IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL ENDORSING THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HOME TOGETHER 2026 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Home Together 2026 Implementation Plan (Home Together 2026) is a community-wide plan for Alameda County which lays out the goals, strategies, and investments needed to dramatically reduce homelessness by 2026 and reverse racial disparities in homelessness through fully centering equity; and WHEREAS, on any given night over 8,000 people experience homelessness in Alameda County, a number that grows to approximately 15,000 people over the course of a year; and
WHEREAS, more than 90% of the households in Alameda County are adults without children, including nearly 10% who are between the ages of 18 and 24; and WHEREAS, dramatic racial disparities exist in Alameda County as in the nation as a whole, and the homeless population does not reflect the demographics of the county; and
WHEREAS, in Alameda County, African Americans experience homelessness at more than four times their representation in the population (47% vs. 11%); and WHEREAS, in Alameda County, Native Americans, multiracial people and Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islanders are all vastly overrepresented in homelessness, among those newly homeless and in the rates at which they return to homelessness even after getting into housing; and
WHEREAS, Home Together 2026 builds and is informed by existing local and regional plans, including the 2020 Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design report (CRE), All Home Regional Action Plan, and Plan Bay Area 2050; and WHEREAS, Home Together 2026 is also responsive to requirements laid out in the California Comeback Plan necessary to receive critical State housing and health funding; and
WHEREAS, the homeless system modeling conducted in 2019-2020 and updated in 2021 points to significant gaps in the current system in terms of both housing resources and program types; and
WHEREAS, only an estimated 36% of those experiencing homelessness can be supported by the current system’s resources or are able to find housing or leave homelessness on their own; and
WHEREAS, without significant effort and investment including prevention, shelter expansion, increasing housing solutions, and strengthening the system’s overall capacity, homelessness in Alameda County will continue to grow; and WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of needed investments over the coming five years to fully meet the need is $2.5 billion, including approximately $430 million for additional shelter, $1.68 billion for permanent housing such as dedicated affordable housing and permanent supportive housing, and $388 million for prevention, rapid rehousing and shallow subsidies; and
WHEREAS, additional funding will be needed for the one-time development costs for new buildings; and
WHEREAS, to achieve the needed expansion level will take a significant investment of new resources; and
WHEREAS, there are anticipated increases in Federal and in State resources dedicated to expanding affordable housing and ending homelessness; and WHEREAS, there is still a significant gap that will need to be filled locally; and WHEREAS, in order to receive future funding made available through the County, Cities must endorse the Home Together 2026 plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
That the City Council endorses the Alameda County Home Together 2026 Implementation Plan.
Introduced by _______ and passed and adopted this 18th day of April 2022, by the following vote:
Members of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Kelly B. Clancy, Acting City Clerk