The April Action Committee meeting featured discussion about many fiscal issues. We still hope to follow how the Federal stimulus package will affect out local area in areas such as transportation, housing, and education.

A presentation to Kiwanis about the May ballot measures went well. We may use that model for our May League meeting on the same subject.

We continue to follow the questions involved in how to evaluate possible mobile home park transitions. We hope to speak with a representative from owners of a local mobile home park in the near future. Changes in these areas affect owners, residents, and also the availability for low income housing.

Fremont is said to be planning to raise its Redevelopment fund to $1.5 billion by the end of 2009. Some previous delays worried the affordable housing community about how to increase housing opportunities in this area without such a raise.

An opportunity to again stress the need for encouraging public comment is available to us at Ohlone. We will draft a statement to present to their board. As usual our observer alerted us to this need. We still need MORE OBSERVERS!!! If interested please contact Alex Starr.

We continue to schedule our interviews with local officials with Miriam Keller as our point person in this area. If you have never participated in this function and wish to learn more, contact Miriam.

Voting Matters is ahead of schedule in taping and will take a break in April! Look for a new program on the ballot measures in April on Comcast.

Interested in any of the aforementioned issues? Come join us at the next Action Committee meeting on May 7th at 12:30 at Kay Emanuele’s home.