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          Date of Hearing:   August 19, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                SB 608 (Ducheny) - As Introduced:  February 27, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                             Housing and  
          Community Development                         Vote: 6-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires cumulative information on programs funded  
          under the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Acts of 2002  
          and 2006(Propositions 46 and 1C) be included in the Department  
          of Housing and Community Development's (HCD) annual report.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor costs to HCD to modify its database program to retabulate  
          data that it currently reports in other formats.  

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  . In 2002, California voters approved Proposition  
            46, the $2.1 billion Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund  
            Act.  Proposition 46 provided funding for numerous housing  
            assistance programs. Funds provided under Proposition 46 were  
            largely exhausted by the end of 2006.  

          In November 2006, California voters approved Proposition 1C, the  
            Housing and Emergency Trust Fund Act of 2006.  Proposition 1C  
            maintains funding provided for most of the Proposition 46  
            programs, and establishes funding mechanisms for  
            infrastructure related to housing development.

            Under existing law, HCD is required to submit an annual report  
            to the governor and Legislature on the operations and  
            accomplishments of various programs it administers. The report  
            is required to contain information on: the number of units  
            assisted by those programs; the number of individuals and  
            households served and their income levels; the distribution of  








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            units among various areas of the state, the amount of other  
            public and private funds leveraged by the programs, and  
            information related to the extent to which targeted programs  
            were able to assist their intended groups.

            This bill requires that HCD provide  cumulative  totals for each  
            of the above items as they relate to programs funding by  
            Proposition 46 and Proposition 1C.

           2)Rationale  . According to the author, this bill is intended to  
            provide more comprehensive information on the programs funded  
            under the 2002 and 2006 housing bonds, thereby improving  
            oversight of those programs.
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Brad Williams / APPR. / (916) 319-2081