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          Bill No:  SB 251
          Author:   Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
          Amended:  9/3/09
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM  :  10-0, 4/14/09
          AYES:  Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,  
            Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Oropeza

           SENATE FLOOR  :  37-0, 4/23/09
          AYES:  Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Benoit, Calderon,  
            Cedillo, Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham,  
            DeSaulnier, Dutton, Florez, Hancock, Hollingsworth, Huff,  
            Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod,  
            Oropeza, Padilla, Pavley, Romero, Runner, Simitian,  
            Steinberg, Strickland, Walters, Wiggins, Wolk, Wright,  
            Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Ducheny, Harman

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 9/8/09 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    2009 housing omnibus bill

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes non-controversial changes to  
          sections of law relating to housing.

           Assembly Amendments  change the time frame for which a  
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          council of government must transmit its regional housing  
          needs assessment plan to the Department of Housing and  
          Community Development to three day rather than  
          "immediately," add a new section to the bill relative to  
          the direct sale of manufactured homes to non-profit  
          affordable housing developers, and double joint this bill  
          to SB 113 (Senate Local Government Committee) and AB 570  
          (Arambula).

           ANALYSIS  :    This bill:

          1.Clarifies the timeline for the Department of Housing and  
            Community Development to review a council of government's  
            regional housing needs allocation plan. 

          2.Revises a Subdivision Map Act exemption relating to the  
            conversion of community apartments and stock  
            cooperatives. 

          3.Corrects drafting errors relating to the strapping of  
            water heaters in manufactured housing and to Chapter 8  
            tax sales. 

          4.Allows the direct sale of manufactured homes to  
            non-profit affordable housing developers. 

          5.Revises timelines related to the Local Housing Trust Fund  
            Program. 

          6.Corrects statutory cross references relating to  
            low-income housing tax credits and in redevelopment law. 

          7.Includes language to avoid chaptering conflicts with SB  
            113 (Committee on Local Government) and AB 570  
            (Arambula). 

           Comments

           The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee is  
          authoring this bill as a means of combining multiple,  
          non-controversial changes to statutes into one bill, so  
          that the Legislature can make minor amendments in a  
          cost-effective manner.  There is no known opposition to any  
          item in the bill, and if concerns arise that cannot be  







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          resolved, the provision of concern will be deleted from the  
          bill.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No



           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :
          AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,  
            Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Duvall,  
            Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,  
            Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore,  
            Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,  
            Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue,  
            Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava,  
            Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel  
            Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,  
            Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,  
            Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Vacancy


          JJA:nl  9/9/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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