WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS OF THE CITY OF FRESNO’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Without an Emergency Proclamation
The following will no longer apply unless an Administrative Order or Resolution is put in place:
Provisions of FMC 2-514 (Response to Covid 19 Emergency) • Prohibition on City discontinuance of utility and sanitary services • Delay in response to PRA requests
• Mandate that Senior Hot Meals continue
• City busses cleaned and disinfected at least daily; modified bus routes allowed • Rate freeze on goods and lodging
• City direction to apply for all available state and federal funding related to emergency • Direction to administration to create COVID-19 emergency response fund • Curbside alcohol delivery, reverts back to authority under ABC guidelines which currently allow.
• Mandatory notification by employers who learn of COVID positive employees or customers
• Fines to businesses that remain open in violation of emergency orders Without an Emergency Proclamation (2 of 3)
Rent deferral, eviction moratorium, and foreclosures:
• Expires after our local emergency terminates for residential. • However under AB2179 the state has extended to July 1, 2022 for residential tenants who applied for Emergency Rental Assistance for those who have an application and only applies to rental debt between October 1,2021 and April 1, 2022 • Tenants have up to six months to pay back-due rent accrued during the state of emergency.
No interest, late fees, or penalties shall accrue. This may be used as a defense in an unlawful detainer action to evict residential tenants
• Commercial tenants shall not be evicted for nonpayment of rent. Extends 90 days beyond termination of local emergency.
Free fare – Per resolution, was to continue until City state of emergency lifted by Mayor; however, has already been lifted.
Provisions of Emergency Order 2021-02
• COVID self-screening
• Employee COVID leave pay
• Telework policy
• Limited public access to City Hall
• Vaccination, mask, and testing requirements
Without an Emergency Proclamation (3 of 3)
Policies that continue, so long as a declared California state of emergency is in effect:
• Brown Act remote meetings provisions under AB 361
• Requires a declared California state of emergency, and findings every 30 days by the Council either that meeting in person continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person, or that state/local health officials recommend/require measures to promote social distancing. • Price gouging
• Moratorium on implementation of City Hall security regulations • Rights of the Council and Administration under the Emergency Services Ordinance (see FMC 2-506)
New Administrative Orders will Cover
CDC Isolation Guidance
EO 2020-09 (Employee COVID-19 Self-Screening)
EO 2020-10 (Employee Leave Pay)
Additional Guidance as needed based on best practices from CDC, State, or County EO 2020-15 (Telework by City Employees)
Thank You for the Discussion
FRESNO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
UPDATE ON COVID -19
4/18/2022
Data as of 4/15/2022https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ca.open.data/viz/COVID-19CasesDashboardv2_0/CaseStatistics Data as of 4/17/2022https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19HospitalsDashboard/Hospitals?:embed=y&:showVizHome=no
www.fcdph.org/covid19
Fresno County Metrics
Since April 2020
Data As Of: 4/14/2022
(+0.7%)
Percentage Of
Residents 5+ With
At Least One Dose:
Increased
0.5%*
*Eligible population increased from 858,270 to 948,346
School Age:
Data as of 3/30/2022
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ERAP Updates
April 15, 2022
Overview
The City of Fresno’s Emergency Rental
Assistance Program (ERAP) began on March
15, 2021 and is available to residents in the
City of Fresno that have been negatively
impacted by COVID-19 and are unable to pay
their full amount of rent and utilities from April
1, 2020 and up to 18 months per household.
The City of Fresno has received nearly
$54,453,991 from the federal and state
governments to provide emergency rental
assistance grants to improve housing stability
in these unprecedented and uncertain
economic times. The City is expecting to
receive an additional $12,807,902 in the near
future for an overall total of $67,261,893. The
City along with six Community-Benefit
Organizations (CBOs) are providing relief to
eligible landlords and tenants.
Priority Phases of this program are as
follows:
Priority 1 – Rent arrears for applicants
below 50% Area Median Income (AMI)
Priority 2 – Rent arrears for applicants
between 50% and 80% AMI
Priority 3 – Utility arrears
Priority 4 – Prospective Rent
The following graph indicates our progress as
of the date of this report. As we continue to
process applications, the obligation and
expended gap will close and more City of
Fresno tenants will receive rental and utility
assistance.
$0
$20,000,000
$40,000,000
$60,000,000
$80,000,000
$100,000,000
$120,000,000
1 3 5 7 9 1 21 41 61 82 02 22 42 62 83 03 23 43 63 84 04 24 44 64 85 25 5 ERAP Funding Output
Expended Obligated
ERAP Updates
April 15, 2022
Progress Update
Key metrics –
55th Week of ERAP Totals City of Fresno CBO’s
Applications Submitted 35,099 30,513 4,586
Under Review 16,440 15,091 1,349
Ready for Approval 701 324 377
Funded to Date 3,746 = $25,704,709 1,847 = $13,690,735 1,899 =$12,013,974
CBO Partners
Community Benefit
Organizations Activity ERAP 1
Obligated
ERAP 1
Expended
ERAP 2
Obligated
ERAP 2
Expended
The Fresno Center Rental
Assistance $1,006,994 $1,006,994 $3,500,000 $1,998,481
Jakara Movement Rental
Assistance $335,037 $335,037 $1,250,000 $120,964
Education Leadership
Foundation
Rental
Assistance $1,118,776 $1,118,776 $1,500,000 $1,491,773
Centro La Familia Rental
Assistance $1,118,869 $1,118,869 $1,000,000 $1,067,288
West Fresno
Resource Center
Rental
Assistance $175,019 $175,019 $50,000 $19,721
Reading and Beyond Rental
Assistance $1,218,412 $1,218,412 $2,700,000 $2,342,652
Marjaree Mason
Center
Housing Stability
Services $500,000 $386,836 N/A N/A
Breaking the Chains Housing Stability
Services $250,000 $130,092 N/A N/A
*Exp–April 15, 2022 TOTALS $5,723,107 $5,490,035 $10,000,000 $7,040,867 **Note: All CBO partners are paid up front, however this data includes what the ERAP portal and the CBO reports back to us
Expenditure Summary Totals
Category ERA
Allocated
ERA 1
Expended
ERA 2
Expended Balance
Rental Assistance $54,761,893 $13,428,096 $12,276,613 $29,057,184 Utility Assistance $5,000,000 $2,365,955 $0 $2,634,045
Housing Stability Services $1,500,000 $1,142,205 $0 $357,795 Administrative Costs $6,000,000 $601,246 $350,619 $5,048,135 Totals $67,261,893 $17,537,502 $12,627,232 $37,097,159
ERAP Updates
April 15, 2022
Dashboard & Statistics
Behind the numbers -
The following is an overview of our intake metrics. Note: Numbers change on an hourly basis.
Reasons for disqualifications:
Applications by Council District
City of
Fresno District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 Submitted 3,228 2,083 2, 902 3,995 2,012 1,458 3,074
COF TOTAL FUNDED: $ 13,690,735
City of Fresno Community Based Organizations
Not within the City of Fresno 1015 47
Commercial Property 45 5
Mortgage Application 94 32
Duplicate Application 4,760 522
Non-COVID Impact 148 134
Over 80% AMI 52 11
No Applications (Incomplete) 5,742 355
Other 1,762 163
ERAP Updates
April 15, 2022
CBO
Partners District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 Submitted 718 405 753 743 621 186 827
CBO TOTAL FUNDED: $ 12,013,974
Demographics
Ethnicity Gender
Race
Tenants African
American
American
Indian Asian Pacific
Islander White Multiple Decline to
State
Totals 2,795 331 638 108 5,467 1,295 3,950
Utility Payments
Utility Vendors Weekly Payment Cumulative Total
PG&E $1,276,704
(677 Households)
$2,365,955
(1,371 Households)
City Utilities N/A N/A
Tenant Hispanic or
Latino
Not Hispanic
or Latino
Decline to
State
Totals 6,873 6,675 1,089
Tenant Female Male Decline
to State
Totals 9,784 4,747 149
ERAP Updates
April 15, 2022
Reported Utility Arrears
Electricity Gas Water Sewer Internet Total
COF $ 528,881.71 $1,084,49 8.00 $ 117,547.15 $ 105,414.22 $494,7 64.36 $ 2,331,105 CBO $ 312,374.88 $ 388,114.37 $ 42,589.16 $ 29,685.54 $102, 476.64 $ 875,241
$3,206,346
*Does not include disqualified applications