Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director of Human Services Agency
Subject: County Participation in Statewide Emergency Rental Assistance Program Under SB 91 for Eligible Households Impacted by COVID-19
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing and directing the County Manager, or designee(s), to transfer $22,449,673.40 to the State Department of Housing and Community Development ("HCD"), which is ninety-eight and a half percent (98.5%) of the $22,791,546.60 received directly by the County from the United States Treasury Department as the County's allocation under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Public Law 116-260), for administration and disbursement of emergency rental assistance on behalf of eligible households in the County impacted by COVID-19 under the Statewide Emergency Rental Assistance Program established under Senate Bill 91 ("State ERAP"); and
B) Authorizing HCD to retain on behalf of the County $24,529,226.48, which is the County's share of the federal emergency rental assistance allocation to the State of California that is reserved for and allocated to the County, for administration and disbursement of emergency rental assistance on behalf of eligible households in the County under the State ERAP; and
C) Authorizing the County Manager, or designees(s), acting in consultation with the County Counsel, to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the County, appropriate agreements with the State, execute other forms and documents required by the State, and take any and all other actions necessary for the County to participate in the State ERAP, as implemented by HCD; and
D) Authorizing and directing the County Manager, or designee(s), acting in consultation with the County Counsel, to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the County, appropriate agreements with the County's Core Service Agencies, other local non-profit organizati...
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