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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon Contra
Director of Community Development �1�C"1
DATE: January 27 , 1989 Cour y
SUBJECT: Governor' s Proposed State Budget for Housing Programs
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & .BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Authorize the Chair to sign letters to the state legislative
delegation urging restoration of cuts in housing programs as
proposed by the Governor' s budget.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The proposed state budget submitted by the governor proposes
elimination of funding of a number of state housing programs
including:
1. The California Housing Trust Fund. Last year the housing
trust fund provided money for, among other things, senior
shared housing, self-help housing, and operating costs of
homeless shelters. Provision of money for operating costs is
one of the major problems homeless shelter providers face.
Proposition 84 , recently passed by the electorate, provides
funds for shelter rehabilitation but prohibits use of funds
for operating costs. Shelters have relied on housing trust
fund monies to help pay for operating costs in prior years.
2. Funding of the Farmworker Grant Program. Housing needs of
, farmworkers are among the most severe in the state. In his
proposed budget the governor states that eliminating general
funding for the .Farmworker Grant Program can be replaced with
Proposition 84 funds. The Farmworker Grant Program serves
permanently settled farmworkers, while Proposition 84 funds
are limited to migrant farmworkers, therefore this portion of
the- budget message is inaccurate. The Farmworker Grant Program
has been used by n_on-profit organizations and by the County in
undertaking housing programs in east county
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Homeless Management Team PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Housing Authority THE BOARD. OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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The Honorable Dan Boatwright
'State Capitol - Room 3086
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Senato71Boaight:
Re: The Governor' s Proposed State Budget for Housing
The Governor's proposed state budget proposes eliminating funding for the
California Housing Trust Fund and the Farmworker Grant Fund. The purpose of
-this letter is to urge your support in restoring these programs to -.adequate
levels of funding. The housing needs that are addressed by these programs are i
.acute throughout the state and in Contra Costa County.
Last year the Housing Trust Fund provided monies for a variety of housing
;programs, including senior citizen shared . housing, self-help housing and
operating costs of homeless shelters. Raising money for operating costs is one
of the major problems facing operators of homeless shelters. While Proposition
84 provides monies for shelter rehabilitation, like all bond financed programs,
it prohibits use of funds for operating costs. The California Housing Trust
Fund provides a key link by funding operations and programming of homeless
shelters.
Elimination of the Farmworker Grant Program would be a mistake. Farmworker
housing needs are among the more acute in the state and in Contra Costa County.
.In his budget message the governor states that he is eliminating general funding
-for the Farmworker Grant Programs but that the funds will be replaced with
Proposition 84 monies. The Farmworker Grant Program serves permanently settled
farmworkers, while Proposition 84 monies are limited to assisting migrant
farmworkers. In Contra Costa County permanently settled farmworkers comprise a
large majority of the farmworker population.
On behalf of the Board of Supervisors I urge your support in working with us
providing adequate funding to address the acute housing needs that exist in
Contra Costa County and throughout California.
Sincerely,
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Tom Torlakson
Chair, Board of Supervisors
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