Loaves & Fishes needs your help to persuade Mayor Kevin Johnson and the Sacramento City Council to change the city's mixed income housing policy. Please join us in urging Mayor Johnson and the Sacramento City Council to change the policy to apply to all areas of the city and require that 5% of housing be reserved for the poorest of the poor (30% of Area Median Income)

Most importantly, add your signature to the letter below. We will make sure the Mayor and City Council each receive a copy. You may also download a copy here to circulate to others.

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Dear Mayor Johnson & Sacramento City Council,

For a number of years, Loaves & Fishes has asked the city of Sacramento to adopt a more just housing policy. However, despite repeated studies and staff reports, it has been placed on a back burner and no action has been taken.

The winds of change are stronger now. The economic crisis has heightened everyone's awareness of the need for sound housing policies. Currently, the city does require that some newly built new homes and apartments be sold or rented at prices that lower income people can afford. But the law only applies to a fraction of the city. It includes the Railyards, but not downtown or the Richards Boulevard areas right next door. It applies to Natomas but not to East Sacramento. This patchwork approach is unjust and squanders opportunities for poorer families to live in all neighborhoods.

The law also does not yet require that some of the new homes and apartments be reserved specifically for the poorest of the poor. And so the number of families forced into homelessness by the lack of housing increases and we see more and more people sleeping in doorways and homeless camps.

If you agree that the best homelessness prevention program is providing safe, decent homes for everyone,

We ask you to change the City of Sacramento's Mixed Income Housing Ordinance to apply everywhere in the city and to include homes for the poorest of the poor.

We ask you to adopt a 15% Mixed Income Housing Ordinance that:

(1) applies to all areas of the city and
(2) requires that 5% of all new housing be reserved for families and individuals with extremely low incomes (30% of Area Median Income).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

The Below have already signed the form. 575 Individuals and 45 organizations.
Organizations
Capitol City SDA Church, Community Services Ministry
Carmichael Presbyterian Church
Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry
Central America Action Committee
Chicano Consortium de Sacra
Clean & Sober
Co-Chair, Sacramento Progressive Alliance
Education for Healthy Choices
Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS)
Family Promise Advocates of Sacramento
First English Lutheran Church
Food Not Bombs
Francis House
Good Shepherd Community – ICCW
Grandmothers for Peace
Gray Panthers – Sacramento
Grey Robe Benedictines
Housing Now
INDIAN VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY
League of Women Voters of Sacramento County
Loomis Basin Congregational UCC
Older Women’s League of California
Order of St. Benedict and Scholastica Priory
Peace and Freedom Party Sacramento County
ProProse social marketing solutions
Resources for Independent Living
Restorative Schools Vision Project
Sacramento First Christian Church
Sacramento for Democracy/a>
Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee (SHOC)
Sacramento Housing Alliance
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes
Sacramento Mutual Housing Association
Sisters of Social Service
St Matthew’s Epsicopal Church
St. Francis Assisi Parish
St. Francis of Assisi
Turning Point Community Programs
UUSS
Waking the Village
WE C.A.N.,INC
Wellness and Recovery Center
Wellspring Women’s Center
Wellstone Democratic Club of Sacramento
Willow Clinic of the UC Davis Medical Center

Individuals
Gayle Abbott
Claire Achen
Rachel Adams
Victoria Agajanyan
Darla Aguirre
Tom Aguirre
Barbara Ahern
Angela Aiesi
Michelle Ala’Chappelle
Bridget Alexander
JoLynn Alexander
Patty Allen
David Alois
Katie Amodio
Paul Anderson
Clifford Anderson
JoAnn Anglin
Mary Ellen Asebedo
Larry and Suzie Augusta
Erin Averill
Dan Bacher
Diane Bader
John Bader
Patti Baggett
amy baker
Teresa Baker
Jeannie Baker
Audrea Balak
Jacqueline Baldino
Raymond Ball
Eric Balme
Franklin Banker
Karen Banker
melani barbeau
ernie barbeau
josph barbeau
Beth Barker-Hidalgo
barbara barnett
Geraldine Baskerville
Bernice Batchelder
Richard Beach
Lynelle Belardi
John Bell
Roxanne Belton
Ken Bennett
Ranee Bennett
Leslie Benson
Kristen Benson
Barbara Berger
Rick Bettis
Nicola Biasi
Elaine Bickford
Joyce Biddle
Kimberly Biggs
Brendan Birt
Mary Bisharat
Laura Black
leo bloom
leo & gayle bloom
Arnold Bojorquez
Blase Bonpane, Director
Claudia Borst
Jerry Bowers
Verne Bowers
beatrice bowles
Anna Boyd
Michael Boyd
KC Boylan
Garren Bratcher
william breault
john brewer
karen brockopp
stacy brown
Carol Brown
Irene Brown
Graham Brownstein
Marilyn Bryant
Barbara Bucher
Michele Bucher
John Buck
Nancy Bui
Kay Buie
Gregory Bunker
Bruce Burdick
Prof. Paul Burke
Forrest Burkes
Robert Burness
Pam Butts
Pamela Caballero
Mallory Cain
Caryl Callsen
Ralph Caloiaro
Barbara Caloiaro
Sonja and Fred Cameron
Monica Campos
Christine Canelo
Jackie Carlson
Mark Carlson
Marilyn Carmazzi
Linda Carpenter
Carmen Carroll
Steve Caruso
Tara Catanzariti
Barry Cavaghan
Steve Cernicky
Shannon Chadwick- Ramsey
LEROY CHATFIELD
Dana Christy
LISA CHRISTY
Stephen Chroniak
Wendy Cioni
Sean Clancy
Deacon Donald Clark
Earlene Clark
Richard Jaffee Cohen
Judy Cohn
Fran Coletti
Sister Catherine Connell, SSS
HIlary Connolly
Linda Cook
Leann Cooke
David Cooke
Raquel Correa
Chadd Courtright
Patrice Coyle
Joanne Crandall-Bear
Marla Crane
Judy Cunningham
Susanna Curry
Lorraine D’Amelio
Lanette Davies
Steven Davis
Helga de la Rosa
Linda Deavens
Khavin Debbs
Rommel Declines
Jonnell Deen-Chase
Kimberly deGuzman
Susan Del Gaudio
Chris and Dan Delany
Lois DeMartini
Michael Denton
Anthony DeRiggi
Antoinette deVere White
patricia dittmer
Brigid Donaghy
Karen Donahue, RSM
Katy Donato
Michael Donnoe
Davida Douglas
Tamie Dramer
tamara duarte
Dr. Wynne DuBray
Wynne DuBray, EdD
Ann Dufour
Robert Dunn
Larry Dunphy
Julie DuToit
Robert Edwards
Ellen Eggers
Richard Eldredge
Jonathan Ellison
William Emerson
Jan England
Mother Elizabeth English, OSB
gail erlandson
Bob Erlenbusch
John Erlich
Margaret Ervin
Judy Esguerra
Suzi Ettin
Colleen Evans
Norm Fadness
Don Fado
Patricia Fado
Barbara Farley
Jake Fathy
Veronica Favela
Alexandra Feinberg
Valerie Feldman
Abe Felmley
anne Fenkner
Sister Libby Fernandez
Ardi Ferris
Donald Fillman
Robin Fine
Ted Firch
Peggy Fish
India Fleming
Jan Fleming
John Foley
Carol Foster
Nancy P. Fox
Margaret France
Connie Frank
Stephen Franklin
David Freeman
Cheryl Freeman
Kristine Freeze
Frances Freitas
Lois French
DeeAnn Fricker
Teresa Gahan
Michael Wilkins Gainer
Patricia Gainer
Vince Gallo
Christine Garrett
Rebecca Garrow
Susan Geisler
Barbara Ghattas
Lynne Gilbertson
Barbara Gillespy
Joan Gillespy
anne gillingham
Gene M Glaser
Chris Glaudel
arnie godmintz
Joseph Gonzales
Joe Gonzales
Sister Michelle Gorman, RSM
Frances Gray
Janet Green
Linda Griffin
marianne grisez
Andrew Gross Gaitan
Maria Yvette Gutierrez
Efren M Guttierrez
Sandra Hamameh
Helen Hanna
Michael Hansell
Christine Hansen
Joanne Hansen
Rev. Lloyd Hanson
David Haproff
Jim Harris
Rev. Robert Hart
cary hart
Randall Hartley
Melody Hartman
Shannon Hartman
Natalie Hartman Whitnack
Angela Hassell
Anthony M Hawkins
mandi hawley
michelle hayes
John Healy
CHUCK HECHT
Clara Heimericks
Joan Heinig
Mark Hekemian
Linda Hellyer
Paul Henderson
Peggy Hernandez
Marianne Hewitt OSB Associate
Jeni Hillhouse
Tonya Hilligoss
Sally Hite
Gina Hitson
Helen Hobart
David Hobbs Hobbs
Dennis Hock
Jim and Wally Hoffsis
Wally and Jim Hoffsis
Patricia Hogan
Patricia Holmes
Barbara Hopkins
Dorothy Hornefius
Joshua Horowitz
dave hosseini
Anson Houghton
David Howard
Rich Howard
christi howarth
Karen Hudson-Bates
Cindy Hurn
Andrea Hurst
Esther Huston
Debra Igou
Sister Judy Illig, IBVM
Ernest Isaacs
Rachel Iskow
Marcie Jacikas
Karen Jacques
Reona James
Julia Janzen
Anthony Jimenez
Nicole Jimenez
Cynthia Johnson
Kenya Johnson
Kenya Johnson
Michelle Johnston
Rosemary Johnston
Charlene Jones
Peggy Jones
Owen T. Jones
Abigail Jones
Gerald Joseph, Jr.
Jessica Kalenik
Bree Kaspari
Walter Kawamoto
Sister Corita Keane
Marni Kelleher
Dan and Lyn Keller
Daniel Keller
Jan Kelley
Madalyn Kelley
Joan Kelly
Susan Kenney
Maya Key
Marie Kiene
Linda Killick
Donna Kincannon
judie kindle
Lynn King
Kellie Kirkman
Kathryn Kleinman
Loreen Kleinschmidt
Ruth Kletzing
Kay Knepprath
Norma Kohout
Mary Ann Kono
Arlene Krause
Roanna Krisko
Stephen Krofchok
Lorraine Krofchok
Mary Kroger
Hilary Krogh
Marisa Lacampagne
Bill Lackemacher
Mary Caye Lagomarsino
Judy Lane
Kathleen Lane
doris lantz
Kimberly LaPerle
Lawrence Laslett
Lorraine Latreille
Nancy Latta
Robert Lavelle
Cynthia Lawrence
Clare Lee
Eddie LEE
Mary and Bud Lembke
Kathy Leon
Suzi Leon
Linda Leonard
Jennifer Leonard
steve lerman
Stella Levy
Kathy Lewis
Eugene Lewis Jr
John Liberty
Nancy Link
Robert Link
Virginia Loeffler
Kari Lokke
Paula Lomazzi
The Reverend Deacon Cindy Long
Carmela Lovano
DON Lovano
Andrea Lovano
Kenneth Lum
Liana Luna
Georgiann Lyga
Bernadette Lynch
Jill Macdonell
Katrina Maczen-Cantrell
Mary Magatelli
Beth A Magnino
Janet Mahan
Ruth Mallery
michaela manago
David Mandel
Tony Manzanetti
Irene Martinez
April Mason
Steven May
Jessica Mayhew
John McConaha
Doreen McGrath
Diane and Ken McGuire
Violet McKee
Heidi McLean
Candy McMorris
Adolfo Mercado
Bettina Mercado
Keirsten Mihos
Jackie Mikesell
Robert Miller
Jimmi Mishler
Dorothy Mitchell
amy mogavero
Dolores Moniz
Sandra Morris
Vincent Moschetta
Gina Munro
James Munro
Catherine Munsee
Tasha Murdock
Diane Murphy
Jeffrey Muss
Patricia Naylor
Amanda Nelson
Danah Nelson
Patricia Nelson
Sandra Nelson
Edith Nevitt
David Newman
Christopher Niehaus
Judy Nisonger
Rev. Dr. John T. Norris
Carole Nutt, LCSW
Marilyn Nutter
Janice O’Brien
Bob O’Brien
Cara Ochsenreiter
Laureen O’Hanlon, Ph.D
Taura OLariscy
Karen O’Neil
Mary E. O’Reilly
KATHLEEN ORR
Randy & Susan Padgett
Karen Papa
Kathy Parsons
Robert Perrone
Miranda Perry
Vicky Peters
Erin Peth
Joanne Pinheiro
Thomas Pinkel
Jane Potter
William Powers
Patricia Pratt
Molly Pyle
JoAnne Pyne
Elizabeth Quinn
Roberto Quintana
Blithe Raines
Roxann Randal
ryan rauzon
John Reiger
Meredith Rhodes
Walter Rice
Brother Logan Rice, OSB
Sharon Rodda
Virginia (Ginny) Rodgers
Thomas and Jan Romero
Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin
Ann Rothschild
Fred Rowe
Alice Rowe
Carmela Ruby
Susan Rudolph
Susan GL Rudolph
phyllis russo
SABRINA RYALL
Yvonne Ryan
Tom Ryan
Gerald Ryle
Glayol Sahba MD
ron sala
Seth Sandronsky
Katie Sarber
Alan Saunders
Michael Savage
Georgette Saydak
Elizabeth Schooss
DAVID SCHRAMEL
Zana Schrupp
Joan Scott
sdf sdf
John Sedger
Barbara Sena
Sister M. Glenda Shaw
Rev. James Sheets
Marie Sherrard
Gretchen Shilts
Sasha Shipman
Mary Lou Shurtleff
Rosa Silva
Alison Silvis
Stacie Simmons
Sally Smith
Carlene Smith
Jennifer Smith
Patrick Smith
nelda smith
Julie Snyder
Scot Sorensen
Karolyn Spring
Julie Springer
Lakshmi Sreenivasan
Anne Staines
Chris Stambaugh
Barbara Stanton
Jill Stensland
arnold sternberg
Myra Steward
Holly Wunder Stiles
Carol Stoughton
Father James Straukamp, OSB
Allison Swan
Patty Symkowick
Rebecca Talley
Kelly Tanalepy
Mark Tavianini
Barbara and Bob Taylor
Christine Taylor
Donald Taylor
Richard Taylor
Kristin Thebaud
Christine Thomas
katie thomas
Thais Thomas
Patricia Thomas
Tim Thomas
Kathleen Thomas
Sharon Thomas
Sarah Thompson
dorothy thomson
Sharon Thorpe
Arnette Tipton
Madelyn Tomolillo
Frank Topping
Roseanna Torretto
Roseanna Torretto
Brooks Truitt
Howard Twomey
Phyllis Tyrell
Tonya Tyus Parker
Sister Diane Uebelhart, OSB
Patti Uplinger
Magda Van Brunt
Bob Varma
John and Aggie Vawter
Elizabeth Vincent
Janet Vining
Virginia Volk-Anderson
Pam Wade
Wanda Waldron
Mary Louise Walter
Justin Wandro
David & Lois Warren
William Waterman
C. T. Weber
Robert “Dugan” Weber
Noreen Weber
DIANE WELSH
Ruth Werner
colleen whalen
Lisa Wheeler
Kerrye Wheeler
Shirley Whisler
Zohreh Whitaker
Ben White
Edwina White
Sharon White
Glory Wicklund
Laura Wilder
Michael Wilkins
George & Elsie Wilkins
Ray Willey
ann winship
Laurie Winthers
Greg Wolfe
Sarah Woodward
Molly Wright
Emily Wright
Paula Jean Wright
NANCY YAMADA
Maggie Young
Joanna Zadra
Daniel Zeccola
Gary Zimmerman