Amended in Senate June 8, 2016

Amended in Assembly March 10, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2254

Introduced by Assembly Member Achadjian

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(Principal coauthor: Senator Monning)

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February 18, 2016

An act to amend Section 15301 of the Government Code, relating to temporary shelter.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2254, as amended, Achadjian. Armories: homeless shelter.

Existing law requires the Military Department to make certain state armories available to specified cities and counties for the purpose of providing temporary shelter for homeless persons from October 15 through April 15 each year.

This bill would revise the list of armories to be made available to include the Atascadero armory in San Luis Obispo County.

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.  

Section 15301 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

15301.  

(a) The El Centro and Calexico armories in Imperial
County; the Culver City, Glendale, Inglewood, Long Beach 7th
Street, Pomona, Sylmar, and West Los Angeles Federal Avenue
armories in Los Angeles County; the San Rafael armory in Marin
County; the Merced armory in Merced County; the Fullerton and
Santa Ana armories in Orange County; the Roseville armory in
Placer County; the Corona, Indio, and Riverside armories in
Riverside County; the El Cajon, Escondido, and Vista armories in
San Diego County; the Atascadero armory in San Luis Obispo
County; the San Mateo armory in San Mateo County; the Santa
Barbara and Santa Maria armories in Santa Barbara County; the
Gilroy, San Jose Hedding Street, and Sunnyvale armories in Santa
Clara County; the Santa Cruz and Watsonville armories in Santa
Cruz County; the Redding armory in Shasta County; the Petaluma
and Santa Rosa armories in Sonoma County; and the Oxnard and
Ventura armories in Ventura County, shall be made available to
these counties or begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert city in these counties for the purpose of
providing temporary shelter for homeless persons during the period
from October 15 through April 15 each year.

(b) The Adjutant General may, in his or her sole discretion, use
alternate armories as may be necessary to meet the operational
needs of the Military Department. Additionally, any county or
city, including those not listed in subdivision (a), may use any
armory within its jurisdiction subject to the approval of the
Adjutant General.

(c) Subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the
Adjutant General may increase or decrease the number of days of
operation among all of the armories funded in any year to best
meet cold weather demands as they develop. The Adjutant General
shall periodically report to the counties authorized to receive funds
on the ongoing availability of remaining funded shelter days.