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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 9 0 1 0-2 s C.M.S.---------
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KAPLAN
ADOPT A RESOLUTION RENEWING AND CONTINUING THE CITY
COUNCIL'S DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE
EXISTENCE OF THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
WHEREAS, homelessness has long-term and serious consequences to the health and safety of those who experience it, in particular children who are at risk of health problems including life-long behavioral health challenges; and
WHEREAS, homelessness is a national crisis where the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report found that 553,000 Americans were experiencing homelessness on a single day; and
WHEREAS, according to this 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, California accounted for 24% of the nation's homeless population; and WHEREAS, California "does not have enough affordable housing stock to meet the demand of low-income households" and "the state's 2.2 million extremely and very low-income renter households compete for 664,000 affordable rental homes" as stated in a report by the 2018 League of California Cities Homelessness Taskforce; and WHEREAS, in the 2017 Alameda County's Homeless Persons Point-In-Time recorded 5,629 people experiencing homelessness the night of January 30, 2017, an increase of 1,489 people from the 2015 count; and
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WHEREAS, in 2017 Alameda County's Homeless Persons Point-In-Time Count, 2761 homeless persons were counted in the City of Oakland; and WHEREAS, on September 19, 2018, a United Nations report on "adequate housing" described Oakland's efforts to "to discourage residents from remaining in informal settlements or encampments by denying access to water, sanitation and health services and other basic necessities" as "cruel;" and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 2016, and also on October 6, 2017, the Oakland City Council adopted ordinances (No. 13348 and No. 13456 respectively), both of which declared a shelter crisis due to a "significant number of persons ... without the ability to obtain shelter, resulting in a threat to their health and safety;" and