Bill Text: CA AB2593 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2593

Bill Title: Joint Exercise of Powers Act: Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-15 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. [AB2593 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2593-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2593

Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty, Hoover, and Stephanie Nguyen

February 14, 2024

~~An act relating to local government.~~ An act to add Section 6539.8.5 to the Government Code, relating to local government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2593, as amended, McCarty. ~~Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness.~~ Joint Exercise of Powers Act: Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified. Existing law requires the agreement to set forth its purpose or the power to be exercised, among other things.
This bill would authorize any qualified local agency, as defined, to enter into a joint powers agreement with any other qualified local agencies pursuant to the act to create and operate a joint powers agency, named the Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness, to assist the homeless population, to coordinate homelessness response, and to develop and manage a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento. The bill would require the agreement to set forth the composition and membership requirements of the board of directors that governs the partnership, would set forth the composition and voting procedures of the board, and would require the partnership to comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Sacramento.
Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program, administered by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, to provide grant funds to cities, continuums of care, and tribes in specified rounds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the effort of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that authorizes the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Galt, and Isleton to create and operate a joint powers agency for the purpose of assisting the homeless population, coordinating homelessness response, and developing and managing a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 6539.8.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

6539.8.5.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any law, any qualified local agency may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other qualified local agencies pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to assist the homeless population, to coordinate homelessness response, and to develop and manage a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento.
(2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness, and shall be created and operate pursuant to this section.
(b) (1) The Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness shall be governed by a board of directors.
(2) The agreement shall set forth the composition and membership requirements of the board of directors.
(3) The voting procedures of the partnership’s board of directors may be determined by taking into consideration the population of each qualified local agency that is a member of the partnership.
(4) An executive director shall serve as the partnership’s chief executive officer and as the secretary of the board of directors, but shall not have voting rights. Actual expenses shall be approved before they are incurred.
(c) The Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received.
(d) For purposes of this section, “qualified local agency” means a city or county that has jurisdiction within the geographical borders of the County of Sacramento and that has a population of at least 50,000, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or a subsequent census between United States decennial censuses that is validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.

SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances facing the County of Sacramento with regard to the homelessness crisis.

SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that authorizes the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Galt, and Isleton to create and operate a joint powers agency for the purpose of assisting the homeless population, coordinating homelessness response, and developing and managing a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento.