Resolution 15198SUPPORTING THE 2016 ALAMEDA COUNTY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BOND MEASURE
WHEREAS, costs for both rental and for-sale housing in the City of Alameda and
the rest of Alameda County have risen substantially in recent years; and
WHEREAS, affordable housing is a critical resource that provides a stable, safe
environment for members of the local workforce, as well as seniors, people with
disabilities, and others on a fixed income; and
WHEREAS, through the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process
completed by the Association of Bay Area Governments in 2013, Alameda's assigned
share of the regional housing need was 1,723 units, including 692 units affordable to low-
and very low-income families; and
WHEREAS, with the dissolution of redevelopment by the State of California in
2012, Alameda and other cities lost a powerful financial tool for development of new
affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the City has a Housing Element policy to "expand the City's supply of
affordable rental and ownership housing for extremely low-, very low-, and moderate-
income households; and
WHEREAS, in the spring of 2016, Alameda County held a series of Board of
Supervisor work sessions and public stakeholder meetings for the purpose of developing
a proposed affordable housing bond; and
WHEREAS, the proposed measure would generate $580 million countywide for
affordable housing, including $460 million for rental housing programs and $120 million
for homeowner programs; and
WHEREAS, under the rental housing programs, more than $10 million would be
earmarked for Alameda projects, with another $49 million allocated to a regional pool for
projects in Alameda, Hayward, San Leandro, and the Unincorporated County; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors, on June 28, 2016, took the
necessary actions to place the bond measure on the November 2016 ballot for
consideration by the voters in Alameda County; and
WHEREAS, the bond measure would provide an important new resource for
developing affordable rental housing and providing affordable homeownership
opportunities in Alameda, to assist the City to meet its RHNA goals, and to achieve
numerous policy goals as laid out in the Housing Element.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda does hereby affirm its support for the 2016 Alameda County Affordable Housing
Bond measure and encourages Alameda residents and businesses to support the
measure.
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 regular meeting
assembled on the 201h day of September, 2016, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie
and Mayor Spencer — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
In witness, whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
said City this 21 st day of September 2016.
Lara Weisiger, C Jerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to Form:
Ja4d C. Kern, City Attorney
City of Alameda