AB 388 Assembly Bill

BILL NUMBER: AB 388	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Baker, Brough, Lopez, and
Maienschein)
   (Coauthors: Senators  Bates   
 and Huff   Bates,   Huff,  
and Runner  )

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to amend Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 388, as amended, Chang. Housing:  homeless 
veterans:  supportive and transitional housing:  reports.
   Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to 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. Existing law requires the report to include, among
other things, an evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department
pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.

   This bill would additionally require the evaluation to include
information relating to the effectiveness  of assisted programs
 in helping  homeless veterans of any organization
  veterans occupying any supportive housing or tr 
 ansitional housing development  that was issued funds
pursuant to that act, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the
changes to Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code made by
Section 2 of this act to ensure that entities that are receiving
funds through the administration of Proposition 41, the California
Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014, are using
them in the most effective manner possible to prevent veteran
homelessness and to aid those impoverished veterans who are already
residing in homelessness. The inclusion of this study would ensure
that the Legislature will have adequate data to assess the viability
of the program as well as to give the California Department of
Veterans Affairs a means by which to determine the viability of
nonprofits that serve veterans and assess their worthiness in the
program.
  SEC. 2.  Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   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.
   (7) (A) 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, including
information relating to the effectiveness  of assisted programs
 in helping  low-income homeless veterans of any
organization   veterans occupying any supportive housing
or transitional housing development  that was issued funds
pursuant to that article.
   (B) The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, the
following information:
   (i) Performance outcome data including, but not limited to,
housing stability, housing exit information,  and  tenant
 satisfaction as   satisfaction, which may be
 measured by a survey, and changes in income, benefits, and
education.
   (I) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "housing stability"
includes, but is not limited to,  both of the following:

    (ia)     How 
 how  many tenants  maintained   exit
transitional housing to permanent housing or maintain permanent 
housing, and the length of time those tenants spent in 
housing.   assisted units.  
   (ib) How many tenants move on to other housing, excluding those
tenants who move on for a higher level of care and those tenants who
died during tenancy. 
   (II) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "housing exit
information" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
   (ia) How many tenants left  housing.  
assisted units. 
   (ib) The  dates those tenants left housing.  
length of tenancy in assisted units. 
   (ic) The reason those tenants left  housing. 
 assisted units, when that information is readily obtainable.

   (id)  Where tenants who have left housing find new
housing.   The housing   status of a tenant
exiting an assisted unit upon exit when that information is readily
available. 
   (ii) Client data, which may include, but is not limited to,
demographic characteristics of the veteran and his or her family,
educational and employment status of the veteran, and
veteran-specific information including, but not limited to,
disability ratings, type of discharge, branch, era of service, and
veterans affairs health care eligibility.