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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 20, 2014 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-450 PRESENTATIONS <br />Agenda Number:3.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Update on the San Leandro Homeless and Housing Task <br />Force <br />SUMMARY <br />The co-chairs of the San Leandro Homeless and Housing Task Force will be providing an <br />update to the City Council on their discussions to date and a recommendation for immediate <br />funding needs. <br />At the direction of the City Council, a San Leandro Homeless and Housing Task Force was <br />created to develop a plan to respond to immediate homeless issues in the City of San <br />Leandro based on the priorities outlined in the new Housing Element. The Task Force <br />consists of the following individuals and organizations: <br />·Moira Fry, Interfaith Homelessness Network (IHN)/April Showers <br />·Rose Johnson, Executive Director, Davis Street Family Resource Center <br />·Ronald Keeney, Interfaith Homelessness Network (IHN)/April Showers <br />·Dan Martinez, Congregations Organizing for Renewal (COR) <br />·Liz Varela, Executive Director, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) <br />The Task Force has convened four meetings to date, beginning in early September 2014, and <br />will likely have two additional meetings on October 21st and November 5th. <br />The mission of the San Leandro Homeless and Housing Task Force is to develop a short term <br />plan, by acting as a catalyst and leadership resource, to bring the community together to <br />promote affordable housing, end homelessness and improve the situation of those who are <br />homeless. <br />In pursuit of this mission, the Task Force will: <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/14/2014