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RESOLUTION NUMBER 8028 (ces)
(City council series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUPPORTING STATE
PROPOSITION 107
WHEREAS, there are 250,000 homeless in California; and
WHEREAS, 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, 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 16% of the households in
California can afford the state's median-priced home compared to
23% affordability one year ago: and
WHEREAS, according to estimates of the California Department of
Housing and Conununity 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 I according to RCD 1. 3 millon, 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;
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WHEREAS, Proposition 107 authorizes $150 million in general
obligation bonds to build, rehabilitate and purchase housing:
WHEREAS, individual citizens and organizations concerned with
housing and homelessness have come together to support Proposition
107 on the June, 1990 ballot; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica City Council finds that the state of
California needs a new conunitment to affordable housing and a
meaningful level of funding to help local communities address the
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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, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
The City Council hereby endorses Proposition 107
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same
shall be in full force and effect.
section 2.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT MYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 22nd day of May, 1990.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 8028(CCS)
was duly adopted by the city council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on May 22nd, 1990 by the following
council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennigns,
Katz, Reed, Mayor Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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