Bill Text: CA AB498 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vehicles: special interest license plates and decals:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2010. [AB498 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB498-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 498	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

    An act relating to housing.   An act to add
Chapter 2.8 (commencing with Section 728) to Division 4 of the
Military and Veterans Code, relating to military housing. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 498, as amended, Hayashi. Affordable housing: veterans.
   Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program under the
administration of the Department of Housing and Community
Development to provide a standardized set of program rules and
features applicable to all housing types based on the department's
California Housing Rehabilitation Program. Existing law authorizes a
sponsor, as defined, of a supportive housing development funded by
the Multifamily Housing Program, to restrict occupancy of a project
to persons with veteran status under specified circumstances.
   This bill would  make several legislative findings and
declarations relating to veteran renter households. The bill would
also express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
relating to affordable housing for veteran renter households.
  require the Department of Veterans Affairs to
collaborate with the Department of Housing and Community Development
to facilitate the development of multifamily housing for military
veterans and their families. The bill would require the department to
take action to ensure that if land is donated to the state for the
express purpose of providing land for military veterans' housing, or
if the department receives funding for a housing project restricted
for the use of military veterans, any such housing built on that
land, or using that source of funds shall, only be used for housing
for military veterans.  
   This bill would also require the department, in collaboration with
the Department of Housing and Community Development, not later than
July 1, 2010, to prepare and submit to the Legislature a study
evaluating the most effective ways to increase the supply of
affordable housing for military veterans and their families,
including specified information and recommendations, as prescribed.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  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) Veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan could
increase demand for affordable rental housing.
   (b) Because rental assistance is not an entitlement, not all
veterans who are eligible receive assistance.
   (c) In 2005, an estimated 2.3 million veteran renter households
had low incomes. Further, an estimated 1.3 million, or about 56
percent of these low-income veteran households, have housing
affordability problems where rental costs exceed 30 percent of
household income.
   (d) California has significantly more low-income veteran renter
households than any other state, more than 236,000, or about 10
percent of all such households nationwide.
   (e) More than one-third of low-income veteran renter households
include a veteran who is elderly or has a disability. 
  SEC. 2.    It is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation relating to affordable housing for veteran renter
households. 
   SEC. 2.    Chapter 2.8 (commencing with Section 728)
is added to Division 4 of the   Military and Veterans Code
  , to read:  
      CHAPTER 2.8.  MULTIFAMILY MILITARY HOUSING


   728.  (a) The department shall collaborate with the Department of
Housing and Community Development to facilitate the development of
multifamily housing for military veterans and their families.
   (b) To the extent permitted under existing state and federal fair
housing laws, the department shall take action to ensure that if land
is donated to the state for the express purpose of providing land
for military veterans' housing, or if the department receives funding
for a housing project restricted for the use of military veterans,
any housing built on that land, or using that source of funds, shall
only be used for housing for military veterans. 
   SEC. 3.    (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in
collaboration with the Department of Housing and Community
Development shall, not later than July 1, 2010, prepare and submit to
the Legislature, a study evaluating the most effective ways to
increase the supply of affordable housing for military veterans and
their families.  
   (b) The study required to be prepared pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall evaluate and provide recommendations on all of the following:
 
   (1) Financing options that may be implemented to create funding
and other economic incentives for the development of multifamily
housing developments for military personnel and their families,
including an analysis of tax incentives and public-private housing
development partnerships.  
   (2) Methods of collaborating with nonprofit organizations and
members of private industry in the development of low-income and
affordable housing for military veterans.  
   (3) Statutory changes that may be necessary to authorize the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and
Community Development to, jointly, develop housing projects for
military veterans.