BILL NUMBER: AB 1091	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Sections 53545.2, 53545.4, and 53545.6 to the Health
and Safety Code, relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1091, as introduced, Bass. Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust
Fund Act of 2006.
   Existing law, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of
2006, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of
$2,850,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law.
Proceeds from the sale of these bonds are required to be used to
finance various existing housing programs, capital outlay related to
infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill
development, and housing-related parks.
   This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development to establish guidelines for the distribution of funds
made available under the bond act, based on certain criteria relating
to availability of local matching and other funds, community need
for the proposed project, meeting, or exceeding certain affordable
housing requirements, and other factors.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 53545.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   53545.2.  The department shall establish guidelines for the
distribution of funds made available in the Regional Planning,
Housing, and Infill Incentive Account established under subdivision
(b) of Section 53545, based on the following criteria:
   (a) Projects shall include demonstrated local matching funds.
   (b) In addition to the ranking criteria set forth in Section
53563, priority funding shall be given to projects that include one
or more of the following characteristics:
   (1) Environmental mitigation effects.
   (2) Multiple benefits.
   (3) Coordination of investments.
   (4) Funding from a local housing trust fund or other local
matching funds.
   (5) Meeting or exceeding the 15 percent affordable housing
requirement established under subdivision (b) of Section 53562.
   (c) In evaluating and ranking applications for funds made
available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)
of Section 53545 for infill park creation, development or
rehabilitation, the department shall grant bonus points to projects
or developments that include one or more of the following
characteristics:
   (1) Service of a park-poor area.
   (2) Service of densely populated areas.
   (3) Service of areas with high numbers of youth, particularly
youth in poverty.
   (4) Multiple benefits.
   (5) Demonstrated local matching funds for the project.
  SEC. 2.  Section 53545.4 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   53545.4.  The department shall develop guidelines for the
distribution of funds made available from the Transit-Oriented
Development Implementation Fund established under subdivision (c) of
Section 53545, based on the following criteria:
   (a) Projects shall include demonstrated local matching funds.
   (b) In ranking applications for projects pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 53545, the department shall grant bonus points to
projects or developments with one or more of the following
characteristics:
   (1) Multiple benefits.
   (2) Coordination of funding from one or more sources of state
infrastructure bond funds that do not include funds made available
under Section 53545.
   (3) Inclusion in a comprehensive community plan.
   (4) Coordination of investments from one or more sources of local
funding.
   (5) Meeting or exceeding the 15 percent affordable housing
requirement established under subdivision (b) of Section 53562.
  SEC. 3.  Section 53545.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   53545.6.  The department shall establish guidelines for the
distribution of funds made available from the Housing
Urban-Suburban-and-Rural Parks Account established under subdivision
(d) of Section 53545. The department shall assign a higher priority
to projects that contain one or more of the following
characteristics:
   (a) The project's service area has significant deficiencies in
park access and facilities.
   (b) The project will recycle property or replace a brownfield.
   (c) The project is a partnership in an infill, transit-oriented,
or affordable housing development.
   (d) The project creates a new park in a location where none
currently exists.
   (e) The project is located in an area with a high population of
low-income families
   (f) The project is easily accessible to pedestrians, bicycles, and
public transit.
   (g) The project encourages use by local residents.