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<br />IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2006-127 <br /> <br />(3103) <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ALAMEDA COUNTYWIDE HOMELESS AND SPECIAL <br />NEEDS HOUSING PLAN, EVERYONE HOME PLAN <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the lack of affordable housing in Alameda County and San Leandro affects the <br />housing opportunities available to the homeless and special needs households; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a significant number of people leaving institutions including foster care, <br />hospitals, jails and prisons, exit into homelessness; and <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the most effective way to end homelessness is to prevent it in the first place; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, supportive services must accompany housing to help formerly homeless <br />tenants be successful in housing; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan, or <br />EveryOne Horne Plan, addresses the need to update local homeless continuum of care plans <br />adopted in the late 1990s by the County, and the City of San Leandro; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Agencies sponsoring the EveryOne Horne Plan identify a need for a <br />coordinated regional response to the federal government's initiative to end chronic homelessness <br />in 10 years; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the central purpose of the Plan is to increase Alameda County's capacity for <br />producing and administering supportive housing for the long term, and to reduce and end <br />homelessness among the vulnerable target populations of the Plan; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Plan's recommendations address homelessness prevention, affordable <br />housing production, regional coordination, flexible services, measurement of success, the need for <br />leadership, and establishes a new leadership process for implementing the Plan; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Council endorsement of the Plan will likely make San Leandro and Alameda <br />County more competitive for public and private funds that look favorably upon applications from <br />jurisdictions that have endorsed a Plan. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Leandro to <br />adopt the EveryOne Horne Plan. <br /> <br />Introduced by Councilmember Santos and passed and adopted this 20th day of November, <br />2006 by the following called vote: <br />