CBS News: Affordable rental housing on the November ballot with Oakland Measure Q
A measure on the ballot this November in Oakland seeks to give the city authority to develop, build, acquire or help develop up to 13,000 low-rent housing units in the city.
Measure Q aims to provide affordable rental housing for Oakland residents. Voter authorization to build low-rent housing is required by the state Constitution.
City Councilmember Carroll Fife introduced a resolution in May to place Measure Q on the ballot. In June, the resolution passed the City Council by a unanimous vote. Fife ran for City Council in part on advocating for housing as a human right and as a founding member of Moms 4 Housing.
Fife's resolution says, "Access to low and very low-income housing is critical to ensuring that a growing number of Oakland residents are not plunged into homelessness."
*Article correction: Measure Q does not introduce new taxes, it simply allows the administration to begin looking into possible funding sources.
