CC 04-28-20 #2 Emergency Assistance Funds for Tenants_Written Communications1
Kirsten Squarcia
Subject:Public Input: Approve Relief Funds Tonight
Attachments:4_28 COVID LETTER.pdf
From: Cupertino ForAll <cupertinoforall@gmail.com>
Date: April 28, 2020 at 3:59:01 PM PDT
To: Cupertino City Manager's Office <manager@cupertino.org>, City Council <CityCouncil@cupertino.org>
Subject: Public Input: Approve Relief Funds Tonight
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Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council,
Please see Cupertino for All's attached comments regarding tonight's proposed COVID‐19 relief package.
We ask that you move forward with the total $150,000 ($100,000 of which are loans), and continue to
expand on city efforts to combat this ongoing devastation, such as through heightened renter and
worker protections.
Sincerely,
Cupertino for All
April 28, 2020
Cupertino City Council
10300 Torre Ave, Cupertino
Cupertino, CA 95014
For public comment: Approve COVID-19 Relief
Hon. Mayor Scharf and Members of the City Council:
We impress upon you that the county’s shelter-in-place mandate, requiring that individuals remain at home unless
leaving for necessary purposes, inherently means that most businesses and workplaces must temporarily close.
For those of us who are retired, or work ‘white collar jobs’ with guaranteed paid sick leave or that employ
work-from-home policies, the effects of COVID-19 will be mostly manageable. But many workers in our
community, especially lower wage workers and their families, small businesses owners and their employees
highly dependent on daily revenue, the self-employed and others with no legal entitlement to unemployment
insurance have few options. Therefore, Cupertino has both an economic and moral responsibility to pass tonight’s
financial relief package.
While tonight’s relief distantly follows efforts of neighboring cities such as Mountainview, we are thankful for the
that the City Manager’s office has proactively responded to this ongoing devastation, and hopes that City Council
will not only approve what is before you all tonight, but continue to expand on these efforts in meaningful ways,
such as further renter and worker protections amidst such financial uncertainty. For example, San Jose City
Council recently moved forward with a paid sick leave policy as part of its COVID-19 policy response. We look
forward to working with the city to expand its relief aid efforts, including through direct fundraising in whatever
capacity we can provide.
Sincerely,
Membership, Cupertino for All
Email:Cupertinoforall@gmail.com -Website:Cupertinoforall.org -Twitter:@Cupertino4All