BILL NUMBER: SB 639	CHAPTERED  09/24/03

	CHAPTER  501
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 24, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 24, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 12, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Torlakson

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Sections 65891.8 and 65891.12 of the Government
Code, relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 639, Torlakson.  IRP State Pilot Project.
   Existing law establishes the Inter-Regional Partnership (IRP)
State Pilot Project to Improve the Balance of Jobs and Housing.
Existing law requires the IRP to submit a final report to the
Department of Housing and Community Development by July 31, 2004;
makes the provisions relating to the pilot project inoperative on
July 31, 2004; and repeals those provisions as of January 1, 2005,
unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1,
2005, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative
and is repealed.
   This bill would extend those provisions, making them inoperative
on July 31, 2008, and repealing them on January 1, 2009, and would
require the IRP to submit an interim report by July 31, 2004, and a
final report by July 31, 2008.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 65891.8 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65891.8.  (a) The goals of the IRP and the pilot project are to:
   (1) Encourage economic investment, including job creation, near
available housing.
   (2) Encourage housing to be located near major employment centers.

   (3) Encourage development along corridors served by transit and
near transit stations.
   (4) Encourage more sustainable and effective transportation
between job and housing centers.
   (b) The IRP shall contract with a qualified consultant to conduct
an evaluation of the pilot project.  Ongoing monitoring and
evaluation shall be conducted throughout the implementation of phases
one and two.  After zones have been selected and projects begin on
each of the zones, the progress of each project shall be evaluated.
The evaluation shall assess the gap between jobs and housing by
comparing the ratio between the number of jobs and the number of
housing units in a local jurisdiction with a designated IRP
Jobs-Housing Opportunity Zone, before an opportunity zone project has
been approved and after it has been completed.  The comparison shall
be based on an optimum balance of jobs and housing being one and
one-half jobs for one housing unit, as determined by the Department
of Finance.  The following data shall be used in determining that a
jobs-housing balance has been mitigated in a jurisdiction:
   (1) The number of building permits issued as provided by the
California Industrial Research Bureau.
   (2) The number of jobs generated, as determined by the Employment
Development Department.
   (c) An interim report shall be submitted by the IRP to the
Department of Housing and Community Development on or before July 31,
2004.  A final report shall be submitted by the IRP to the
department on or before July 31, 2008.
  SEC. 2.  Section 65891.12 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65891.12.  This article shall become inoperative on July 31, 2008,
and, as of January 1, 2009, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute that is enacted before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.