Amended  IN  Senate  June 12, 2023
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 13, 2023
Amended  IN  Assembly  March 09, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1377

Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Wendy Carrillo and Kalra)

February 17, 2023

An act to amend Section 50223 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to homelessness.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1377, as amended, Friedman. Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program: Round 3.
Existing law establishes, among various other programs intended to address homelessness in this state, the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing. Existing law provides for the allocation of funding under the program among continuums of care, cities, counties, and tribes in 4 rounds, which are to be administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Existing law, beginning with round 3 of the program, requires applicants to provide specified information for all rounds of program allocations through a data collection, reporting, performance monitoring, and accountability framework, as established by the council. This includes data on the applicant’s progress towards meeting their outcome goals, to be submitted annually, for each year of the program, and other information if the applicant has not made significant progress towards those goals.
This bill would also require data and a narrative summary of specific and quantifiable steps that the applicant has taken to improve the delivery of housing and services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, on transit facilities owned and operated by a transit district, agency, as defined, in their jurisdiction. defined.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 50223 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

50223.
 (a) Beginning with round 3 of the program, in addition to the data required under Sections 50221 and 50222, applicants shall provide the following information for all rounds of program allocations through a data collection, reporting, performance monitoring, and accountability framework, as established by the council:
(1) (A) Data on the applicant’s progress towards meeting their outcome goals, which shall be submitted annually on December 31 of each year through the duration of the program.
(B) If the applicant has not made significant progress toward their outcome goals, the applicant shall submit a description of barriers and possible solutions to those barriers.
(C) Applicants that do not demonstrate significant progress towards meeting outcome goals shall accept technical assistance from the council and may also be required to limit the allowable uses of these program funds, as determined by the council.
(D) (i) Data and a narrative summary of specific and quantifiable steps that the applicant has taken to improve the delivery of housing and services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, on transit facilities owned and operated by a transit district, as defined by Section 99213 of the Public Utilities Code, in their jurisdiction. agency.
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, “transit agency” means an STA-eligible operator, as defined in Section 99312.2 of the Public Utilities Code, or the public agencies, including joint powers agencies, responsible for state-supported intercity rail or commuter rail services and eligible for funding under Section 99312.3 of the Public Utilities Code.
(2) (A) A quarterly fiscal report of program funds expended and obligated in each allowable budget category approved in their application for program funds.
(B) If the applicant has not made significant progress toward their outcome goals, then the applicant shall report on their outcome goals in their quarterly report.
(3) The council shall compile and post a statewide report that aggregates each applicant’s outcome goals into a single statewide set of metrics.
(b) No later than October 1, 2026, each recipient that receives a round 3 program allocation shall submit to the council a final report in a format provided by the council, as well as detailed uses of all program funds.
(c) No later than October 1, 2027, each recipient that receives a round 4 program allocation shall submit to the council a final report in a format provided by the council, as well as detailed uses of all program funds.