Amended in Senate July 3, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 639

Introduced by Assembly Member John A. Pérez

(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins and Muratsuchi)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Buchanan, Brown, Ian Calderon, Chesbro, Daly, Eggman, Fox, Maienschein, Perea, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Wieckowski, and Williams)

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(Coauthors: Senators DeSaulnier, Hueso, Gaines, Roth, and Wyland)

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February 20, 2013

An act to amend begin delete Section 51005 end delete begin insert Sections 50408, 50501, 50505, 50510, and 50512 end insert of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 998.403 of, and to add begin insert Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001), and end insert Article 5y (commencing with Section begin delete 998.540) end delete begin insert 998.540), end insert to Chapter 6 of Division 4 of, the Military and Veterans Code, relating to the financing of a program to provide housing begin insert and services end insert to veterans through the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and by providing for the handling and disposition of those funds, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 639, as amended, John A. Pérez. begin insert Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014: end insert Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.

Existing law, the Veterans’ Bond Act of 2008, as approved by the voters, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $900,000,000, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, for purposes of financing the Cal-Vet program for farm, home, and mobilehome purchase assistance for veterans.

This bill would amend the Veterans’ Bond Act of 2008 to reduce the amount of bonds that are authorized to be issued under the act from $900,000,000 to $300,000,000. The bill would begin delete instead end delete begin insert enact the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (the bond act) to end insert authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $600,000,000, as specified, for expenditure by begin insert the California Housing Finance Agency, end insert the Department of Housing and Community begin delete Development for purposes of the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of multifamily housing for veterans, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs end delete begin insert Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide multifamily housing and services to veterans pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 (VHHPA), also enacted by the bill end insert . The bill would authorize the Legislature to amend the provisions of begin delete this end delete begin insert the bond end insert act, by majority vote, begin delete under specified criteria. end delete begin insert for specified purposes. end insert The begin delete bi8ll end delete begin insert bill end insert would impose a specified reporting requirement on the begin delete California Housing Finance Agency end delete begin insert Department of Housing and Community Development to evaluate, in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, any program established by the former pursuant to the VHHPA end insert . begin insert The bill would authorize the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide specified assistance to veterans. end insert

The bill would provide for submission of begin delete its provisions end delete begin insert a specified section end insert to the voters at the November 4, 2014, general election, as specified.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 51005 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

51005.  

(a) The agency shall, by November 1 of each year,
submit an annual report of its activities under this division for the
preceding year to the Governor, the Secretary of the Business and
Transportation Agency, the Director of Housing and Community
Development, the Treasurer, the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee, the Legislative Analyst, and the Legislature. The report
shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the
agency during the concluded fiscal year. The report shall specify
the number of units assisted, the distribution of units among the
metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and rural areas of the state, and
shall contain a summary of statistical data relative to the incomes
of households occupying assisted units, the monthly rentals charged
to occupants of rental housing developments, and the sales prices
of residential structures purchased during the previous fiscal year
by persons or families of low or moderate income. The report shall
also include a statement of accomplishment during the previous
year with respect to the agency’s progress, priorities, and
affirmative action efforts. The agency shall specifically include in
its report on affirmative action goals, statistical data on the numbers
and percentages of minority sponsors, developers, contractors,
subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, attorneys, mortgage
bankers or other lenders, insurance agents, and managing agents.

(b) The report shall also include specific information evaluating
the extent to which the programs administered by the agency have
attained the statutory objectives of the agency, including, but not
limited to, (1) the primary purpose of the agency in meeting the
housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income
pursuant to Section 50950, (2) the occupancy requirements for
very low income households established pursuant to Sections
50951 and 51226, (3) the elderly and orthopedic disability
occupancy requirements established pursuant to Section 51230,
(4) the use of surplus moneys pursuant to Section 51007, (5) the
metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and rural goals established pursuant
to subdivision (h) of Section 50952, (6) the California Statewide
Housing Plan, as required by Section 50154, (7) the statistical and
other information developed and maintained pursuant to Section
51610, (8) the number of manufactured housing units assisted by
the agency, (9) information with respect to the proceeds derived
from the issuance of bonds or securities and any interest or other
increment derived from the investment of bonds or securities, and
the uses for which those proceeds or increments are being made
as provided for in Section 51365, including the amount by which
each fund balance exceeds indenture requirements, (10) any
recommendations described in subdivision (d), (11) any
recommendations described in Section 51227, (12) the revenue
bonding authority plan adopted pursuant to Section 51004.5, (13)
the statistical and other information required to be provided
pursuant to Section 50156, (14) an analysis of the agency’s
compliance with the targeting requirements of subsection (d) of
Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec.
142) with respect to any issue of bonds subject to those
requirements under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 103), including the numbers of rental units
subject to this reporting requirement by categories based on the
number of bedrooms per unit, and (15) the statistical and other
information relating to congregate housing for the elderly pursuant
to Section 51218.

The agency may, at its option, include the information required
by this section in a single document or may separately report the
statistical portion of the information in a supplement appended to
its annual report. This statistical supplement shall be distributed
with copies of the agency’s annual report, but need not be provided
to bond rating agencies, underwriters, investors, developers, or
financial institutions.

(c) The agency shall cause an audit of its books and accounts
with respect to its activities under this division to be made at least
once during each fiscal year by an independent certified public
accountant and the agency shall be subject to audit by the
Department of Finance not more often than once each fiscal year.

(d) The agency shall assess any obstacles or problems that it
has encountered in meeting its mandate to serve nonmetropolitan
and rural metropolitan areas, and recommend legislative and
administrative solutions to overcome these obstacles or problems.
The agency shall separately assess its progress in meeting the
rehabilitation needs of rural areas and the new construction needs
of rural areas, and separately assess its progress as to single and
multifamily units. The agency shall include in its report a
quantification and evaluation of its progress in meeting the housing
needs of communities of various sizes in rural areas.

(e) By December 1 of each fiscal year, the agency shall ascertain
that not less than 25 percent of the total units financed by mortgage
loans during the preceding 12 months pursuant to this part were
made available to very low income households. If the agency finds
that these very low income occupancy goals have not been met,
the agency shall immediately notify the Governor, the Speaker of
the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules, and shall
recommend legislation or other action as may be required to make
(1) at least 25 percent of the units so available, and (2) at least 25
percent of the units thereafter financed so available. In housing
developments for which the agency provides a construction loan
but not a mortgage loan, the agency shall report annually on the
percentage of units projected to be made available for occupancy
and actually occupied by lower income households.

(f) The annual report required pursuant to this section shall also
include an evaluation of any program established by the department
pursuant to Article 5y (commencing with Section 998.540) of
Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code.

SEC. 2.  

Section 998.403 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:

998.403.  

For the purpose of creating a fund to provide farm
and home aid for veterans in accordance with the Veterans’ Farm
and Home Purchase Act of 1974 (Article 3.1 (commencing with
Section 987.50)), and of all acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto, the committee may create a debt or debts,
liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate
amount of not more than three hundred million dollars
($300,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, in the manner
provided herein.

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Article 5y (commencing with Section 998.540)
is added to Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:

 

Article 5y.  The Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention
begin insert Bond end insert Act of 2014

 

998.540.  

This article shall be known and may be cited as the
Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention begin insert Bond end insert Act of 2014.

998.541.  

(a) California is home to almost two million veterans,
more than any other state in the nation, and with the winding down
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unprecedented number of
California veterans will return to our communities, many in need
of housing, employment, mental health and drug treatment, and
physical rehabilitation.

(b) Unfortunately, California also leads the nation in the number
of homeless veterans, roughly 25 percent of the nation’s homeless
veterans live in California, approximately 19,000 veterans.
According to the California Research Bureau, Los Angeles is
number one in terms of the number of homeless veterans followed
by the San Diego region at number three, and the San Francisco
Bay Area at number nine.

(c) Moreover, the face of the nation’s homeless veterans’
population is changing as more OIF/OEF veterans find themselves
in a downward spiral towards homelessness and, increasingly,
female veterans and their children comprise more and more of the
homeless veteran demographic.

(d) With their higher rates of posttraumatic stress disorder,
substance abuse, and unemployment, as well as the higher
incidence of sexual trauma experienced by our female veterans,
the current homeless veteran, all too often, cycles in and out of
our jails, hospitals, and treatment programs, disproportionately
drawing down services without receiving the proper services to
stabilize their lives.

(e) The Legislature must advance a comprehensive, coordinated,
and cost-effective approach to respond to the housing and services
needs of our veterans. Such an approach should leverage public
and private resources as well as align housing and services.

(f) Five years ago, Californians overwhelmingly affirmed their
gratitude to our veterans by approving Proposition 12, a $900
million general obligation bond intended to help veterans
specifically purchase single family homes, farms, and mobilehomes
through the CalVet Home Loan Program.

(g) As a result of the nation’s economic crisis and state’s housing
downturn coupled with the changing demographics of our veterans,
the Farm and Home Loan Program, as approved by Proposition
12, has been significantly undersubscribed. Five years since its
passage, the full $900 million remains unspent as does a portion
of the $500 million from Proposition 32, which was approved by
the voters in 2000.

(h) Meanwhile, veterans in need of multifamily housing that is
affordable, supportive, and transitional remains unmet and public
and private resources available for these purposes remain
underutilized.

(i) California voters should be granted the opportunity to
restructure the Proposition 12 veterans’ bond program to better
respond to the housing and services needs as well as the changing
demographics of the current veteran.

(j) The Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention begin insert Bond end insert Act
of 2014 will restructure $600 million of the existing Proposition
12 bond moneys to allow for the construction and rehabilitation
of multifamily housing for veterans and prioritize projects that
align housing with services. Even with this restructuring of bond
moneys, the act still preserves over half a billion dollars for the
existing CalVet Farm and Home Loan Program.

(k) The Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention begin insert Bond end insert Act
of 2014 will expand housing and service options for veterans,
cost-effectively leverage public dollars, reduce the number of
homeless veterans and its attendant public costs, and place
California at the forefront of our nation’s efforts to end veterans
homelessness by 2015.

998.542.  

(a) The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of
Title 2 of the Government Code), begin insert as amended from time to time, end insert
except as otherwise provided herein, is adopted for the purpose of
the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with
respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued by this article, and
the provisions of that law are included in this article as though set
out in full in this article. All references in this article to “herein”
refer both to this article and that law.

(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the
begin insert California Housing Finance Agency, the end insert Department of Housing
and Community begin delete Development end delete begin insert Development, and the Department
of Veterans Affairs end insert is designated the board.

998.543.  

As used herein, the following terms have the following
meanings:

(a) “Board” means the begin insert California Housing Finance Agency, the end insert
Department of Housing and Community begin delete Development end delete
begin insert Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs end insert .

(b) “Bond” means a veterans’ bond, a state general obligation
bond, issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the
State General Obligation Bond Law.

(c) “Bond act” means this article authorizing the issuance of
state general obligation bonds and adopting the State General
Obligation Bond Law by reference.

(d) “Committee” means the Housing for Veterans Finance
Committee, established pursuant to Section 998.547.

(e) “Fund” means the Housing for Veterans Fund, established
pursuant to Section 998.544.

998.544.  

(a) Bonds in the total amount of six hundred million
dollars ($600,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, not
including the amount of any refunding bonds, or so much thereof
as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be
used for carrying out the purposes expressed in subdivision (b)
and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving
Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The
bonds, when sold, shall be and constitute a valid and binding
obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit
of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual
payment of both principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the
principal and interest become due and payable.

(b)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this
section shall be made available to the board for the purposes of
begin delete the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of multifamily
housing that is affordable, supportive, and transitional. The bond
proceeds shall only be used for units designated for veterans and
their families end delete begin insert creating a fund to provide multifamily housing and
services to veterans and their families pursuant to the Veterans
Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 (Article 3.2
(commencing with Section 987.001), and any subsequent statutory
enactment that amends that act or enacts or amends any successor
act end insert .

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(2) The program established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
administered by the board, in collaboration with the Department
of Veterans Affairs.

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(3) The board shall establish a program to focus on veterans at
risk for homelessness or experiencing temporary or chronic
homelessness.

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(4) To the extent feasible, the board shall establish and
implement programs that, among other things, do the following:

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(A) Leverage public (federal, state, and local), private, and
nonprofit program and fiscal resources.

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(B) Prioritize projects that combine housing and supportive
services, such as job training, mental health and drug treatment,
or physical rehabilitation.

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(C) Promote public and private partnerships.

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(D) Foster innovative financing opportunities.

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(5)

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begin insert (c) end insert  The Legislature may, from time to time, by majority vote,
amend the provisions of this act for the purpose of improving
program efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability, or for the
purpose of furthering overall program goals.

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(c)

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begin insert (d) end insert  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article
shall be deposited in the Housing for Veterans Fund, which is
hereby created.

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(d)  Bonds

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begin insert (e) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The proceeds of the bonds end insert deposited in the Housing for
Veterans Fund shall be subject to annual appropriation, as
determined by the Legislature.

998.546.  

The bonds authorized by this article shall be prepared,
executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State
General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government
Code), and all of the provisions of that law, except begin insert subdivisions
(a) and (b) of end insert Section 16727 of the Government Code, shall apply
to the bonds and to this article and are hereby incorporated in this
article as though set forth in full in this article.

998.547.  

Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance
and sale pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law of
the bonds authorized by this article, the Housing for Veterans
Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this article,
the Housing for Veterans Finance Committee is “the committee”
as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law.
The committee consists of the Controller, Treasurer, Director of
Finance, begin delete and the Director of Housing and Community
Development, end delete begin insert Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and
Housing, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs, end insert or their designated
representatives. The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the
committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.

998.548.  

The committee shall determine whether or not it is
necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this
article in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 998.544
and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive
issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those
actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds
authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.

998.549.  

There shall be collected each year and in the same
manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected,
in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount
required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each
year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in
regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and
every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.

998.550.  

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government
Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the
State Treasury, for the purposes of this article, an amount that will
equal the total of the following:

(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and
interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article, as the
principal and interest become due and payable.

(b) The sum necessary to carry out Section 998.551,
appropriated without regard to fiscal years.

998.551.  

For the purposes of carrying out this article, the
Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General
Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds
that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the
purpose of carrying out this article. Any amounts withdrawn shall
be deposited in the fund. Any money made available under this
section shall be returned to the General Fund from proceeds
received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out
this article.

998.552.  

All money deposited in the fund that is derived from
premium and accrued interest on bonds begin delete sold end delete begin insert sold, in excess of any
amount of premium used to pay costs of issuing the bonds, end insert shall
be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the
General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.

998.553.  

Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
begin insert all or a portion of end insert the cost of bond issuance begin delete shall end delete begin insert may end insert be paid out
of the bond begin delete proceeds end delete begin insert proceeds, including any premium derived
from the sale of the bonds end insert . These costs shall be shared
proportionally by each program funded through this bond act.

998.554.  

The board may request the Pooled Money Investment
Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account,
including other authorized forms of interim financing that include,
but are not limited to, commercial paper, in accordance with
Section 16312 of the Government Code, for purposes of carrying
out this article. The amount of the request shall not exceed the
amount of the unsold bonds that the committee, by resolution, has
authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this article.
The board shall execute any documents required by the Pooled
Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any
amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by
the board in accordance with this article.

998.555.  

The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article
6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of
the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters
of the state for the issuance of the bonds described in this article
includes the approval of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund
any bonds originally issued under this article or any previously
issued refunding bonds.

998.556.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, begin delete if the Treasurer sells
bonds pursuant to this article that include a bond counsel opinion
to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross
income for federal tax purposes, subject to designated conditions, end delete
the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the investment
of bond proceeds and for the investment of earnings on those
proceeds. The Treasurer may use or direct the use of those proceeds
or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required
under federal law or take any other action with respect to the
investment and use of those bond proceeds required or desirable
under federal begin insert tax end insert law begin delete to maintain the tax exempt status of those
bonds and end delete begin insert or end insert to obtain any other advantage under federal law on
behalf of the funds of this state.

998.557.  

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that,
inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by
this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article
XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these
proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 998.403 of the end insert begin insert Military and Veterans Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

998.403.  

For the purpose of creating a fund to provide farm
and home aid for veterans in accordance with the Veterans’ Farm
and Home Purchase Act of 1974 (Article 3.1 (commencing with
Section 987.50)), and of all acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto, the committee may create a debt or debts,
liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate
amount of not more than begin delete nine end delete begin insert three end insert hundred million dollars
begin delete ($900,000,000) end delete begin insert ($300,000,000) end insert , exclusive of refunding bonds, in
the manner provided herein.

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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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begin insert Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) is added
to Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the end insert begin insert Military and Veterans Code end insert begin insert , to
read: end insert

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Article begin insert 3.2. end insert   The Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention
Act of 2014

 

begin insert 987.001. end insert   

This article may be cited as the Veterans Housing
and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.

begin insert 987.002. end insert   

(a) The purpose of this article is to provide the
acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of
affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable multifamily
transitional housing, or related facilities and services for veterans
and their families.

(b) A program established under this article shall be restricted
to veterans and their families.

begin insert 987.003. end insert   

As used in this article:

(a) “Board” means the California Housing Finance Agency,
the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the
Department of Veterans Affairs.

(b) “Supportive housing” has the same meaning as defined in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1504.5 of the Health
and Safety Code.

(c) “Transitional housing” has the same meaning as defined
in subdivision (h) of Section 50675.2 of the Health and Safety
Code.

begin insert 987.004. end insert   

The administration of this article is vested solely in
the board.

begin insert 987.005. end insert   

(a) The board shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish and implement programs pursuant to the purposes
of this article that focus on veterans at risk for homelessness or
experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness. To the extent
feasible, the board shall establish and implement programs that,
among other things, do the following:

(A) Leverage public (federal, state, and local), private, and
nonprofit program and fiscal resources.

(B) Prioritize projects that combine housing and supportive
services, such as job training, mental health and drug treatment,
or physical rehabilitation.

(C) Promote public and private partnerships.

(D) Foster innovative financing opportunities.

(2) Approve issuance of Notices of Funding Availability.

(3) Review and score responses from the Notices of Funding
Availability.

(4) Score project applications.

(b) The board may review and adopt guidelines or regulations,
or both, to implement this article.

begin insert 987.006. end insert   

(a) No later than March 4, 2015, the Department of
Veterans Affairs shall enter into a memorandum of understanding
with the Department of Housing and Community Development
and the California Housing Finance Agency to address their
respective and shared responsibilities in implementing, overseeing,
and evaluating this article.

(b) No later than March 4, 2015, the board shall submit the
memorandum of understanding to the Senate and Assembly Budget
Committees.

begin insert 987.007. end insert   

The board shall convene a stakeholder process to
inform the development of guidelines for the implementation of
any program pursuant to this article. Stakeholders represented
shall include, but not be limited to, organizations that have
experience providing housing or homeless services, or both, to
veterans, housing developers, and public and private agencies that
serve the veteran population.

begin insert 987.008. end insert   

(a) Pursuant to guidelines or regulations developed
pursuant to this article, nothing in this article shall preclude a
housing provider from redesignating units within a project, so
long as the same number of units financed under this act remain
restricted to veterans and their families.

(b) Pursuant to guidelines or regulations pursuant to this article,
any units financed as supportive or transitional housing units may
be redesignated as affordable or supportive to allow a veteran
resident to remain housed in the project.

end insert

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begin insert SEC. 4. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 50408 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

50408.  

(a)  On or before December 31 of each year, the
department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both
houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments
during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs
administered by the department, including, but not limited to, the
Emergency Housing and Assistance Program and Community
Development Block Grant activity.

(b)  The report shall include all of the following information:

(1)  The number of units assisted by those 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 by
the assistance provided by those programs.

(5)  Information detailing the assistance provided to various
groups of persons by programs that are targeted to assist those
groups.

(6)  The information required to be reported pursuant to Section
17031.8.

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(7) An evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department
pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) of
Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code.

end insert

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begin insert SEC. 5. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 50501 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

50501.  

The department may furnish counseling and guidance
services to aid any governmental agency or any private or nonprofit
organization or persons in securing the financial aid or cooperation
of government agencies in the undertaking, construction,
maintenance, operation, or financing of housing for Indians, farm
laborers and their families, persons and families displaced by action
of any state or local public entity, workers engaged in cutting,
processing, milling, handling, or shipping lumber or lumber
products, the families of such workers, begin insert veterans, end insert the elderly and
handicapped, and persons and families of low or moderate income.
The department may contract for or sponsor, subject to the
availability of federal funds, experimental or demonstration projects
for permanently fixed or mobile housing designed to meet the
special needs of agricultural workers, persons displaced by action
of any local public entity, the handicapped, the elderly, begin insert veterans, end insert
Indians, and persons and families of low or moderate income. Such
contracts or sponsorship agreements may be between the
department and local public entities, private enterprise, or nonprofit
organizations.

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begin insert SEC. 6. end insert   

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begin insert Section 50505 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

50505.  

The department may enter into agreements to provide
staffing to assist government agencies in the conduct of federal
loan and grant programs for the provision of housing for begin insert veterans
and end insert persons and families of begin delete low or moderate income end delete begin insert low- or
moderate-income end insert in this state.

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begin insert SEC. 7. end insert   

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begin insert Section 50510 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

50510.  

The department shall develop and, subject to specific
authorization and appropriation by the Legislature or the
availability of federal subsidies, implement demonstration subsidy
programs to test the effectiveness of one or more housing subsidy
programs for begin insert veterans, end insert very low income begin delete households end delete begin insert households, end insert
or other persons and families of low or moderate income. Such
programs may include housing allowance payments,
homeownership downpayment assistance, homeownership interest
subsidy, leased housing subleased to very low income households,
rent supplement payments on behalf of very low income
households, or other types of subsidy programs.

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begin insert SEC. 8. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 50512 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

50512.  

The department may provide technical assistance and
aid to governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, and housing
sponsors for the purpose of providing the benefits of assisted
housing to begin insert veterans, end insert very low income begin delete households end delete begin insert households, end insert and
persons and families of low or moderate income which are
handicapped or in which the head of household has been previously
confined to institutional care. Subject to the availability of staff
resources, the department shall coordinate its technical assistance
activities and loan and grant programs in order to increase
participation and understanding of those activities and programs
by public and private groups and individuals seeking to expand or
improve housing opportunities for begin insert veterans, end insert the begin delete elderly end delete begin insert elderly, end insert
or begin insert the end insert handicapped.

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begin insert SEC. 9. end insert   

begin delete Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, end delete begin insert Section 1 end insert of this act shall
take effect upon the approval by the voters of the Veterans Housing
and Homeless Prevention begin insert Bond end insert Act of 2014, as set forth in begin delete Section
3 of this act end delete begin insert that section end insert .

begin delete SEC. 5. end delete
begin insert SEC. 10. end insert   

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 9040, 9043, 9044,
9061, 9094, and 13115 of the Elections Code or any other law, a
ballot measure that sets forth begin delete Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, end delete begin insert Section 1 end insert
of this act shall be submitted to the voters at the November 4, 2014,
general election.

(b) The Secretary of State shall ensure the placement of the
ballot measure as set forth in begin delete Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, end delete begin insert Section 1 end insert
of this act on the November 4, 2014, general election ballot, in
substantial compliance with any statutory time requirements
applicable to the submission of statewide measures to the voters
at a statewide election.

(c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the ballot pamphlet
mailed pursuant to Section 9094 of the Elections Code, the
information specified in Section 9084 of the Elections Code
regarding the provisions contained in begin delete Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, end delete
begin insert Section 1 end insert of this act.

begin delete SEC. 6. end delete
begin insert SEC. 11. end insert   

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order that begin insert Section 1 of end insert this act be included on the November
4, 2014, general election ballot for purposes of assisting veterans
at the earliest possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.