BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2016
	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   veterans  housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 384, as amended, Leyva.  Veteran  
Veterans  housing: multifamily units: underserved veterans.
   Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of
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 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,   defined. The bill would require  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   department, the California Housing Finance
Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development,
collectively, and  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, the California Housing Finance
Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development
collectively deem appropriate.
   (c) The 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,
established pursuant to Section  998.44,  
998.544,  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, the California Housing Finance
Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development
collectively deem appropriate.   recent determination of
underserved veterans made pursuant to subdivision (b). 
   (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.