BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 812| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: SB 812 Author: Ashburn (R) Amended: 1/13/10 Vote: 21 SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 4/28/09 AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-0, 1/21/10 AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, Denham, Leno, Liu, Price, Walters, Yee SUBJECT : Housing elements and the housing needs of persons with developmental disabilities SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill requires cities and counties when developing their housing elements, obtain, assess, and analyze appropriate information on the housing needs of individual with developmental disabilities. ANALYSIS : The Planning and Zoning Law requires cities and counties to prepare and adopt a general plan, including a housing element, to guide the future growth of a community. Following a staggered statutory schedule, cities and counties located within the territory of a CONTINUED SB 812 Page 2 metropolitan planning organization (MPO) must revise their housing elements every eight years, and cities and counties in rural non-MPO regions must revise their housing elements every five years. Before each revision, each community is assigned its fair share of housing for each income category through the regional housing needs assessment (RHNA) process. A housing element must identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs, including special housing needs of the elderly, persons with disabilities, large families, farmworkers families with female heads of households, and households in need of emergency shelter. A housing element must also identify adequate sites with appropriate zoning to meet its share of the RHNA and ensure that regulatory systems provide opportunities for, and do not unduly constrain, housing development. Where the inventory of existing sites is inadequate to meet the RHNA or where regulatory systems do constrain housing development, the housing element must contain a program of actions to address these deficiencies. HCD reviews both draft and adopted housing elements to determine whether or not they are in substantial compliance with the law. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) represent a range of complex developmental disabilities that cause problems with social interaction and communication. Currently, the autism spectrum disorder includes autistic disorder (typical autism), Asperger syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (atypical autism). Symptoms usually start before age three and can cause delays or problems in many different skills that develop from infancy to adulthood. The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) currently provides community-based services to approximately 243,000 persons with developmental disabilities and their families through a statewide system of 21 regional centers, four developmental centers, and two community-based facilities. ASD are the fastest growing developmental disability in California, and within the next decade the state is projected to face a massive influx of persons with ASD who want to live independently. Currently, approximately 6,000 adults with a diagnosis of ASD receive services from DDS. In the next five years, more than 4,000 teenagers diagnosed with ASD will reach adulthood. By 2018, the number of SB 812 Page 3 adults with an ASD diagnosis who are receiving services from DDS is expected to grow to 19,000. This bill require cities and counties to make a diligent effort to obtain, assess, and analyze appropriate information on the special housing needs of persons with developmental disabilities, and include the analysis of this information within the housing needs assessment portion of the housing element. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes According to the Senate Appropriations Committee analysis: Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2009-10 2001-11 2011-12 Fund Mandate Unknown, moderate costs to localLocal/ governments. Unlikely to beGeneral reimbursable SUPPORT : (Verified 1/25/10) Housing California JJA:do 1/26/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****