HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 140-2022 (22-712)City of South San Francisco P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
Special City Council
Resolution: RES 140-2022
File Number: 22-712 Enactment Number: RES 140-2022
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO PURSUE THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES (CDSS) GUARANTEED INCOME
PILOT GRANT PROGRAM AND TOALLOCATE
ALLOCATE
$1,500,000 IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
(ARPA) FUNDS AS REQUIRED MATCHING
FUNDS.
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, Guaranteed Income is a tool implemented in other communities that the City
Council desires to evaluate as part of the City's multi -pronged approach to addressing the community's
financial needs, including combatting poverty, and as a response to the negative impacts of the Covid-19
pandemic; and
WHEREAS, in July 2021, City Council approved the South San Francisco Guaranteed Income
Pilot Program, serving 166 households and providing them each with $500 per month for 12 months.;
and
WHEREAS, successful evaluation of the South San Francisco Guaranteed Income pilot meets
the City's intended goals to provide immediate financial assistance in response to COVID-19, and to
provide the financial stability necessary for our most vulnerable residents to pursue opportunities like
furthering education, obtaining a new job, working one job rather than two, and being able to spend
more time with their children; and
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File Number: 22-712
Enactment Number: RES 140-2022
WHEREAS, there is a desire to pursue a second round of the Guaranteed Income Pilot
Program with support from the California Department of Social Services (CRSS) Guaranteed Income
Pilot program funding; and
WHEREAS, the second round of the South San Francisco Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
will use $1,500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds; and
WHEREAS, Guaranteed Income is not a singular solution to poverty, but a part of a larger plan
to help alleviate poverty for our poorest and most vulnerable residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City
Manager or his designee is authorized to pursue the California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
Guaranteed Income Pilot grant program and to allocate $1,500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA) funds as required matching funds as described in the accompanying staff report presented to the
City Council on August 17, 2022.
At a meeting of the Special City Council on 8/17/2022, a motion was made by Mayor Nagales,
seconded by Councilmember Coleman, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Mayor Nagales, Vice Mayor Nicolas, Councilmember Coleman, Councilmember
Flores, and Councilmember Addiego
Attest by 4 0 )entt-' Z
osa Govea Acosta, City Clerk
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