Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive / Clerk of the Board
Iliana Rodriguez, Assistant County Executive
Subject: Authorization to Accept Multiple Grant Awards Totaling $3,250,000 for the Construction of the Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Adopt a resolution:
1. Accepting the award of Sobrato Philanthropy in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Major Capital Construction Budget Unit for the construction of Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project; and
2. Accepting the award of the Assemblyman Marc Berman's Office, State Funds grant in the amount of $1,250,000 to the Major Capital Construction Budget Unit for the construction of Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project; and
3. Accepting the award of the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Major Capital Construction Budget unit for the construction of Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project; and
B) Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) in the amount of $3,250,000 recognizing Unanticipated Revenue from the Sobrato Foundation, Assemblyman Marc Berman, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative to the Major Capital Construction budget unit for the Stone Pine Cove 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 th...
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