Resolution 15434CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15434
DECLARING A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO SB 850 CHAPTER
48, STATUTES OF 2018 AND GOVERNMENT CODE § 8698.2 IN
ORDER TO APPLY FOR FUNDING WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE
WHEREAS, California's Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and the members of
the California Legislature have recognized the urgent and immediate need for funding
at the local level to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature have provided funding to local
governments under the Homeless Emergency Aid Program as part of SB 850 and the
2018-19 Budget Act (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2018); and
WHEREAS, The Governor and Legislature require jurisdictions seeking an
allocation through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program to declare a Shelter Crisis
pursuant to Government Code §8698.2; and
WHERAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda has prepared a Report on
Homelessness Policies and Programs, developed a homelessness plan, and
undertaken multiple efforts at the local level to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda finds that 204 persons within the City of
Alameda are homeless and living without shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda finds that the number of homeless is significant,
and these persons are without the ability to obtain shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda finds that the health and safety of unsheltered
persons in the City of Alameda is threatened by a lack of shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda affirms its commitment to combatting
homelessness and creating or augmenting a continuum of shelter and service options
for those living without shelter in our communities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
ALAMEDA, that a shelter crisis pursuant to Government Code §8698.2 exists in the City
of Alameda, and authorizes the City of Alameda's participation in the Homeless
Emergency Aid Program.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 2nd day of October 2018, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 3rd day of October 2018.
Lara Weisiger,it Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JanetIC. Kern, City Attorney
City of Alameda