HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-39 - Supporting Senate Bill 257, Redevelopment Agency to Subsidize a Police Officer's Down Payment on a HomeRESOLUTION NO. -0
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING SENATE
BILL 257.
WHEREAS, community oriented policing can be beneficial because the
neighbors know their police and vice versa; and
WHEREAS, one way to strengthen the relationship between the neighbors and
their police is for the police officers to become neighbors; and
WHEREAS, the presence of police officers who also reside in neighborhoods
can reduce criminal activities; and
WHEREAS, economic, physical, and social conditions can discourage police
officers from purchasing homes in the communities that employ them; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 257 would allow a redevelopment agency to subsidize
a police officer's down payment for a home if he or she is making 120 percent or less
of the County median; and
WHEREAS, any officer benefiting from this program must purchase a home to
be used as a principal residence in the redevelopment area and reside in that home for
10 years; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 257 creates another tool to fight blight;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa supports Senate Bill 257.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of May, 1 97.
Mayor of the City of o a Mesa
ATTEST:
Deputy City lerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE 1 ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
APP OVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of May, 1997.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 6th day of May, 1997.
Deputy Cit Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Co ncil of the City of Costa Mesa