BILL NUMBER: AB 1731 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Committee on Housing and Community Development
(Lowenthal (Chair), Cogdill, Dutra, Kehoe, Mullin, Runner, Salinas,
and Steinberg)
MARCH 5, 2003
An act to amend Sections 50451, 50452, and 50453 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1731, as introduced, Committee on Housing and Community
Development. California Statewide Housing Plan.
Existing law requires the California Statewide Housing Plan to
specify housing goals for the current and the next 4 fiscal years,
according to prescribed criteria, including reducing the number of
households that have to pay more then 25% of their gross income for
housing, and requires the department to biennially update the plan
and provide the revision to the Legislature. The plan is required to
provide a database for local housing market studies and serve as a
guide for local housing elements.
This bill would revise those criteria to include reducing the
number of households that have to pay more than 30% of their gross
income for housing. The bill would require the plan to be updated
not less than every 5 years and would delete a requirement that
certain information relating to housing goals be included in the
revision. The bill would delete the provision relating to a database
and require the plan to provide a reference guide for local housing
market studies and local housing elements, 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 50451 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
50451. The California Statewide Housing Plan shall incorporate a
statement of housing goals, policies, and objectives, as well as all
of the following segments:
(a) An evaluation and summary of housing conditions throughout the
state, with particular emphasis upon the availability of housing for
all economic segments of the state. The evaluation shall include
summary statistics for all counties, all multicounty metropolitan
areas, and rural areas, as defined and designated by the Bureau of
the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, rather than
as defined in Section 50101. The evaluation shall include the
existing distribution of housing by type, size, gross rent, value,
and, to the extent data is available, condition, and the existing
distribution of households by gross income, size, and ethnic
character for each of those areas.
(b) Housing The statewide need for housing
development goals for the fiscal year the plan is
revised and projected four additional fiscal years ahead. The goals
shall be established as the minimum number of units
necessary to be built or rehabilitated by the fourth
subsequent fiscal year, in order to provide sufficient
housing to house all residents of the state in standard, uncrowded
units in suitable locations.
(c) Goals for the provision of housing assistance for the fiscal
year the plan is revised and projected four additional fiscal years
ahead. The goals shall be established as the minimum number of
households to be assisted which will result in achieving, by the
fourth subsequent fiscal year, a substantial reduction in the number
of very low income households and other persons and families of low
or moderate income constrained to pay more than 25
30 percent of their gross income for housing. Income
groups to be considered in establishing the goals shall be designated
by the department and shall include households a significant number
of which are required to pay more than 25 30
percent of their gross income for housing in the fiscal year
the plan is revised, as determined by the department.
(d) An identification of governmental and nongovernmental
constraints and obstacles and specific recommendations for their
removal.
(e) An analysis of state and local housing and building codes and
their enforcement. The analysis shall include consideration of
whether those codes contain sufficient flexibility to respond to new
methods of construction and new materials.
(f) Recommendations for actions by federal, state, and local
governments and the private sector that will contribute to the
attainment of the housing goals established for California.
(g) A housing strategy that coordinates the housing assistance and
activities of state and local agencies, including the provision of
housing assistance for various population groups such as elderly
persons, persons with disabilities, large families, families where a
female is the head of the household, farmworker households, and other
specific population groups as deemed appropriate by the department.
To inform the strategy, the department shall, to the extent
possible, do the following:
(1) Consider information compiled by the University of California
pursuant to Section 9101.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and
from provider and consumer organizations as available.
(2) Consult with various state departments, including the
California Department of Aging, the State Department of Social
Services, the State Department of Health Services, the State
Department of Mental Health, the Employment Development Department,
the State Department of Developmental Services, and other state
departments or agencies to obtain information deemed relevant to the
housing needs of populations addressed in the housing strategy. This
paragraph shall not be construed to require activity beyond the
customary scope of the department's planning process.
SEC. 2. Section 50452 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
50452. (a) The department shall biennially
periodically, as new census or other survey data
become available, but no less than every five years, update and
provide a revision of the California Statewide Housing Plan to the
Legislature. The revisions shall contain all of the
following segments:
(a) A comparison of the housing construction goals for the
preceding two fiscal years with the amount of building permits issued
and mobilehome units sold in those fiscal years.
(b) A revision of the minimum housing construction and
rehabilitation goals specified in subdivision (b) of Section 50451
for the current year and projected four additional fiscal years
ahead.
(c) A revision of the housing assistance goals specified in
subdivision (c) of Section 50451 for the current year and projected
four additional fiscal years ahead.
(d) A revision of the evaluation required by subdivision (a) of
Section 50451 as new census or other survey data become available.
The
(b) The revision shall contain an evaluation and summary of
housing conditions throughout the state and may highlight data for
multicounty or regional areas, as determined by the department. The
revision shall include a discussion of the housing needs of various
population groups such as elderly persons, disabled persons, large
families, families where a female is the head of the household, and
farmworker households.
(e)
(c) An updating of recommendations for actions by federal,
state, and local governments and the private sector which
that will facilitate the attainment of housing
goals established for California.
The Legislature may review the plan and the updates of the plan
and transmit its comments on the plan or updates of the plan to the
Governor, the Secretary of the Business, Transportation, and Housing
Agency, and the Director of Housing and Community Development.
SEC. 3. Section 50453 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
50453. The California Statewide Housing Plan developed pursuant
to Section 50450 shall provide a data base
reference guide for local housing market studies and
serve as a guide for local housing elements required by
Section 65302 of the Government Code. It The
plan is also intended to serve as a state housing plan
and provide a framework for local housing
assistance plans meeting requirements of federal law
plans .