BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2016
	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, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of
 2014, (the act)   2014 (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.   act. 
   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 bond act funds to be used for purposes of the act
be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined, the
percentage of the bond act funds to be determined by the Department
of Veterans Affairs,  the California Housing Finance Agency, and
the Department of Housing and Community Development collectively,
 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 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 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)  to Congress, November 2015,  that
includes an assessment of veteran homelessness, or other similar
source the  department deems   department, the
California Housing Finance Agency, and the   Department of
Housing and Community Development   collectively deem 
appropriate.
   (c) The  department   department, the
California Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Housing and
Community Development collectively  shall determine the
percentage of funds from the Housing for Veterans  Fund
  Fund,  established pursuant to Section 
998.44   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  to  
Congress, November 2015,  that includes an assessment of veteran
homelessness, or other similar source that the  department
deems  department, the California Housing Finance
Agency, and the Department of Housin   g and Community
Development collectively deem  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.