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Adopt an ORDINANCE Amending Title 1, Chapter 1-3, Article 7, of the San Leandro Municipal Code to Include Updated Language to the Description and Goals of the Human Services Commission
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The City of San Leandro does ORDAIN that Title 1, Chapter 1-3, Article 7 be amended as follows:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The following changes will be added to the San Leandro Municipal Code and will promote San Leandro's vision of inclusiveness, community and diversity.
SECTION 2. CEQA. Approval of the amendments is exempt from further environmental review under the general rule in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) that CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. As a series of text amendments and additions, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 1, Chapter 1-3, Article 7, of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:
San Leandro Municipal Code Section 1-3-705 POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Commission shall advise the Council on all matters relating to social conditions within the City, assess and report to the Council the social needs of the people, recommend to the Council methods for meeting such needs, and assist the Council in marshalling the human resources necessary to accomplish the foregoing. In discharge of this responsibility, the Commission shall:
(a) Evaluate social services being provided to communities in need within the City, and provide advice and assistance toward equitable provision and coordination thereof;
(b) Provide motivation for the development of new social services as the need therefor is determined;
(c) Coordinate the efforts of social service agencies to raise funds from the community;
(d) Assist in the procurement of grant...
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