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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may extend the term of an existing multifamily housing loan made by the department under the original Rental Housing Construction Program established by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735), the Special User Housing Rehabilitation Program established by Section 50670, or the Deferred Payment Rehabilitation Loan Program established by Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 50660) upon the request of any borrower subject to the following conditions:

(1) The borrower shall provide to the department a complete report showing all existing tenants, their incomes, as reported in the most recent annual income certification, and the rents currently charged to each tenant.

(2) The borrower shall agree to an extension of the term of the loan by an additional 55 years from the date of departmental approval. If the department determines that the remaining useful life of a project is less than 55 years, the loan may be extended for the remaining useful life of the project, but not less than 30 years. The department may convert the existing outstanding principal and any accrued interest into the new loan amount. The interest rate on the extended term shall be 3 percent simple interest. All future payments of principal and interest may be deferred except for a percentage of interest equal to the percentage charged in the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)) for the department’s ongoing monitoring and management responsibilities.

(3) The borrower shall agree to amend or replace the existing regulatory agreement to include terms generally equivalent to those used in the Multifamily Housing Program. In addition, the borrower shall agree to replace, amend, or revise any other loan document as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.

(4) (A) The borrower shall agree to a rent schedule that ensures that all assisted units are affordable to households earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income and that at least 35 percent of all assisted units shall be reserved for, affordable to, and occupied by, households earning less than or equal to the midlevel target used by the Multifamily Housing Program, unless the department finds both of the following:

(i) That the project income is insufficient to maintain fiscal integrity, as that term is used in the Multifamily Housing Program, and is insufficient to maintain the rents required under this subparagraph pursuant to the terms of the Uniform Multifamily Regulations, or any successor regulations, except that commercial vacancy loss shall be projected based on the operating history of the project, commercial vacancy rates in the neighborhood, and similar factors typically used by commercial lenders.

(ii) That the borrower has exhausted all available potential sources of rental subsidies, including, but not limited to, federal, state, and local funds.

(B) If the department finds that a reduction in the percentage of assisted units to less than 35 percent of assisted units is justified, it shall ensure that the largest possible percentage is reserved for the targeted households.

(C) For the purposes of this paragraph, “midlevel target used by the Multifamily Housing Program” shall mean the following:

(i) For counties with an area median income of 110 percent or less of the state median income, it shall mean households earning 30 percent of state median income, expressed as a percentage of area median income.

(ii) For counties with an area median income that exceeds 110 percent of the state median income, it shall mean households earning less than 35 percent of state median income, expressed as a percentage of area median income.

(5) No tenant residing in a project at the time of an extension authorized by this section may be displaced as a result of the regulatory revisions authorized by this section, and, for the initial operating year after approval of the extension, that tenant may not have his or her rent increased above the amounts specified in his or her preexisting regulatory agreements, except that no tenant may pay less than 30 percent of his or her income, calculated pursuant to the Multifamily Housing Program criteria. If a rent increase authorized under this section would exceed a 10 percent increase in payment for a lower income tenant, the project owner shall phase in the increase so that it does not exceed 10 percent per year. After the initial operating year after the extension authorized under this section, the rents for all regulated units that are subject to the new agreement may be adjusted in the percentage calculated pursuant to the Multifamily Housing Program criteria, plus the amount necessary to bring an individual tenant up to the 30-percent-of-income standard, provided that the total annual increase does not exceed 10 percent. Rent adjustments for all tenants occupying assisted units at the time of the extension shall be based on the tenant’s initial rent established under this paragraph. Upon vacancy of an assisted unit occupied at the time of the extension, the new base rent for that unit shall be established consistent with the standards used in the Multifamily Housing Program for the regulated income band, subject to the reservation of units required under paragraph (4).

(b) The department may approve an extension of a loan made by the department if it determines that the project has, or will have after rehabilitation or repairs, a potential remaining useful life of at least 30 years and that the project is deemed financially feasible pursuant to the terms of its Uniform Multifamily Regulations or successor regulations.

(c) The department may subordinate its loan or loans to refinance existing senior debt and to additional permanent financing if that additional senior debt is used only for rehabilitation, repairs, or improvements, or both, including related soft costs, that are modest in size, scope, and cost, as determined by the department and necessary to maintain and extend the useful life of the project.

(d) (1) For the purposes of this subdivision, the “agency projects” are the 26 projects assisted through the original Rental Housing Construction Program with funds administered by the California Housing Finance Agency.

(2) Upon the request of a borrower the agency may extend the term of an existing loan for an agency project by a period that is equal to the remaining useful life of the project, as determined by the agency, but not more than 55 years and not less than 30 years from the date of agency approval, under terms that are substantially consistent with the purposes of this section, if all of the following conditions are met:

(A) The borrower shall provide to the agency the report described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(B) The extension shall be subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

(C) The rent levels and tenant protections described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (a) shall be satisfied, except that the agency, not the department, shall make the determination required under clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) that the project income is insufficient to meet the agency’s affordable multifamily lending program requirements.

(3) Any determination or approval under this section regarding the agency projects shall be by the agency rather than the department.

(4) The borrower and the agency shall amend, replace, or revise any other loan documents or agreements governing the loans for the agency projects as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.

(5) All funds received by the agency for the agency projects, whether by loan repayment, foreclosure, accrued interest, or otherwise, shall be used to provide assistance to existing or future projects financed by or through the agency pursuant to terms consistent with the agency’s affordable multifamily lending programs.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that the department should manage its reserves for the original Rental Housing Construction Program in a manner that will allow for the continuation of current benefits to current low-income tenants for the longest period of time possible. Accordingly, rent subsidies shall be continued only for units occupied by lower income tenants who were in residence at the time of the extension authorized under this section.

(f) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide to the department the flexibility necessary to preserve the affordable rental units for which the state has already made a significant public investment. Accordingly, the department may implement this section through guidelines that shall not be subject to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(g) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2008.

(h) This section shall not apply to loan extensions and senior debt subordinations executed by the department and recorded after the effective date of the guidelines adopted by the department pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 50560.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 780, Sec. 2. (AB 1699) Effective January 1, 2013.)

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Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.01, one hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be available to jurisdictions to assist in planning for other activities related to meeting the sixth cycle regional housing need assessment, as follows:

(a) (1) The maximum amount that a jurisdiction may receive pursuant to this subdivision shall be as follows:

(A) If the jurisdiction has a population of 750,000 or greater, one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000).

(B) If the jurisdiction has a population of 300,000 or greater, but equal to or less than 749,999, seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000).

(C) If the jurisdiction has a population of 100,000 or greater, but equal to or less than 299,999, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(D) If the jurisdiction has a population of 60,000 or greater, but equal to or less than 99,999, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).

(E) If the jurisdiction has a population of 20,000 or greater, but equal to or less than 59,999, one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).

(F) If the jurisdiction has a population equal to or less than 19,999, sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000).

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the population of a jurisdiction shall be based on the population estimates posted on the Department of Finance’s internet website as of January 1, 2019.

(b) (1) Until January 31, 2021, a jurisdiction may request an allocation of funds pursuant to this section by submitting an application to the department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, that contains the following information:

(A) An allocation budget for the funds provided pursuant to this section.

(B) An explanation of how proposed uses will increase housing planning and facilitate local housing production.

(2) The department shall review an application submitted pursuant to this subdivision within 30 days. Upon approval of an application for funds pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall award the moneys for which the jurisdiction qualifies.

(c) A jurisdiction that receives an allocation pursuant to this section shall only use that allocation for housing-related planning activities, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Rezoning and encouraging development by updating planning documents and zoning ordinances, such as general plans, community plans, specific plans, sustainable communities’ strategies, and local coastal programs.

(2) Completing environmental clearance to eliminate the need for project-specific review.

(3) Establishing a workforce housing opportunity zone pursuant to Article 10.10 (commencing with Section 65620) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code or a housing sustainability district pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 66200) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.

(4) Performing infrastructure planning, including for sewers, water systems, transit, roads, or other public facilities necessary to support new housing and new residents.

(5) Partnering with other local entities to identify and prepare excess property for residential development.

(6) Revamping local planning processes to speed up housing production.

(7) Developing or improving an accessory dwelling unit ordinance in compliance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 66314) of Chapter 13 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.

(8) Covering the costs of temporary staffing or consultant needs associated with the activities described in paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 122. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)

division: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE

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(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a council of governments, other regional entity, or jurisdiction, as applicable, that receives an allocation of program funds pursuant to Section 50515.02 or 50515.03 shall submit a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, to be made publicly available on its internet website, by April 1 of the year following the receipt of those funds, and annually thereafter until those funds are expended, that contains the following information:

(A) The status of the proposed uses listed in the entity’s application for funding and the corresponding impact on housing within the region or jurisdiction, as applicable, categorized based on the eligible uses specified in Section 50515.02 or 50515.03, as applicable.

(B) A summary of building permits, certificates of occupancy, or other completed entitlements issued by entities within the region or by the jurisdiction, as applicable.

(2) A city or county that receives program funds shall, in lieu of providing a separate annual report pursuant to this subdivision, provide the information required by paragraph (1) as part of its annual progress report.

(b) (1) The department shall maintain records of the following and provide that information publicly on its internet website:

(A) The name of each applicant for program funds and the status of that entity’s application.

(B) The number of applications for program funding received by the department.

(C) The information described in subdivision (a) for each recipient of program funds.

(2) The department may request additional information, as needed, to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.

(c) (1) Each recipient of funds under the program shall expend those funds no later than December 31, 2024.

(2) No later than December 31, 2025, each council of governments, other regional entity, or county that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 50515.02 shall submit a final report on the use of those funds to the department. The report required by this paragraph shall include an evaluation of jurisdiction actions taken in support of the entity’s proposed uses of those funds, as specified in the entity’s application, including which actions had greatest impact on housing production.

(d) The department may monitor expenditures and activities of an applicant, as the department deems necessary, to ensure compliance with program requirements.

(e) The department may, as it deems appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of funds from an applicant, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.

(f) The department may implement the program through the issuance of forms, guidelines, and one or more notices of funding availability, as the department deems necessary, to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on it by this chapter. Any forms, guidelines, and notices of funding availability adopted pursuant to this section are hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(g) The department’s decision to approve or deny an application or request for funding pursuant to the program, and its determination of the amount of funding to be provided, shall be final.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 10. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)

part: 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

chapter: 3.1. Local Government Planning Support Grants Program


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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to revamp the existing regional housing need allocation process described in Sections 65584 to 65584.2, inclusive, of the Government Code in order to accomplish the following objectives:

(1) Create a fair, transparent, and objective process for identifying housing needs across the state.

(2) Strategically plan for housing growth according to statewide priorities, consistent with Section 65041.1 of the Government Code, and expected future need for housing at all income levels.

(3) Encourage increased development to address the state’s housing affordability issues.

(4) Improve compliance and outcomes through incentives and enforcement.

(b) (1) By December 31, 2023, the department, in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research and after engaging in stakeholder participation, shall develop a recommended improved regional housing need allocation process and methodology that promotes and streamlines housing development and substantially addresses California’s housing shortage.

(2) In developing the recommendations required by this subdivision, the department may appoint a third-party consultant to facilitate a comprehensive review of the current regional housing need allocation process and methodology.

(c) The department shall keep the Legislature apprised of its progress in implementing this section, including providing an update to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2023. Upon completion of the process described in subdivision (b), the department shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature. The report required to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 70, Sec. 11. (SB 197) Effective June 30, 2022.)


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For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(b) “Program” means the Regional Early Action Planning Grants of 2021 established pursuant to this chapter.

(c) “Regional housing need assessment” means the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as determined by the department pursuant to Section 65584.01 of the Government Code.

(d) “Sustainable Communities Strategy” refers to the plan prepared by each metropolitan planning organization pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code.

(e) “Alternative Planning Strategy” refers to the document, if any, prepared by a metropolitan planning organization pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code.

(f) (1) “Transformative planning and implementation activities” means housing, planning, infrastructure investments supporting infill housing, and other actions that enable meeting housing goals that also result in per capita vehicle miles traveled reductions, including accelerating infill development, supporting residents through realizing multimodal communities, shifting travel behavior through reducing driving, and increasing transit ridership.

(2) Transformative planning and implementation activities shall be in furtherance of all of the following:

(A) State planning priorities, as described in Section 65041.1 of the Government Code.

(B) Affirmatively furthering fair housing pursuant to Section 8899.50 of the Government Code.

(C) Facilitating housing element compliance for the sixth cycle regional housing needs assessment pursuant to Section 65302 of the Government Code prepared in accordance with Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.

(D) A region’s sustainable community strategy, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, or alternative planning strategy, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 65080 of the Government Code, as applicable.

(g) “Eligible entity” means any recipient of these funds either through direct allocation from the department or through a suballocation from a recipient. For the purposes of this chapter, an eligible entity can include a metropolitan planning organization (MPO), a single or multicounty council of governments (COG), a regional transportation planning agency (RTPA), a county, a city, a city and county, a transit agency or district, a county transportation agency, or a tribal entity.

(h) “Tribal entity” means an entity formed by the duly constituted governing body of a California Native American Tribe in Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004, as described in Section 21073 of the Public Resources Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 15. (AB 140) Effective July 19, 2021.)

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(a) (1) The Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021 is hereby established for the purpose of providing regions with funding, including grants, for transformative planning and implementation activities.

(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, funds shall be distributed under the program in accordance with this chapter.

(b) The department, in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research, the Strategic Growth Council, and the State Air Resources Board, shall develop and administer the program and, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, provide grants to eligible entities for implementing planning and implementation activities. The department shall seek input from the transportation and housing coordination workgroup established through Section 50407.5.

(c) Distribution and expenditures of funds shall be made consistent with the state planning priorities, established pursuant to Section 65041.1 of the Government Code, and shall consider geographic equity among regions of the state.

(d) Of the total amount of any moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter, the department shall set aside twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for program administration, including state operations expenditures and technical assistance, as well as expenditures by recipients of funding pursuant to Sections 50515.08 and 50515.09.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 48, Sec. 16. (AB 166) Effective July 2, 2024.)

chapter: 3.15. Regional Early Action Planning Grants Program of 2021


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(a) The funds described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07 shall be available only to the following entities before any suballocation:

(1) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, representing the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma, and the City and County of San Francisco.

(2) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments, representing the Counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.

(3) The San Diego Association of Governments, representing the County of San Diego.

(4) The Southern California Association of Governments, representing the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura.

(5) The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, representing the counties of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz.

(6) The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, the Fresno Council of Governments, the Kern Council of Governments, the Kings County Association of Government, the Madera County Transportation Commission, the Merced County Association of Governments, the San Joaquin Council of Governments, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, the Tulare County Association of Governments, the Butte County Association of Governments, Shasta County Regional Transportation Agency, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency created by interstate compact and ratified by Title 7.4 (commencing with Section 66800) of the Government Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the eligible entities described in this paragraph may apply directly to the department for funds pursuant to the program.

(7) Eligible entities in the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Tuolumne, and Trinity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, eligible entities within the counties listed in this paragraph or tribal entities may apply directly to the department for funds pursuant to the program. The department may approve a fiscal agent to receive funds on behalf of a consortium of entities listed in this paragraph.

(b) (1) The department shall calculate the amount of each maximum grant allocation in accordance with the methodology described in subdivision (a) of Section 50515.09.

(2) An eligible entity shall, in consultation with the department and consistent with the requirements of this chapter, determine the appropriate use of funds and suballocations within its boundaries in a manner that appropriately addresses its unique housing, land use, transportation, climate change, equity and other planning priorities.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (5), until December 31, 2022, an eligible entity described in subdivision (a) may request an allocation of funds pursuant to this section by submitting an application, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, developed in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research, the Strategic Growth Council, and the State Air Resources Board, that includes all of the following information:

(A) An allocation budget for the funds provided pursuant to this section.

(B) The amounts retained by the eligible entity and any suballocations.

(C) An explanation of how the proposed uses will meet the definition of transformative planning and implementation activities and, as applicable, constitute high-impact and innovative projects and actions.

(D) An explanation of how the proposed uses will implement and achieve housing goals that also result in per capita vehicle miles traveled reductions in furtherance of the region’s sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy, as applicable.

(E) The application shall reference one or more of the following categories of allowable uses of the funds:

(i) Accelerating infill development, including housing.

(ii) Supporting residents through realizing multimodal communities.

(iii) Shifting travel behavior through reducing driving.

(iv) Increasing transit ridership.

(F) An explanation of the targeted outreach the MPO has conducted to disadvantaged and historically underserved communities and how that outreach was incorporated into the proposed uses.

(G) An explanation of how proposed uses will advance equity by benefiting disadvantaged and historically underserved communities.

(2) The department, in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research, the Strategic Growth Council, and the State Air Resources Board, shall review an application submitted pursuant to this subdivision in an expeditious manner. Upon approval of an application for funds pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall award the moneys for which the eligible entity qualifies.

(3) Commencing January 1, 2022, an eligible entity described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a), as applicable, may request up to 10 percent of the funding available to it under this section in advance of a full request for funding made pursuant to paragraph (1) to develop and accelerate the implementation of the requirements described in paragraph (1), including, but not limited to, regional engagement in the development of the full application and of an education and outreach strategy. The department shall award funds requested pursuant to this paragraph to the relevant eligible entity in an expeditious manner after receiving that request.

(4) The department may develop a streamlined application procedure that accounts for the limited resources generally among the regional entities listed in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a).

(5) If an amount of funds described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07 remains unallocated after December 31, 2022, the department, at its discretion, may make those funds available through a subsequent notice of funding availability in which funds are offered on a competitive basis pursuant to this chapter. An eligible entity described in subdivision (a) may request an allocation of funds made available through the subsequent notice of funding availability by submitting an application, in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(d) In consultation with the department, any entity that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to this section shall establish priorities and use those moneys for eligible transformative planning and implementation activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Providing jurisdictions and other local agencies with technical assistance, planning, temporary staffing, or consultant needs associated with updating local planning and zoning documents and other actions that accelerate infill housing production.

(2) Administering any programs described in this subdivision.

(3) Covering the costs of temporary staffing or consultant needs associated with the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2), inclusive.

(4) Accelerating infill development, including through all of the following:

(A) Rezoning and encouraging development by updating planning documents and zoning ordinances, including general plans, community plans, specific plans, sustainable communities strategies, and local coastal programs.

(B) Revamping local planning processes to accelerate infill housing production and other infill development.

(C) Completing environmental clearance to eliminate the need for project-specific review for infill development.

(D) Establishing and funding an affordable housing catalyst fund, trust fund, or revolving loan fund for location efficient projects.

(E) Performing infrastructure planning and investing in upgrading infrastructure, including for sewers, water systems, transit, roads, or other public facilities necessary to enable reduction in per capita vehicle miles traveled, including accelerating housing production.

(5) Supporting residents through realizing multimodal communities, including through all of the following:

(A) Establishing and implementing a vision-zero policy and program, a safety plan, and a slow streets program.

(B) Developing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure plans and other multimodal plans or policies.

(C) Investing in infrastructure projects and other programs to expand active transportation and implement bicycle or pedestrian plans.

(D) Producing multimodal corridor studies associated with developing specific planning documents or implementation actions.

(6) Shifting travel behavior through reducing driving, including through all of the following:

(A) Studying and implementing road pricing.

(B) Funding the establishment of a local vehicle miles traveled impact fee or regional vehicle miles traveled mitigation bank.

(C) Funding and implementing parking and transportation demand management programs or ordinances.

(D) Accelerating infill housing production near jobs, transit, and resources.

(7) Increasing transit ridership, including through all of the following:

(A) Funding and implementing actions to establish more seamless regional transit systems between and across communities, including establishing common fares, schedules, service design, and wayfinding.

(B) Developing and implementing multimodal access plans to and from transit facilities.

(C) Planning for additional housing near transit.

(f) (1) In consultation with the department, any entity that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to this section may suballocate moneys directly to eligible entities in the form of grants. Following awards to eligible entities, eligible entities shall award suballocations within 60 days.

(2) All suballocations pursuant to this subdivision shall consider geographic equity, including the needs of rural and urban communities, transformative and collaborative approaches, including through subregions, and the degree to which the suballocation will be in furtherance of all of the requirements of transformative planning and implementation activities described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 50515.06.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 255, Sec. 8. (AB 175) Effective September 23, 2021.)


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(a) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, four hundred eighty million dollars ($480,000,000) shall be available to the entities described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08 for transformative planning and implementation activities. The maximum amount that an entity may receive pursuant to this subdivision shall be determined as follows:

The maximum amount that an eligible entity may receive pursuant to this subdivision shall be based on the most recent Department of Finance P-2A County Population Projections as of July 1, 2021. Amounts shall be calculated based on aggregate 2030 projected population per each eligible applicant as a percentage of projected 2030 statewide population.

(b) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available to the eligible entities described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08 for transformative planning and implementation activities.

(c) Of the amount described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.07, thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available as a competitive set aside available to all eligible entities for transformative planning and implementation activities that demonstrably exceed the requirements of this chapter and further multiple policy objectives. Scoring criteria for this competitive set aside will include, but are not limited to, the extent of acceleration of infill housing production and reduction of per capita vehicle miles traveled.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 48, Sec. 17. (AB 166) Effective July 2, 2024.)


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(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible entity that receives an allocation of program funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 shall submit a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, to be made publicly available on its internet website, by April 1 of the year following the receipt of those funds, and annually thereafter until those funds are expended, that includes, but is not limited to, the following information:

(A) The status of the proposed uses and expenditures listed in the eligible entity’s application for funding and the corresponding impact, including, but not limited to, housing units accelerated and reductions in per capita vehicle miles traveled.

(B) All status and impact reports shall be categorized based on the eligible uses specified in Section 50515.08.

(2) The department may request additional information, as needed, to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.

(b) The department shall maintain records of the following and provide that information publicly on its internet website:

(1) The name of each applicant for program funds and the status of that entity’s application.

(2) The number of applications for program funding received by the department.

(3) The information described in subdivision (a) for each recipient of program funds.

(c) A recipient of funds under this program shall post, make available, and update, as appropriate on its internet website, land use maps and vehicle miles traveled generation maps produced in the development of its adopted sustainable communities strategy.

(d) A recipient of funds under this program shall collaborate and share progress, templates, and best practices with the department and fellow recipients in implementation of funds. To the greatest extent practicable, adjacent eligible entities shall coordinate in the development of applications, consider potential for joint activities, and seek to coordinate housing and transportation planning across regions.

(e) (1) A recipient of funds under the program shall expend those funds no later than December 31, 2026.

(2) The final invoice submission deadline to reimburse those funds shall be June 30, 2027.

(3) No later than June 30, 2027, each eligible entity that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 shall submit a final report on the use of those funds to the department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The report required by this paragraph shall include an evaluation of actions taken in support of the entity’s proposed uses of those funds, as specified in the entity’s application, including, but not limited to, housing units accelerated and per capita reductions in vehicle miles traveled.

(f) (1) If an eligible entity described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08 that received an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 has unexpended funds after December 31, 2026, the department may, pursuant to procedures prescribed by the department, make those funds available to other eligible entities described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08 for reimbursement of other expenditures incurred prior to December 31, 2026, that were included in an application approved pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 50515.08 no later than December 31, 2027.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to all eligible entities, including an eligible entity that received a suballocation from an eligible entity described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 50515.08.

(g) The department may monitor expenditures and activities of an applicant, as the department deems necessary, to ensure compliance with program requirements.

(h) The department may, as it deems appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of funds from an applicant, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.

(i) The department, in collaboration with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, the Strategic Growth Council, and the State Air Resources Board, may implement the program through the issuance of forms, guidelines, application materials, funding allocation methodologies, and one or more notices of funding availability, as the department deems necessary, to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on it by this chapter. Any forms, guidelines, application materials, funding allocation methodologies, or notices of funding availability prepared or adopted pursuant to this section are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(j) The department’s decision to approve or deny an application or request for funding pursuant to the program, and its determination of the amount of funding to be provided or request for repayment or other remedies for failure to comply with program requirements, shall be final.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 22, Sec. 50. (AB 130) Effective June 30, 2025.)


text:
(a) (1) The department shall establish the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program under which, subject to the availability of funds, there shall be made to local public entities, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships, any of the following:

(A) Loans for the construction or rehabilitation of rental housing for lower-income agricultural employees and their families, including the cost of acquiring the land and any building related thereto and constructing or rehabilitating-related support facilities necessary to the housing. For the funds loaned under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following:

(i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)).

(ii) Rate and rank applications in a manner consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)), except that the department may establish additional point categories for the purposes of rating and ranking applications that seek funding pursuant to this paragraph in addition to those used in the Multifamily Housing Program.

(iii) Administer funds subject to this chapter in a manner consistent with the Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)), except that assisted units may serve agricultural employees and their families with incomes of up to 80 percent of the area median income. Loan terms shall be consistent with Section 50675.6 and any other requirements concerning loan terms in Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675).

(iv) Only applications meeting the threshold requirements of this subparagraph, and any additional threshold requirements established by the department, shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this subparagraph.

(B) Loans that assist development projects involving multiple home ownership units, including single-family subdivisions, for lower-income agricultural employees and their families, including the cost of acquiring the land and constructing or rehabilitating-related support facilities necessary to the housing. Upon completion of construction, the department may convert project loans into grants for programs of assistance to lower-income agricultural employees and their families consistent with the process described in subdivision (c) of Section 50650.3. For the funds loaned under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following:

(i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650).

(ii) Rate and rank applications in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650), except that the department may establish additional point categories for the purposes of rating and ranking applications that seek funding pursuant to this paragraph in addition to those used in the CalHome Program.

(iii) Administer funds subject to this chapter in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650). Loan terms shall be consistent with loan terms in the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650).

(iv) Only applications meeting the threshold requirements of this subparagraph, and any additional threshold requirements established by the department, shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this subparagraph.

(C) Grants for programs that assist lower-income agricultural employees and their families to become or remain homeowners consistent with the eligible funding purposes described in Section 50650.3. For the funds granted under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following:

(i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650).

(ii) Rate and rank applications in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650), except that the department may establish additional point categories for the purposes of rating and ranking applications that seek funding pursuant to this paragraph in addition to those used in the CalHome Program.

(iii) Administer funds subject to this chapter in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650).

(iv) Only applications meeting the threshold requirements of this subparagraph, and any additional threshold requirements established by the department, shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this subparagraph.

(D) Grants for the acquisition of manufactured housing as part of a program to address and remedy the impacts of current and potential displacement of lower-income farmworker families from existing labor camps, mobilehome parks, or other housing, including the cost of acquiring the land related to the housing and constructing or rehabilitating-related support facilities necessary to the housing. For the funds granted under this subparagraph, the department shall do all of the following:

(i) Make funds available at the same time it makes funds, if any, available under the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650).

(ii) Rate and rank applications in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650), except that the department may establish additional point categories for the purposes of rating and ranking applications that seek funding pursuant to this paragraph in addition to those used in the CalHome Program.

(iii) Administer funds subject to this chapter in a manner consistent with the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650).

(iv) Only applications meeting the threshold requirements of this subparagraph, and any additional threshold requirements established by the department, shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this subparagraph.

(2) With respect to any moneys appropriated for the purposes of this section, the department shall determine the amounts, if any to be made available for each of the purposes described in paragraph (1).

(b) (1) The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department for making grants or loans, or both, pursuant to this section and Section 50517.10, for purposes of Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 50710), and for costs incurred by the department in administering these programs.

(2) There shall be paid into the fund the following:

(A) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for purposes of the fund.

(B) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment or return of grants or loans from the fund, including any interest therefrom.

(C) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.

(D) All moneys appropriated to the department for the purposes of Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 50710) and any moneys received by the department from the occupants of housing or shelter provided pursuant to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 50710). These moneys shall be separately accounted for from the other moneys deposited in the fund.

(c) (1) The department may adopt criteria for determining the number of units in a project to which the restrictions on occupancy contained in the agreement shall apply. If the department adopts criteria, the criteria shall provide for the application of the agreement to a percentage of units in a project that is at least as high as the percentage of total development costs that funds granted or loaned pursuant to this section represent.

(2) Prior to funds granted pursuant to this section being used to finance the acquisition of a manufactured home, the grantee shall ensure that the home either is already installed in a location where it will be occupied by the eligible household or that a location has been leased or otherwise made available for the manufactured home to be occupied by the eligible household.

(3) The department shall provide linguistically appropriate services and publications, or require grantees to do so, as necessary to implement the purposes of this section.

(d) The department shall include in its annual report required by Section 50408, a current report of the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the number of households assisted, (2) the average income of households assisted and the distribution of annual incomes among assisted households, (3) the rents paid by households assisted, (4) the number and amount of grants or loans, or both, made to each grantee in the preceding year, (5) the dollar value of funding derived from sources other than the state for each project receiving a grant or loan, or both, under this section, and an identification of each source, (6) recommendations, as needed, to improve operations of the program and respecting the desirability of extending its application to other groups in rural areas identified by the department as having special need for state housing assistance, and (7) the number of manufactured housing units assisted under this section.

(e) As used in this section:

(1) “Agricultural employee” has the same meaning as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, but also includes any person who works on or off the farm in the processing of any agricultural commodity until it is shipped for distribution, whether or not this person is encompassed within the definition specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code.

(2) “Grantee” means the local public entity, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership that is awarded the grant or loan, or both, under this section.

(3) “Housing” may include, but is not necessarily limited to, conventionally constructed units and manufactured housing installed pursuant to either Section 18551 or 18613.

(4) “Local public entity” includes, but is not limited to, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria or a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.

(5) “Limited liability company” means a limited liability company where all the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations.

(6) “Limited partnership” means a limited partnership where all of the general partners are either nonprofit public benefit corporations, limited liability companies, or a combination of nonprofit public benefit corporations and limited liability companies.

(7) “Nonprofit corporations” includes, but is not limited to, a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.

(f) The department may provide the assistance offered pursuant to this chapter in any area where there is a substantial unmet need for farmworker housing.

(g) The department may adopt guidelines to administer this chapter. Guidelines adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(h) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2022.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 18. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)

chapter: 3.2. The Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program


text:
(a) The department may set aside the amount of funds authorized by subdivision (d) for the purposes of curing or averting a default on the terms of any loan or other obligation by the recipient of financial assistance, or bidding at any foreclosure sale where the default or foreclosure sale would jeopardize the department’s security in the dwelling unit assisted pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The department may use the set-aside funds made available pursuant to this chapter to repair or maintain any dwelling unit assisted pursuant to this chapter that was acquired to protect the department’s security interest in the dwelling unit.

(c) The payment or advance of funds by the department pursuant to this section shall be exclusively within the department’s discretion, and no person shall be deemed to have any entitlement to the payment or advance of those funds. The amount of any funds expended by the department for the purposes of curing or averting a default shall be added to any grant amount secured by the lien and shall be payable to the department upon demand.

(d) On the effective date of the act that adds this section, the department may set aside up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) from the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund for the purposes authorized by this section. On July 1 of each subsequent fiscal year, the department may set aside, for the purposes of this section, up to 1.5 percent of the funds available in the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund on that date.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 13. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)


text:
In counties in which a disaster has been declared by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code and for a period of 12 months after the declaration, the department may provide grants from the fund established by subdivision (b) of Section 50517.5, subject to the following terms and conditions, which are applicable only to this section:

(a) Grants may be made to local public entities, nonprofit corporations, and housing owners comprised of either homeowners who are agricultural employees or owners of rental property used primarily by agricultural households.

(b) The department may enter into master agreements with nonprofit corporations or local public entities or it may enter into contracts directly with housing owners to carry out the activities authorized by this section.

(c) The department may make grants directly to housing owners or through master agreements for the cost of preparation of applications for funds, and supervision of expenditures from the fund, including, but not limited to estimates, work writeups, bidding supervision, and inspections. Funds granted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be secured by, and subject to, the liens required by Section 50517.5.

(d) The department, either directly or through master agreements, may provide grants to housing owners which shall be used for housing rehabilitation or acquisition and rehabilitation, and related costs, other than those costs accruing pursuant to subdivision (c). Only those funds from the fund which are actually utilized pursuant to this subdivision shall be secured by, and subject to, the liens required by Section 50517.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 14. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)


text: A household deemed eligible by the United States Department of Agriculture, under the Rural Housing Loan Program of Section 502 of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1472 et seq.) shall be deemed eligible for a grant pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 19. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)


text:
(a) In enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide disaster assistance for farmworkers displaced by the 1997 floods in the most expeditious and fiscally sound manner possible. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Housing and Community Development administer this section in accordance with those goals.

(b) In counties in which a disaster has been declared by the Governor pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code, and for a period of 12 months after the declaration, the department may award funds for the purposes of this section, subject to the following terms and conditions:

(1) Loans may be made to local public entities, nonprofit corporations, and private property owners to repair, rehabilitate, or replace housing previously used exclusively by migrant farmworker households or unaccompanied migrant farmworker adults, which will be used in the future for those purposes. Loan funds may be used to acquire or lease “manufactured structures,” which, for the purposes of this section, means structures subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13. Private property owners shall be eligible for loans only to the extent that other federal and state resources, private insurance proceeds, or private institutional lending sources are not available in a timely manner or do not provide the coverage needed to rehabilitate or reconstruct the housing without increasing the rent above that charged for the units prior to the disaster.

(2) The department may enter into contracts directly with nonprofit corporations, local public entities, or private property owners to carry out the activities authorized by this section.

(3) Loans made under this section shall be secured by, and subject to, security instruments approved by the department, including, but not limited to, real property leases or liens, regulatory agreements, and liens on manufactured structures. The department shall establish loan terms and conditions with consideration to the financial feasibility and prudent operation of the housing units financed. In no event shall the loans require interest at a rate higher than 3-percent simple interest or have a term longer than the useful life of the housing units. Repayments may be deferred for the first five years of the loan term, if the department determines that it is necessary for fiscal integrity or to prevent foreclosure.

(4) In making any loan, the department shall require that the borrower meet all of the following conditions:

(A) The borrower shall be capable of providing occupancy in decent, safe, and sanitary housing that meets all of the requirements of law within six months after the award of funds.

(B) The borrower shall demonstrate the financial feasibility of the project.

(C) Prior to disbursement of funds, the borrower shall identify the property on which the housing will be repaired, rehabilitated, or replaced, and provide information satisfactory to the department related to the costs and sources of funding necessary to complete the repairs, rehabilitation, or replacement. All costs shall be reasonable, considering the necessity of expeditious rehabilitation or replacement.

(5) Priority for use of the funds shall be given to borrowers who will provide housing at the earliest date.

(6) All units assisted under this section shall remain affordable to low- and very low income households for the life of the project. For the 1997–98 growing season, farmworkers who previously occupied the damaged or destroyed housing shall have first priority to occupy any unit assisted under this section.

(7) If units assisted under this section are built or rehabilitated in the same natural disaster zone as the units damaged or destroyed by the disaster, the borrower shall maintain disaster insurance on the units for the useful life of the units. For purposes of this section, “disaster insurance” means fire, earthquake, flood, or other insurance against the natural disaster that damaged or destroyed the housing units.

(8) To the extent that any housing unit that was damaged or destroyed is reconstructed under this section with substantially the same number of units, it shall be deemed to be “existing housing” for the purposes of subdivision (d) of Section 37001.5.

(9) The department may waive any requirements of Section 50517.5 and any regulations promulgated thereunder that are inconsistent with prompt and effective implementation of the program described in this section. In addition, any rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing the provision of this section shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 12 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Awards of funds made pursuant to this section shall not be subjected to review or approval by the Local Assistance Loan and Grant Committee of the department operating pursuant to Subchapter 1 (commencing with Section 6900) of Chapter 6.5 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 222. Effective January 1, 2005.)


text:
(a) In addition to the purposes specified in subdivision (a) of Section 50517.5 and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the department may make grants and loans under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program to local public entities and nonprofit corporations in order to establish capitalized operating reserves for short-term occupancy housing for migrant farmworker households, purchase land for, and construct, housing structures for short-term occupancy by migrant farmworker households, lease or purchase existing structures for short-term occupancy by migrant farmworker households, and, where the department determines that extraordinary or emergency circumstances exist, directly rent or lease housing for short-term occupancy by migrant farmworker households.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, except as provided in paragraph (2), the department shall not make grants or loans under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program on or after January 1, 2020, for the purpose of funding predevelopment of developing or operating any housing that is rented, sold, or subleased to an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, or its agent, or a farm labor contractor, as defined in Section 1682 of the Labor Code, or its agent, who employs at least one H-2A worker as defined in 50205, until the expiration of the regulatory agreement or affordability covenant, as applicable. A person or entity who receives any grant or loan under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program on or after January 1, 2020, and expends any of those funds for any housing that is rented, sold, or subleased to an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, or its agent, or a farm labor contractor, as defined in Section 1682 of the Labor Code, or its agent, who employs at least one H-2A worker, as defined in Section 50205, until the expiration of the regulatory agreement or affordability covenant, as applicable, shall reimburse the department as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50205.

(2) This subdivision shall not apply to any contract entered into or any grant or loan provided pursuant to the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program prior to January 1, 2020.

(3) The department shall not be responsible for inspecting units that are not subsidized by funding received from the department.

(4) A person or entity who receives funds under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program on and after January 1, 2020, and expends any of those funds for the purpose of funding predevelopment of, developing, or operating any housing shall submit a declaration to the department declaring the following:

(A) (i) The person or entity is not an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, or its agent, or a farm labor contractor, as defined in Section 1682 of the Labor Code, or its agent, who employs at least one H-2A worker, as defined in Section 50205.

(ii) The person or entity will not rent, sell, or sublease any housing funded pursuant to this chapter to an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, or its agent, or a farm labor contractor, as defined in Section 1682 of the Labor Code, or its agent, who employs at least one H-2A worker, as defined in Section 50205, until the expiration of the regulatory agreement or affordability covenant, as applicable.

(B) The declaration described in subparagraph (A) can be met through the inclusion in a regulatory agreement or affordability covenant, as applicable, with the department that is signed by the person or entity receiving funds pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 264, Sec. 17. (AB 107) Effective September 29, 2020.)


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(a) (1) In the City and County of Los Angeles, where the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted an authority, as defined in Section 34203, a waiver effective August 17, 2024, to allow household income verifications to occur after a lease contract is signed for unhoused populations seeking entry into projects pursuant to or in connection with Section 5.110 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, if an owner or a management agent leases a subsidized unit to an unhoused person and subsequently learns and verifies that the unhoused person does not meet applicable income requirements, then the department shall not take any negative actions against the owner or management agent if both of the following conditions are met:

(A) The owner or management agent has cured the noncompliance within 24 months of discovery of the violation.

(B) The local housing authority and continuum of care have developed and posted on their respective internet websites a plan describing how the local housing authority and continuum of care will coordinate with the owner or management agent to move tenants that do not meet applicable income requirements into affordable housing where the tenant is eligible for occupancy within 24 months of discovery of the violation. Income ineligible tenants shall retain their unhoused targeting eligibility.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “negative actions” include, but are not limited to, both of the following:

(A) Issuing negative points on a current or future application.

(B) Imposing a financial penalty.

(b) If an agreement between the owner or management agent and the authority or the department restricts a unit to a tenant earning no more than 30 percent of the area median income, the tenant shall be deemed to satisfy the income requirements of this program during the 24-month period described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The tenant experienced homelessness prior to moving into the unit. For purposes of this subparagraph, “homelessness” has the same meaning as “homeless,” as that term is defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(2) The tenant self-certified household income at no more than 30 percent of the area median income.

(3) A third-party verification shows that the tenant has household income of no more than 50 percent of the area median income, unless the tenant is otherwise eligible pursuant to federal income eligibility requirements.

(4) The tenant’s income certification is fully verified in accordance with the program rules within 90 days of the date the tenant took possession of the unit.

(5) At least 50 percent of the assisted units restricted to 30 percent area median income are occupied by verified, income-eligible households.

(6) The issuing housing authority and continuum of care, in coordination with other public agencies, coordinate with an owner or a management agent and move a tenant found to have a household income of more than 50 percent of the area median income following third-party verification described in paragraph (3) within 24 months of discovery of the violation to an affordable housing unit for which the tenant is eligible without reliance upon the same waiver described in subdivision (a). Income ineligible tenants shall retain their unhoused targeting eligibility.

(c) (1) This section does not modify any other eligibility requirements attached to assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(2) Tenant self-certified date of birth shall be accepted so long as the agreement between the department and the owner does not impose age-based demographic targeting requirements.

(3) If the conditions described in subdivision (b) are met, absent any rent setting methodology from subsidy programs, a tenant whose adjusted income at move-in exceeded 30 percent area median income shall have an effective rent limit for their unit be redesignated to 50 percent of area median income or, if the tenant’s verified income is higher than 50 percent of area median income, an effective rent limit for their unit be redesignated to an area median income level commensurate with the income level.

(4) Owner or management agents shall discontinue use of the waiver as described in subdivision (a) in the event that more than 50 percent of the assisted units restricted to 30 percent area median income are occupied by households with adjusted incomes at move-in over 30 percent area median income.

(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 31, 2025, or the final expiration date of a waiver as described in subdivision (a), whichever is later, and, as of January 1 of the following year, is repealed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 491, Sec. 2. (SB 1500) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally inoperative on or after July 31, 2025, as prescribed by its own provisions. Conditionally repealed, by its own provisions.)


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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the need for decent housing among individuals of very low and low income is great, and that residential hotels are often the only form of housing affordable to these individuals. Many residential hotels are in poor condition and in need of rehabilitation, and many are being demolished or converted to other uses. The state can play an important role in preserving the existence and improving the quality of this housing resource through sponsoring demonstration projects that will enable local sponsors to acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, or otherwise protect and improve residential hotels as a housing resource for persons of very low and low income. The demonstration projects should be undertaken and designed so as to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative methods of protecting and improving residential hotels and of improving their habitability while assuring their continued availability to persons of very low and low income.

(b) The following definitions govern the construction of this section:

(1) “Residential hotel” means any building containing six or more guestrooms or efficiency units, as defined by Section 17958.1, intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, or hired out, to be occupied, or which are occupied, for sleeping purposes by guests, which is also the primary residence of those guests, but does not mean any building containing six or more guestrooms or efficiency units, as defined by Section 17958.1, which is primarily used by transient guests who do not occupy that building as their primary residence.

(2) “Sponsor” means a local government or nonprofit housing sponsor.

(3) “Persons of low income” shall have the same meaning as persons of low income as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) The department, in conjunction with the State Fire Marshal, shall develop a model code for the rehabilitation of residential hotels. The department shall adopt the code on or before January 1, 1981. The code need not be adopted by any city, county, or city and county. However, those entities may adopt all or part of the code as an alternative to the requirements of the State Housing Law, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13, as that law applies to residential hotels.

The purpose of the standards shall be to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the occupants of those residential hotels, to allow the economically feasible rehabilitation of those residential hotels, and to assure to the extent possible the preservation of those residential hotels as housing for very low and low-income persons.

(d) The agency shall develop a program of financing and loan insurance for the purpose of assisting the rehabilitation and acquisition of residential hotels serving the housing needs of very low and low-income persons by appropriate sponsors, and shall implement that program on or before January 1, 1981.

In the event that the agency is unable to implement that program, it shall report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 1981, the reasons for its inability to implement that program, and recommend methods by which the agency could implement that program.

(e) The department shall contract, subject to the availability of federal funds, with selected sponsors to acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, or otherwise protect and improve residential hotels as housing for persons of low income. The contracts may provide for grants or loans at an interest rate which the department determines will facilitate the present and future use of residential hotels as housing for persons of very low and low income. Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall contract for the preservation and improvement of at least one residential hotel in a rural area. Subject to restrictions on funds received, the department shall give first priority to residential hotels financed or acquired with assistance from the agency pursuant to subdivision (d).

(f) In connection with contracts let pursuant to subdivision (e), the department shall fix, and may alter from time to time, a schedule of rents as may be necessary to assure affordable rents for persons of low income in residential hotels assisted by funds made available under subdivision (e), and to the extent consistent with the maintenance of the financial integrity of the sponsor of the project and with the requirements for repayment of any funds loaned as established by the department. No local government or nonprofit housing sponsor receiving funds through the provisions of subdivision (e) shall alter rents without the prior permission of the department, which permission shall be given only if the sponsor demonstrates that the alteration is necessary to defray necessary operating costs and to avoid jeopardizing the fiscal integrity of the sponsor or to maintain affordable rents to the residents in the project. If the department does not act upon a request for a rent increase within 60 days, the increase shall be deemed approved. In connection with contracts authorized by subdivision (e), the department may determine standards for the selection by sponsors of the tenants for units in projects funded by contracts pursuant to subdivision (e). The authority of the department to fix and alter rents pursuant to this subdivision shall apply only to units within residential hotels that receive assistance pursuant to subdivision (e).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 109. Effective January 1, 2005.)

chapter: 3.3. Residential Hotel Rehabilitation

path: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE > 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT > 3.3. Residential Hotel Rehabilitation


text:
The department may, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, grant funds for the purpose of providing relocation benefits to persons and families of low or moderate income who are displaced, or who may be displaced if not assisted, as a result of any of the following:

(a) Direct code enforcement activities of the department.

(b) A disaster for which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor on or after the effective date of this section.

(c) Fires which damage or destroy residential structures.

The department may also provide technical assistance to local agencies in providing relocation benefits, pursuant to Sections 50500 and 50509.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 60.)


text: Relocation benefits pursuant to Section 50520 may be provided in the form of grants pursuant to Sections 50504 and 50510 for costs of developing replacement housing or of providing subsidies to assist displaced persons.


text: The department may obtain federal assistance pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or any other federal housing program, for use in providing relocation benefits to persons subject to potential or actual displacement by public or private action, where local relocation benefits or rental subsidies are not immediately available.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)


text:
(a) Upon the application for assistance from two-thirds of the owners of mobilehomes in the mobilehome park, the department shall provide comprehensive technical assistance to the residents seeking to purchase the mobilehome park in which they reside. The assistance may include, but shall not be limited to, aiding the residents to secure proper permits, assisting in the formation of a residents’ organization to take title to the mobilehome park, and providing advisory assistance in mobilehome park management. To the extent that its technical assistance resources are limited, the department shall give priority to requests for assistance from residents who are persons and families of low or moderate income as defined in Section 50093.

(b) In providing comprehensive technical assistance under subdivision (a), the department shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that its assistance does not result in the displacement of persons or families living in a mobilehome park intended for purchase by its residents.

(c) The department shall publicize the services described in subdivision (a) by any means reasonably calculated to notify mobilehome park residents of their availability.

(d) The department may charge the residents of a mobilehome park fees for providing the services described in subdivision (a). The fees shall not exceed the actual costs to the department for providing these services.

(e) Upon receipt of a request for termination of assistance by two-thirds of the owners of mobilehomes in the mobilehome park, the department shall cease providing technical assistance to that park.

(f) In no case shall assistance provided by the department to the residents of a mobilehome park extend beyond one year of the close of escrow for the mobilehome park purchased pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 713, Sec. 1.)

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(a) Large numbers of Californians face excessive housing costs and live in overcrowded or substandard housing units. In order to facilitate an increase in the supply of housing, the state has created and funded several predevelopment loan programs, the purposes of which have been to provide interim financing to housing sponsors to cover the planning and development costs associated with the development of new housing.

(b) A more efficient method to address the need to provide interim financing would be through the operation of a single omnibus predevelopment loan program.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Predevelopment Loan Program as contained in this chapter be used as the vehicle for the department’s ongoing urban and rural predevelopment programs as well as specially directed programs as may be funded by the Legislature from time to time. In particular, the Predevelopment Loan Program, as amended, is intended to take the place of the following department programs:

(1) The Rural Predevelopment Loan Program previously established by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 50515).

(2) The preservation predevelopment loans authorized by and subject to Item 2240-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999, Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, and Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2001.

(3) The jobs-housing predevelopment loans provided for in Chapter 3.7 (commencing with Section 50540).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective October 1, 2001.)

chapter: 3.5. Predevelopment Loans

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As used in this chapter:

(a) “Housing” includes, but is not limited to, manufactured housing.

(b) “Predevelopment loan” means a loan for required expenses, other than administrative and construction, that are incurred by eligible sponsors in the process of, and prior to, securing long-term financing for construction, conversion, preservation, or rehabilitation of assisted housing, and that are recoverable once long-term financing is obtained. The purposes for which predevelopment loans may be made include, but are not limited to, the costs of, or the costs associated with, land purchase or options to buy land; options or deposits to buy or preserve existing government-assisted rental housing for the purpose of preserving the affordability of the units; professional services such as architectural, engineering, or legal services; permit or application fees; and bonding, site preparation, related water or sewer development, or material expenses. In addition, the loans may be made for the purpose of extending the time for exercising an option or extending the time period for repayment of an advance previously obtained. These loan funds may be deposited in banks as compensating balances to establish lines of credit for participating nonprofit corporations.

(c) “Fund” means the Predevelopment Loan Fund, which is replenished continuously by repayments of principal on loans made from the fund.

(d) “Land purchase loan” means a loan for the costs incurred by an eligible sponsor in obtaining an option on, or purchasing suitable land for, the future development of assisted housing, including, but not limited to, costs associated with transfer of title, appraisals, payment of property taxes, surveys, and necessary maintenance of the land.

(e) “Eligible sponsors” means local governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, including cooperative housing corporations, limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations, and limited partnerships, as defined in subdivision (f).

(f) “Limited partnerships” means limited partnerships where all of the general partners are either nonprofit public benefit corporations, limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations, or a combination of nonprofit public benefit corporations and limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations.

(g) “Local governmental agencies” includes, but is not limited to, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria or a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.

(h) “Nonprofit corporations” includes, but is not limited to, a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 660, Sec. 8. (AB 1010) Effective January 1, 2020.)


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(a) The Urban Predevelopment Loan Fund is hereby renamed the Predevelopment Loan Fund.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund, including any interest on loans made from the fund, is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, together with interest as provided in that section. The fund shall be a revolving loan fund that shall be used to make predevelopment loans and land purchase loans to eligible sponsors for assisted housing for occupancy primarily by persons of low income.

(c) All interest, dividends, and pecuniary gains from investments or deposits of moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. There shall be paid into the fund all of the following:

(1) Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the fund.

(2) Any moneys that the department receives in repayment of loans made from the fund, including any interest on loans made from the fund.

(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this subdivision, or as otherwise specified in this section, the following fund balances, as well as any subsequent income derived from loans, including principal and interest, or grants made for the programs identified below, shall be transferred from the funds in which they are currently deposited into the Predevelopment Loan Fund:

(1) Any funds remaining in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund established by Section 50516 and any repayments of these funds.

(2) Any unencumbered funds remaining for the preservation predevelopment loans authorized by and subject to Item 2240-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 and Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 and deposited in the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740 and any repayments of these loaned funds.

(3) All funds appropriated by and subject to Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2001.

(4) Any unencumbered funds remaining and any income and repayments from these loaned funds made for the jobs-housing predevelopment loans authorized by Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 to the extent that those funds remain unencumbered in the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740.

(5) Any unencumbered funds, or any loan repayments, of the former Urban Predevelopment Loan Program that may have been received on or after June 30, 1999, and transferred or deposited into the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 7. Effective October 1, 2001.)


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The fund shall be administered by the director and any persons within the department designated by the director, in accordance with all of the following requirements:

(a) The department shall not commit more than 20 percent of the total moneys appropriated to the fund to any single borrower at any point in time.

(b) The department shall require adequate security for all loans made from the fund. For the purposes of this subdivision, “adequate security” includes, but need not be limited to, a security interest in any property purchased with fund moneys, a promissory note, or an assignment of a land option, except that in the case of Indian trust land a mortgage on a leasehold interest in the property shall be acceptable.

(c) No predevelopment loan may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the department may reasonably anticipate that a commitment can be obtained by an eligible sponsor for construction financing or long-term financing that will permit occupancy primarily by persons of low income, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 50531. The department may make land purchase loans to eligible sponsors to enable those sponsors to exercise options or to purchase land on which no option can be obtained even though the sponsor is not able at the time the loan is made to proceed with the development of assisted housing on the purchased site. If the eligible sponsor is unable to proceed with the development of assisted housing on the purchased site within three years of its acquisition, the sponsor, upon demand of the department, shall convey the site to the department. The department shall dispose of the site in accordance with subdivision (o) of Section 50406, and the net proceeds shall be paid into the fund.

(d) The department may establish alternate project selection processes, threshold requirements, and priorities for funds appropriated for special purposes. These alternate processes, requirements, and priorities shall be tied to the specific needs and objectives for which the funds have been appropriated.

(e) The department shall, from time to time, direct the Treasurer to invest moneys of the fund which are not required for its current needs in eligible securities which the department designates from among those specified in Section 16430 of the Government Code. The department may direct the Treasurer to deposit moneys from the fund in interest-bearing accounts in state or national banks or other financial institutions having principal offices in this state. The department may alternatively require the transfer of moneys in the fund to the Surplus Money Investment Fund for investment pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. All interest, dividends, and pecuniary gains from those investments or deposits shall accrue to the fund.

(f) In complying with Section 50408, the department shall also report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on the administration of the fund. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following information:

(1) The number of units assisted.

(2) The average income of households assisted and the distribution of annual incomes among assisted households.

(3) The rents in assisted units.

(4) The number and amount of loans made to each eligible sponsor in the preceding year.

(5) Data on the number of delinquencies and defaults.

(6) Recommendations, as needed, to improve the operation of the fund.

(7) The number of loans made at interest rates lower than 7 percent per annum, and the income of households assisted by those loans.

(8) The public transportation services conveniently available to assisted households.

(9) The number of manufactured housing units assisted under Section 50531 and this section.

(10) The location, size, and cost of land, and option rights purchased with land purchase loans.

(g) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the balance of any loan made from the fund or its predecessor fund which remains unpaid on September 22, 1983, except any portion which is delinquent, and all loans made from the fund on or after that date, shall bear interest at a rate of 3 percent per annum.

(2) The department may reduce or eliminate interest on the loans, if, in the exercise of sound discretion, the department determines that action is necessary for the provision of decent housing to very low income households, as described in Section 50105. However, if the department eliminates interest on a loan, it shall charge a loan origination fee not to exceed 2 percent of the loan amount.

(h) To the extent feasible, the department shall ensure a reasonable geographic distribution of the funds. Other things being equal, the department shall give priority to assisting development that meets either of the following requirements:

(1) It will be located in public transit corridors.

(2) It will be used for the preservation and acquisition of existing government-assisted rental housing at risk of conversion to market-rate use. Within this category, the department shall give priority to those applications that include matching financing from local redevelopment agencies or federal programs.

(i) The department may make predevelopment loans or land purchase loans for the development of mobilehome parks and manufactured housing subdivisions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 8. Effective October 1, 2001.)


text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 80, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Despite strong economic growth and record-level unemployment in most areas of the state, California has fallen seriously short of its policy of providing every California family with the opportunity to live in decent, affordable housing in a suitable living environment.

(b) The Department of Finance estimates that to meet California’s housing need, 230,000 new residential units per year must be built.

(c) For each of the last eight years, California has produced only 50 percent of the housing to meet its need, resulting in a critical accumulated deficit.

(d) Although the lack of sufficient housing is a statewide problem cutting across all geographic areas and income categories, it is most severe in strong economic job center markets where high housing costs make it extremely difficult for working-class Californians to afford a home.

(e) Increasingly, due to high housing costs and constraints on regulatory development policy, California workers are forced to seek homeownership opportunities further and further away from their places of employment.

(f) Conversely, many communities where land is more available and less expensive are located long distances from high-growth job centers. Those developments are occupied predominantly by commuters who travel long distances outside of the communities in which they live and inflate the price of housing.

(g) The exportation of housing demand to outlying areas, including agricultural areas, carries with it definite environmental and quality of life consequences.

(h) Throughout the state, major investments have been, and are being made, in public transit infrastructure. The use of this infrastructure depends on local decisions about the location of jobs and housing to better manage traffic flow and to direct new development and fiscal resources to revive existing urban centers, especially central business districts and infill sites.

(i) Ensuring that transit facilities are surrounded by compact, mixed-use development is a key to increasing transit ridership and reducing reliance on the automobile for all trips. However, neighborhood concerns, complex ownership issues, and local government preference for major sales tax generators make the planning and environmental clearance process for transit-oriented communities very expensive and time-consuming. Investment in pedestrian-friendly, compact transit-village development will reduce long-term infrastructure costs associated with accommodating new highways and roadways.

(j) The failure to provide California’s growing workforce an affordable place to live close to one’s place of employment is viewed by business, environmental, civic, and labor leaders as a serious threat to sustaining long-term economic prosperity and environmental quality.

(k) Communities need effective tools to promote and reward development in job centers of the state, to reward the development of affordable infill housing as well as mixed-use development that includes housing close to transit, within urbanized areas, and to attract and add employment to areas that lack a sufficient employment base.

chapter: 3.7. The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program


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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter:

(a) To develop an incentive-based strategy to encourage the construction of housing in those areas of the state that over the last decade have experienced the greatest increase in job growth but have not kept pace with necessary housing. This may include the construction of infill housing and transit-oriented development that includes housing, within existing urbanized areas.

(b) To attract new business and new jobs to areas that lack a sufficient employment base in relation to the housing they already provide.

(c) To provide local governments with state funding to reward the approval and construction of housing, particularly housing for California’s working class, in strategically defined areas.


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(a) The Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Account is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the following purposes:

(1) To make grants to local agencies pursuant to Section 50543.

(2) To make grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties pursuant to Section 50544.

(3) For transfer to the Rental Housing Construction Fund pursuant to Sections 50543 and 50545.

(4) For the related administrative expenses of the department.

(b) There shall be paid into the fund, the following moneys:

(1) Any moneys that may be made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the fund.

(2) Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source or sources.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 665, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)


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(a) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund created pursuant to Section 50740 to be used pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).

(b) The department shall provide state grants to local agencies to assist them in attracting new business and jobs in “housing rich” communities that lack an adequate employment base to match the amount and cost of housing in those communities.

(c) A local agency that has completed an economic development strategic plan may apply for a grant to create an economic development strike team to assist the local agency in better targeting and coordinating outreach to employers who may choose to locate jobs within the community.

(d) In order to be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section, a local agency shall have an adopted housing element that the department has determined pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.

(e) The department shall establish maximum grant amounts and establish an appropriate process for evaluating need and making grant awards.

(f) No later than December 31, 2002, the department shall provide an interim report to the Legislature indicating the progress of the program established by this section, including the number of jurisdictions accessing the program. No later than December 31, 2005, the department shall provide a final report with updates to the data contained in the interim report and a description of the achievements by local agencies participating in the program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 665, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)