Bill Text: CA AB86 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 86

Bill Title: Homelessness: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB86 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB86-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly April 20, 2023

Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 86

Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

January 04, 2023

An act to add Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 12095) to Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to homelessness.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 86, as amended, Jones-Sawyer. Homelessness: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.

Existing law establishes various programs to address homelessness, including requiring the Governor to create an Interagency Council on Homelessness. Existing law requires the council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and promote systems integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness.

This bill would require the Governor to appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor’s Office, to serve as the lead person for ending homelessness in California. The bill would require the coordinator to ~~identify~~ perform prescribed duties, including, among others, identifying a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that jurisdiction, ~~oversee~~ overseeing homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between federal, state, and local agencies, ~~coordinate~~ coordinating the timing of release of funds and applications for funding for housing and housing-based services impacting Californians experiencing homelessness, and, in collaboration with local leaders, ~~provide~~ providing annual recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. The bill would authorize the coordinator to adjust ~~local~~ state goals to the extent allowed by state ~~and local~~ law.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 12095) is added to Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:

CHAPTER 1.3. Statewide Homelessness Coordinator

12095.

(a) (1) The Governor shall appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor’s office, to serve as the lead person for ending homelessness in California.

(2) For purposes of this chapter, “coordinator” means the Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.

(b) The coordinator shall do all of the following:

(1) Set state goals to end homelessness in California.
~~(1)~~

(2) Identify a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that jurisdiction.

~~(2)~~

(3) Oversee homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between federal, state, and local agencies.

~~(3)~~

(4) Coordinate the timing of release of state funds and applications for funding for housing and housing-based services impacting Californians experiencing homelessness.

~~(4)~~

(5) In collaboration with local leaders, provide annual recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor.

(d) The coordinator shall submit each of the annual recommendations to the Legislature required by this section in compliance with Section 9795.