PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 05/06/19
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE 2020 U.S. CENSUS AND SUPPORTING ALL EFFORTS TO ENSURE A COMPLETE, FAIR AND ACCURATE COUNT OF ALL CALIFORNIANS
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Major Policy Goal: Enhance Community Resilience and Policy No. #100.2 - Continue development of Multi-ethnic diversity and awareness in City programs and services; Policy No. #205 - Civic Engagement are adopted policy items under the FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan, effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA
BACKGROUND
California cities can play in active role in helping to make the 2020 U.S. Census fair and accurate, especially for historically undercounted populations: racial and ethnic minorities, young children and renters. The 2010 census undercounted 95,000 (or 0.26 percent of) all California residents).
Though the overall count was an improvement from the previous undercounts (2.74 percent in 1990 and 1.52 percent in 2000), the rate of undercounted populations remains consistently high, and that has many cities concerned about getting an accurate account in the upcoming census. One of the main implications of a miscount is the loss of annual federal and state funding for local government as well as philanthropic funding for social programs and services. In addition, one or more Congressional seats given to California could be lost.
Obtaining an accurate and complete count poses challenges due to several factors. The housing affordability crisis has forced more Californians to move into hard-to-count unconventional housing and overcrowded dwellings or to become homeless. For the first time, the Census is a digital census and more than 75 percent of California househo...
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