BILL NUMBER: SB 384	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leyva

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to add Section 980.7 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veteran housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 384, as introduced, Leyva. Veteran housing: multifamily units:
female veterans.
   Existing law provides various programs and bond issuances to
provide housing for veterans, as defined, including the Veterans
Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014, which provides for the
acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of
affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional
housing, affordable rental housing, or related facilities for
veterans and their families.
   This bill would require, for all multifamily housing units
acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after
January 1, 2016, for the purpose of housing veterans, that a
percentage of the units be reserved for female veterans with
children, the percentage to be determined by the Department of
Veterans Affairs based on the population of veterans in the area and
the need of female veterans with children in that area for housing.
   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 980.7 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:
   980.7.  For all multifamily housing units acquired, constructed,
rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2016, for the
purpose of housing veterans, a percentage of the units shall be
reserved for female veterans with children. The percentage reserved
shall be determined by the department, at the time the project is
started, based on the population of veterans in the area and the need
of female veterans with children in that area for housing.