BILL NUMBER: AB 2033	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torres

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act relating to homelessness.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2033, as introduced, Torres. Homelessness: federal funding.
   Under existing law, the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
administers various programs relating to homelessness.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that California seeks federal funds for
the purpose of reducing and preventing homelessness, particularly in
rural areas of the state, by requiring that the Department of
Housing and Community Development apply for homelessness assistance
programs offered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that California seeks federal funds for
the purpose of reducing and preventing homelessness, particularly in
rural areas of the state, by requiring that the Department of
Housing and Community Development apply for homelessness assistance
programs offered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development.