S4 21-0414 Subject: FY 2021-23 Proposed Budget Resolutions
From: Finance Department
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation:
1) A Resolution: 1. Adopting The Biennial Budget For Fiscal Years 2021-23 And Appropriating Funds To Cover Expenditures Approved By Said Budget; 2. Creating The General Purpose Fund Emergency Reserve Fund (Fund 1011) As Directed By City Council In Resolution No. 88574 C.M.S.; And 3. Authorizing The City Administrator To Transfer Funds Between Departments, Programs And Funds As Necessary To Support Departmental Reorganization As Set Forth In The Adopted Biennial Budget For Fiscal Years 2021-23; And
My name is Gabriela Galicia and I am the Executive Director of Street Level Health Project, which houses the City of Oakland Day Laborer program under contract with the city since 2014. SLHP remains as a hub for day laborers and one of the only organizations responding to the needs of day laborers. Many were hit financially but also physically as many contracted the virus from being exposed waiting for work, employers who didn't follow protocols, and living in overcrowding housing. We must include the day laborer program in our economic recovery plan to ensure those most vulnerable can sustain themselves and their families. SLHP has been included in the Mayor's budget in past years and due to our program's success, has become the sole-source contractor. Unfortunately, we do not currently see day laborer program funding listed in the current budget proposal. Funds such as these directly uplift our lowest-income neighborhoods, and fits under Council budget priority C: (Good jobs and vibrant economy) and the City's overarching Economic Development priorities (ADD). We are asking for at a minimum, $220K ($440K over the two years) which supports 3 nonprofits in the contract along with Centro Legal de la Raza and Causa Justa:Just Cause. We also are a part of the minimum wage outreach and education line item that we would like to see the amount of $250,000 continue for the collaborative that has been doing tremendous work to educate Oakland workers during the pandemic.
I represent the nonprofit Street Level Health Project, which houses the City of Oakland Day Laborer program (AKA the Oakland Workers' Collective). I want to ensure the City budget supports Oakland's most vulnerable communities; Oakland's day laborers, the Maya-Mam-speaking indigenous community, low-income community members, those who are undocumented, and others.
Street Level has been in the Mayor's budget since 2014 and is now the sole-source contractor for the day laborer program. Unfortunately, we do not currently see this funding listed in the budget proposal.
Small amounts of funds such as these directly uplift our lowest-income neighborhoods, and support Council budget priority C: Good jobs and vibrant economy and the City's overarching Economic Development priorities.
We are asking for at a minimum, $220K ($440K/2 years, the status quo) which supports 3 nonprofits with Centro Legal de la Raza and Causa Justa::Just Cause. Funding such as this is but a drop in the bucket that supports hundreds of individuals and families in Oakland, relative to the entire city budget and other costlier expenditures.
Regardless of documentation status, these community members are vital members of the economy, and are some of those who have been hit hardest by the pandemic. If we want to heal the economy as a whole, and from an equity lens, we must include the day laborer program in our economic recovery plan to ensure those most vulnerable can sustain themselves and their families.
My name is Gabriela Galicia and I am the Executive Director of Street Level Health Project, which houses the City of Oakland Day Laborer program under contract with the city since 2014. SLHP remains as a hub for day laborers and one of the only organizations responding to the needs of day laborers. Many were hit financially but also physically as many contracted the virus from being exposed waiting for work, employers who didn't follow protocols, and living in overcrowding housing. We must include the day laborer program in our economic recovery plan to ensure those most vulnerable can sustain themselves and their families. SLHP has been included in the Mayor's budget in past years and due to our program's success, has become the sole-source contractor. Unfortunately, we do not currently see day laborer program funding listed in the current budget proposal. Funds such as these directly uplift our lowest-income neighborhoods, and fits under Council budget priority C: (Good jobs and vibrant economy) and the City's overarching Economic Development priorities (ADD). We are asking for at a minimum, $220K ($440K over the two years) which supports 3 nonprofits in the contract along with Centro Legal de la Raza and Causa Justa:Just Cause. We also are a part of the minimum wage outreach and education line item that we would like to see the amount of $250,000 continue for the collaborative that has been doing tremendous work to educate Oakland workers during the pandemic.
I represent the nonprofit Street Level Health Project, which houses the City of Oakland Day Laborer program (AKA the Oakland Workers' Collective). I want to ensure the City budget supports Oakland's most vulnerable communities; Oakland's day laborers, the Maya-Mam-speaking indigenous community, low-income community members, those who are undocumented, and others.
Street Level has been in the Mayor's budget since 2014 and is now the sole-source contractor for the day laborer program. Unfortunately, we do not currently see this funding listed in the budget proposal.
Small amounts of funds such as these directly uplift our lowest-income neighborhoods, and support Council budget priority C: Good jobs and vibrant economy and the City's overarching Economic Development priorities.
We are asking for at a minimum, $220K ($440K/2 years, the status quo) which supports 3 nonprofits with Centro Legal de la Raza and Causa Justa::Just Cause. Funding such as this is but a drop in the bucket that supports hundreds of individuals and families in Oakland, relative to the entire city budget and other costlier expenditures.
Regardless of documentation status, these community members are vital members of the economy, and are some of those who have been hit hardest by the pandemic. If we want to heal the economy as a whole, and from an equity lens, we must include the day laborer program in our economic recovery plan to ensure those most vulnerable can sustain themselves and their families.