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Berkeley council approves staff plan to submit FY25 annual action plan; general‑fund awards sent to June budget process
Summary
The City Council approved staff recommendations to adopt the FY2025 annual action plan for HUD CDBG/ESG/HOME funds and to submit the plan to HUD, while referring general‑fund community agency allocations to the June budget process after extensive public testimony from local nonprofits.
Mayor Aragon opened a special May 7 meeting and moved that the City Council adopt staff recommendations to program the city's estimated HUD funds and submit the FY2025 annual action plan for Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant and HOME program funding. Council seconded the motion and, after a roll call, approved the staff recommendation; the council referred all general‑fund allocations to the June budget adoption process.
The decision covers staff and commission recommendations emerging from the city’s four‑year community agency RFP process, which consolidated multiple funding sources and recommended four‑year contracts intended to sustain services for low‑income Berkeley residents. HHCS staff told council the RFP and…
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