BILL NUMBER: AB 1275	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torres

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 50001 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1275, as introduced, Torres. Housing.
   Existing law makes several legislative findings and declarations
of the vital statewide importance of housing to the health, safety,
and welfare of the residents of the state for several reasons.
   This bill would make several changes to these legislative findings
and declarations.
   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.  Section 50001 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   50001.  The Legislature finds and declares that the subject of
housing is of vital statewide importance to the health, safety, and
welfare of the residents of this state, for the following reasons:
   (a)  Decent  and affordable  housing is an essential
motivating force in helping people achieve self-fulfillment in a free
and democratic society.
   (b)  Unsanitary, unsafe, overcrowded, or congested dwelling
accommodations or lack of decent housing constitute conditions which
cause an increase in, and spread of, disease and crime.
   (c)  A healthy housing market is one in which residents of this
state have a choice of  affordable  housing opportunities
and one in which the housing consumer may effectively choose within
the free marketplace.
   (d)  A healthy housing market is necessary both to achieve a
healthy state economy and to avoid  an unacceptable level
  high levels  of unemployment.