BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2016
	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 
 law,  the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of
2014,  which   (the act)  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.  Existing law, the Veterans Housing
and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (bond act), an initiative
measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014,
primary election, authorized $600 million in bonds to provide
multifamily housing to low-income veterans and supportive housing for
homeless veterans, through the Veterans Housing and Homeless
Prevention Act of 2014. 
   This bill would require, for all multifamily housing units
acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after
January 1, 2017, for the purpose of housing veterans, that a
percentage of the  state   bond act  funds
to be used  in   for purposes of  the act
be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined, the
percentage of the  state   bond act  funds
to be determined by the Department of Veterans 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, 2017,
for the purpose of housing veterans, a percentage of the state funds
to be used  in the act   for purposes of the
Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014  shall be
reserved for housing for underserved veterans. The percentage
reserved shall be determined by the  department, 
 department  in consultation with the appropriate local
agencies.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "underserved veterans" 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 
from the Housing for Veterans Fund established pursuant to Section
998.44  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. 
   (d) If there are insufficient applications for proposed housing
projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a), the reserved
funding shall revert back to the Housing for Veterans Fund and be
available for other purposes authorized by the act.