Eloise Reyes
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 50
Author
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. The department is responsible for administering various housing programs throughout the state, including, among others, the California Emergency Solutions and Housing Program, which, among other things, provides rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to ensure housing affordability to people who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. This bill, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, would establish the House California Challenge Program, to be administered by the department, in partnership with the California Health and Human Services Agency, for the purpose of providing direct rental assistance to help persons who are experiencing homelessness obtain housing. The bill would require the department, upon appropriation of those funds by the Legislature, to allocate $1,000,000,000 for purposes of the program each fiscal year for 5 years, beginning with the 2022–23 fiscal year. The bill would require 10% of the funds to be awarded as grants to recipients, as defined, for the purpose of helping participants locate and obtain permanent housing and would require 80% of the funds to be allocated by the department for specified uses, including long-term rental assistance, master leasing of units, and short-term funds for prevention, self-resolution, and diversion services, as specified. The bill would authorize up to 10% of the funds to be used for administrative costs. Under the bill, and to the extent allowable under federal law, any assistance, services, or supports received pursuant to the program would not be considered income or a resource of the participant for purposes of determining eligibility for, or benefits pursuant to, any public assistance program. This bill would require a recipient that receives grant funds under the program to submit an annual report to the department that includes specified information, including ongoing tracking of the specific uses and expenditures of grant funds, the number of homeless individuals and households served by the grant funds, and outcome data for households served through program funds. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, as specified, to submit a report to specified Senate and Assembly committees that includes a summary of the reports submitted to the department by recipients and an evaluation of the outcomes and status of the program.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 8.).
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5016.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 27).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 5003.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2817 | HTML |
| 02/18/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/14/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/29/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/22 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/25/22- Assembly Housing and Community Development | |
| 05/16/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/17/22- Senate Housing | |
| 06/23/22- Senate Human Services | |
| 07/29/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/23/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 10/03/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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