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San Joaquin County, CA March 7, 2000 Election
Measure W
Low Rent Housing Projects Measure
City of Stockton

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Without increasing local taxes, by utilizing federal or state funding, shall public or publicly assisted housing providers, within the City of Stockton, according to the City's General Plan, construct, develop, acquire, rehabilitate and/or convert housing project(s) into decent, safe, sanitary and uncrowded units for low-income, elderly, or handicapped persons, up to 500 units annually, for ten years, with any unused units carried over annually?
Summary:
The proposed measure, if approved by the voters, re-establishes authority for the City and/or private developers with public financial assistance through the City, to develop, acquire, construct or rehabilitate housing units for low income, handicapped and/or elderly persons. Article XXXIV of the California Constitution requires that voter approval be secured prior to establishing rent assisted housing. The measure would allow up to five hundred (500) units to be developed annually, for ten years, with the balance carried over from year to year if the full allocation is not utilized.

  
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