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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: June 21, 2010 TO: FROM: BY: Stephen Hollister, City Manager Lianne Marshall, Assistant City Manager APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL ~- ::~ Stephen L. Hollister City Manager Kathy Ornelas, Community Relations Representative ~~ SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED CUTS TO CHILD CARE SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The Davis Street Family Resource Center is asking the City Council to adopt a resolution opposing the Governor's proposed significant budget cuts for state funding of child care services from the State's Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget. Adoption of a resolution is recommended. BACKGROUND In his May revision of the State's Proposed Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget, Governor Schwarzenegger proposed reducing state funding for need-based, subsidized child care by $1.2 billion to close a budget gap. As a result, social services agencies throughout the state are facing dramatic cuts for child care and early education programs. The Davis Street Family Resource Center reports that their agency stands to lose $7 million in funding annually for the operation of child development services to their two subsidized child care centers and their voucher programs, affecting over 850 children from low income families living and working in San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Ashland, and Cherryland. Additionally, Davis Street projects that, with the elimination of child care for local working poor and families in job training, 436 working families will lose jobs, 54 families would need to drop out of job training programs, and 12 staff, including teachers, site supervisors, case managers, and administration staff, would lose employment. The League of California Cities reports that both the Senate and Assembly budget committees have rejected proposed cuts to social services funding, with other funding alternatives being proposed. The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, which is a 30-year-old child care advocacy organization in California, reports that over 180 agencies and organizations have signed on to oppose the Governor's budget cuts. These include 4C's of Alameda County, Alameda County Child Care Planning Council, and First 5 Alameda County. The City of Berkeley, the Berkeley Unified School District, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the