HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 90-043 RESOLUTION 90-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, TO SUPPORT THE ROBERTI HOUSING
AND FIOI�LESSNESS BOND ACT OF 1990 AND THE
CALIFORNIA RIGHT TO HOUSING CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, indications are that there are 250, 000 homeless in
California; and
WHEREAS, estimates are that one third of the homeless in
California are families with children under 18 years of age; and
WHEREAS, California has the largest shortage of low income
rental housing in the nation and there are four poor families for
every unit of low-income housing in the State; and
WHEREAS, more than 1 . 5 million households in California--as
many as 4.2 million people--earn less than $7,050 per year and pay
more than 60� of that income for rent; and
WHEREAS, at least 130, 000 federally assisted rental housing
units in California risk conversion to nonlow-income use by the
year 2008 as federal subsidies are terminated or prepaid; and
WHEREAS, each year fewer and fewer Californians can aspire to
home ownership so that currently only 16$ of the households in
California can afford the State' s median-priced home compared to
23� affordability one year ago; and
WHEREAS, according to estimates of the California Department
of Housing and Community Development at least 7$ of the State' s
households live in overcrowded housing, and 40� of the State' s
farmworkers are living in overcrowded units; and
WHfiRfiAS, also according to HCD 1 . 3 million, or 13$ of the
State ' s housing units need to be rehabilitated or replaced; and
WHERB�S, California, once a leader in the area of affordable
housing, currently lags behind comparable states in both total and
per capita funding for homeless and affordable housing programs;
and
WHEREAS, the October 17th Bay Area earthquake has created
even more urgency and need and created an additional 13 , 000
homeless, made over 18 , 200 houses and apartments unlivable, and
damaged tens of thousands of other housing units; and
WHEREAS, the Roberti Housing and Homelessness Bond Act of
1990 authorizes $150 million in general obligation bonds to build,
rehabilitate and purchase housing; and
RESOLUTION NO. 90-43
WHSREAS, individual citizens and organizations concerned with
housing and homelessness have come together to launch the
California Right to Housing Campaign; and
WHERE�S, the City of Palm Desert finds that the State of
California needs a new commitment to affordable housing and a
meaningful level of funding to help local communities address the
rapidly growing housing problems of the homeless, the elderly, the
handicapped, veterans, the mentally ill , single mothers, young
f amilies with children, and others for whom affordable housing is
unavailable.
NOW, THER�FORB BE IT RBSOLVED, that the City of Palm Desert
endorses the Roberti Housing and Homelessness Bond Act of 1990;
and
B$ IT FURTHER RSSOLVED, that the City of Palm Desert endorses
the California Right to Housing Campaign and its efforts to bring
the issue of homelessness and affordable housing to the attention
of all policy makers, public officials and the general public and
create new State and local initiatives to address the housing
needs of California' s most vulnerable and needy populations.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTBD on this 12th day of April ,
1990, by the following vote:
AYES: BENSON, KELLY, WILSON, SNYDER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: CRITES
ABSTAIN: NONE
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WALTER H. SNYDER, OR PRO-TEMPORE
City of Palm Deser , California
ATTEST:
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�� SHEILA R. GI IGAN, C CLERK
City of Palm Desert, _CE�lifornia