Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Resolution Calling for an Article 34 Election
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Calling and providing for an election to submit to the voters of San Mateo County a ballot measure pursuant to Article XXXIV of the California Constitution authorizing public agencies in San Mateo County to annually develop, construct, or acquire housing units for low income persons, including for families, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans, in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of San Mateo County, up to, collectively, 1% of the total housing units existing in San Mateo County, with any unused units carrying over for use in subsequent years; and
B) Requesting that the election be consolidated with the November 5, 2024 general election.
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BACKGROUND:
Article XXXIV, Section 1, of the California Constitution (Article 34), adopted by California voters in 1950, imposes a voter approval requirement for certain affordable housing projects, unless an exception applies. Article 34 provides, in pertinent part, that no "low-rent housing project" shall be "developed, constructed, or acquired" by any "state public body" without first putting the project to a vote of the qualified electorate.
As defined in Article 34, a "low-rent housing project" means "any development composed of urban or rural dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations for persons of low income, financed in whole or in part" with public funds. "Persons of low income" means "persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary...to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding." Further, "state public body" means the "State or any city, city and county, county, district, authority, agency, or any other subdivision or public body of thi...
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