{"id":23096,"date":"2024-04-24T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=23096"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:37:00","slug":"san-mateo-county-measure-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/san-mateo-county-measure-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional funding for San Mateo County Measure K seeks to address homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Mateo County Measure K seeks to address homelessness with a plan outlining how federal, state and local dollars will be invested in housing and homeless prevention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As housing prices and rents have skyrocketed and homelessness is at \u201ccrisis\u201d levels in California, the Board of San Mateo County<\/a> voted 5-0 to include additional Measure K funding in a plan outlining how federal, state and local dollars will be invested in housing and homeless prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n

While federal support for local housing assistance and homelessness prevention is at a 30-year low, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development sent $4.18 million in grants to San Mateo County this fiscal year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That's down 18 percent from $5.1 million in fiscal year 1994-95.<\/span><\/p>\n

The total today would be $10.5 million just to keep pace with inflation.<\/span><\/p>\n

At a time of unprecedented need for affordable housing, the County Board of Supervisors has stepped in to fill the gap with funding from Measure K, the half-cent sales tax approved by voters throughout the county.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2013, the county said it has invested $150 million in Measure K funds for affordable housing and homelessness prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful that voters had the foresight to approve a local sales tax that provides local funding for local needs,\u201d said Warren Slocum, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout Measure K funding, we would not be afloat,\u201d she stressed. \u201cWe would fall further and further behind in supporting affordable housing and preventing homelessness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Board agreed to allocate approximately $6.9 million in federal, state and local funds, including $567,768 in Measure K funds through what is known as the Annual Action Plan for fiscal year 2024-25, which details how HUD entitlement grants and additional revenue sources will support housing and community development solutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday's action by the Board allocated: $2.4 million in federal funds to support three affordable housing projects; $978,288 to fund public facilities and minor housing repairs for eight agencies; $289,940 for public services such as legal assistance, meals on wheels, youth mentoring and fair housing; and $977,722 to support homeless shelters and services.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the statement, Measure K funds will be used to launch an Equity Innovation Fund that provides grants that prevent homelessness or help individuals and families find shelter.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> Medi-Cal: A Necessary Service Helping Californians<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Escucha esta nota:   A medida que los precios de las viviendas y los alquileres se han disparado y la falta de vivienda se encuentra en niveles de \u201ccrisis\u201d en California, la Junta del Condado de San Mateo vot\u00f3 5-0 para incluir fondos adicionales de la Medida K en un plan que describe c\u00f3mo se […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23096"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23151,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23096\/revisions\/23151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}