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File Number: 17-345 Enactment Number: RES 29-2017
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO TO WORK WITH SAN MATEO COUNTY AND OTHER
JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING
CRISIS ON A REGIONAL BASIS, INCLUDING THROUGH
ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE HOME FOR ALL SAN MATEO
COUNTY INITIATIVE.
WHEREAS, San Mateo County is facing an historic housing crisis that has resulted in some of the highest
housing costs in the country; and
WHEREAS, as of March 2016, the average price to purchase a single-family-home in San Mateo County
is over one and a half million dollars and the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment is nearly
two thousand nine hundred dollars; and
WHEREAS, between 2010 and 2014, San Mateo County added over 54,000 new jobs while only 2,148
new housing units were built in the County; and
WHEREAS, local government jurisdictions within the County have long collaborated to address, on a
regional basis,housing challenges through,for example the creation,in 2003,of a housing endowment and
regional trust, known as HEART of San Mateo County, and the development, in 2006, of a sub-regional
process for regional housing needs allocations for all 20 cities and towns, and the unincorporated County;
and
WHEREAS, building upon this regional approach to addressing housing issues in September 2015, the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors convened a task force of community leaders to identify housing
issues,evaluate innovative tools and best practices,and create a menu of solutions to preserve and increase
housing at all income levels; and
WHEREAS, this Closing the Jobs-Housing Task Force is co-chaired by Supervisors Don Horsley and
Warren Slocum, and includes representatives from cities and towns, business organizations and large
employers, educators, housing developers, community-based organizations providing housing services
and labor and community advocates; and
WHEREAS, the efforts of the Closing the Jobs-Housing Gap Task Force have resulted in the creation of
the Home for All San Mateo County Initiative, launched in September 2016, with a housing policy
resource center, a community engagement campaign, and a regional action plan to implement a variety of
strategies to produce and preserve housing at all income levels; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco is committed to continue working on housing issues by
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collaborating with San Mateo County and other jurisdictions and community members to implement the
strategies put forth in the Home for All San Mateo County Initiative and support the initiative.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the
City Council hereby adopts the County of San Mateo's initiative to address the housing crisis on a regional
basis, including through ongoing support of the Home for All San Mateo County Initiative.
At a meeting of the City Council on 4/12/2017, a motion was made by Richard Garbarino, seconded by
Mark Addiego, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Vice Mayor Normandy, Councilmember Garbarino, Councilmember
Matsumoto, Mayor Gupta, and Councilmember Addiego
Attest by i
Gabrie Rodrigue
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