BILL NUMBER: AB 1460	CHAPTERED  10/14/07

	CHAPTER  710
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 14, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 14, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 18, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Saldana

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 50675.13 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1460, Saldana. Multifamily Housing Program: project
prioritization.
   Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program under the
administration of the Department of Housing and Community
Development to provide a standardized set of program rules and
features applicable to all housing types based on the department's
California Housing Rehabilitation Program.
   Existing law requires the department, with respect to certain
funds appropriated under the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund
Act of 2002 and allocated under the Multifamily Housing Program, to
award reasonable priority points for projects to prioritize infill
development, adaptive reuse in existing developed areas served with
public infrastructure, and projects in proximity to public transit,
public schools, parks and recreational facilities, or job centers.
   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. The act establishes the Housing and Emergency
Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury and requires the
sum of $1,500,000,000 to be deposited in the Affordable Housing
Account, which the act establishes in the fund. The act continuously
appropriates the moneys in the account in accordance with a specified
schedule that requires, among other things, the transfer of certain
sums to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund in the State Treasury
for expenditure under the Multifamily Housing Program.
   This bill, additionally, would require the department to award
reasonable priority points for projects to prioritize sustainable
building methods established in accordance with certain criteria
listed under state regulations relating to federal and state
low-income housing tax credits.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50675.13 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   50675.13.  (a) With respect to funds made available under this
chapter, the department shall award reasonable priority points for
projects to prioritize any of the following:
   (1) Infill development.
   (2) Adaptive reuse in existing developed areas served with public
infrastructure.
   (3) Projects in proximity to public transit, public schools, parks
and recreational facilities, or job centers.
   (4) Sustainable building methods that are either of the following:

   (A) Established in accordance with the criteria listed under
paragraph (8) of subdivision (c) of Section 10325 of Title 4 of the
California Code of Regulations, or any successor regulation.
   (B) Established by the department, in consultation with the
California Building Standards Commission for the purposes of funding
developments subject to this section and are more stringent than
those in subparagraph (A).
   (b) The department may utilize other factors in rural areas to
promote infill development.