PREPARED BY: CHARLES CHING DATE OF MEETING: 06/29/20
SUBJECT:
TITLE
COVID-19 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. Approve Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Pablo increasing the grant amount to up to $2,000 for the FY2019/20 COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program
2. Approve Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Pablo establishing a FY2020/21 COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program with grant amounts of up to $1,000 to be funded with FY 2020/21 Low-Income Housing Funds
BODY
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Explore protections for tenants who may be potentially displaced from current COVID-19 pandemic impacts is a policy item added to the FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan as amended on May 18, 2020.
CEQA Compliance Statement
These resolutions are deemed not a project under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5): Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. If deemed a project, then the approval of either of the resolution is deemed exempt from CEQA pursuant to the following separate and independent basis: Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that the resolution has no potential to cause a significant effect on the environment; and Section 15269(c) because adoption of this resolution is to prevent or mitigate an emergency.
BACKGROUND
On April 27, 2020 at a Special City Council Meeting, the City Council approved an Urgency Ordinance temporarily prohibiting evictions of residential and commercial real property tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and establishing a moratorium on rent increases through May 31, 2020.
In addition, the City Council gave direction on establishing a housing assistance program, with initial program guidelines, for providing a one-time grant per househo...
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