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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 870 (Cooley) - Homelessness: rapid rehousing.
          
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          |Version: June 24, 2015          |Policy Vote: T. & H. 9 - 0      |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 27, 2015   |Consultant: Mark McKenzie       |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 870 would require the Department of Housing and  
          Community Development (HCD) to establish and administer a  
          program to provide grants to counties or private nonprofit  
          organizations with a demonstrated high funding need for rapid  
          re-housing programs.  The program would be established upon  
          appropriation of funds in the Budget Act for this purpose, and  
          would sunset on July 1, 2018.


          Fiscal  
          Impact: 
           General Fund cost pressures of approximately $2 million over  
            two fiscal years.  To the extent funds are appropriated for  
            purposes of the pilot program, HCD would allocate equal  
            amounts to each of the four participating entities, after  
            subtracting administrative costs.








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           To the extent funds are appropriated, HCD would incur one-time  
            costs of approximately $50,000 for 1/2 PY of staff time to  
            develop and adopt guidelines for the selection of  
            participating entities, and ongoing costs of approximately  
            $30,000 annually for 1/4 PY of staff time for monitoring costs  
            over several years.  These costs would be subtracted from the  
            appropriated amount prior to distribution of funds to  
            participating entities. (General Fund)


          Committee  
          Amendments:  
           Delete the $2 million General Fund appropriation, and  
            provisions specifying maximum amounts that would be used for  
            the pilot program each year.
           Make the establishment of the program contingent upon  
            appropriation of funds in the annual Budget Act.
           Revise the sunset date from January 1, 2018 to July 1, 2018.


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