Bill Text: CA AB290 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants: funding
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - Died at Desk. [AB290 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB290-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 290 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Davis
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
An act relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 290, as introduced, Davis. Neighborhood Stabilization Program
grants: funding priorities and criteria.
Existing law establishes various statewide housing and community
development plans and projects. Existing federal law establishes a
Neighborhood Stabilization Program that assists state and local
governments in redeveloping abandoned and foreclosed upon homes.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that directs a portion of the federal program's funding
to accomplish specified objectives relating to the building and
green-collar trades, the provision of affordable, energy-efficient
housing, and the revitalization of low -to moderate-income areas.
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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that does both of the following:
(a) Directs a portion of federal Neighborhood Stabilization
Program grants, established pursuant to the Housing and Economic
Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289) from the state to cities
and counties, in a manner that fosters the training and employment of
at-risk and foster youth, ex-offenders, and other disenfranchised
populations in the building and green-collar trades, and provides
affordable, energy-efficient housing for low -to moderate-income
California residents.
(b) Establishes funding priorities and criteria for purposes of
subdivision (a) that do all of the following:
(1) Require housing and redevelopment agencies to engage nonprofit
developers in converting home renters to owners by allocating a
portion of rent to an escrow account for downpayment usage after an
appropriate period of time.
(2) Permit a portion of grant administration funds to be used for
training and posttraining home building and home
rehabilitation-related employment purposes in a manner that
demonstrates training-activity collaboration with workforce
investment boards, community colleges, and other job training
entities to coordinate necessary funding and training resources.
(3) Incorporate smart growth, land use, public transportation, and
greenhouse gas reduction principles.
(4) Incorporate housing development, job training, and placement
activities in tax incentive areas, including, but not limited to,
enterprise zones, that are aligned with a local or statewide strategy
for revitalizing low -to moderate-income areas.
