For City Council Meeting of April 14, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Christina Taylor, Community Development Director
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Request City Council to: (1) Receive the Overview of the San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG) Housing Trust Program; and (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8490 Authorizing the City's Participation in the Housing Trust Program Joint Powers Authority (JPA).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a Resolution authorizing the City's participation in the SBCOG Housing Trust Program JPA.
BACKGROUND
The City of Rialto is one of twenty-five member agencies of the San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG). On February 14, 2023 the Rialto City Council authorized staff to submit a letter of intent to join the San Bernardino Regional Housing Trust (SBRHT). Through the SBHRT, the City of Rialto intended to further the goal to attract significant funding and affordable housing development interest into the San Bernardino region.
On April 5, 2023, the SBCOG Board of Directors initiated the process of establishing the (SBRHT), including the establishment of a new Joint Powers Authority.
A housing trust fund is a program or independent organization that raises funding dedicated to housing construction, preservation, and rehabilitation, often concentrated on affordable housing, homeless housing services, down payment assistance, gap financing, supporting housing trusts, and related activities.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Administrative Plan for the Housing Trust will be developed in consultation with participating member jurisdictions. It will establish protocols for the trust fund, including determining the types of projects and programs it will fund, set goals to guide the Trust's activities, stipulate membership requirements for participating jurisdictions, establish preferences for reinvesting allocations within the jurisdiction, outline SBCOG's administrative re...
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