Reso 2020-056 US HUD FY 2020-2024 5-Year Plan, 19-20 Action plan and CPP

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globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020. At that time, it had been identified in 113 countries. On the date this Substantial Amendment was drafted (May 24, 2020), the State of California reported 92,721 confirmed cases of residents who had tested positive for COVID-19, with 3,774 who had died as a result of the virus. Of those, 2,760 Alameda County residents tested positive for COVID-19 with 92 who had lost their lives.3 The COVID-19 virus has had a devastating effect globally. It has caused businesses to close, jobs to be lost, finances to be stretched, and general feelings of anxiety and fear. Given this, the City's seeks to have the option of using the National Objective of "Urgent Need" to allow for the possible support for oversight and services and infrastructure dedicated to COVID-19 response. The City may address these needs when other resources are not available and needed by the Alameda County Department of Public Health. Low- and moderate -income communities are more vulnerable to disease outbreaks than higher -income communities because of their limited access to health care providers, and the fact that being a member of a vulnerable population is associated with being immunocompromised and more vulnerable to infectious disease. California's governor has requested emergency action from the state Legislature to make funding available for the public response to the outbreak. While the eventual impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is unclear at this stage, it serves as a warning that these events may increase in frequency and severity in coming years. 3 California Department of Public Health, COVID-19 Updates, "COVID-19 by the Numbers" website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx#COVID- 19%20by%20the%20Numbers and Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, Coronavirus Resource Center website: https://coronavirus.ohu.edu/us-map. Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 42 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)