APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS
RESOLUTION IN CELEBRATIO N OF MAY 2024 AS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING MONTH AND CELEBRATING THE SERVICE AND
LEADERSHIP OF OUR AFFORDA BLE HOUSING PROVIDERS
TOWARD A MORE VIBRANT, EQUITABLE AND JUST CITY
WHEREAS, quality affordable homes are vital to healthy, safe, and racially just communities; and
WHEREAS, even before current high inflation rates, increasing housing costs led longtime residents to be displaced, live in overcrowded homes, or experience homelessness, threatening our region’s racial diversity and economic opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the State of California’s COVID-19 emergency declaration has been terminated and the short-term protections afford ed to renters, including Eviction Moratorium, during the pandemic are coming to an end, requiri ng long-term, sustainable solutions to promote housing security and mitigate mass displacement; and
WHEREAS, stable affordable homes are the so lution to homelessn ess, and support seniors, families, youth, veterans, people with disabilities or special needs, and our whole community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s 2023-2031 Housing Element is our plan to meet the housing needs of our communities, and holds us accountable to implement programs and policies that promote affordable development and affi rmatively further fair housing for low-income communities and communities of color; and
WHEREAS, local housing organizations are con tinuing to recognize May as Bay Area Affordable Housing Month because regional action to a growing regional housing crisis is an essential part of recovery from the pandemic and the work to ensure that everyone has an affordable and stable home; and
WHEREAS, East Bay Housing Organizations has organized Affordable Housing Week for the last three decades, acknowledging the need for and benefits of affordable homes; and
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WHEREAS, East Bay Housing Organizations is cel ebrating 40 years of incredible work producing, preserving and prot ecting affordable housing opportunities for low-income communities in the East Bay toward a racially economic and just community where everyone has a safe, stable and affordable home; and now therefore be it,
RESOLVED that the Oakland City Council hereby proclaims May as Affordable Housing Month in the City of Oakland and commits to continue its work to support affordable and stable housing at the local, regional, state and federal level and honors the service and leadership of affordable housing organizations contributing to a more vibrant and just Oakland.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE,
GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California