BILL NUMBER: AB 692	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members  Torres  
Gonzalez  and V. Manuel Pérez
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 De León   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

    An act to amend Sections 50781, 50782, and 50786 of, and
to add Section 50784.5 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to
mobilehomes, and making an appropriation therefor.   An
act to submit an advisory question to the voters relating to
immigration reform, calling an election, to take effect immediately.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 692, as amended,  Torres   Gonzalez 
.  Mobilehomes: loans.   Immigration reform:
advisory election.  
   This bill would call a special election to be consolidated with
the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. The bill would
require the Secretary of State to submit to the voters at the
November 4, 2014, consolidated election an advisory question asking
whether the Congress of the United States should immediately reform
our immigration laws and pass comprehensive immigration reform that
includes a path to citizenship for immigrants meeting certain
requirements, as specified, and whether the President of the United
States should halt deportations of parents whose children were born
in the United States until that new immigration law is passed. The
bill would require the Secretary of State to communicate the results
of this election to the Congress of the United States.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an act calling an election.  
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community
Development to make loans from the Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund, a
continuously appropriated fund, to qualified mobilehome park
residents, resident organizations, and nonprofit housing sponsors or
local public entities to finance conversion of the parks to resident
ownership and to make monthly housing costs affordable. Existing law
requires a specified regulatory agreement to be recorded against the
mobilehome park if a loan is made to a qualifying nonprofit housing
sponsor or local public entity pursuant to these provisions. Existing
law also requires the provision of specified information to the
department before making loans for mobilehome park conversions.
 
   This bill would change the name of the fund to the Mobilehome Park
Rehabilitation and Park Purchase Fund and authorize the department
to provide loans from the fund to the owner of a mobilehome park for
the purpose of rehabilitating park infrastructure, including water,
sewage, and electrical systems. The bill would specify that the
purpose of these loans would also be to bring mobilehome parks into
compliance with applicable health and safety standards. The bill
would require the department to consider specified criteria in
determining eligibility for, and the amount of, loans made from the
fund. The bill would require a regulatory agreement to be recorded
against the mobilehome park if a loan is made to the owner of a
mobilehome park and would require the agreement to contain provisions
to prevent displacement of park residents. The bill would also
require the provision of specified information to the department
before making these loans.  
   By authorizing a new purpose for the use of continuously
appropriated funds, this bill would make an appropriation. 

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


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) The United States of America was founded on principles of
freedom and opportunity, and on the tenet that all men and women are
created equal.  
   (b) The nation's history has been indelibly shaped by waves of
immigration.  
   (c) The current immigration system in the United States is
antiquated, riddled with inefficiencies, and incapable of meeting the
challenges of the 21st century and our changing economy.  
   (d) Immigrants are a major engine for the state's economic growth.
Approximately 1 in 10 workers in California is an undocumented
immigrant, totaling 1.85 million workers. Immigrants are vital for
California's industries, including technology, agriculture,
hospitality, and services.  
   (e) The undocumented immigrant population in the United States is
currently 11.7 million and is expected to continue growing in the
absence of immigration and regulatory reform.  
   (f) Almost one-quarter (23 percent) of the nation's undocumented
immigrants reside in California.  
   (g) Thousands of families have been separated because of the
enforcement of immigration laws that do not recognize the
complexities of mixed-status families. Each year, more than 350,000
immigrants face deportation proceedings.  
   (h) Nearly one-half of undocumented immigrants in the United
States are parents of minor children, and 77 percent of these
children are United States citizens.  
   (i) Since 1998, about 600,000 children who are United States
citizens have had a parent detained or deported. Currently, there are
at least 5,100 children in the child welfare system because their
parents are under immigration custody or have been deported. This
number is expected to rise to 15,000 in the next five years. 
   SEC. 2.    A special election is hereby called to be
held throughout the state on November 4, 2014. The special election
shall be consolidated with the statewide general election to be held
on that date. The consolidated election shall be held and conducted
in all respects as if there were only one election and only one form
of ballot shall be used. 
   SEC. 3.    (a) Notwithstanding Section 9040 of the
Elections Code, the Secretary of State shall submit the following
advisory question to the voters at the November 4, 2014, consolidated
election:  
   "Shall the Congress of the United States reform our immigration
laws and immediately pass comprehensive immigration reform that
includes a path to citizenship to those immigrants who learn English,
pass a background check, and pay back taxes, and shall the President
of the United States halt the deportations of noncriminal mothers
and fathers whose children were born in the United States, which
separate families, until that new immigration law is passed?" 

   (b) Upon certification of the election, the Secretary of State
shall communicate to the Congress of the United States the results of
the election asking the question set forth in subdivision (a). 

   (c) The provisions of the Elections Code that apply to the
preparation of ballot measures and ballot materials at a statewide
election apply to the measure submitted pursuant to this section.

   SEC. 4.    This act calls an election within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  All matter omitted in this version of the bill appears
in the bill as amended in the Senate, July 11, 2013. (JR11)