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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 812
Author: Ashburn (R)
Amended: 8/20/10
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
SENATE FLOOR : 36-0, 1/28/10
AYES: Aanestad, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo, Cogdill,
Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham, DeSaulnier, Ducheny,
Dutton, Florez, Hancock, Harman, Hollingsworth, Kehoe,
Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza,
Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Simitian, Steinberg,
Strickland, Walters, Wiggins, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Huff, Runner, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Housing elements and the housing needs of
persons with
developmental disabilities
SOURCE : Author
CONTINUED
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DIGEST : This bill requires cites and counties to include
an analysis of the housing needs of the developmentally
disabled in the analysis of special housing needs in their
housing elements
Assembly Amendments revise and recast the bill with similar
intent as it left the Senate, and add double-jointing
language with AB 2762 (Assembly Housing and Community
Development Committee).
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
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
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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
adults with an ASD diagnosis who are receiving services
from DDS is expected to grow to 19,000.
This bill: (1) requires cites and counties to include an
analysis of the housing needs of the developmentally
disabled in the analysis of special housing needs in their
housing elements.(2) adds double-jointing language with AB
2762 (Assembly Housing and Community Development
Committee).
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 8/24/10)
Alameda County Developmental Disabilities Council
Alliance of CA Autism Organizations
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Association of Regional Center Agencies
California for Disability Rights
Cedars of Marin
Developmental Disabilities Area Board 10
Developmental Disabilities Area Board 4
East Bay Developmental Disabilities Legislative Coalition
Housing California
Kern Autism Regional Taskforce
Kern Autism Network-Autism Society Chapter in Bakersfield
West Bay Housing Corp
Woven Shade
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/24/10)
League of CA Cities
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen,
V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana,
Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fuller, Furutani, Nava, Norby, Vacancy,
Vacancy
JJA:do 8/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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