Bill Text: CA AB1232 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Affordable housing: weatherization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2019. [AB1232 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1232-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1232

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Introduced by Assembly Member Gloria

February 21, 2019

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An act relating to energy efficiency.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1232, as introduced, Gloria. Affordable housing: housing.

Existing law establishes various programs for the financing of energy efficiency retrofits and for financing eligible renewable energy resources.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would require the use of energy efficiency upgrade funds targeting disadvantaged communities to be tied to enforceable affordability agreements, require energy and weatherization programs to be linked to environmental health programs at no cost to tenants, and require a specified study to be conducted on the barriers to access renewable energy programs, as provided.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 (a) Due to the large number of multifamily housing units, the older stock of housing in the state, the housing affordability crisis, and the need to invest in the climate resiliency of disadvantaged communities, the Legislature should prioritize solutions at the intersection of energy efficiency, health, and housing.

(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this measure to include provisions that would do all of the following:

(1) Require that use of energy efficiency upgrade funds targeting disadvantaged communities be tied to enforceable affordability agreements for a minimum of 10 years.

(2) Require energy and weatherization programs to be linked to environmental health programs at no cost to tenants.

(3) Require a study to be conducted to understand the specific barriers unsubsidized affordable housing units have in accessing the renewable energy economy, track rates of tenant displacement or pressures after energy and health upgrades are received, and create a database of health issues found during audits to be added to maps of hotspots in environmental justice communities.