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Santa Fe, NM Affordable Housing Roundtable

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted in 1991
Source File: http://santafenm.gov/community-services/community-development/Affordable-Housing/index.asp
Overview:
For 400 years Santa Fe had a proud tradition of being "a place where rich and poor lived together," says Joseph Montoya, the city's housing and economic development team leader. By 1991 that had changed dramatically. Rapid gentrification was making the city unaffordable for a large segment of the population. Wealthy newcomers were pushing out longtime local residents--often the very people whose culture and traditions draw people to the oldest capital city in the United States.
The response to the phenomenon in other cities has been simply to let it happen--going so far as to bus workers in each day and out at night. But Santa Fe was different. In 1991 the city helped create the Santa Fe Affordable Housing Roundtable, a coalition of city and county government officials, nine local nonprofit housing agencies, and The Enterprise Foundation. The goal was to develop a plan to keep Santa Fe from becoming an enclave of the rich and privileged only.
In 1992, with the backing of the Roundtable, the Santa Fe City Council adopted a housing plan that set an ambitious, but doable, schedule both to create affordable housing and to provide rent and mortgage subsidies to the estimated 5,000 families in the city in need of such assistance. Under the plan, the city is working with developers and the nonprofit groups to make future housing affordable to low- and middle-income groups. Seventeen housing programs have been intertwined to provide everything from city-funded mortgage assistance to federally funded rent subsidies to equity financing from foundations. Each of the Roundtable's nonprofit partners acts as a contact point for low- and moderate-income residents, matching programs to need.
In three years--using just $900,000 in city money--the Roundtable has leveraged $55 million in housing assistance from the government and private sector. It has helped more than 600 families stay in Santa Fe and plans to assist 1,000 more families in its next rendition of the strategic housing plan. Through the Affordable Housing Roundtable, Santa Fe is forging a clear path to a future of both economic and ethnic diversity.
Category:Affordable Housing
Category:City Governments
Category:New Mexico
Category:Policies
Santa Monica, CA Addresses Climate Change

Type: Policy
Status: In effect
Source File: http://www.smgov.net/epd/news/pdf/GWarming_Response.pdf
Description:
Ten Ways Santa Monica is Working to Address Climate Change
1. 100% Renewable Electricity – We were the first city in the U.S. to
purchase green power for all of our municipal electricity needs.
2. Powered by the Sun – More than 300KW of solar electric capacity has
been installed community-wide.
3. Energy on Our Terms – The Community Energy Independence Initiative,
recently passed by Council, incorporates energy efficiency and solar installations
community-wide. This could help Santa Monica meet all of its energy needs with
locally produced green power.
4. Going Alternative – More than 80% of the municipal fleet is fueled with
cleaner and more sustainable fuel alternatives: electric, natural gas, hydrogen,
biodiesel, and gas-electric hybrids.
5. Building Green – We have the most LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) certified buildings per capita of any city in the U.S.
Green buildings reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while
promoting healthy working & living environments.
6. Community Efficiency Tune-Ups – Free energy efficiency consultations
given to qualified participants have reduced the amount of energy used by small
businesses and residents.
7. Peak Program – Through our Community Energy Partnership we‘ve given 4th
and 7th graders energy efficiency tools to use at home.
8. Cool Roofs – The application of cool roof technology on municipal buildings
reduces energy consumption and helps reduce the urban heat island effect.
9. Waste Diversion – Community-wide participation in recycling has contributed
to a 67% waste diversion rate! This has helped us achieve a 36% reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions in the waste sector.
10. How Are We Doing? – Resource efficiency, green power purchases and
alternative energy installations have reduced Santa Monica’s greenhouse gas
emissions by 1% below 1990 levels.
For more information visit us on the web at www.smepd.org or call (310) 458-2213 
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Policies
Santa Monica, CA Bike Action Plan 20yr vision

Category:Foot-Powered Transportation
== Go Green Trans ==
The Santa Monica Bike Action Plan is a model for cities in the US and more... 
This comprehensive document provides a 20-year vision for integrating bicycles into the fabric of everyday life. 
The final document is available for download/PDF 
We have to think globally, act locally
News - http://santamonica.patch.com/groups/opinion/p/bike-action-plan-energy-resilience
I believe there is no better contribution Santa Monica can make to our national and global security than to lead the way for Southern California to think beyond the freeway onramp and become a bikeable metropolis anchored around its public transportation
News - http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Santa-Monica-Bike-Action-Plan-Finally-Adopted/33581
PDF Bike Action Plan - http://www01.smgov.net/bikesm/Final%20BAP%20Pre%20Prof%20Editor.pdf
Impact statement - http://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/PCD/Environmental-Reports/Bike-Action-Plan-Negative-Declaration.pdf
Update 2013 - http://smspoke.org/
Santa Monica, CA Resolution Against a Preemptive Military Strike

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted
Source File:
Text:
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA MONICA OPPOSING UNITED STATES PREEMPTIVE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ
WHEREAS, the government has estimated that a war would cost from 60 to 200 billion dollars, not including a post-war occupation, resulting in less federal funding for education, health care, transportation, job training, housing, and environmental concerns in a time of increasing need for residents of Santa Monica; and 
WHEREAS, at $100 billion, as calculated by the National Priorities Project, a war will cost the State of California at least $10.1 billion in individual income taxes, and the City of Santa Monica $36.1 million, at a time when the state already suffers from at least a $25 billion deficit, further decreasing available funds to support local needs; and 
WHEREAS, as of February 11, 2003, more than 70 United States cities and counties, along with the Maine Senate and Hawaiian House of Representatives, have taken a stand against a preemptive military action against Iraq; and
WHEREAS, a war is expected by the CIA to provoke terrorist attacks within the United States, putting Santa Monica lives at grave risk and generating emergency responses by local hospitals and other emergency personnel that will tax local resources; and
WHEREAS, a war would likely result in a loss of visitor and tourist dollars, an important source of Santa Monica City revenue; and 
WHEREAS, a war would result in military casualties, including United States and, likely, Santa Monica service men and women. Additionally, a war would result in widespread environmental destruction; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has sought to promote nonviolence among its young people; 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Santa Monica supports House Concurrent Resolution 473 calling for the United States to work through the United Nations to renew arms inspection, assure Iraqi compliance with United Nation Resolution, oppose unprovoked unilateral first-strike military action, and communicate our support to the President, the Congress and the Secretary General of the United Nations as well as to Senators Boxer and Feinstein and Congress member Waxman.
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Peace
Category:Resolutions
Santa Monica, CA Sustainable City Program

Type: Policy
Status: Initiated in 1994
Source File: http://santa-monica.org/epd/scp/
Background: 
In September 1994, the Santa Monica City Council took steps to address sustainability issues in the community adopting the Santa Monica Sustainable City Program. The Sustainable City Program was initially proposed in 1992 by the City’s Task Force on the Environment to ensure that Santa Monica could continue to meet its current needs – environmental, economic and social - without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same. It was designed to help us as a community begin to think, plan and act more sustainably – to help us address the root causes of problems rather than the symptoms of those problems, and to provide criteria for evaluating the long-term rather than the short-term impacts of our decisions – in short, to help us think about the future when we are making decisions about the present.
The 1994 program includes goals and strategies, for the City government and all sectors of the community, to conserve and enhance our local resources, safeguard human health and the environment, maintain a healthy and diverse economy, and improve the livability and quality of life for all community members in Santa Monica. To check our progress toward meeting these goals, numerical indicators were developed and specific targets were set for the city to achieve by the year 2000 in four goal areas – 1) Resource Conservation, 2) Transportation, 3) Pollution Prevention and Public Health Protection, and 4) Community and Economic Development. Progress reports were prepared to track the City’s progress toward meeting its goals in 1994, 1996, and 1999 .
By 2001, following seven years of implementation, the Santa Monica Sustainable City Program had achieved much success. Many of the initial targets had been met or exceeded and Santa Monica had become recognized as a worldwide role model for sustainability. However, in reviewing the progress made since the 1994 adoption of the program, the Task Force on the Environment recognized the need to update and expand the program. They noted that while progress had been made in the right direction, Santa Monica’s economy and the activities of its residents, businesses, institutions and visitors continued to negatively impact human health and the environment. And the community was not yet able to provide for the basic needs of all its members. The Task Force felt that a compressive update process to improve and expand the program was necessary to achieve the initial program goals.
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Policies
Category:Sustainability Policies
Santa Monica, CA Zero Waste Farmers' Market

Type: Program
Status: Launched in 2006
Source File: http://www.smgov.net/seascape/06twilight/3.htm
Description:
ZERO WASTE FARMERS’ MARKET: 100% ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY
Ever eaten a meal and then eaten your utensils? Enjoyed cold water in a cup made from sugar cane, or coffee in a cup with a soy-based lining instead of the standard zero waste posters petroleum lining? While we don’t recommend eating your fork (even though it is made from corn), we do recommend giving these biodegradable items a try at the “Zero Waste” Farmers’ Market each Sunday on Main Street.
To help reduce the waste normally shipped to and buried in landfills, the Sunday market has implemented this new program with some assistance from the city’s Solid Waste and Environmental Programs divisions. In April, participating market vendors agreed to switch their food packaging from Styrofoam® and other non-renewable, resource-based products to all biodegradable or recyclable packaging and utensils.
Along with these innovative changes, market shoppers will find eleven “Waste Stations” positioned around the site for separating biodegradable items—food waste and packaging, paper napkins and biodegradable utensils—from recyclable products such as cans, plastic, glass and newspaper. The former eventually become compost, the latter are used in a wide variety of recycled-content products. Shoppers are asked to pack out any items such as diapers and non-biodegradable food packaging or items they may have brought with them.
With help from diligent visitors and Sustainable Works volunteers, we have successfully diverted three cubic yards of waste from landfills each market day. Though small compared to the vast tons shipped daily from Santa Monica to the Puente Hills landfill, we’re confident this is just the beginning of a significant contribution toward building a sustainable future! Please join the market’s 5,000 visitors next Sunday and see for yourself—you’ll want to become a Zero Waster, too!
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Programs
Category:Zero Waste
Santa Monica-Malibu, CA Board of Education Opposing Insufficient Funding in the Governor's Budget

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 1/31/05
Source File: http://www.smmusd.org/brd0405/add013105.pdf
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 04-13
IN OPPOSITION TO GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER’S BUDGET PROPOSAL
WHEREAS, California’s six million students deserve high quality schools with well trained
educators, small class sizes, quality instructional materials, up-to-date textbooks and
dynamic parents support; and
WHEREAS, Governor Schwarzenegger made a promise to California’s students and
schools to ensure adequate school funding and to support voter-approved Proposition 98; and
WHEREAS, the Governor’s 2005-06 budget proposal breaks his promise to California’s
students and undermines the education funding protections California voters supported; and
WHEREAS, California schools have suffered $9.8 billion in cuts in the last several years
resulting in school closures, increases in class size, lay offs of teachers and support staff, and a
shameful shortage of librarians, counselors, nurses, custodians and groundskeepers throughout
the state; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has suffered more than $9
million in cuts in the last several years hurting local efforts to increase parental involvement,
ensure up-to-date textbooks and ensure ongoing teacher training and guarantee small class sizes;
and
WHEREAS, the Governor’s budget proposal breaks his commitment to students and
schools despite the fact that state revenues are actually higher than was projected when the
agreement was approved; and
WHEREAS, A recent “Quality Counts 2005" report by Education Week notes that
California ranked 44th in the nation in per-pupil funding; and
WHEREAS, A recent study by the RAND Corporation corroborates these findings and
notes California’s K-12 school system has fallen from its position as a national leader thirty
years ago, to its current ranking near the bottom in every objective category; and
WHEREAS, California voters approved – and continue to strongly support – Proposition
98 to protect schools and students from harmful budget cuts and to establish a minimum level of
education funding; and
WHEREAS, The Governor’s budget proposal goes against the will of the California
voters;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District strongly opposes the Governor’s 2005-06 budget proposal and urges the Governor to
uphold the education funding protections the voters say they want; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
calls on the Governor to fully fund education according to the requirements of Proposition 98.
Category:California
Category:Education
Category:Resolutions
Category:School Districts
Santa Rosa, CA Accepting the Green Building Implementation Plan

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 2/10/04
Source File: Click here
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 25891
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA ACCEPTING THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA GREEN BUILDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) awarded Frontier Associates an energy efficiency program grant to provide local governments in the Bay Area with consulting services to develop green building programs; and
WHEREAS, the Council, by resolution, accepted the Green Building Conceptual Plan to become one of the participating jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, in general, the program will help Santa Rosa:
* Develop educational resources to train building designers and construction contractors, as well as City staff, on state-of-the-art green building practices;
* Develop reward-based mechanisms to encourage building and design professionals to adopt green building practices;
* Develop design guidelines and other resources to govern eligibility for these rewards;
* Implement the green building guidelines; and
* Develop mechanisms to enroll builders and developers into the programs and to educate homeowners about the benefits of purchasing green homes or using green building principles in remodeling projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves the Green Building Implementation Plan.
Category:Building Standards
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Resolutions
Santa Rosa, CA Creation of a Public Art Walk

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 10/22/02
Source File: http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/default.aspx?PageId=257&NewsId=25443
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 25443
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ART WALK AND DEDICATING ANY PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM THE SALE OF PIECES OF ART FROM THE ART WALK COLLECTION TO BE USED IN PROJECT NO. 8442, "PUBLIC ART"
WHEREAS, the Council desires to enhance the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Committee has developed a program to place pieces of art, loaned to the City in various locations throughout the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the locations have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Public Works; and
WHEREAS, the project will cost $30,000 with the funding source being the Public Art Project No. 8442; and
WHEREAS, proceeds from the sale of pieces from the Art Walk collection would be returned to Project No. 8442.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council establishes a Public Art Walk Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any proceeds received from the sale of donated art included in the Art Walk collection would be dedicated for use in the Public Art Project. (No. 8442.)
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Culture
Category:Resolutions
Santa Rosa, CA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 3/20/07
Source File: http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/environmental_stewardship/eps/Pages/default.aspx
Description:
On March 20, 2007 the Santa Rosa City Council adopted an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Policy. This policy was developed out of the Environmental Strategic Plan Committee to replace the City's Recycled Product Procurement Policy. The new policy improves purchasing by focusing on resource conservation and toxics reduction as well as recycled content and source reduction that were covered in the previous policy.
What is Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)?
Environmentally preferable goods and services are those that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when specifically compared with other goods or services that serve the same purpose.
Why is Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Important?
The purchase and use of environmentally preferable products can have a profound impact and not just on the environment. From worker safety to budget savings, wise purchasing has a number of benefits.
* Buying less hazardous products can reduce regulatory liability, improve worker safety, and lower disposal costs.
* Using energy efficient and water conserving products can save money
* Products that are reusable, refillable, more durable, or repairable create less waste and are more cost effective in the long run than disposable single use products.
* Buying recycle products keeps our home and workplace recycling programs going and saves natural resources.
Go here to view the entire 12-page document.
Category:Buy Green Policy
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Policies
Santa Rosa, CA Support for Cleaner Burning Alternative Fuels

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 10/3/00
Source File: http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/default.aspx?PageId=257&NewsId=%2024570
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 24570
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA ENDORSING THE USE OF CLEANER BURNING ALTERNATE FUELS
WHEREAS, motor vehicle exhaust continues to be a major source of ground level ozone and toxic air contaminants as well as other pollutants, which are major contributors to asthma and other respiratory diseases; and
WHEREAS, 4.2 million Californians suffer from lung disease, which is growing faster than most leading killers; and
WHEREAS, more than 95 percent of Californians live in areas that do not meet health based federal or state air quality standards; and
WHEREAS, passenger cars and light trucks contribute approximately 50 percent of the smog-producing gasses in the Redwood Empire region; and
WHEREAS, alternative fueled vehicles and equipment burn cleaner and emit less caustic emissions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Rosa is a leader in the use of alternate fueled vehicles in municipal fleet service.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa encourages Governor Gray Davis and his appointed members of the California Air Resources Board to take a strong stand on reducing tail pipe vehicle emissions from vehicles and require auto manufacturers selling vehicles in California to increase the number of alternately fueled vehicles available for purchase; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that more grant money be provided for local municipal fleets for the use of alternate fuels in their service delivery.
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Gas-Powered Transportation
Category:Resolutions
Santa Rosa, CA Supporting Civil Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 5/11/04
Source File: Click here
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 25958
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING EQUAL PROTECTION FOR CIVIL MARRIAGE AND OPPOSING FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROHIBITING SAME-SEX CIVIL MARRIAGES
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Rosa has by policy and ordinance stated its commitment to fair and equal treatment of all persons regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation; and
WHEREAS, in 2000 the City of Santa Rosa established a policy of providing equal benefits to domestic partners; and
WHEREAS, both the United States Constitution and the State of California Constitution provide that no person within its jurisdiction shall be denied equal protection of the laws; and
WHEREAS, a civil marriage contract is completely separate and distinct from any religious, ethnic or other tradition, ceremony, or belief regarding marriage; and
WHEREAS, denying civil marriage deprives couples of numerous state and federal rights, privileges, immunities, protections and responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, no citizen of Santa Rosa, or employee of the City of Santa Rosa, should be denied equal protection under the law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa urges the courts and legislature of California, based upon the equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions, to legalize same-sex civil marriages and calls for the courts to strike down any law that abridges the right of same-sex couples to enter into civil marriages.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council opposes any amendment to the United States Constitution that would restrict or ban same-sex civil marriages.
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Civil Rights
Category:LGBT
Category:Resolutions