remaining unassigned funds means a lot to us.
Of the seven cities in the County, San Luis Obispo has the largest budget, the largest
population and stands to gain the most from the HomeShareSLO program. Thus far,
Grover Beach and Morro Bay, cities with populations considerably less than that of San
Luis Obispo, have each given seed money of $5,000. To date we have appealed to
Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, Atascadero and Paso Robles. Over time, we expect their
support as well. Their decision will be influenced by San Luis Obispo City.
In light of the points stated above and, in particular, the importance of San Luis Obispo
taking a lead position, we respectfully request funding to be raised to $10,000.
Thank you again for your time, consideration and commitment to make our city an
innovative leader in solving the issues of homelessness, homeless prevention and
affordable housing.
Sincerely,
Marcia Alter, Program Advisory Council, Fundraising
Scott Smith -Cooke, Program Adivsory Council, Treasurer
Anne Wyatt, Program Coordinator