BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

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 amended, Leyva. Veteran housing: multifamily units:
 female   underserved  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   state funds to be   used in the
project be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined
 , 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.
  in consultation with the appropriate local agencie
  s. 
   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.   (a)    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   state funds to be used in the project shall
be reserved for housing for underserved veterans  . 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.   in consultation with the
appropriate local agencie   s.  
   (b) For purposes of this section, "underserved veterans" shall
have the meaning determined by the department based on the needs of
veterans at the time funding is awarded.