CC Resolution 7924RESOLUTION N0. 7924
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CAMPBELL IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 107,
HOUSING AND HOMELESS BOND ACT
WHEREAS, indications are that there are 250,000 homeless in
California; and
WHEREAS, estimates are that one third of the homeless in California
are families with children under 18 years of age; and
WHEREAS, California has the largest shortage of low income rental
housing in the nation and there are four poor families for every unit of
low-income housing in the state; and
WHEREAS, more than 1.5 million households in California - as many as
4.2 million people - earn less than $7,050 per year and pay more than 60%
of that income for rent; and
WHEREAS, at least 130,000 federally assisted rental housing units in
California risk conversion to non low-income use by the year 2008 as
federal subsidies terminate; and
WHEREAS, each year fewer and fewer Californians can aspire to home
ownership so that currently only 15% of the households in California can
afford the state's median-price home compared to 23% affordability one
year ago; and
WHEREAS, according to estimates of the California Department of
Housing and Community Development at least 7% of the state's households
live in overcrowded housing, and 40% of the state's farmworkers are living
in overcrowded units; and
WHEREAS, also according to HCD 1.3 million, or 13% of the state's
housing units need to be rehabilitated or replaced; and
WHEREAS, California, once a leader in the area of affordable
housing, currently lags behind comparable states in both total and per
capita funding for homeless and affordable housing programs; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 107 authorizes $150 million in general
obligation bonds to build, rehabilitate and purchase housing; and
WHEREAS, individual citizens and organizations concerned with
housing and homelessness have come together to support Proposition 107 on
the June, 1990 statewide ballot; and
WHEREAS, the City of Campbell finds that the state of California
needs a new commitment to affordable housing and a meaningful level of
funding to help local communities address the rapidly growing housing
problems of the homeless, the elderly, the handicapped, veterans, the
mentally ill, single mothers, young families with children, and others for
whom affordable housing is unavailable;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Campbell hereby supports Proposition 107, the Housing and Homeless Bond
Act of 1990.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 1st day of May, 1990, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: KOTOWSKI, WATSON, CONANT, BURR, ASHWORTH
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
APPROVED:
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N S. ASHWORTH, MAYOR
Barbara Olsasky