Bill Text: CA AB388 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Housing: veterans: supportive and transitional housing: reports.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-10-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2015. [AB388 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB388-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 388 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 692
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 9, 2015
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 9, 2015
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chang
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Baker, Brough, Lopez, and
Maienschein)
(Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Huff, and Runner)
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
An act to amend Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 388, Chang. Housing: veterans: supportive and transitional
housing: reports.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to submit an annual report to the Governor and both
houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments
during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs administered
by the department. Existing law requires the report to include, among
other things, an evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department
pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.
This bill would additionally require the evaluation to include
information relating to the effectiveness of assisted projects in
helping veterans occupying any supportive housing or transitional
housing development that was issued funds pursuant to that act, as
specified.
This bill would incorporate changes to Section 50408 of the Health
and Safety Code proposed by both this bill and AB 90, which would
become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective
on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the
changes to Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code made by
Section 2 of this act to ensure that entities that are receiving
funds through the administration of Proposition 41, the California
Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014, are using
them in the most effective manner possible to prevent veteran
homelessness and to aid those impoverished veterans who are already
residing in homelessness. The inclusion of this study would ensure
that the Legislature will have adequate data to assess the viability
of the program as well as to give the California Department of
Veterans Affairs a means by which to determine the viability of
nonprofits that serve veterans and assess their worthiness in the
program.
SEC. 2. Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
50408. (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the department
shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the
Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous
fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department,
including, but not limited to, the Emergency Housing and Assistance
Program and Community Development Block Grant activity.
(b) The report shall include all of the following information:
(1) The number of units assisted by those programs.
(2) The number of individuals and households served and their
income levels.
(3) The distribution of units among various areas of the state.
(4) The amount of other public and private funds leveraged by the
assistance provided by those programs.
(5) Information detailing the assistance provided to various
groups of persons by programs that are targeted to assist those
groups.
(6) The information required to be reported pursuant to Section
17031.8.
(7) (A) An evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department
pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) of Chapter
6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, including
information relating to the effectiveness of assisted projects in
helping veterans occupying any supportive housing or transitional
housing development that was issued funds pursuant to that article.
(B) The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, the
following information:
(i) Performance outcome data including, but not limited to,
housing stability, housing exit information, and tenant satisfaction,
which may be measured by a survey, and changes in income, benefits,
and education.
(I) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "housing stability"
includes, but is not limited to, how many tenants exit transitional
housing to permanent housing or maintain permanent housing, and the
length of time those tenants spent in assisted units.
(II) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "housing exit
information" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(ia) How many tenants left assisted units.
(ib) The length of tenancy in assisted units.
(ic) The reason those tenants left assisted units, when that
information is readily obtainable.
(id) The housing status of a tenant exiting an assisted unit upon
exit when that information is readily available.
(ii) Client data, which may include, but is not limited to,
demographic characteristics of the veteran and his or her family,
educational and employment status of the veteran, and
veteran-specific information including, but not limited to,
disability ratings, type of discharge, branch, era of service, and
veterans affairs health care eligibility.
SEC. 3. Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
50408. (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the department
shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the
Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous
fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department,
including, but not limited to, the Emergency Housing and Assistance
Program and Community Development Block Grant activity.
(b) The report shall include all of the following information:
(1) The number of units assisted by those programs.
(2) The number of individuals and households served and their
income levels.
(3) The distribution of units among various areas of the state.
(4) The amount of other public and private funds leveraged by the
assistance provided by those programs.
(5) Information detailing the assistance provided to various
groups of persons by programs that are targeted to assist those
groups.
(6) The information required to be reported pursuant to Section
17031.8.
(7) (A) An evaluation, in collaboration with the Department of
Veterans Affairs, of any program established by the department
pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 987.001) of Chapter
6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, including
information relating to the effectiveness of assisted projects in
helping veterans occupying any supportive housing or transitional
housing development that was issued funds pursuant to that article.
(B) The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, the
following information:
(i) Performance outcome data including, but not limited to,
housing stability, housing exit information, and tenant satisfaction,
which may be measured by a survey, and changes in income, benefits,
and education.
(I) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "housing stability"
includes, but is not limited to, how many tenants exit transitional
housing to permanent housing or maintain permanent housing, and the
length of time those tenants spent in assisted units.
(II) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "housing exit
information" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(ia) How many tenants left assisted units.
(ib) The length of tenancy in assisted units.
(ic) The reason those tenants left assisted units, when that
information is readily obtainable.
(id) The housing status of a tenant exiting an assisted unit upon
exit when that information is readily available.
(ii) Client data, which may include, but is not limited to,
demographic characteristics of the veteran and his or her family,
educational and employment status of the veteran, and
veteran-specific information including, but not limited to,
disability ratings, type of discharge, branch, era of service, and
veterans affairs health care eligibility.
(8) An evaluation of any program established by the department to
meet the legal requirements of the Federal Housing Trust Fund program
guidelines.
SEC. 4. Section 3 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section
50408 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by both this bill and
Assembly Bill 90. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills
are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, (2)
each bill amends Section 50408 of the Health and Safety Code, and (3)
this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 90, in which case Section 2
of this bill shall not become operative.
