Bill Text: CA SB829 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Cannabis: donations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-30 - In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [SB829 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB829-Amended.html
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April 09, 2018 |
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| Senate Bill | No. 829 |
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January 03, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the Employee Housing Act, requires a person operating employee housing, as defined, to obtain a permit to operate that housing from the agency that enforces the act, which can either be the Department of Housing and Community Development or a city, county, or city and county that assumes responsibility for enforcing the act. The Employee Housing Act deems employee housing that meets specified requirements an agricultural land use and prohibits a local government from requiring a conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance for that employee housing, or from subjecting that employee housing to any business taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees, or other fees, that are not required for any other agricultural activity in the same zone. A violation of the Employee Housing Act is a misdemeanor.
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bill would expand the definition of employee housing under the act to include agricultural employee housing, as defined. The bill would require a qualified affordable housing organization to obtain a permit from an enforcement agency in order to operate or maintain agricultural employee housing by submitting an application to the applicable enforcement agency. The bill would require the enforcement agency to review any application so submitted, and to grant the application if it meets specified requirements, including that the organization has been certified by the department as a
qualified affordable housing organization pursuant to a specified process, and that the housing complies with applicable building standards and related requirements. The bill would extend the provision described above by providing that agricultural employee housing operated and maintained by a qualified affordable housing organization that obtains a permit be deemed an agricultural land use, and thus prohibits a local government from requiring a conditional use permit, zoning variance, or other zoning clearance for that agricultural employee housing. The bill would provide that a tenant residing in agricultural employee housing has all rights applicable to a person residing in employee housing under existing provisions, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and
specified provisions relating to tenant rights. By increasing the duties of local officials with respect to the Employee Housing Act, and by expanding the scope of an existing crime with respect to violations of the Employee Housing Act, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
