BILL NUMBER: AB 2064	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members John A. Perez and Bass
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Bradford, Cook, Eng, Feuer,
Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gilmore, Jones, Ma, Saldana,
Swanson, Torlakson, and Torres)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 50802.6 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2064, as amended, John A. Perez. Emergency Housing Shelter
Operations Grant Account: notice of funding availability.
   Existing law establishes the Emergency Housing and Assistance
Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, that appropriates money to
the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purposes
of carrying out the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to issue a notice or notices of funding availability to
potential applicants and designated local boards as soon as possible
after funding becomes available for the Emergency Housing and
Assistance Program.
   This bill would require the Department of Finance to make a timely
determination as to the amount of General Fund moneys  in
the Emergency Housing Shelter Operations Grant Account 
within the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund. The bill would
require the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue
a notice of funding availability to potential applicants and local
boards, as applicable, indicating the amount of General Fund moneys
 in the Emergency Housing Shelter Operations Grant Account
 , as determined by the Department of Finance, that is
available for the shelter operations program, no later than 30 days
after the effective date of the bill  and to grant awards
pursuant to the notice within 180 days of its receipt  .
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) In recent years, California has seen a substantial increase in
its homeless population as a result of the national economic
downturn.
   (b) The state's homeless population includes many of our society's
most vulnerable, including children, emancipated foster youth, the
unemployed, families undergoing home foreclosure or other severe
financial stress, individuals with mental health and drug addiction
issues, and veterans (who make up approximately 20 percent of the
state's homeless population).
   (c) The Department of Housing and Community Development, through
the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program, awards facility
operations grants from the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund for
emergency shelters, transitional housing projects, and supportive
services to assist homeless individuals and families.
   (d) It is critically important that these facility operations
grants be made available as soon as possible to fund the shelters,
projects, and services necessary to alleviate the unfortunate plight
of the many Californians who are currently homeless.
  SEC. 2.  Section 50802.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   50802.6.  (a) For purposes of this section, the Department of
Finance shall make a timely determination as to the amount of General
Fund moneys in  the Emergency Housing Shelter Operations
Grant Account within  the Emergency Housing and Assistance
Fund.
   (b) No later than 30 days after the effective date of the act
adding this section, the Department of Housing and Community
Development shall issue a notice of funding availability to potential
applicants and local boards, as applicable, indicating the amount
specified in subdivision (a) that is available for the shelter
operations program.  The department shall grant awards pursuant
to the notice of funding availability within 180 days after issuing
that notice. 
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to make funds available for shelter operations as soon as
possible, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.