Memorandum
Date: January 6, 2026
To: File
From: Winnie Mui, Associate Planner
RE: Residential Condominium Conversion Cap & Unit Allocation Tracking
Pursuant to Fremont Municipal Code (FMC) §18.190.060, Condominium Conversion – Residential Projects, this memo documents the status of used and unused residential condominium conversion unit allocations. This information is also made available to the public on the City’s website and at the Development Services Center.
Background
The Residential Condominium Conversion Ordinance (“Ordinance”) provides a standard 100- unit conversion allocation, or cap, per calendar year (“CY”). The intent of the standard is to ensure the availability of rental apartment stock by balancing rental and ownership housing within the city. Pursuant FMC 18.190.060(g), the Planning Commission is authorized to grant limited discretionary increases above the 100-unit allocation for any particular CY, if certain specified conditions are met. Discretionary increases include:
1) Potential roll-overs of any unused unit allocations from an immediate prior CY if the apartment vacancy rate is greater than five percent; or
2) Borrowing up to 20 units in allocations from future years.
To implement this measure, the Planning Division is charged with tracking such allocations and reporting to the public. Residential condominium conversion applications are only accepted for processing from March 1 to March 15 of each CY. Table 1 provides a summary of the number of applications received since 2020. For more detail, please refer to Attachment A.
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Table 1. Condominium Conversion Applications by Calendar Year Calendar Year Number of Applications
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 0
2025 0
For CY 2026, the available allocation is 100 units. The unused allocation from CY 2025 is not carried over because the vacancy rate in January 2026 was 4.8-percent, below the required five percent to carry over the unused allocation from the prior calendar year.
Attachment(s):
A) Annual Conversion Cap and Unit Allocation Tracking
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ATTACHMENT A
Residential Condominium Annual Conversion Cap and Unit Allocation Tracking (Updated January 2026)
Calendar
Year
Allowance
(# of apartment units
available for
conversion to
condominiums)
No. of
Applications
Submitted
(Residential condominium
conversion applications)
No. of Units
Allocated or
Approved
(100 units max, unless unused
allocation is carried over from a
previous calendar year or a
discretionary increase is permitted)
Unused
Allocation
May Unused
Allocation be
Carried
Over?
(Apartment
Vacancy Rate>=5%)
# of Units
Actually
Converted
# of
Produced
Units
(New apartment
units, finaled)
2020 100 0 0 100 Yes 0 1021
2021 200 0 0 100 Yes 0 3502
2022 200 0 0 100 Yes 0 8683
2023 200 0 0 100 No 0 0
2024 100 0 0 100 Yes 0 0
2025 200 0 0 100 No 0 0
2026 100* TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
* Per FMC §18.190.060(g)(1), an unused allocation from a prior year may only be carried over and used during the next calendar year if, at that time, the a partment vacancy rate for the city is greater than five percent.
If an allocation is not used in the next subsequent calendar year, it shall expire.
1 Fairfield Residential (102 units)
2 City Center Apartments (60 units); Innovia Wrap Around Apartments (290 units) 3 Fairfield Residential (422 units); Palmia at Mission Falls (171 units); Walnut Liberty Mixed Use Apartments (275 units).
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City of Fremont Housing Successor Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 per HSC §34176.1(f)
This Housing Successor Annual Report (Report) regarding the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund (LMIHAF) has been prepared pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 34176.1(f) and is dated as of December 31, 2025. This Report sets forth certain details of the City of Fremont, Community Development Department, Housing Division (Housing Successor) activities during Fiscal Year 2024/2025. The purpose of this Report is to provide the governing body of the Housing Successor an annual report on the housing assets and activities of the Housing Successor under Part 1.85, Division 24 of the California Health and Safety Code, in particular sections 34176 and 34176.1 (Dissolution Law).
The following Report is based upon information prepared by Housing Successor s taff and information contained within the independent financial aud it of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 as prepared by Macias Gini O’Connell, LLP (Audit), which Audit is separate from this annual summary Report; further, this Report conforms with and is organized into sections I through XI, inclusive, pursuant to Section 34176.1(f) of the Dissolution Law:
I. Amount Deposited into LMIHAF: This section provides the total amount of funds deposited into the LMIHAF during the Fiscal Year. Any amounts deposited for items listed on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) must be distinguished from the other amounts deposited.
II. Ending Balance of LMIHAF: This section provides a statement of the balance in the LMIHAF as of the close of the Fiscal Year. Any amounts deposited for items listed on the ROPS must be distinguished from the other amounts deposited.
III. Description of Expenditures from LMIHAF: This section provides a description of the expenditures made from the LMIHAF during the Fiscal Year. The expenditures are to be categorized.
IV. Statutory Value of Assets Owned by Housing Successor: This section provides the statutory value of real property owned by the Housing Successor, the value of loans and grants receivables, and the sum of these two amounts.
V. Description of Transfers: This section describes transfers, if any, to another hous ing successor agency made in previous Fiscal Year(s), including whether the funds are unencumbered and the status of projects, if any, for which the transferred LMIHAF will be used. The sole purpose of the transfers must be for the development of transit priority projects, permanent supportive housing, housing for agricultural employees or special needs housing.
VI. Project Descriptions: This section describes any project for which the Housing Successor receives or holds property tax revenue pursuant to the ROPS and the status of that project.
VII. Status of Compliance with Section 33334.16: This section provides a status update on compliance with Section 33334.16 for interests in real property acquired by the former redevelopment agency prior to February 1, 2012. For interests in real property acquired on or after February 1, 2012, provide a status update on the project.
VIII. Description of Outstanding Obligations und er Section 33413: This section desc ribes the outstanding inclusionary and replacement hous ing obligations, if any, under Section 33413 that remained outstanding prior to dissolution of the former redevelopment agency as of February 1, 2012 along with the Housing Successor’s progress in meeting those prior obligations, if any, of the former redevelopment agency and how the Housing Successor’s plans to meet unmet obligations, if any.
IX. Income Test: This section provides the information required by Section 34176.1(a)(3)(B), or a description of expenditures by income restriction for five year period, with the time period beginning January 1, 2014 and whether the statutory thresholds have been met. However, reporting of the Income Test is not required until 2019.
X. Senior Housing Test: This section provides the percentage of units of deed-restricted rental housing restricted to seniors and assisted individually or jointly by the Housing Successor, its former redevelopment Agency, and its host jurisdiction within the previous 10 years in relation to the aggregate number of units of deed-restricted rental housing assisted individually or jointly by the Housing Successor, its former Redevelopment Agency and its host jurisdiction within the same time
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period. For this Report the ten-year period reviewed is July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2023.
XI. Excess Surplus Test: This section provides the amount of excess surplus in the LMIHAF, if any, and the length of time that the Housing Successor has had excess surplus, and the Housing Successor’s plan for eliminating the excess surplus.
XII. Homeownership Inventory: An inventory of homeownership units assisted by the former redevelopment agency or the housing successor that are subject to covenants or restrictions or to an adopted program that protects the former redevelopment agency’s investment of moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 33334.
This Report is to be provided to the Housing Successor’s governing body by March 19, 2024. In addition, this Report and the former redevelopment agency’s pre-dissolution Implementation Plans are to be made available to the public on the City’s website at fremont.gov/home/showdocument?id=14951&t=638424866975168248.
I. AMOUNT DEPOSITED INTO LMIHAF
A total of $1,447,158 was deposited into the LMIHAF during the Fiscal Year. Of the total funds deposited into the LMIHAF, no funds were held for items listed on the ROPS. The deposits into the LMIHAF during the Fiscal Year included $475,507 from accounts receivables from rental properties, $685,768 from accounts receivables from homeownership properties and $285,883 from interest allocation.
II. ENDING BALANCE OF LMIHAF
At the close of the Fiscal Year, the ending balance in the LMIHAF was $3,499,213 of which no fund is held for items listed on the ROPS.
III. DESCRIPTION OF EXPENDITURES FROM LMIHAF
The following is a description of expenditures from the LMIHAF by category:
Monitoring and Administration Expenditures $1,261,161
Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing none
Services Expenditures
Total Housing Development Expenditures
• Expenditures on Low Income Units None
• Expenditures on Very Low Income Units None
• Expenditures on Extremely Low Income Units $4,000,616
Total Housing Development Expenditures $4,000,616
LMIHAF Expenditures in Fiscal Year $5,261,777
IV. STATUTORY VALUE OF ASSETS OWNED BY HOUSING SUCCESSOR IN LMIHAF Under the Dissolution Law and for purposes of this Report, the “statutory value of real property” means the value of properties formerly held by the former redevelopment agency as listed on the housing asset transfer schedule approved by the Department of Finance as listed in such schedule under Section 34176(a)(2), the value of the properties transferred to the Housing Successor pursuant to Section 34181(f), and the purchase price of property(ies) purchased by the Housing Successor. Further, the value of loans and grants receivable is included in these reported assets held in the LMIHAF.
The following provides the statutory value of assets owned by the Housing Successor. • Statutory Value of Real Property Owned by Housing Authority: None • Value of Loans and Grants Receivable: $73,393,781
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• Total Value of Housing Successor Assets: $73,393,781
V. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSFERS
The Housing Successor did not make any LMIHAF transfers to other Housing Successor(s) under Section 34176.1(c)(2) during the Fiscal Year.
VI. PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
The Housing Successor does not receive or hold property tax revenue pursuant to the ROPS.
VII. STATUS OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 33334.16
Section 34176.1 provides that Section 33334.16 does not apply to interests in real property acquired by the Housing Successor on or after February 1, 2012; however, this Report presents a status update on the project related to such real property.
With respect to interests in real property acquired by the former redevelopment agency prior to February 1, 2012, the time periods described in Section 33334.16 shall be deemed to have commenced on the date that the Department of Finance approved the property as a housing asset in the LMIHAF; thus, as to real property acquired by the former redevelopment agency now held by the Housing Successor in the LMIHAF, the Housing Successor must initiate activities consistent with the development of the real property for the purpose for which it was acquired within five years of the date the DOF approved such property as a housing asset.
The following provides a status update on the real property or properties housing asset(s) that were acquired prior to February 1, 2012 and compliance with five-year period: Cottonwood Place, 98 affordable units at 3701 Peralta Blvd, Fremont, CA, was completed on April 20, 2012.
The following provides a status update on the project(s) for property or properties that have been acquired by the Housing Successor using LMIHAF on or after February 1, 2012: None/Not applicable.
VIII. DESCRIPTION OF OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 33413 • Replacement Housing: According to the 2008-2013 Implementation Plan for the former redevelopment agency, no Section 33413(a) replacement housing obligations were transferred to the Housing Successor. The former redevelopment agency’s Implementation Plans are posted on the City’s website at fremont.gov/home/showdocument?id=14951&t=638424866975168248. • Inclusionary/Production Housing: According to the Amended Implementation Plan for the former redevelopment agency, no Section 33413(b) inclusionary/production housing ob ligations were transferred to the Housing Successor. The former redevelopment agency’s Implementation Plan is posted on the City’s website at
fremont.gov/home/showdocument?id=14951&t=638424866975168248.
IX. EXTREMELY-LOW INCOME TEST
Section 34176.1(a)(3)(B) requires that the Housing Successor must require at least 30% of the LMIHAF to be expended for development of rental housing affordable to and occupied by households earning 30% or less of the AMI. If the Housing Successor fails to comply with the Extremely-Low Income requirement in any five- year report, then the Housing Successor must ensure that at least 50% of the funds remaining in the LMIHAF be expended in each fiscal year following the latest fiscal year following the report on households earning 30% or less of the AMI until the Housing Successor demonstrates compliance with the Extremely-Low Income requirement. This information is not required to be reported until 2019 for the 2014 through the 2019 period.
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Fiscal
Year
Fund Balance
at Beginning
of Fiscal Year
30% of Fund
Balance at
Beginning of
Fiscal Year
Total
Expenditure
in Fiscal Year
Affordable
Housing
Development
Expenditures
Funding for
Completed
Extremely-Low
Income Units
% of Fund Balance
Spent on
Development of
Extremely-Low
Income Units
2013-
2014
$1,098,599* $329,580 $449,495 $0 $0 0%
2014-
2015
$3,720,901 $1,116,270 $1,688,678 $1,272,331 $423,686 11.4% 2015-
2016
$3,442,211 $1,032,663 $454,918 $0 $0 0%
2016-
2017
$4,714,748 $1,414,424 $564,787 $0 $0 0%
2017-
2018
$5,920,199 $1,776,060 $4,191,476 $3,509,679 $861,312 14.5% 2018-
2019
$3,033,050 $909,915 $770,634 $0 $0 0%
Total $4,782,010 $1,284,998
*In Fiscal Year 2013-2014, monies in the LMIHAF account were separated to remove revenue from non-former Redevelopment Agency/Successor Agency sources. This transfer of funds totaled $4,507,765 that was not subject to LMIHAF requirements. As a result, the LMIHAF balance was reduced from $5,606,364 to $1,098,599. This amount is shown above.
Corrective Action: Between fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2018-2019, two affordable housing projects received a combined $4,782,010 in LMIAHF monies. A portion of the units in each of these projects funded construction of extremely low-income units, totaling $1,284,998. The primary reason for the lack of LMIAHF expenditure on ELI unit construction was that the City was working to build its affordable housing program since they were all eliminated on February 1, 2012, when the City’s Redevelopment Agency was dis solved and its entire staff in Fremont was laid off. Since that time, the City has worked to establish a range of funding sources for affordable housing unit construction, as well as internal expertise on how to manage affordable housing project financing and development.
Since the City did not achieve the 30% ELI funding requirement in any year between Fiscal Years 2013-2014 to 20 18-2019, it needed to provide 50% of the beginning fund balance in Fiscal Year 20 19-2020 for construction of ELI units. The beginning fund balance in FY20 19-2020 was $4,795,569 with 50% equaling $2,397,785. The City was unable to identify eligible projects for the spend down of this funding until the identification of two projects through the City’s Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in 2021. The City has dedicated $4 million to two NOFA projects. The funding was expended in 2022 -2023 to support the development of ELI units. The units are underway. The City has also dedicated $250,000 per year for five years of LMIAHF monies to a pending Homekey project. Unfortunately, the project did not materialize, as the project failed to secure State Homekey funding. The City has re-allocated the $1,250,000 to other affordable projects through the 2023 NOFA to ensure the City will continue to meet the ELI test.
The City did not achieve the 50% of fund balance be expended on ELI unit requirement in any year between 2019 – 2024. It takes several years for the City to build up sufficient funding to issue a NOFA. After the NOFA award commitments, it takes one to two years for development projects to acquire land. The City expended $ 4 million (37%) of fund balance on ELI units in 2023 . These were projects funded by the NOFA issued in 2021.
Fiscal
Year
Fund Balance
at Beginning
of Fiscal Year
50% of Fund
Balance at
Beginning of
Fiscal Year
Total
Expenditure
in Fiscal Year
Affordable
Housing
Development
Expenditures
Funding for
Completed
*Extremely-
Low Income
Units
% of Fund Balance
Spent on
Development of
Extremely-Low
Income Units
2019-
2020
$4,795,569 $2,397,785 $930,503 $0 $0 0%
2020-
2021
$8,654,967 $4,327,484 $937,513 $0 $0 0%
2021- $10,013,463 $5,006,732 $942,292 $0 $0 0%
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2022
2022-
2023
$10,760,821 $5,380,411 $5.050.533 $4,000,000 $4,000,000* 37% 2023-
2024
$6,839,321 $3,419,661 $1,138,962 0 0 0%
Total $4,000,000 $4,000,000 ---
*Note: Construction of the ELI units is pending.
The City met the 50% requirement for ELI units this reporting year. The monies were awarded to a project under the 2023 NOFA. It was used for property acquisition.
This Reporting Year (FY2024-2025)
Fund Balance
at Beginning
of Fiscal Year
50% of Fund
Balance at
Beginning of
Fiscal Year
Total
Expenditure
in Fiscal Year
Affordable
Housing
Development
Expenditures
Funding for
Completed
*Extremely-
Low Income
Units
% of Fund Balance
Spent on
Development of
Extremely-Low
Income Units
2024-
2025
$7,313,832 $3,656,916 $5,261,777 $4,000,616 $4,000,616* 55% *Note: Construction of the ELI units is pending.
Nest Reporting Year (FY2025-2026)
Fund Balance
at Beginning
of Fiscal Year
30% of Fund
Balance at
Beginning of
Fiscal Year
Total
Expenditure
in Fiscal Year
Affordable
Housing
Development
Expenditures
Funding for
Completed
*Extremely-
Low Income
Units
% of Fund Balance
Spent on
Development of
Extremely-Low
Income Units
2024-
2025
$3,497,463 $1,049,239 In progress
The City has been encountering challenges in LMI HAF expenditures on ELI units as there is an increasing desire from public funders as well as State and Federal tax credit to fund ELI and VLI units; therefore, the City anticipates that meeting the ELI test will continue to be a challenge. The City will continue to make good faith effort in dedicating LMIHAF funding to support the development of ELI units.
X. SENIOR HOUSING TEST
The Housing Successor is to calculate the percentage of units of deed-restricted rental housing restricted to seniors and assisted by the Housing Successor, the former redevelopment agency and/or the City within the previous 10 years in relation to the aggregate number of units of deed-restricted rental housing assisted by the Housing Successor, the former redevelopment a gency and/or City within the same time period. If this percentage exceeds 50%, then the Housing Successor cannot expend future funds in the LMIHAF to assist additional senior housing units until the Housing Successor or City assists and construction has commenced on a number of restricted rental units that is equal to 50% of the total amount of deed-restricted rental units.
The following provides the Housing Successor’s Senior Housing Test for the 10-year period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2025:
The following provides the Housing Successor’s Senior Housing Test for the 10-year period of July 1, 201 5 through June 30, 202 5. As shown, over the past 10 years, three projects were constructed using LMIHAF monies. Two of these projects provided a total of 142 family units; the other project w as restricted to seniors providing 89 units. Restricted, rental senior units comprise 39% of the total rental units assisted with LMIHAF monies, less than the 50% maximum established by the Senior Housing Test threshold.
Rental Projects Assisted with LMIHAF
between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2025
Family
Units
Senior
Units
Total
Units
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Laguna Commons Apartments 63 --- 63
Mission Court Senior Apartments --- 89 89
Stevenson Family Apartments 79 --- 79
Total units 142 89 231
% of Units Constructed 61% 39% 100%
XI. EXCESS SURPLUS TEST
Excess Surplus is defined in Section 34176.1(d) as an unencumbered amount in the account that exceeds the greater of $1,000,000 or the aggregate amount deposited into the account during the Housing Successor’s preceding four Fiscal Years, whichever is greater. The LMIHAF was not created until February 1, 2012. The table below provides the Excess Surplus test information for the current reporting year and the preceding four fiscal years. The current balance of $ 3,499,213 on deposit in the LMIHA F does not exceed the sum of the annual deposits made in the preceding four fiscal years and, as a result, the LMIHAF does not have an excess surplus.
Table: Excess Surplus Test
FY2018/
FY2019
FY 2019/
FY 2020
FY 2020/
FY 2021
FY 2021/
FY 2022
FY 2022/
FY 2023
FY 2023/
2024
FY 2024/
2025
Beginning
Balance $3,033,050 $4,795,569 $8,654,967 $10,013,463 $10,760,821 $6,839,321 $7,313,832 Add: Deposits $2,533,153 $4,789,901 $2,296,009 $1,689,650 $1,129,033 $1,613,473 $1,447,158 (Less)
Expenditures ($770,634) ($930,503) (937,513) $(942,292) $(5,050,533) $(1,138,962) $(5,261,777) Ending Balance $4,795,569 $8,654,967 $10,013,463 $10,760,821 $6,839,321 $7,313,832 $3,499,213
XII. HOMEOWNERSHIP INVENTORY
The inventory of homeownership units assisted by the former redevelopment agency or the housing successor that are subject to covenants or restrictions or include the former redevelopment agency’s investment of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 33334.3 are listed in a separate document.
The City is monitoring 68 homeownership units (58 Down payment Asst. + 1 0 Rehab Loan) assisted by the former redevelopment agency or the housing successor that are subject to covenants or restrictions or include the former redevelopment agency’s investment of moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 33334.3.
During the last fiscal year, six homeownership units were lost from the portfolio. The reason for the loss of the units is summarized below:
Table: Lost Homeownership Unit
Unit Address Reason for Loss
1 4418 Ladner Street
Fremont, CA 94536
Paid off loan
2 35886 Cadiz Drive
Fremont, CA 94536
Paid off loan
3 34501 Nantucket Commons
Fremont, CA 94555
Paid off loan
4 42856 Homewood Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Paid off loan
5 5569 Magnolia Terrace
Fremont, CA 94538
Paid off loan
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6 411 Hillview Drive
Fremont, CA 94536
Paid off loan
During the last fiscal year, $607,839 were returned to the housing successor as part of an adopted program that protects the former redevelopment agency’s investment of moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund in homeownership programs. This does not include program income from rental properties summarized in Section I, above.
The housing successor monitors its homeownership portfolio and has not contracted with any outside entity for the management of the units.
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Attachment: Informational Item 2_Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund Annual Report (5659 : 2025 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT Fremont City Council Meeting: 03/10/26 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: City Manager's Office
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Presentations
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5633) DOC ID: 5633
Updated: 2/24/2026 11:55 AM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 1 2025 City of Fremont Community Survey Results – Acceptance of the 2025 City of Fremont Community Survey Results conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3)
Contact Persons:
Name: Geneva Bosques Christina Briggs
Title: Director of Communications and
Legislative Affairs
Assistant City Manager
Div/Dept: City Manager's Office
Phone: 510-284-4094 510-284-4022
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: FM3 Research will present a summary of the City’s 2025 community survey results.
BACKGROUND: FM3 Research is a public policy research company that has conducted surveys for the City of Fremont since 2012. The 2025 dual-modal resident (ages 18+) survey was conducted in late fall by phone and online with 636 individuals, in three languages (English, Mandarin, and Spanish).
The presentation will summarize the research methodology and the data results about key topics, including life in Fremont, feelings of safety in Fremont, views of homelessness, and attitudes toward city government.
The full survey will be posted to the City’s website following the presentation.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: None required.
RECOMMENDATION: Accept the 2025 City of Fremont Community Survey findings.
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Fremont City Council Meeting: 03/10/26 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: City Manager's Office
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Code Adoptions & Amendments
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5662) DOC ID: 5662 B
Updated: 3/6/2026 9:02 AM by Dina Lewis B Page 1
DECLARE A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8698, ET SEQ. – Consider Adoption of a Resolution Declaring a Shelter Crisis in the City of Fremont Pursuant to Government Code Section 8698, et seq. Based Upon the Presence in the City of a Significant Number of Homeless Persons Who Are At Risk Due to Their Inability to Obtain Shelter and Adopting Local Building and Life Safety Standards for Certain New Emergency Housing Facilities that May be Used or Constructed to Help Address the Crisis; and to Consider a Finding that the Adoption of the Resolution is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) in that the Proposed Shelter Crisis Declaration Is Not a Project that has the Potential for Causing a Significant Environmental Effect
Contact Persons:
Name: Laurie Flores David Wage
Title: Homeless Services Manager Planning Manager
Div/Dept: City Manager's Office Community Development
Phone: 510-574-2040 510-494-4447
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: The City of Fremont (“City”) has the option to adopt a resolution declaring a shelter crisis. Declaring a shelter crisis will grant certain immunity and exemptions from state law, thereby allowing certain types of shelter to be approved and constructed more quickly than would otherwise be possible. The declaration would also help to make Fremont a more appealing applicant for funding from the State to assist efforts to reduce homelessness.
This recommendation is being brought forward for City Council consideration now in an effort to support our regional partners at Cardea Health and Abode Services in maintaining the overall viability and Measure W funding for a temporary shelter project at the Motel 6 South site, a project that is aligned Fremont’s Homelessness Response Plan and the City Council’s ongoing priority of reducing homelessness.
BACKGROUND: On September 18, 2018, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to Government Code Section 8698 thereby allowing flexibility or suspension of certain state and local regulations as they apply to City facilities to address homelessness, to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay efforts to mitigate the shelter crisis. As a result of the shelter crisis, the City secured $2.2 million in state grant funds that allowed the City to: 1) create and operationalize the Housing Navigation Center and 2) repurpose the partially vacant Islander Motel for emergency shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The original resolution adopting the shelter crisis established that the declaration would end or “sunset” on September 30, 2024. The City did not extend the shelter crisis declaration prior to its expiration because there was no utility to doing so at that time. However, the release of Measure W funding presents a new opportunity to support key projects. Local
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jurisdictions including Oakland, Berkeley, and Hayward all have active local shelter crises or homeless emergency declarations that have aided their expedited mobilization of new resources. Although not in Alameda County, the City of San Jose also has an active declaration.
In 2024, the State of California Shelter Crisis Statute was extended to January 1, 2036, thus allowing cities to adopt longer-term shelter crisis declarations by local agencies. On December 16, 2025, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors took action to extend the shelter crisis in Alameda County until December 31, 2027.
Government Code section 8698 requires the City to find that a significant number of persons within the City are without the ability to obtain shelter, and that the situation has resulted in a threat to the health and safety of those persons. Staff believes the results of the 2024 Alameda County EveryOne Home Point-in-Time Count and Survey (PIT), conducted on January 25, 2024, meets that requirement. According to the PIT, 807 homeless individuals were living in Fremont as of January 30, 2024, out of a total homeless population in Alameda County of 9,747. Only 24 percent of those 807 individuals were sheltered. Fremont’s 2024 point-in-time count included approximately 48 children and 200 adults over 55. Unsheltered individuals are at higher risk of negative health and safety impacts, due to exposure to the elements, rapid aging, worsening of health conditions, and lack of security and access to hygiene facilities. A significant percentage of the City’s homeless population reported having physical and mental health problems, disabilities, or alcohol or drug addictions. In 2024, 29 Fremont residents died while living outside. A summary of the PIT is included as Informational 1.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed resolution declaring a shelter crisis in the City of Fremont. The re-enactment of the shelter crisis declaration represents a set of tools that can be applied to support homeless residents without further Council action and would further the primary goals of Fremont’s Homelessness Response Plan. With the new release of Measure W funds, the City anticipates public and private investment in the expansion of emergency shelter and supportive housing to address homelessness on a long-term basis. Re-enactment of the shelter crisis would better position Fremont to secure additional project funding now (such as with Motel 6 South) and in the future.
As a technical instrument, a shelter crisis declaration enables a more flexible interpretation of standard building, planning and other requirements for emergency housing, potentially resulting in developing facilities that could not have been previously considered. Minimum health, safety and habitability standards will be maintained through the use of this authority. A declaration of this type does not mean a total suspension of standards but rather the ability to apply standards more flexibly or to establish alternative standards that meet minimum requirements. The minimum health and safety standards are included in Appendix Q of the Building Code and Appendix CJ of the Residential Code, but these only apply for the duration of a declared shelter crisis. The City Council would not review and approve projects that used this approach prior to implementation.
Although helpful in streamlining the creation of new facilities, Appendices Q and CJ still treat existing non-residential structures converted for use for emergency housing as changes in occupancy requiring compliance with current code requirements for residential use.
However, Section 108 of the 2016 Building Code gave the local building official discretion to
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allow temporary uses for up to 180 days without full code compliance (Section 108 in the 2025 Building Code provides the same discretion). In 2018, the City’s Fire and Building officials worked with the City Attorney’s Office to develop minimum local building and life safety standards for temporary use of existing public and private facilities for emergency housing. The draft resolution would re-adopt these same standards for temporary uses.
These standards may be applied to additional public facilities constructed or converted to use for emergency housing pursuant to Government Code Section 8698.1, and to new private facilities except where Appendices Q and CJ provide more restrictive standards.
In practical terms, this declaration will support regional partners’ Cardea Health and Abode Services as they have secured Measure W funding for an emergency shelter project at the Motel 6 South site in Fremont. This site has been considered and analyzed for homelessness response uses in the past. If the Council acts to declare a shelter crisis, the project could be completed more quickly by avoiding a more extensive review process. This action would underline Fremont’s seriousness about addressing its shelter crisis and, by making this project more viable and would assist our partners in safeguarding the project’s viability and Measure W funding. If the City of Fremont does not declare a shelter crisis, the Cardea Health/Abode project may be less immediately viable, and Fremont will likely be viewed as a less appealing partner for future regional projects.
If adopted by the Council, the proposed shelter crisis declaration would go into immediate effect. The proposed resolution states that the shelter crisis declaration would remain in effect until January 1, 2036, which aligns with the timeline for the State shelter crisis declaration. The City Council would review the declaration every two years to evaluate progress toward the goal of long-term solutions to homelessness. If desired by the Fremont City Council, the Shelter Crisis could be ended by a majority Council vote at any time.
FISCAL IMPACT: No direct impact on the general fund is anticipated. Declaration of a shelter crisis may make additional funding available to the City from the State and other sources and may provide a more cost-effective means to assist homeless individuals.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Environmental review of any specific future emergency housing projects that might be facilitated by this action would be speculative at this time due to the absence of specific proposals for the development of emergency housing .
Moreover, there is nothing unusual about the proposed actions in terms of size, location, scope, or other circumstances that is expected to have a significant environmental effect.
Therefore, future individual projects (which currently are speculative in nature and undefined as to extent, timing and location) providing emergency housing are likely to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), Section 15311 (Accessory Structures), Section 15332 (In Fill Development Projects), Section 15183 (projects consistent with General Plan or Zoning) and/or under the statutory CEQA exemption embodied in Government Code Section 8698.4(a)(4). Accordingly, the adoption of the proposed shelter crisis declaration is exempt from review under CEQA pursuant to, without limitation, CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), (b)(5) and/or 15061(b)(3), in that it is an administrative activity that can be seen with is not a project that may have a significant effect on the environment.
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ATTACHMENTS:
• 2026.03.10 - Draft Resolution, Shelter Crisis Final
• Informational 1 - EveryOne Counts 2024 Point-in-Time Homelessness Count and Survey Summary for the City of Fremont
• Shelter Declaration Presentation 3.10.26
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Adopt a resolution declaring a shelter crisis and adopting minimum local building and life safety standards for temporary facilities and new public facilities used to provide emergency housing.
2. Find that the adoption of the proposed resolution and emergency declaration is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to, without limitation, CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), (b)(5) and/or 15061(b)(3), for the reasons described in this report.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT DECLARING A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO SB 850
(STAT.2018, CH. 48) AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8698, ET SEQ., AND ADOPTING MINIMUM LOCAL BUILDING AND LIFE
SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED OR
CONVERTED FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING
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WHEREAS, the City of Fremont (“City”) acknowledges that it is facing a serious affordable housing crisis with thousands of residents living in unhoused or in substandard housing conditions; and
WHEREAS, the number of homeless persons in the latest 2024 point-in-time count was 807 individuals in Fremont, and this number is likely to increase given the substantial upward pressure of residential rents anticipated reduction in funding for supportive housing; and
WHEREAS, the number of homeless in Fremont is significant and these persons cannot obtain shelter; and
WHEREAS, the current number of homeless individuals in Fremont far outpaces the number of existing shelter beds, transitional housing, or permanent supportive housing units available; and
WHEREAS, homelessness encampments have increased substantially across Fremont, within the public right-of-way, thereby exposing homeless individuals to traffic hazards, increased vulnerability to crime, risk of death and injury, exposure to weather, lack of adequate sanitation and debris services and other conditions that are detrimental to their health and safety; and
WHEREAS, Fremont residents are being affected by the increasing number of unsheltered individuals with regard to traffic and pedestrian safety, lack of sanitation and debris services; and
WHEREAS, the City has adopted a Homelessness Response Plan and has undertaken efforts to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted a Homeless Response Plan on May 21, 2004 that includes strategies to address homelessness such as expanding shelter capacity for people who are unsheltered; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that urgent and expeditious efforts are necessary to develop additional shelter solutions that are safe and meet basic habitability standards, and that flexibility and broad-based approaches are essential to increase capacity, particularly given the funding and staff resources that have been committed; and
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WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8698 et seq. (State Shelter Crisis Statute), and specifically Section 8698.4, allows the governing body of a city to declare a shelter crisis when a significant number of persons are without the ability to obtain shelter, resulting in a threat to their health and safety; and
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2018, the City adopted Resolution No. 2018-60 declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to SB850 (Stat. 2018, CH. 48) and Government Code Section 8698 et seq., and adopting minimum local building life safety standards for facilities constructed or converted for emergency housing; and
WHEREAS, the resolution adopting the shelter crisis established the declaration to remain in effect until September 30, 2024 and the City did not extend the shelter crisis declaration prior to its expiration; and
WHEREAS, previously the State Shelter Crisis Statute had sunset unless extended, but the State Shelter Crisis Statute was recently amended to extend through January 1, 2036, thereby authorizing longer terms for local declared shelter crisis legislation; and
WHEREAS, the State Shelter Crisis Statute provides that, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis, a city may allow persons unable to obtain housing to occupy designated public facilities (including facilities leased by the city) during the duration of the crisis; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8698.4(a)(2)(A)(ii) provides that during the period in which the City has adopted a shelter crisis, and provided that the City has adopted and complies with such health and safety standards and procedures approved by HCD consistent with ensuring minimal public health and safety, the provisions of any housing, health, habitability, planning and zoning, or safety standards, procedures, or laws shall be suspended for homeless shelters, and landlord tenant laws providing a cause of action for habitability shall be suspended for homeless shelters; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8698.4 provides that during a declaration of a shelter crisis, state and local law requirements that homeless shelters be consistent with local land use plans and the General Plan shall be suspended; and
WHEREAS, Statewide building standards for emergency housing were incorporated into the 2025 California Building Code through Appendix Q, and the 2025 California Residential Code through Appendix CJ, and on November 18, 2025, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 13717 adopting the Emergency Housing appendices, including local amendments that had been previously approved by HCD; and
WHEREAS, the City affirms its commitment to combatting homelessness and creating or augmenting a continuum of shelter and service options for those living without shelter in the community; and
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Attachment: 2026.03.10 - Draft Resolution, Shelter Crisis Final (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fremont, as follows:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The City Council hereby finds that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF SHELTER CRISIS. The City Council declares that a shelter crisis pursuant to Government Code Section 8698 et seq. currently exists within the City of Fremont, and authorizes the City Manager or designee to apply for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds that are administrated by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
SECTION 3. DURATION OF SHELTER CRISIS. This declaration of a shelter crisis shall remain in effect until January 1, 2036, provided that every two years the City Council shall review the declaration, and shall evaluate progress toward long-term goals for eliminating homelessness by making additional affordable, supportive housing available within the City.
SECTION 4. LOCAL MINIMUM BUILDING AND LIFE SAFETY STANDARDS. The local minimum building and life safety standards attached hereto as Attachment 1 are adopted within the City of Fremont during the pendency of the shelter crisis.
SECTION 5. CEQA. Environmental review of any specific future emergency housing projects that might be facilitated by this action would be speculative at this time due to the absence of specific proposals for the development of emergency housing. Moreover, there is nothing unusual about the proposed actions in terms of size, location, scope, or other circumstance that is expected to have a significant environmental effect. Therefore, future individual projects (which currently are speculative in nature and undefined as to extent, timing and location) providing emergency housing are likely to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), Section 15311 (Accessory Structures), Section 15332 (In Fill Development Projects), Section 15183 (projects consistent with General Plan or Zoning) and/or under the statutory CEQA exemption embodied in Government Code section 8698.4(a)(4). Accordingly, the adoption of the proposed shelter crisis declaration is exempt from review under CEQA pursuant to, without limitation CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), (b)(5) and/or 15061(b)(3), in that it is an administrative activity that can be seen with is not a project that may have a significant effect on the environment..
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this resolution, including any provision of Attachment 1, is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the resolution shall continue in effect except to the extent it would frustrate the City Council’s intent in adopting the resolution.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
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ADOPTED ______________, by the City Council of the City of Fremont by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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Attachment 1
MINIMUM BUILDING AND LIFE SAFETY STANDARDS
FOR TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTERS
Background and Authority:
During a declared shelter crisis, Government Code Section 8698.1 authorizes a local agency to suspend state and local statutes, regulations, or ordinances prescribing standards for housing, health, or safety to the extent reasonably necessary to mitigate impacts of the crisis. The statute encourages agencies to adopt minimum local health and safety standards that will apply in lieu of the California Building Standards Code to additional public facilities used to provide emergency housing.
Typically, use of an existing facility for emergency housing purposes constitutes a change of use for purposes of the California Building Standards Code. However, Section 108 of the 2025 California Building Code grants the local building official some discretion to authorize temporary uses of buildings and structures for a period of 180 days or less.
Application:
This policy outlines the minimum fire and life safety requirements that will apply during a declared shelter crisis in the City of Fremont. The policy applies to the following:
1. Public facilities not previously used for emergency housing that are used or converted to use as emergency shelters during a declared shelter crisis;
2. Public facilities previously used for emergency housing that are used for any period of not more than 180 days during a declared shelter crisis; and
3. Existing private facilities used for emergency housing for any period of not more than 180 days during a declared shelter crisis.
Note: During a declared shelter crisis, new private facilities are subject to Appendices CJ - Q to the Building Code and Residential Codes (“Appendices CJ ”), as applicable, and are also subject to these building and life safety requirements to the extent they are more restrictive.
General Standard:
A facility to which this policy applies shall comply with the following:
1. In the case of an existing facility, the state and local building code requirements in effect at the time the facility was first constructed, based upon its intended occupancy and use prior to being used or converted for use for emergency housing purposes;
2. Appendices Q and CJ to the Building and Residential Codes respectively, as applicable (except that the temporary use of an existing facility for emergency housing, or the opening of additional public facilities to the homeless pursuant Government Code Section 8698.1, shall not constitute a change in occupancy); and
3. These building and life safety requirements.
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Attachment: 2026.03.10 - Draft Resolution, Shelter Crisis Final (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER CRISIS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
Standards:
1. Areas within a facility used for residential uses and functions shall be separated from any areas used for assembly or other nonresidential uses or functions by a 1-hour area separation if the residential area is sprinkled, or by a 2-hour separation if not sprinkled. A temporary exemption from this requirement may be granted by the Fire Marshal for an existing facility that does not pose any abnormal fire risk, exceeds requirements for provision of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers, and provides adequate emergency egress, and if that the facility will have staff on duty at all hours while residents are sleeping to provide fire watch and to assist in the event of an evacuation.
2. For private facilities with an existing assembly occupancy, the maximum number of residents shall be nine people, and not more than 10 percent of the area of the existing assembly occupancy shall be dedicated for use as emergency housing. Existing occupancy classifications with the same relative hazard rating may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
3. A minimum sleeping area shall be supplied of 70 square feet for the first occupant and 50 square feet for each additional occupant.
4. Smoke detectors shall be provided per manufacturer specifications and located in accordance with Section 907.2.11 of the California Fire Code, with at least one detector provided for every 900 square feet or fraction thereof. Additional smoke detectors shall be required if the building is partitioned in a manner that diminishes audibility. Note: A single station 10-year battery operated smoke detector is acceptable. Where buildings or structures used for emergency housing are equipped with fuel-burning appliances, carbon monoxide detectors shall be provided in accordance with Section 915 of the California Fire Code.
5. Any emergency housing facilities larger than 2,500 square feet or having more than 49 sleeping occupants shall be equipped with a manual fire alarm system capable of arousing sleeping occupants in accordance with Section 907.2.11 of the California Fire Code. This rule applies to buildings, structures, or groups of buildings or structures except for groups of buildings or structures determined by the Fire Marshal to have sufficient separation distances to allow each building or structure to function independently in the case of fire.
6. At least one 2A/10BC fire extinguisher shall be provided in the sleeping area, and the maximum travel distance between any area of the facility used by residents and a fire extinguisher shall be 75 feet.
7. Onsite toilet and shower facilities will be made available to residents, which may be provided through portable exterior facilities if not otherwise available onsite.
8. There shall be at least one emergency egress door or window that leads directly from the sleeping area to the public way, which shall comply with Chapter 10 of the Building Code unless modified by Appendices Q. If a window is used for emergency egress, it shall have a clear opening of at least 5.7 square feet in size, including a clear width of at least 20 inches, and a clear height of at least 24 inches. The bottom of the window shall not be more than 44 inches above the floor.
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9. Exits shall remain clear at all times, and exit distances are required to comply with the current Building and Fire Code requirements.
10. New buildings or structures used for emergency housing, including sleeping cabins, shall be located in accordance with the requirements of Table 602 and Section 705 of the California Building Code, based on their type of construction and fire-resistance ratings of the exterior walls; provided that if open spaces will remain unobstructed for the duration of the shelter crisis, fire separation distances may be measured to existing buildings on adjacent parcels rather than to interior lot lines.
11. New buildings or structures used for emergency housing, including sleeping cabins, shall be separated from each other and from other buildings on the same lot as set forth in Section 705.3 of the California Building Code. The Building Official and Fire Marshal may accept reasonable alternatives to these requirements provided reasonably equivalent building and life safety is achieved.
12. All buildings and structures used for emergency housing facilities shall be equipped with automatic fire sprinklers as required by Section 903.3 of the California Fire Code, provided that the Fire Marshal may grant exemptions from strict compliance with Section 903.3. A temporary exemption from this requirement may be granted by the Fire Marshal for an existing facility that does not pose any abnormal fire risk, exceeds requirements for provision of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers, and provides adequate emergency egress, and if that the facility will have staff on duty at all hours while residents are sleeping to provide fire watch and to assist in the event of an evacuation.
13. The possession or storage of any flammable or combustible liquids or gasses in areas of any building or structure used for emergency housing shall not be permitted, intact cigarette lighters and ordinary cleaning fluids and toiletries excepted. Neither shall combustible materials, including the possessions of occupants, users, and staff, be stored in attics, under- floor spaces, or within other concealed spaces of those areas of any buildings or structures with sleeping accommodation used for emergency housing. The use of any type of open flame indoors is prohibited unless conditionally approved by the Fire Marshal.
14. Fire Department access to buildings, structures, and premises shall be in accordance with Section 503, Appendix D and Section 504 of the California Fire Code, or as approved by the Fire Chief.
15. An approved fire protection water supply complying with Section 507 of the California Fire Code, or as approved by the Fire Chief, shall be provided for each structure, group of structures, or premises used for emergency housing.
16. Appropriate consideration should be made for accessibility, including by individuals who use wheel chairs or other mobility devices. Use in conjunction with a government sponsored or funded program shall require accessibility upgrades.
17. Site and operational plans shall be reviewed in advance by the Building, Planning, and Fire Departments, and a life safety survey shall be required prior to occupancy.
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100% 0% 0%
UnshelteredSheltered
Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Safe Haven
73.1% 26.6% 0.4%
UnshelteredSheltered
Every 2 years, communities conduct counts of people experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. The 2024 Alameda County Point-in-Time (PIT) Count was a community-wide effort conducted on January 25, 2024. The snapshot below includes people enrolled in shelter projects in Fremont on the night of January 24th and those interviewed or observed as experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the early morning hours of 1/25/24.
FREMONT ALAMEDA COUNTY
2019 2022 2024
FREMONT UNSHELTERED SLEEPING LOCATIONS
2019 2022 2024
TYPE OF SHELTER
608
485
123
1,026
866
160 807
612
195
8,022
6,312
1,710
9,747
7,135
2,612
9,450
6,343
3,107
CITY OF FREMONT ALAMEDA COUNTY
Sheltered UnshelteredSHELTERED/UNSHELTEREDPOPULATION 24% 76% Sheltered UnshelteredSHELTERED/UNSHELTEREDPOPULATION 33% 67%
FREMONT ALAMEDA COUNTY
10%8%
STREETORSIDEWALKOTHERTENT/MAKESHIFTSHELTER
VEHICLE / RV
20%62%
Age 35-4423.1%
Age 45-5421.7%
Age 25-3419.4%
Age 55-6418.3%
Age 65+7.2%Under 185.9%Age 18-244.2%
AGE 65+
7.2%
UNDER 18
5.9%
AGE 18-24
4.2%
AGE 55-64
18.2%
AGE 35-44
23.5%
AGE 25-34
19.3%
AGE 45-54
21.6%
CITY OF FREMONT
HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Within AlamedaCounty Outside of AlamedaCountyRESIDENCEPRIOR TOBECOMINGHOMELESS 74% 26%
AGE RANGES
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Gender Groups
(*Please note the US Census only provides data for Maleand Female categories) *Census data does not currently differentiate between Hispanic/Latino/a/e status for Multiple Races PIT General Population
Man
Man
Woman
Woman
*Additional Gender Identities 3.5%
50.1%
65.2%
49.9%
31.4%
CITY OF FREMONT
HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
< 1 Year 1-4 Yrs 5-9 Yrs 10+ Yrs
10.4% 10.3% 11.3% 68%
LENGTH OF TIME LIVING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY
RACE IDENTITIES COMPARED TO GENERAL POPULATION
ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
1% 26% 14% 49%
UnshelteredPeople with aPet
Housing LossRelated Job Loss/IncomeRelated
HealthRelatedIssues
PRIMARY CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS
46% 28% 17%
HouseholdLoss/ BreakupRelated
21%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
Veterans
1%
Survivors of Domestic
Violence
4%
HIV/Aids
Related Illness
1%
Serious Mental
Illness
23%
Substance Use
Disorder
13%
Chronic
Homelessness
36%
PIT General Population
2.0% 0.5%
5.6%
61.8%
14.4% 3.2%
32.6%
12.0% 0.7%
5.1% 6.4%
1.2% 0.7%
46.8%
20.6%
American Indian/ Native Alaskan Asian or AsianAmerican Black / AfricanAmerican Hispanic &Latino/e/a Middle Eastern orNorth African Multiple Races-Not Latino/e/a* Native Hawaiian /Pacific Islander White 0%
Interaction withCriminal Justicein Past Year
UnshelteredPeople withEmployment
Pregnant orExpecting aChild
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Emergency Shelter Crisis
Declaration for Council Consideration
MARCH 10, 2026
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Attachment: Shelter Declaration Presentation 3.10.26 (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER Background
2 • City of Fremont last declared an emergency shelter crisis in September 2018 • The previous declaration expired in September 2024
• Other jurisdictions have declared a shelter crisis, including the State, County, Oakland, Hayward, Berkeley and San Jose
• Per the 2024 Point in Time Count, Fremont is estimated to have more than 800 individuals living without housing in Fremont, and 75% of those are living in unsheltered conditions
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Attachment: Shelter Declaration Presentation 3.10.26 (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER How will the City use this Shelter Declaration
Crisis?
3 • Streamline approval for emergency housing
o Bypass planning and zoning review processes and standards o Apply alternative building codes
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now?
4 • Assist our partners at Cardea Health and Abode Services keep their project viable and maintain their Measure W funding
• Rapidly open 150 new shelter units in the region, doubling Fremont’s current shelter inventory
• Make Fremont an attractive destination for future Measure W investments and projects
• Better align with regional partners in approach to current unmet shelter needs
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Attachment: Shelter Declaration Presentation 3.10.26 (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER Proposed Duration
5 • Staff proposes to align this proposed City of Fremont shelter declaration crisis with the State of California’s (ending January 1, 2036)
• The declaration includes a proposed review and status update come before the Council every two years. This review and status update could be conducted more frequently desired by the Council.
• The proposed shelter declaration could be ended at any time by a vote of the Council.
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Attachment: Shelter Declaration Presentation 3.10.26 (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER Recommendation
Adopt a resolution declaring a shelter crisis and adopting minimum local building and life safety standards for temporary facilities and new public facilities used to provide emergency housing.
Find that the adoption of the proposed resolution and emergency declaration is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
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Attachment: Shelter Declaration Presentation 3.10.26 (5662 : DECLARE A SHELTER Fremont City Council Meeting: 03/10/26 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: City Council
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Council Referrals & Appointments
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5665) DOC ID: 5665
Updated: 3/6/2026 9:11 AM by Dina Lewis Page 1
MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body
Contact Persons:
Name: Raj Salwan
Title: Mayor
Div/Dept: City Council
Phone: 510-284-4082
E-Mail: [email protected]
MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Human Relations Commission Application(s)_2026-03-10
APPOINTMENT:
Advisory Body Appointee Terms Expire
Human Relations Commission John Schinkel-Kludijan 12/31/2027
RECOMMENDATION: Approve appointment.
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Attachment: Human Relations Commission Application(s)_2026-03-10 (5665 : MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body)
7.B.1.a
Packet Pg. 110
Attachment: Human Relations Commission Application(s)_2026-03-10 (5665 : MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body)