BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
1522 (Committee on Judiciary)
As Introduced March 10, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
|----------------+------+--------------------+------------------------|
|Judiciary |7-2 |Mark Stone, Alejo, |Wagner, Gallagher |
| | |Chau, Chiu, | |
| | |Cristina Garcia, | |
| | |Holden, O'Donnell | |
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SUMMARY: Provides an additional 30 days for the California
Research Bureau (CRB) to complete a pilot program evaluation
report. Specifically, this bill requires the CRB to submit a
brief report to the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees once
on or before April 20, 2016, (instead of March 20, 2016) and once
on or before April 20, 2018, (instead of March 20, 2018)
evaluating the merits of the nuisance eviction programs
established under Civil Code Sections 3485 and 3486.5, and
summarizing the information reported to the CRB by cities
participating in those programs.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Establishes a pilot program that, until January 1, 2019,
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authorizes city attorneys in participating jurisdictions to
bring eviction proceedings against tenants for committing
nuisance violations involving unlawful weapons and ammunition.
2)Establishes a pilot program that, until January 1, 2019,
authorizes city attorneys in participating jurisdictions to
bring eviction proceedings against tenants for committing
nuisance violations involving controlled substances.
3)Requires participating cities to annually report specified
information to the CRB on or before January 20 of each year.
4)Requires the CRB to submit a brief report to the Senate and
Assembly Judiciary Committees once on or before March 20, 2016,
and once on or before March 20, 2018, summarizing the
information reported to the CRB by participating cities and
evaluating the merits of the pilot programs. Further authorizes
the CRB to combine evaluation of both programs into a single
report.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
COMMENTS: Under existing law, the CRB is required to submit a
report to the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees once on or
before March 20, 2016, and once on or before March 20, 2018, that
evaluates the merits of the nuisance eviction pilot programs
established under Civil Code Sections 3485 and 3486. The purpose
of the report is to assist the Legislature in determining whether
to continue those pilot programs past their current sunset date of
January 1, 2019.
As part of their evaluation, the report summarizes the information
reported to the CRB by the various cities participating in those
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programs. Under existing law, the participant cities exercising
the authority granted to them under the pilot programs must report
program data to CRB for the previous calendar year by January 20
of the following year. Civil Code Sections 3485 and 3486.5
specify over two dozen data items that must be reported to the
CRB, describing the characteristics of the tenants subject to
eviction as well as tracking the various actions taken by the city
attorney, landlord, court and tenants as they relate to notices
and evictions carried out pursuant to the program.
Current law requires the CRB to complete the combined evaluation
report and submit it to the Senate and Assembly Judiciary
Committees on or before March 20 - just 60 days removed from the
deadline for reporting data from the cities. If for some reason
the cities are late in reporting their data by that deadline, it
has the effect of reducing the amount of time that CRB actually
has the data that it needs to analyze and complete the evaluation
report.
This bill would extend the deadline that the CRB must submit its
2016 and 2018 reports to the Legislature by 30 days in each of
those years. Instead of a March 20 due date in each of those
years, the CRB would have until April 20 to submit its report.
The Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees' staff believes that
an April 20 deadline still provides sufficient time for the Senate
and Assembly Judiciary Committees to consider the findings in the
report and act upon it during that Legislative session, if
desired. In addition, the superb quality of past reports authored
by CRB signal their professionalism and commitment to producing a
thorough report, and suggest that a 30-day extension is deserved
and will only help improve the evaluation.
Analysis Prepared by:
Anthony Lew / JUD. / (916) 319-2334 FN: 0000129
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