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From: Huascar Castro <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 9, 2022 6:24 PM
To: District1 <[email protected]>; Jimenez, Sergio <[email protected]>; Peralez, Raul <[email protected]>; Cohen, David <[email protected]>; Carrasco, Magdalena <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; Esparza, Maya <[email protected]>; Arenas, Sylvia <[email protected]>; Foley, Pam <[email protected]>; District 10 <[email protected]>; The Office of Mayor Sam Liccardo <TheOffi[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]> Subject: December 13th SJ Council Mee ng Agenda Item 8.1 Comment Le er
Mayor and Council,
Attached to this email you will find our cotillion's comment letter for agenda item 8.1 (Community Stabilization and Opportunity Pathways Fund Commission) slated for the December 13th Council meeting. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment on this matter.
Sincerely,
Huascar Castro
Director of Housing and Transportation Justice
Working Partnerships USA
Email: [email protected]
December 9, 2022
San Jose City Council200 E. Santa Clara StreetSan Jose, CA 95111 Mayor Liccardo, Vice Mayor Jones, and Councilmembers Jimenez, Peralez, Cohen, Carrasco,Davis, Esparza, Arenas, Foley, and Mahan, Re: 12/13 Council Meeting Agenda Item 8.1- Community Stabilization and OpportunityPathways Fund Commission Through a multi year campaign led by a broad coalition of faith, labor, and grassrootscommunity, we are elated to get to this critical juncture. Following arduous negotiations androbust internal discussion and outward facing action we are now at a point where we can beginthe process of filling the Community Stabilization and Opportunity Pathways Commission so wecan allocate the dollars from this fund on a slew of priorities to combat the various impactsaffecting our community. From economic development opportunities, to solutions rooted in antidisplacement including funding for preservation and tenant protections, through this fund ourcommunity can lead the charge in allocating these negotiated benefits to best serveneighborhoods throughout this city.
In that spirit,our coalition would like to expressour strong support for the staffrecommendations before you all today including the proposed slate for this commission. Wewould like to thank staff for their attentiveness and their dedication to genuine communityengagement throughout this process. As we look at the names on this proposed slate, we can seeindividuals with decades of experience in grassroots organizing, advocacy, affordable housingfinance, and true lived experience. We are excited to both finalize the selection of thiscommission and begin the work of allowing this body to decide how to best use these funds tosupport our community. We recognize that this city is planning for growth and increaseddevelopment, pairing those efforts along with crucial policy solutions to preserve existingsources of housing and protect tenants will make way for an equitable future where residents ofall backgrounds and income levels can continue to raise their families in San Jose. We urgecouncil to accept the current recommendations before you today so we may begin to movetowards developing the landscape for a just and equitable San Jose for all. Thank you for yourattention to this critical topic.
Sincerely,
Maria Noel Fernandez, Incoming Executive Director, Working Partnerships USA Mayra Pelagio, Executive Director, LUNA
Rev. Ray Montgomery, Executive Director, PACT
Sanjay Garla, Vice President, SEIU-USWW
Erin Neff, Lead Policy Attorney, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley Karen Kontz, Acting Housing Co-Director, Law Foundation Silicon Valley Andrea Portillo, Policy and Organizing Director, SOMOS Mayfair Sandy Perry, President, Affordable Housing Network
Poncho Guevara, Executive Director, Sacred Heart Community Services Agency