FY 2017-2018 Chris Bazar, Agency Director
PLANNING Budget 2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS Kent t Garde dens ns family housing in Ashland features 84 units of housing for low- income seniors. All units are accessible, adaptable and are available to seniors earning less than 50% of the area median income. The Planning Department facilitated the development of The Community Development a Cannabis Progra ram m and Agency is supporting the East t related ordinances for Bay Communi unity ty Energy gy process unincorporated Alameda with a focus on increasing County to meet State laws green/renewable energy, related to Proposition 64 and reducing energy costs for In late 2016, a mixed-use use project ct with 56 the Adult Use of Marijuana residents and businesses, and residential condominium units and a 6,000 Act. creating local jobs. square foot commercial building on the corner of Miramar Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Castro Valley was approved by the Board of Supervisors.
HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Budget 2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS Prospe sperity rity Place in downtown Oakland became home to 70 very low-income households in 2017. Eight of the newly- constructed units received On November 8, 2016 Alameda County County HOPWA funding and are voters passed Measure A1. This $580 available to income-qualified million bond will fund downpayment households with an adult or child assistance for middle-income families, with an HIV or AIDS diagnosis. Ashla land nd Place, an 85-unit housing rehabilitation for low-income supportive housing development seniors and people with disabilities, for very low-income families, was and the creation of affordable completed in 2017. Fifteen units homeowner and rental housing with a are set aside for young adults at focus on the County’s most vulnerable risk of becoming homeless. A residents. community-based market and café will be located on the first floor.
HEALTHY HOMES Budget 2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS In February 2017, Healthy Homes Department presented at Oakland Council Member Noel Gallo’s Lead Poiso soni ning ng Preventi ntion n Forum. BEF EFOR ORE AFTER TER KRON 4 featured the Healthy Homes Department in a four-pa part t seri ries es on lead poiso soni ning ng preventi ntion. This collaboration served to inform the public of existing health risks of lead exposure and the benefits of early intervention to mitigate dangerous and unhealthy housing conditions. Before and after photos from work completed as part of the Lead Hazard d Contr trol project in Berkeley.
ECONOMIC & CIV IVIC IC DEVELOPMENT Budget 2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS Rendering of the Cherryla yland nd Fire re Stati tion, funded through Tier One monies, to be constructed on Meekland Avenue. Castro Valley’s fifth annual North County Food Business “ Meet et in the Street ” in Entrepreneurial Training Academy November 2016, includes the "Runni ning ng Your r Own Food Busi siness ss" free Holiday Light Parade. seminar series graduating class.
AGRICULTURE/WEIGHTS & MEASURES Budget 2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS Weights and Measures Programs ensure equity in the marketplace and provide protection to both individuals Cosmo (pictured above), canine ne and businesses (pictured here: testing sting insp spect ctor, helps enhance Presentation for second graders as cattle scales es in Livermo rmore re). inspection activities related to part of the Alameda County ty Ag i in the plant products entering the state Class ssroom m Progra ram. via parcel delivery facilities and airfreight terminals, intercepting pests before they become established and cause economic damage to agriculture and the environment.
UNIVERSITY OF OF CAL ALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXT XTENSION Budget 2017-2018 HIGHLIGHTS Harvesting lettuce at 4-H H Youth th of Alameda County school gardens with sharing chickens at Eden Villa Livermo rmore re Demonst stration ration Garde den n showcasing CalFresh resh. in Pleasanton. drought-tolerant plants.
TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET Budget 2017-2018 (without Surplus Property Authority) Appropriation by Department TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS $74,8 ,836,442 Economic & Civic Development Healthy Homes $18,696,919 $6,350,658 25% 9% Neighborhood Agriculture/Weights & Preservation & Measures Sustainability $7,063,662 $1,001,193 9% 1% Cooperative Extension Planning $337,553 $7,994,247 1% 11% Agency Administration / Bonds & Finance Housing & Community $972,099 Development 1% $32,420,111 43%
TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET Budget 2017-2018 (without Surplus Property Authority) Appropriation by Major Category Salaries & Employee Benefits Discretionary Services & $22,325,079 Supplies 27% $39,205,520 48% Non-Discretionary Services $2,612,860 3% Other Charges $1,673,380 2% Capital Assets $15,906,988 20% In Intr tra Fu Fund Tra ransfers - $6,8 $6,887,3 ,385
TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET Budget 2017-2018 (without Surplus Property Authority) Revenue by Source TOTAL REVENUE $49,0 ,019,508 Charges for Current Local Aid Services $450,000 $4,047,357 1% Other Financing Sources 8% $583,826 1% Taxes $2,028,534 4% Licenses, Permits & Franchises $1,277,432 3% Other Revenue Federal Aid $5,330,717 $30,695,542 11% 63% Fines, Forfeitures & Penalties $165,000 State Aid <1% $4,441,100 9%
TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET Budget 2017-2018 (without Surplus Property Authority) Summary Change from 2016 - 2017 Budget 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 CDA Summary Budget Submitted MOE Amount % Appropriations 67,888,623 74,836,442 10.2% 6,947,819 Revenue 45,104,963 49,019,508 8.7% 3,914,545 Net 22,783,660 25,816,934 13.3% 3,033,274 FTE - Mgmt 59.17 59.17 0.00 0.0% FTE - Non Mgmt 91.39 93.39 2.00 2.2% Total FTE 150.56 152.56 2.00 1.3%
HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Budget 2017-2018 HUMAN IMPACT Human n Impa mpacts cts • Reductions in CDBG funds mean fewer improvements to infrastructure in low-income Fundin ing g Reducti uctions ns communities and fewer direct services, such as programs like Meals on Wheels, fewer youth and • The federal Community Development Block other low-income people having access to job Grant Program (CDBG) provides essential training, and reductions in the provision of services and community infrastructure which emergency shelter and services to homeless assists low-income people and communities. individuals and families, as well as reduction in fair CDBG-supported programs provide benefits housing investigations and fewer tenant/landlord to direct recipients and to the larger complaints being responded to. The federal cuts community. Countywide, CDBG funding referenced above will also result in the loss of levels were reduced 32% between FY2011 funding for critical services supporting low-income and FY2012. In subsequent years, only 29% households such as fewer low-income homeowners of the funding lost has been restored. receiving housing rehabilitation loans and grants Current funding levels are in serious jeopardy which will mean fewer will be able to safely age in of being reduced further at the Federal level. place and more will continue to live in substandard The President has proposed eliminating the housing or be displaced all together and reductions entire CDBG Program in FY2018. in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility improvements at parks, community centers and sidewalk curb cuts.
HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Budget 2017-2018 HUMAN IMPACT Hu Human n Imp mpacts cts (cont nt.) .) • Reductions in federal funding to the HOME Program mean decreases in funding for the building of affordable Fundin ing g Reducti uctions ns (cont nt.) rental housing, first-time homebuyer assistance, and rental assistance benefitting low-income households. Federal HOME Program funding has been • Low-income families will lose rental assistance and reduced by almost over 48% between therefore pay significantly over 30% of their incomes for FY2011 and FY2012 for the HOME rent, possibly leading to their losing their housing all Consortium. Countywide, HOME funds have together or at least being displaced from their current been reduced by more than $4.3 million communities. These include households which are since FY2011-2012. Current funding levels formerly homeless and youth aging out of foster care. are in jeopardy as the program has been identified by the President as a target for • Fewer new affordable housing units will be developed in complete elimination as part of cuts in the HOME Consortium and Measure A1 Housing Bond domestic spending budgets. funds will lose this source of leveraged funding, which will compound the reductions in units. Reductions in HOME funds mean significantly fewer affordable housing units will be developed in future years. Because these units typically have an affordability term of 59 years, that loss will impact affordable housing availability for at least that length of time.
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