HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 Affordable Housing Week 2015 alternatePROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Santa Clara county is home to more than 7,500 individuals experiencing
homelessness on any given night, 74% of whom are unsheltered; and
WHEREAS, like-minded organizations and individuals throughout Santa Clara County
are dedicated to providing safe, stable, permanent and affordable housing
to all members of the community, as well as continuing to bring the issue
of affordable housing to the forefront of discussion in Silicon Valley despite
rising rents, the dissolution of Redevelopment Agencies, and sequestration
of housing assistance programs; and
WHEREAS, twelve organizations have organized thirteen Affordable Housing Week
events to showcase the crucial value of, and need for, affordable housing in
San Jose and Santa Clara County.
NOW, therefore, be it resolved, that the Mayor and City Council of Cupertino, do hereby
proclaim the week of May Fourteenth through May twenty-second,
Two Thousand and Fifteen as
Affordable Housing Week
in Santa Clara County to recognize the successful efforts of Housing Trust Silicon Valley,
Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the City of San Jose, the Santa Clara County Association
of REALTORS and the City of Morgan Hill.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Cupertino to be affixed this Thursday, May Fourteenth, Two Thousand and Fifteen.
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Rod Sinks, Mayor