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Board approves revised Homekey hotel purchase despite last‑minute state funding changes
Summary
Supervisors voted 5–0 to accept a revised state Homekey grant for acquisition of the Days Hotel, approving up to $15.1 million in state funds with a $3.1 million Measure A1 match and delegating execution authority to county staff; several supervisors protested the tight timeline.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved a revised Homekey grant and associated authorizations on Nov. 17 to acquire and operate a hotel for homeless housing, after staff said the state reduced operating funds but still allowed acquisition funding to close by Dec. 2.
County staff read revised recommendations into the record, asking the board to "accept a COVID‑19-related Homekey grant from the State of California for the purpose of acquiring and operating real property as homeless housing in an…
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