BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1522 Page 1 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING AB 1522 (Committee on Judiciary) As Introduced March 10, 2015 Majority vote --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes | |----------------+------+--------------------+------------------------| |Judiciary |7-2 |Mark Stone, Alejo, |Wagner, Gallagher | | | |Chau, Chiu, | | | | |Cristina Garcia, | | | | |Holden, O'Donnell | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, AB 1522 Page 2 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 AB 1522 Page 3 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 AB 1522 Page 4