BILL NUMBER: AB 2161	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 50702 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2161, as introduced, Chau.  Housing-Related Parks Program.
   Existing law establishes the Housing-Related Parks Program,
administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development,
which provides grants for the creation, development, or
rehabilitation of park and recreation facilities to cities, counties,
and cities and counties. Existing law authorizes the department, to
the extent that funds are available, to determine the base grant
amount to be provided to any city, county, or city and county that
meets specified criteria.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 50702 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   50702.  (a) To the extent that funds are available for this
purpose, the department shall determine a base grant amount to be
provided under this chapter to any city, county, or city and county
that meets all of the following criteria:
   (1) On or before the end of the period covered by the Notice of
Funding Availability required under subdivision (b), the jurisdiction
has adopted a housing element that the department, pursuant to
Section 65585 of the Government Code, has found to be in substantial
compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with
Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the
Government Code, and the jurisdiction submitted to the department the
annual progress report required under Section 65400 of the
Government Code for the preceding 12-month calendar year.
   (2) The jurisdiction can document either of the following:
   (A) The issuance of building permits for new housing units that
are affordable to very low or low-income households within the
designated time period and that meet  either  
one  of the following criteria:
   (i) In the case of rental units, the development is subject to a
regulatory agreement recorded against the property that obligates the
owner to maintain rents on the restricted units at levels affordable
to very low or low-income households for at least 55 years.
   (ii) In the case of ownership housing, units in the development
are initially sold to households of very low or low income at an
affordable housing cost. If public funds are used to achieve an
affordable housing cost, then upon the sale of an assisted unit to a
very low or low-income household, the public entity shall ensure the
repayment of the public funds and reuse of those funds for affordable
housing for a period of at least 20 years. The proposed mechanism
for restrictions of ownership units shall be consistent with criteria
established by the department and specified in the Notice of Funding
Availability.
   (B) The issuance of a certificate of occupancy or other evidence
of readiness for occupancy within the designated time period for
units that meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c)
of Section 65583.1 of the Government Code, except that the city,
county, or city and county may have committed assistance at any time
during the projection period.
   (b) For each year that funds are available, the department shall
issue a Notice of Funding Availability for building permits issued
during the designated time period. The department shall accept
applications at the close of the designated period. Grant amounts
shall be based on a per-bedroom incentive for each unit restricted
for very low and low-income households. For the purposes of this
section, single-room occupancies and studio apartments shall be
considered one-bedroom units.
   (c) If eligibility for funds exceeds the amount of funding
available for the program, the department shall reduce all grants
proportionally.