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Staff Report for Two City of San Leandro City Council Resolutions Approving the Submittal of a Response to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) including the City of San Leandro Five Year "302(c)(4)" Plan and; an Update of the City's Share of 2016 Alameda County A-1 Housing Bond Funds
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt two resolutions related to an ongoing funding program from the California Department of Housing and Community Development Department (CA HCD): 1) to receive, authorize and adopt the Five Year 302(c)(4) Plan (Five-Year Plan) required of the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program Guidelines and 2) to authorize the submission of an application for the Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Funding and delegating authority to the City Manager to execute all related documents and submit them to CA HCD. The due date for the City's response to the NOFA with a program application is July 27, 2020.
The PLHA Program Five-Year Plan has been available for public comment since July 3, 2020 when a Public Notice was posted in the East Bay Daily Review and was posted on the City's Housing Division website in addition to the new public notices portal of the City's Library website. To date no comments have been received. Upon adoption by the City Council, the 302(c)(4) plan will be submitted along with the PLHA Program funding application to CA HCD.
In conjunction with these actions, staff will also provide an update on the City's share of the 2016 Alameda County A-1 Housing Bond.
BACKGROUND
In September 2017, the California Legislature approved Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), known as the Building Homes and Jobs Act (Act), which established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to increase the supply of affordable housing. The Act establishes the Permanent Local Housing Allocatio...
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