DATE: March 28, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with Centro Legal de la Raza in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $500,000 to Administer a Multi-Agency Legal Assistance and Anti-Displacement Program
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Centro Legal de la Raza in an amount not-to-exceed $500,000 to administer a multi-agency legal assistance and anti-displacement program.
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SUMMARY
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors (BOS) recently rejected an amendment to an agreement with Centro Legal de la Raza, Inc., (Centro Legal) to administer an umbrella contract with four partner agencies for legal services through a program called AC Housing Secure (ACHS). Rejection of additional funding for this program was unexpected since the ACHS has been funded by the County since 2018. As the Alameda County temporary eviction moratorium sunsets on April 29, 2023, it is anticipated that it will be followed by a significant increase in evictions County-wide. The Alameda County Community Development Agency (CDA) brought the funding increase to the BOS as a mechanism for providing legal services to tenants at risk of unlawful or unnecessary evictions following the end of the moratorium. Since the BOS neither adopted nor failed the item, it may return to the BOS for another vote; however, at the time of this report writing, it is unclear if it will be heard again and, if so, if it will be adopted.
Based on analysis of data from the Census Bureau, Superior Court of Alameda County, and ACHS providers, staff estimate that Hayward tenants are at disproportionate risk for eviction following the end of the local moratorium. Approximately one-third of Hayward residents previously served through ACHS were served...
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