BILL NUMBER: SB 194	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to add Section 50834.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 194, as amended, Florez. Community Equity Investment Act of
2010.
   Under the federal State Community Development Block Grant Program,
funds are allocated to the state and administered by the Department
of Housing and Community Development for projects and programs that
meet the housing and economic development needs of persons and
families of low or moderate income.
   This bill would enact the Community Equity Investment Act of 2010.
The bill would make legislative findings and declarations relating
to disadvantaged, unincorporated communities. The bill would specify
how funds received pursuant to the federal State Community
Development Block Grant Program are expended at the local government
level  and would impose various requirements on a city or county
in receipt of those funds that would, among other things, ensure the
representation and participation of citizens of disadvantaged
unincorporated   communities  .
   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.  (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Community Equity Investment Act of 2010.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
   (1) There exists in California hundreds of disadvantaged
unincorporated communities, commonly referred to as "colonias." There
are more than 200 of these communities in the San Joaquin Valley
alone. Many of these communities are geographically isolated islands,
surrounded by the city limits of large and medium-sized cities.
   (2) The conditions within these disadvantaged unincorporated
communities evidence a distinct lack of public and private investment
that presents a threat to the health and safety of the residents and
fosters economic, social, and educational inequality. Many of these
communities lack basic infrastructure, including, but not limited to,
streets, sidewalks, storm drainage, clean drinking water, and
adequate sewer service.
  SEC. 2.  Section 50834.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   50834.5.  (a) Unless prohibited by federal law, where a federal
entitlement exists under the Community Development Block Grant
Program (24 C.F.R. Part 570), a city or county shall comply with 
all of  the following requirements with the funds made
available pursuant to this chapter: 
   (1) The funds shall be expended within each supervisorial or city
council district, to the extent those districts exist, based on the
percentage of low- and moderate-income persons within each district.
 
   (2) 
    (1)  No less than 75 percent of all funds shall benefit
targeted income groups. 
   (2) The city council or board of supervisors of each city or
county shall establish a citizens advisory committee (CAC) to advise
the council or board on Community Development Block Grant program
matters which relate, but are not limited, to public health, safety,
welfare, public works, and planning.  
   (A) The CAC of a city shall include at least one resident that
resides in that city's island or fringe community to ensure
representation of the community interest in the city's entire island
or fringe area.  
   (B) The CAC of a county shall include at least one representative
that resides in every disadvantaged unincorporated community. 

   (3) To ensure that citizens from disadvantaged unincorporated
communities are given reasonable and timely access to the Community
Development Block Grant application, a city or county shall provide
information and proper notice related to grant funding as follows:
 
   A city or county shall notify all of the following entities of the
opening of the application period for funding at least 90 days prior
to the application deadline:  
   (A) Participating cities and districts with significant
concentrations of lower-income residents.  
   (B) Residents of a qualifying community that does not have a local
special district.  
   (C) All residents of a small community without a local government.
 
   (D) Communities that have previously applied for Community
Development Block Grant funding.  
   (E) Organizations that work with the communities specified in this
paragraph.  
   (4) All disadvantaged unincorporated communities shall be invited
in the same manner to all public hearings required by federal
Community Development Block Grant regulations. These hearings shall
be held at times and at accessible locations convenient to residents
of these communities.  
   (5) A CAC, prior to making a decision, shall be informed of the
priorities outlined in its respective city's or county's consolidated
plan, in addition to examples of projects.  
   (6) When a city council or board of supervisors of any city or
county takes action on the CAC recommendations, it shall make
findings on how the actions of the CAC are consistent with the city's
or county's consolidated plan priorities, reasons for failing to
pursue projects in disadvantaged unincorporated communities, and
steps to address concerns and issues of these communities. 

   (b) For the purposes of this section, "targeted income group"
 
   (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:  
   (1) "Small community" means a community with less than 2,000
residents. 
    (2)     "Targeted income group"  means
families, households, and individuals whose income does not exceed
80 percent of the county median income, with adjustments for family
and household size.