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C I T Y OF SAN LU I S O B I S P O
FROM: John Mandeville, Community Development Direc
Prepared By: Michael Draze, Deputy Director
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE HOUSING AND
EMERGENCY SHELTER TRUST FUND ACT OF 2002;
PROPOSITION 46 ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution supporting the passage of Proposition 46 on November's statewide ballot.
DISCUSSION
Attached for the Council's consideration is a resolution in support of voter approval of a state-
wide ballot measure, Proposition 46. If approved, the bond issue would provide $2.1 billion in
affordable housing construction including $100 million for incentives for local governments to
approve housing developments and $5 million for local code enforcement to revitalize neighbor-
hoods.
A coalition of senior organizations, business groups, nonprofit housing and homeless advocates,
educators, developers, labor unions, local governments and numerous charitable organizations
already have joined together to support this vital measure. It will provide emergency shelters for
battered women, homeless seniors, veterans and the mentally ill and housing for moderate to low
income working families, seniors, disabled persons, farm workers and many other Californians in
need of quality affordable rental and ownership housing. The measure also includes specific
provisions that provide for fiscal accountability at both the local and statewide levels from the
Department of Housing and Community Development and the Bureau of State Audits.
A major City goal is to continue to implement programs to achieve the City's housing goals.
This effort includes over 50 programs in the existing Housing Element and will likely include
more in the Housing Element update program currently underway. Many of these programs will
rely on funding from sources such as the bond issues provided for in Proposition 46 in order to
have a meaningful impact on the supply of housing.
FISCAL IMPACT
Minor additional staff workload would be needed to apply for and administer the funds.
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Council Agenda Report—Support for Proposiho_n 46
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ALTERNATIVES
The Council may decide not to support the Proposition with a resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution supporting the passage of Proposition 46
LACAR Prop 46 10-15-02.doc
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Attachment 1
RESOLUTION NO. (2002 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF THE HOUSING AND EMERGENCY
SHELTER TRUST FUND ACT OF 2002
WHEREAS, a continuing major goal of the City Council is the implementation of
programs to provide affordable housing options within the community; and
WHEREAS,approximately 220,000 housing units need to be produced in
California each year to meet demand; yet only four times in the last 20 years has the production
target been reached; and
WHEREAS, while the national homeownership rate has reached a record high,
California is about 10 percent below the national average (67.8 percent) and ranks 48' in the
nation; and
WHEREAS,over one-third of all renter families statewide pay over half their incomes in
rent; over one-half of all low-income renter families pay over half their income in rent; and
almost three out of every four very low-income renter families pay over half their incomes in
rent; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Community Development estimates that
there are over 360,000 homeless individuals in California, and other data discloses that one-third
of the homeless population, and the segment increasing most rapidly are families with children;
and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to provide affordable housing to meet the
increasingly unfulfilled housing needs for a growing segment of our population in the state and
the City of San Luis Obispo; and
WHEREAS, there is an immediate need to reaffirm the commitment to the housing
policy of the state and to help implement local housing programs by providing sufficient
financial resources to do so over a reasonable period of time;NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo supports the
passage of the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 - Proposition 46 on the
November 5, 2002 statewide ballot.
On motion of , seconded by and on
the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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ATTACHMENT 1
Resolution No. (2002 Series)
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the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this_day of , 2002.
Mayor Allen Settle
ATTEST:
City Clerk Lee Price
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LACouncil Resolution Prop 46 10-15-02.doc
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