HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 158-2021 (21-619)City of South San Francisco P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
City Council
Resolution: RES 158-2021
File Number: 21-619 Enactment Number: RES 158-2021
RESOLUTION APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT
22.016 APPROPRIATING $100,000 IN AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR
2021-22 FOR THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO'S SHOP LOCAL GIFT CARD
PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, South San Francisco remains one of the most diverse cities in the region.
Historically a working-class city with a large Italian immigrant population, South San Francisco now
welcomes immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and all over the world. Approximately 80% of
households in South San Francisco are households of color and 58% of residents speak a language other
than English at home; and
WHEREAS, poverty disproportionately affects our most vulnerable populations - children and
families of color. The majority of our Latinx community lives in the two lowest income census tracts in
South San Francisco, in the Downtown and Old Town neighborhoods. The Latinx community in South
San Francisco consists of many frontline and service industry workers who have been hard hit by the
Covid-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) labeled South San Francisco
as a Community of Concern. A diverse city with pockets of low income, high need neighborhoods
vulnerable to displacement, many families struggle to meet basic needs due to the high cost of living and
low wages; and
WHEREAS, the City Council stepped up in big ways to provide financial and other assistance
for our residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. As emergency shelter -in-place orders were put in place
and businesses shuttered, residents struggled to meet the basic needs of their families including rent,
food security, employment, and remote learning. The City provides a multi -pronged approach to attempt
to address our community's needs as well as contributors to and impacts of poverty; and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2021, a study session was conducted to review allocation of the
City's American Rescue Plan Act funding to a list of projects of which the Shop Local Gift Card
Program concept was one; and
WHEREAS, on May 26, 2021, City Council approved the Shop Local Gift Card Program
(Program) concept by motion; and
WHEREAS, the Program's goal is to provide gift cards to low-income households impacted by
COVID-19, to allow them to buy food and other essential goods and to support the City's ongoing
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marketing efforts to encourage residents to patronize local merchants as they re -open from the pandemic;
and
WHEREAS, the Program will use approximately $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds
to provide 2,200 gift cards at $40 each to low-income households in South San Francisco.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that the City Council hereby approves a resolution approving budget amendment 22.016
appropriating $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds in Fiscal Year 2021-22 for the City of South
San Francisco's Shop Local Gift Card Program.
At a meeting of the City Council on 8/25/2021, a motion was made by Councilmember Flores,
seconded by Councilmember Nicolas, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Mayor Addiego, Vice Mayor Nagales, Councilmember Nicolas, Councilmember
Coleman, and Councilmember Flores
Attest by 4W ku U,
tosa Govea Acosta, City Clerk
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