BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 194
Author: Florez (D)
Amended: 1/7/10
Vote: 21
SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE : 3-2, 4/29/09
AYES: Wiggins, Kehoe, Wolk
NOES: Cox, Aanestad
SUBJECT : Community Equity Investment Act of 2010
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill enacts the Community Equity Investment
Act of 2010 and specifies how funds received under the
federal State Community Development Block Grant Program are
expended at the local government level.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program was
established by the federal Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 and is administered at the federal
level by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). The primary objective of the CDBG
program is the development of viable urban communities by
providing decent housing and a suitable living environment
and by expanding economic opportunities for households of
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low and moderate income. HUD allocates money directly to
large cities and metropolitan areas (CDBG entitlement
funds).
The state CDBG program, which is administered by the
Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD),
provides federal funds to cities with a population of less
than 50,000 and counties with a population in
unincorporated areas of less than 200,000 (CDBG
non-entitlement funds). In order to be eligible for
non-entitlement CDBG funds, a nonmetropolitan city or
county must submit its housing element to HCD.
This bill:
1. Requires a city or county which receives CDBG funds from
HCD spend the funds within each supervisorial or city
council district based on the percentage of low and
moderate-income persons within each district.
2. Requires at least 75 percent of all CDBG fund benefit
these targeted income groups.
3. Defines "targeted income groups" as families,
households, and individuals whose income does not exceed
80 percent of the county median income, with adjustments
for family and household size.
4. Contains related Legislative findings and declarations.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/12/09) (unable to reverify)
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Center on Race
Community Water Center
Dolores Huerta Foundation
El Comite para el Bienestar de Earlimart
Ella baker Center for Human Rights
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
Fresno City Councilmember Henry T. Perea
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Fresno County Supervisor Henry Fresno Metro Ministry
Organzacion en California de Lideres Campesinas In.c
Planning and Conservation League
Poverty & the Environment
Seven Trees Coalition
OPPOSITION : (Verified 5/12/09) (unable to reverify)
League of California Cities
JA:do 1/14/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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