Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive Officer
Iliana Rodriguez, Deputy County Executive
Subject: Measure K Appropriations Transfer Request for Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) recognizing unanticipated revenue in the amount of $1,000,000 from the County's Measure K Reserves to the County Executive Office Budget in FY 2022-23 for the Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Project.
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BACKGROUND:
On January 3, 2023, a tragic shooting in Half Moon Bay claimed the lives of seven farmworkers across two farms. Subsequent inspections of farmworker housing at those sites revealed unsafe living conditions and 19 households were displaced after their units were red-tagged. Since then, the County has partnered with the City of Half Moon Bay ("Half Moon Bay") to temporarily re-house all 19 displaced households.
On January 6, 2023, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development ("HCD") released approximately $35,000,000 in funding to address the housing needs of farmworkers under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Homeownership Program ("Serna Program"). One eligible activity under the Serna Program is the acquisition of manufactured homes to address and remedy impacts from the displacement of farmworker families from labor camps, mobile home parks, or other housing.
On February 28, 2023, the Board authorized the County's Department of Housing to execute and submit an application for a grant award of up to $5,000,000 under the Serna Program to purchase manufactured homes for low-income farmworkers and their families. If funded, these manufactured homes would provide homeownership opportunities for low-income farmworker families in our community, including the 19 households displaced after the January 3, 2023 mass shooting event. The C...
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