RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, TO SUPPORT FAIR HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF
MARYSVILLE
At a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Marysville, State of California held on the 2nd day of April, 2024.
LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL PERSONS of the City of Marysville that discrimination in the sale, rental, lease, advertising of sale, rental or lease, financing of housing or land to be used for construction of housing, or in the provision of brokerage or rental services because of race, color, religion, sex, disability (physical or mental), familial status (children) or national origin is prohibited by Title VIII of the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. It is the policy of the City of Marysville to support the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and to implement a Fair Housing Program to ensure equal opportunity in housing for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability (physical and mental), familial status (1. children, and 2. actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status or its members), or national origin.
Therefore, the City of Marysville does hereby pass the following Resolution; and BE IT RESOLVED that within the resources available to the City of Marysville through city, county, state, federal and community volunteer sources, the City of Marysville will assist all persons who feel they have been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, disability (physical and mental), familial status (children) or national origin in the process of filing a complaint with the California Civil Rights Division or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Francisco Regional Office Compliance Division, that they may seek equity under federal and state laws; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Marysville shall publicize this Resolution and through this publicity shall cause real estate brokers and sellers, private home sellers, rental owners, rental property managers, real estate and rental advertisers, lenders, builders, developers, home buyers and home or apartment renters to become aware of their respective responsibilities and rights under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and any applicable state or local laws or ordinances.
THE FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM, for the purpose of informing those affected of their respective responsibilities and rights concerning Fair Housing law and complaint procedures, will at a minimum include, but not be limited to: 1) the printing, publicizing and distribution of this Resolution; 2) the distribution of posters, flyers, pamphlets and other applicable Fair Housing information provided by local, state and federal sources, through local media of community contacts; and 3) the publicizing of locations where assistance will be provided to those seeking to file a discrimination complaint.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Marysville, County of Yuba, State of California, held on the 2nd day of April, 2024, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 2nd day of April, 2024.
By: ________________________________
Nicole Moe, City Clerk
Attestation Date: _____________________
City of Marysville, California
By Its City Council
By:_______________________________
Chris Branscum, Mayor