BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 1392
Author: Steinberg (D)
Amended: 4/22/10
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/20/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Kehoe,
Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Department of Housing and Community Development
reporting requirements
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development to include in its annual report for
each Proposition 1C program the amount of funds it awarded
and disbursed in the prior year on a per-project and
aggregate basis.
ANALYSIS : Current law requires Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) to submit an annual report to
the Governor and both houses of the Legislature detailing
the operations and accomplishments of the housing programs
it administered in the previous fiscal year. This report
must include:
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1. The number of units assisted by HCD programs.
2. The number of individuals and households served and
their income levels.
3. The distribution of units among various areas of the
state.
4. The amount of other public and private funds leveraged.
5. The extent to which the special housing needs of various
groups were met.
6. Information on the activities of local agencies to
enforce the Employee Housing Act, which requires the
inspection of employee-owned housing.
The Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006
(Proposition 1C), SB 1689 (Perata), Chapter 27, Statutes of
2006, authorized the issuance of $2.85 billion in general
obligation bonds to finance various existing and new
housing programs. For most, but not all of the programs
funded by Proposition 1C, the statute requires HCD to
include in its annual report information on how awardees
expended bond funds that HCD made available and allocated
in the prior year. Because of a drafting issue, the
statute does not require HCD to report this information for
those programs that the Legislature amended into SB 1689
late in the process, namely the Infill Infrastructure Grant
Program, the Transit-Oriented Development Housing Program,
and the Housing-Related Parks Program.
This bill requires HCD to include in its annual report the
following information for all of its Proposition 1C
programs:
1. The amount of funds it made available and awarded in the
prior year on a per-project and aggregate basis.
2. The amount of funds it encumbered in the prior year on a
per-project and aggregate basis.
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Purpose of the bill . Current law does not require HCD to
report on its specific activities for three of the biggest
Proposition 1C programs: the Infill Infrastructure Grant
Program, the Transit-Oriented Development Housing Program,
and the Housing-Related Parks Program. This bill ensures
that HCD reports on these programs and requires that HCD
include information on both the amount of funds awarded and
the amount of funds disbursed in the prior year on a
per-project and aggregate basis for each program. This
allows the Legislature and the public to better track the
flow of Proposition 1C bond funds to construction projects.
Related Legislation
SB 608 (Ducheny) requires HCD to include in its annual
report cumulative information across years on programs
funded under the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund
Acts of 2002 and 2006.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
JJA:mw 5/11/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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