The City has upgraded its Citizen Access online permitting portal! It has a new look, improved navigation, and better functionality that should make it easier to use. Citizen Access allows residents, businesses, and visitors to:
- submit permit requests for Planning, Building, and Engineering permits,
- access permit records,
- pay permit fees,
- check on the status of in-progress records,
- schedule building inspections, and
- report code enforcement violations online.
Any person who submits a permit request must have a Citizen Access account and an email address, even if they visit the City's Development Services Center to apply in person. All communication with the applicant is done via email.
For information on how to create a Citizen Access account and apply for a permit, please visit the City's Online Permits webpage.
 AC Boost Program for Down Payment Assistance
Are you ready to buy your first home? Alameda County can give your down payment a BOOST! The County is announcing a new round of AC Boost, their Down Payment Assistance Program. AC Boost provides financial assistance to middle-income working households to purchase a home in Alameda County. The program offers shared appreciation loans of up to $210,000 to first-time homebuyers who live or work in Alameda County or have been displaced from the County. And if you are a First Responder or an Educator (including public school employees and childcare providers), you may have double the chance to access AC Boost funds! Of the $45 million available for direct loans to AC Boost homebuyers, the program has already originated over $9 million in loans, helping over 70 households buy their first home in Alameda County with an affordable mortgage. This current round of funding features higher maximum loan amounts and requires less cash from the buyer to close.
Applying for AC Boost is free, fast, and simple. For more information and to submit your pre-application, visit the AC Boost website or call 510-500-8840.
AC Boost is funded by Alameda County Measure A1 and administered by the nonprofit organization Hello Housing.
Embrace a healthier lifestyle this summer and stay fit by seeking Fremont's beautiful outdoors to walk, bike, and hike in your local community! Join Councilmember Raj Salwan this Sunday for a walk through Sabercat Historical Park, a 1.8 mile out and back trail in a natural setting that is good for all skill levels. Meet on Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 9 am in the parking lot entrance at 1837 Via Orinda in Fremont where we will start our hike together. Free shirts while supplies last. This event is part of our new health and wellness campaign - Active Fremont: Walk, Bike, Hike, in partnership with Washington Hospital, East Bay Regional Park District, Regional Parks Foundation and the City of Fremont.
Follow us on social media at #ActiveFremont through September 6 as we share weekly health tips; recipes; walking, bicycling, and hiking routes in Fremont; and meet-up events to keep you motivated. Stay tuned for prize drawings and giveaways. One of our strategic objectives is to help families and youth be active this summer and be ready to walk or bike to school in the fall. So, whether you are 8 or 80, Active Fremont: Walk, Bike, Hike welcomes everyone!
If you’d like a reminder to join a walk, sign up here.
July 25 | 9:00 am | Sabercat Historical Park | Councilmember Raj Salwan
August 6 | 9:00 am | Brookvale Park | Councilmember Rick Jones
August 9 | 6:00 pm | Azeveda Park | Councilmember Jenny Kassan
August 28 | 10:00 am | Irvington Park | Councilmember Teresa Cox
The current residential eviction moratorium remains in effect for ALL residential tenants living in Alameda County until 60 days after Alameda County lifts the local public health emergency.
On April 22, 2020, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. O-2020-23, which prohibits, with few exceptions, all residential evictions anywhere in the County during the COVID-19 public health emergency, including within the City of Fremont. The County ordinance superseded the City of Fremont March 25, 2020 Executive Order. Therefore, the Fremont City Council recently rescinded the “March 25, 2020 Executive Order,” which had established a temporary moratorium on eviction of residential tenants in Fremont, since it was no longer necessary. On June 30, 2020, Alameda County adopted Ordinance No. O-2020-41 to extend the County-wide eviction moratorium established in Ordinance No. O-2020-23 until 60 days after the County lifts the local declaration of public health emergency. The City of Fremont’s Small-Scale Commercial Tenant Eviction Moratorium remains in effect until the City's local emergency is terminated. Answers to frequently asked questions about the eviction moratorium can be found on our website.
If you are behind on your rent due to COVID 19, you may be eligible for assistance. Please visit our website to see if you qualify and to apply.
Did you miss this week’s City Council meeting? Catch up on the July 20, 2021 Council meeting agenda and webcast for updates on the following:
- Second reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Fremont Municipal Code to amend the use table for the Downtown District
- COVID-19 Local Emergency – Resolution to align the City of Fremont’s Emergency Order with the timing of Alameda County’s Order (Fremont’s local emergency will remain in place until the County terminates its local emergency)
- Fremont Boulevard Traffic Signal Modernization
- Amendment of the Civil Penalties Schedule
- Safe Parking Program – Update of Safe Paring Program Design Elements: Criteria, Screening, Rules and Standards for Participation
What’s kitten season, you ask? Warmer weather means baby animals abound, including many kittens born to outdoor or unaltered cats. This means the Tri-City Animal Shelter gets flooded with tiny kittens in need of fosters, sponsors and supplies to help them thrive! Help us meet their needs by becoming a foster family or donating to help our volunteer foster families.
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