Bill Text: CA AB2960 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Shelter crises: fire and life safety standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 148, Statutes of 2020. [AB2960 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2960-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 22, 2020 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson (Coauthor: Assembly Member Carrillo) |
February 21, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would authorize an emergency housing facility constructed or allowed pursuant to a declaration of a shelter crisis to comply with the building standards relating to fire safety that were in effect when the building was constructed. The bill would require a political subdivision to inspect and recertify each temporary emergency housing facility operated or allowed pursuant to a declaration of a shelter crisis
every 180 days.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)“Political subdivision” includes the state, any city, city and county, county, special district, or school district or public agency authorized by law.
(b)“Governing body” means the following:
(1)The Governor for the state.
(2)The legislative body for a city or city and county.
(3)The board of supervisors for a county.
(4)The governing board or board of trustees for a district or other public
agency.
(5)An official designated by ordinance or resolution adopted by a governing body, as defined in paragraph (2), (3), or (4).
(c)“Public facility” means any facility of a political subdivision including parks, schools, and vacant or underutilized facilities which are owned, operated, leased, or maintained, or any combination thereof, by the political subdivision through money derived by taxation or assessment.
(d)“Declaration of a shelter crisis” means the duly proclaimed existence of a situation in which a significant number of persons are without the ability to obtain shelter, resulting in a threat to their health and safety.
(e)“Emergency bridge housing community” means any new or existing facilities, including, but not limited to, housing
in temporary structures, including, but not limited to, emergency sleeping cabins consistent with the requirements of subdivision (h) of Section 8698.3 that are reserved for homeless persons and families, together with community support facilities, including, but not limited to, showers and bathrooms adequate to serve the anticipated number of residents all of which may be located on property leased or owned by a political subdivision. An emergency bridge housing community shall include supportive and self-sufficiency development services, have the ultimate goal of moving homeless persons to permanent housing as quickly as reasonably possible, and limit rents and service fees to an ability-to-pay formula reasonably consistent with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s requirements for subsidized housing for low-income persons.
(f)“Temporary,” for purposes of emergency housing facilities constructed or allowed during a declared shelter crisis, means the duration of the shelter crisis.
SEC. 2.SECTION 1.
Section 8698.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:8698.1.
Upon a declaration of a shelter crisis, the following provisions shall apply during the period of the emergency.(c)An emergency housing facility constructed or allowed pursuant to this chapter shall only be subject to the building standards relating to fire safety that were in effect when the building was constructed. For purposes of this subdivision, “building standard” means a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code, or other standard adopted by a local agency
pursuant to Section 17958 of the Health and Safety Code.
During a declaration of a shelter crisis, the political subdivision shall inspect and recertify each temporary emergency housing facility operated or allowed pursuant to the declaration every 180 days.