Title:
Title
(City Council / Housing Authority) Commitment to Housing Authority/Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency Focused Meetings
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00019
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt 1) a City Council Resolution confirming the commitment to hold meetings concurrently with the Housing Authority to focus on the business of the Housing Authority and/or the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA); and 2) a Housing Authority Resolution confirming the commitment to hold meetings concurrently with the City Council to focus on the business of the Housing Authority and/or SHRA.
Contact: La Shelle Dozier, Executive Director, (916) 440-1319, Brad Nakano, General Counsel, (916) 440-1330, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-City Council Resolution
3-Housing Authority Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA), a joint powers authority (JPA), operates as an independent legal entity consisting of: 1) the City of Sacramento; 2) the County of Sacramento; 3) the Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento; and 4) the Housing Authority of the County of Sacramento. SHRA serves as a staffing entity for both the City and County Housing Authorities and implements various other delegated activities. City Council established a Housing Authority for the City of Sacramento (Housing Authority) in July of 1939. From 1939 to 1971, the Housing Authority Board was comprised of members appointed by City Council. In 1972, City Council appointed itself to be the Board of the Housing Authority.
Though City Council serves a dual role as both the governing board of the City and the Housing Authority Board, California law designated housing authorities as entities independent from the cities and counties within which they were created. This separation allows, among other thin...
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