Bill Text: CA AB957 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Housing Omnibus.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2019. [AB957 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB957-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 22, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 957 |
Introduced by Assembly |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency with a primary purpose of meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income and requires the agency to administer various housing finance assistance programs. Existing law, by December 31 of each year, also requires the agency to submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to specified state governmental entities. Existing law also requires the agency to, on or before May 1, submit to the Governor and the Legislature, a plan for using its revenue bonding authority for the succeeding fiscal year consistent with meeting the legislative goals and requirements for the agency.
This bill would require the agency to post the plan and the report on its internet website.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Housing Omnibus Act of 2019.SEC. 2.
Section 65583.2 of the Government Code, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 958 of the Statutes of 2018, is amended to read:65583.2.
(a) A city’s or county’s inventory of land suitable for residential development pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 shall be used to identify sites throughout the community, consistent with paragraph (9) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583, that can be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need for all income levels pursuant to Section 65584. As used in this section, “land suitable for residential development” includes all of the following sites that meet the standards set forth in subdivisions (c) and (g):SEC. 3.
Section 65583.2 of the Government Code, as amended by Section 4 of Chapter 958 of the Statutes of 2018, is amended to read:65583.2.
(a) A city’s or county’s inventory of land suitable for residential development pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 shall be used to identify sites throughout the community, consistent with paragraph (9) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583, that can be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need for all income levels pursuant to Section 65584. As used in this section, “land suitable for residential development” includes all of the following sites that meet the standards set forth in subdivisions (c) and (g):SEC. 4.
Section 17980.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:17980.7.
If the owner fails to comply within a reasonable time with the terms of the order or notice issued pursuant to Section 17980.6, the following provisions shall apply:SEC. 5.
Section 53590 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:53590.
For purposes of this part, all of the following definitions shall apply:(a)“Chronically homeless” has the same meaning as in Parts 91 and 578 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those parts read on January 1, 2018, except that people who were chronically homeless before entering an institution would continue to be defined as chronically homeless upon discharge, regardless of length of stay.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)“Homeless” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2018.
SEC. 6.
Section 53591 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:53591.
The department shall do all of the following:SEC. 7.
Section 53592 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:53592.
A county shall be eligible for a program grant if the county meets the requirements of this section. Eligibility does not create an entitlement to grant funds and is subject to availability of funds. The county shall meet all of the following requirements:(b)Has
agreed to contribute funding for
projects assisted through federal Housing Trust Fund grants. This assistance may include preferences or set-asides for federally funded, locally administered rental subsidies.
(c)
(d)
SEC. 8.
Section 53593 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:53593.
(a) The department shall coordinate with the State Department of Health Care Services to match program participant data, consistent with state and federal privacy law, to Medi-Cal data to identify outcomes among participants as well as changes in health care costs and utilization associated with housing and services provided under the program to the extent that information is available, up to 12 months prior to each participant’s move into permanent housing, as well as changes in costs and utilization after each participant’s move into permanent housing.SEC. 9.
Section 53594 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:53594.
(a) A county shall use grants awarded pursuant to this part for(1)
(2)
(3)A county’s administrative
(c)A county awarded grant funds pursuant to this part shall comply with federal Housing Trust Fund regulations.
SEC. 10.
Section 53595 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:53595.
The department shall establish rating and ranking criteria to promote housing for persons who meet all of the following requirements:(c)Is eligible for Supplemental Security Income.
(d)
(e)
(a)Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, or before May 1 of each year, commencing in 1980, the agency shall submit to the Legislature and the Governor, an annual plan for using its revenue bonding authority for the succeeding fiscal year consistent with meeting the legislative goals and requirements for the agency, including requirements relating to units made available in each of its programs or proposed programs for low and very low income households, the allocations between elderly and family households, and requirements relating to units for new construction and substantial rehabilitation. The agency shall review and update each annual plan on a quarterly basis. The agency’s ability
to implement the plan shall be reported in the annual report required by Section 51005.
(b)The agency shall post the plan required by this section on its internet website.
Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the agency shall, by December 31 of each year, submit an annual report of its activities under this division for the preceding year to the Governor, the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing, the Director of Housing and Community Development, the Treasurer, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Legislative Analyst, and the Legislature. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the agency during the concluded fiscal year. The report shall specify the number of units assisted, the distribution of units among the metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and rural areas of the state, and shall contain a summary of statistical data relative to the incomes of
households occupying assisted units, the monthly rentals charged to occupants of rental housing developments, and the sales prices of residential structures purchased during the previous fiscal year by persons or families of low or moderate income. The report shall also include a statement of accomplishment during the previous year with respect to the agency’s progress, priorities, and affirmative action efforts. The agency shall specifically include in its report on affirmative action goals, statistical data on the numbers and percentages of minority sponsors, developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, attorneys, mortgage bankers or other lenders, insurance agents, and managing agents.
(b)The report shall also include specific information evaluating the extent to which the programs administered by the
agency have attained the statutory objectives of the agency, including, but not limited to, (1) the primary purpose of the agency in meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income pursuant to Section 50950, (2) the occupancy requirements for very low income households established pursuant to Sections 50951 and 51226, (3) the elderly and orthopedic disability occupancy requirements established pursuant to Section 51230, (4) the use of surplus moneys pursuant to Section 51007, (5) the metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and rural goals established pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 50952, (6) the California Statewide Housing Plan, as required by Section 50154, (7) the statistical and other information developed and maintained pursuant to Section 51610, (8) the number of manufactured housing units assisted by the agency, (9) information with respect to the proceeds derived from
the issuance of bonds or securities and any interest or other increment derived from the investment of bonds or securities, and the uses for which those proceeds or increments are being made as provided for in Section 51365, including the amount by which each fund balance exceeds indenture requirements, (10) any recommendations described in subdivision (d), (11) any recommendations described in Section 51227, (12) the revenue bonding authority plan adopted pursuant to Section 51004.5, (13) the statistical and other information required to be provided pursuant to Section 50156, (14) an analysis of the agency’s compliance with the targeting requirements of subsection (d) of Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 142) with respect to any issue of bonds subject to those requirements under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 103), including the
numbers of rental units subject to this reporting requirement by categories based on the
number of bedrooms per unit, and (15) the statistical and other information relating to congregate housing for the elderly pursuant to Section 51218.
The agency may, at its option, include the information required by this section in a single document or may separately report the statistical portion of the information in a supplement appended to its annual report. This statistical supplement shall be distributed with copies of the agency’s annual report, but need not be provided to bond rating agencies, underwriters, investors, developers, or financial institutions.
(c)The agency shall cause an audit of its books and accounts with respect to its activities under this division to be made at least once during each fiscal year by an independent certified public accountant and the agency
shall be subject to audit by the Department of Finance not more often than once each fiscal year.
(d)The agency shall assess any obstacles or problems that it has encountered in meeting its mandate to serve nonmetropolitan and rural metropolitan areas, and recommend legislative and administrative solutions to overcome these obstacles or problems. The agency shall separately assess its progress in meeting the rehabilitation needs of rural areas and the new construction needs of rural areas, and separately assess its progress as to single and multifamily units. The agency shall include in its report a quantification and evaluation of its progress in meeting the housing needs of communities of various sizes in rural areas.
(e)By December 1 of each fiscal year, the agency shall ascertain that
not less than 25 percent of the total units financed by mortgage loans during the preceding 12 months pursuant to this part were made available to very low income households. If the agency finds that these very low income occupancy goals have not been met, the agency shall immediately notify the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, and shall recommend legislation or other action as may be required to make (1) at least 25 percent of the units so available, and (2) at least 25 percent of the units thereafter financed so available. In housing developments for which the agency provides a construction loan but not a mortgage loan, the agency shall report annually on the percentage of units projected to be made available for occupancy and actually occupied by lower income households.
(f)The agency shall post
the report required by this section on its internet website.