BILL NUMBER: AB 897	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Housing and Community
Development   (   Mendoza (Chair),
Harkey (Vice Chair), De La Torre, Eng, Fletcher, Ma, and Saldana
  )   Assembly   Members 
 Torres   and Bass 

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

    An act to amend Section 798.2 of the Civil Code, relating
to mobilehomes.   An act to add Chapter 11.7
(commencing with Section 50819) to Part 2 of Division 31 of the
Health and Safety Code, relating to housing assistance, making an
appropriation therefor. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 897, as amended,  Committee on Housing and Community
Development  Torres  .  Mobilehomes.
  Housing assistance: Homeless Prevention and Rapid
Re-Housing Program.  
   Existing law establishes various housing assistance programs
directed by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
 
   This bill would establish the Homeless Prevention and Rapid
Re-Housing Program within the department for the purpose of
distributing funds to 2 specified populations of individuals and
families facing housing instability, estimated at approximately $44
million, provided by the federal Homeless Prevention and Rapid
Re-Housing Program established under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. This bill would also establish the Homeless
Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Account within the Federal Trust
Fund, a continuously appropriate fund, for the purpose of accepting
and distributing these federal funds.  
   The Mobilehome Residency Law generally regulates tenancies within
a mobilehome park.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no  yes 
. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Chapter 11.7 (commencing with Section
50819) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the   Health and
Safety Code   , to read:  
      CHAPTER 11.7.  HOMELESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM


   50819.  As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall
have the following meanings:
   (a) "Account" means the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing
Account established by this chapter.
   (b) "Department" means the Department of Housing and Community
Development.
   (c) "Homeless" means living in an emergency or transitional
shelter or without shelter, including, but not limited to, living on
a street.
   (d) "Program" means the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing
Program established by this chapter.
   50819.5.  (a) The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program
is hereby established in the department for the purpose of
distributing funds, estimated at approximately $44 million, provided
by the federal Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program
established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(P.L. 111-5). The program is authorized to undertake only the four
following categories of activities:
   (1) Provide financial assistance.
   (2) Provide housing relocation and stabilization services.
   (3) Collect and evaluate data.
   (4) Pay administrative costs of the program.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Account is hereby
established as an account in the Federal Trust Fund, established
pursuant to Section 16360 of the Government Code, for the purpose of
accepting and distributing funds provided by the federal Homeless
Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program established under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
   50820.  To the extent allowed by the federal American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and other federal law, moneys in the
account shall be used to serve only two populations facing housing
instability:
   (a) Individuals and families who have housing, but are at risk of
becoming homeless and need temporary assistance paying rent or
utilities or assistance moving to another rental unit to prevent them
from becoming homeless.
   (b) Individuals and families who are homeless and need temporary
assistance to obtain and retain housing.
   50820.5.  To receive any assistance from the program, every
individual shall meet each of the following requirements:
   (a) The individual's household shall be at or below 50 percent of
the Area Median Income (AMI).
   (b) The individual's household shall have no identifiable
appropriate housing option, as defined by the department.
   (c) The individual's household lacks the financial resources and
support network needed to obtain immediate housing or remain in
existing housing.
   50821.  As a precondition to receiving rental assistance, an
individual shall have an initial consultation with a case manager to
determine need.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 798.2 of the Civil Code is
amended to read:
   798.2.  "Management" means the owner of a mobilehome park or an
agent or representative authorized to act on his or her behalf in
connection with matters relating to a tenancy in the park.