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Employment and Housing (DFEH) or other attorneys; · Ten cases showed no discrimination occurred; · Seven cases are pending (of these, 5 were counseled), · Two clients dropped their complaints (both were counseled and referred to D FEH); · One case was successfully conciliated by ECHO; (this case was counseled and also referred to DFEH); · One case was resolved by ECHO; (this case was counseled and also referred to DFEH); · One case was referred to DFEH. . ECHO'S fair housing counselors conducted 24 fair housing training sessions: · 7 sessions for 110 landlords and property managers; · 4 sessions for 27 tenants or potential homebuyers; · 1 session for a realtor; · 12 general presentations for 240 persons. . ECHO raised awareness in the community about fair housing through four public service announcements (sent to 74 radio and television stations), one newspaper advertisement, and distribution of 1,495 educational fliers to the San Leandro Library, non-profit agencies, and a senior fair. . ECHO held a special Fair Housing Seminar on April 30, 2007 at the San Leandro Library to commemorate fair housing month. Fifty (50) landlords and property managers representing various complexes and property management companies attended. . ECHO conducts random and targeted audits to gauge the level of discrimination in the rental housing market. ECHO conducted 18 targeted fair housing audits to gauge the level of discrimination of specific protected classes, exceeding their goal by 20%. These were paired audits that were designed to measure the level of discrimination based on physical disability. The fair housing staff is currently analyzing the data, and the published audit report will be available in September 2007. Priority # 5. Maintain and improve the current capacity of the housing and shelter system, expanding transitional and permanent supportive housing, and providing services to homeless individuals and families, including integrated health care, employment services and other supportive services. Activities: . Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) - San Leandro Shelter: The City funded BFWC with CDBG funds to provide supportive services to homeless families at its emergency shelter, San Leandro Shelter. BFWC provided emergency shelter and support services for 318 San Leandro homeless women and children (224 women and 94 children) in crisis, including 9,265 bed nights at the shelter. Of the 224 adult women served, 84 had Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2006-2007 City of San Leandro Page 7