BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2016
	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:
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,   2017,  for the purpose
of housing veterans, that a percentage of the state funds to be used
in the  project   act  be reserved for
housing for underserved veterans, as defined, the percentage  of
the state funds  to be determined by the Department of Veterans
 Affairs in consultation with the appropriate local agencies.
  Affairs, as specified. 
   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,   2017,  for the purpose of housing
veterans, a percentage of the state funds to be used in the 
project   act  shall be reserved for housing for
underserved veterans. The percentage reserved shall be determined by
the department, in consultation with the appropriate local agencies.
   (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.  
means those veterans either experiencing or at risk of experiencing
homelessness at a disproportionate rate to their veteran or
nonveteran counterparts, as determined by the most recent United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development Annual Homeless
Assessment Report (AHAR) that includes an assessment of veteran
homelessness, or other similar source the department deems
appropriate.  
   (c) The department shall determine the percentage of funds to be
reserved annually pursuant to subdivision (a), with the first
determination to be made on July 1, 2017, and thereafter each year on
July 1. The determination shall be made using the most recently
released AHAR that includes an assessment of veteran homelessness, or
other similar source that the department deems appropriate.