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                                                                  AB 2762
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          Date of Hearing:   April 14, 2010

               ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
                                 Norma Torres, Chair
            AB 2762 (Committee on Housing and Community Development) - As  
                            Introduced: February 23, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Housing and community development:  housing omnibus  
          bill.

           SUMMARY  :   Makes technical and non-controversial changes to  
          various sections of the law dealing with housing.  Specifically,  
           this bill  :  

          1)Corrects a drafting error in housing element law that  
            incorrectly refers to the planning period of the general plan  
            rather the planning period of the housing element and includes  
            uncodified language explaining the reason for the amendment.

          2)Exempts properties that house victims of domestic violence  
            shelters from the requirement that a property's address be  
            listed on the Notice of Affordability Restrictions that is  
            required to be recorded under redevelopment law.  

          3)Allows the guidelines for the Affordable Housing Revolving  
            Development and Acquisition Program to remain in force for the  
            duration of the initial loans and only requires regulations  
            for future requests for qualifications (RFQs) funded with loan  
            repayments. 

          4)Requires the Bureau of State Audits (BSA) to conduct periodic  
            audits of all programs funded under Proposition 1C, the  
            Housing and Emergency Shelter Act of 2006.  Current law  
            already requires periodic audits of most programs funded by  
            Proposition 1C, but omits the Infill Infrastructure Grant  
            Program and the Transit Oriented Development Program.

          5)Corrects numerous statutory cross-references, fixes numbering  
            errors, and repeals several outdated provisions of code.

           EXISTING LAW  includes numerous provisions related to housing.

           FISCAL EFFECT :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   








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          The Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development is  
          authoring this year's housing omnibus bill as a cost-effective  
          way of making a number of minor, non-controversial changes to  
          statute at one time.  There is no known opposition to any of the  
          items in the bill.  If issues arise that cannot be resolved, the  
          provision of concern will be deleted from the bill. 

           Double referred  :  The Assembly Committee on Rules referred AB  
          2762 to the Committee on Housing and Community Development and  
          Local Government.  If AB 2762 passes this committee, the bill  
          must be referred to the Committee on Local Government.


           
          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anya Lawler / H. & C.D. / (916)  
          319-2085