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(a) Round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established for the purpose of creating and implementing regionally coordinated plans that organize and deploy the full array of homelessness programs and resources comprehensively and effectively.

(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the council shall distribute the following amounts in accordance with this chapter:

(1) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in the 2023–24 fiscal year for implementation of the program.

(2) All amounts reallocated by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216) for expenditure under this chapter.

(3) Such further amounts as the Legislature may appropriate to the program in the future.

(c) (1) The council shall administer all aspects of the program in accordance with Section 50231.

(2) No more than 5 percent of the total allocation for each round of funding shall be used to cover the council’s costs of administration of this chapter, including state operations expenditures and activities in support of statewide capacity building for recipients, including providing ongoing training and technical assistance, measuring data and performance, conducting research, and evaluation of funding service delivery demonstration projects.

(A) The council may utilize any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration to augment existing allocation categories using existing allocation methodologies.

(B) Any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration remaining by the expenditure deadline for the given appropriation shall be rolled over into the next round of appropriated funding, or will revert back to the General Fund.

(d) Contracts entered into or amended shall be exempt from all of the following:

(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.

(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.

(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.

(e) The council shall approve or deny an application, and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final.

(f) If the applicant identifies substantive errors or omissions in their required data submissions, the council may, at its sole discretion, allow jurisdictions to modify or resubmit their data and, if applicable, may allow applicants to modify their data accordingly.

(g) The council shall maintain and make available to the public on its internet website records of the following:

(1) The number of applications for program funding received by the council.

(2) The number of applications for program funding denied by the council.

(3) The name of each recipient of program funds.

(4) Each applicant receiving funds pursuant to this chapter who shall provide a list of all awards to subrecipients.

(5) Annual reports filed by recipients pursuant to Sections 50221, 50222, and 50223.

(h) In administering this chapter, the council shall not be subject to 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).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 40, Sec. 17. (AB 129) Effective July 10, 2023.)

path: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE > 1. STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS > 6.5. Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program > 1. Round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program


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(a) To be eligible for a round 5 base program allocation, a jurisdiction that is not a tribe must apply as part of a region and must be signatory to a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that has been approved by the council.

(b) The council shall approve a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan when the council determines that the plan meets all of the requirements of this section.

(c) The regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall include all of the following components:

(1) Identification and analysis of the specific roles and responsibilities of each participating jurisdiction in the region regarding outreach and site coordination, siting and use of available land, the development of shelter, interim, and permanent housing options, and the coordination and connection to the delivery of services to individuals experiencing homelessness, or at risk of experiencing homelessness, within the region. The plan may also include roles and responsibilities of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate on the plan.

(2) Most recent system performance measures for the region, which shall include all of the following:

(A) The number of people experiencing homelessness who are accessing services.

(B) The number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness on a single night.

(C) The number of people experiencing homelessness who are accessing services for the first time in the past two years.

(D) The number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing.

(E) The average length of time that people experienced homelessness while accessing services.

(F) The percentage of people who return to homelessness within 6 months of exiting the homelessness response system to permanent housing.

(G) The number of people with successful placements into shelter, interim, or permanent housing from street outreach.

(3) For each of the system performance measures set forth in paragraph (2), applicants shall also track demographic data with respect to age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

(4) A description of key actions the region intends to take to improve the performance metrics described in paragraph (2). The plan may also include key actions of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate in the plan. In naming key action steps, a region will identify all of the following:

(A) The sources of federal, state, and local funding the region intends to use to achieve the action steps and objectives.

(B) The lead entity on an action step and collaborating entities partnering to achieve the key action step.

(C) A timeframe for action.

(D) The methods of measuring the success of the action step and related performance metrics.

(5) A description of key actions each participating jurisdiction will take to reduce the number of people falling into homelessness as they exit institutional settings, including, but not limited to, jails, prisons, and hospitals.

(6) (A) An explanation of how each participating jurisdiction is utilizing local, state, and federal funding programs to end homelessness, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) The Homekey program, as described in Section 50675.1.1.

(ii) The No Place Like Home Program (Part 3.9 (commencing with Section 5849.1) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(iii) The Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2).

(iv) The Housing for a Healthy California Program (Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590)).

(v) The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216)).

(vi) Funding distributed to local jurisdictions pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50470.

(vii) The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program (Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 50899.1) of Part 2).

(viii) The National Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), and implementing federal regulations.

(ix) HOME Investment Partnerships Act (Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 50896)).

(x) Parolee or probation programs that are intended to prevent homelessness upon release.

(B) An explanation of how the region is connecting, or will connect, individuals to wraparound services from all eligible federal, state, and local benefit programs, including, but not limited to, housing and homelessness services and supports that are integrated with the broader social services systems and supports, including, but not limited to:

(i) CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(ii) CalFresh (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(iii) Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Program (SSI/SSP) (Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) pursuant to Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 18937) of Chapter 10.3 of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(iv) In-home supportive services.

(v) Adult protective services.

(vi) Child welfare.

(vii) Childcare and development.

(viii) Disability benefits advocacy.

(ix) Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(C) The plan may also include local, state, and federal funding uses of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate on the plan pursuant to paragraph (4).

(7) A description of specific actions the region will take to ensure racial and gender equity in service delivery, housing placements, and housing retention and changes to procurement or other means of affirming racial and ethnic groups that are overrepresented among residents experiencing homelessness have equitable access to housing and services.

(8) Evidence and an explanation by a continuum of care that shares geographic boundaries with a city, county, or city and county that is using state funding allocated pursuant to this chapter or is receiving state funding pursuant to the Encampment Resolution Funding program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 50250)) to provide services or housing for place-based encampment resolution, of collaboration with that city, county, or city and county that addresses how people served through encampment resolution have or will be included in prioritization for permanent housing within coordinated entry systems. This paragraph shall not be interpreted to supersede or limit the federal requirements of coordinated entry systems.

(d) Participating jurisdictions shall collaborate to complete the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan and shall engage in a public stakeholder process that includes at least three public meetings before completing the plan.

(e) The participating jurisdictions shall invite and encourage all of the following to engage in the public stakeholder process:

(1) People with lived experience of homelessness.

(2) Youth with lived experience of homelessness.

(3) Local department leaders and staff of qualifying small jurisdictions, including child welfare, health care, behavioral health, justice, and education system leaders.

(4) Homeless service and housing providers working in that region.

(5) Each Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan contracted with the State Department of Health Care Services in the region.

(6) Street medicine providers and other providers directly serving people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

(f) The regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall be reflected in a memorandum of understanding committing each signatory to participation in, and to comply with, the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(g) Smaller jurisdictions in the region may also sign the memorandum of understanding and commit to participation in, and compliance with, the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan. Counties are encouraged to allocate resources from program funding to smaller jurisdictions that participate in and commit to complying with the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(h) Upon receipt of a proposed regionally coordinated homelessness action plan, the council shall review it in coordination with the Department of Housing and Community Development, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services.

(i) A qualifying jurisdiction or continuum of care participating in a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall post on its internet website that proposed, approved, and amended regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(j) The council may consult with any local government, public agency, group, or person, and shall receive and consider any written comments from any public agency, group, or person, regarding the action by a participating jurisdiction in determining whether the regional coordinated homelessness action plan substantially complies with this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 11. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)

division: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE

part: 1. STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

chapter: 6.5. Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program

article: 1. Round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program


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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the funds administered pursuant to this chapter, less the set aside funds provided for the council’s costs of administration in subdivision (c) of Section 50232, shall be made available in the 2023–24 fiscal year for implementing round 5 of the program, as follows:

(1) (A) Not more than 1 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to applicants for the purpose of planning for and preparing the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan required by Section 50233.

(B) Planning funding allocations shall be distributed consistent with the applicant’s proportionate share of round 5 base funding made available pursuant to this chapter.

(C) Funding shall be provided on a reimbursement basis and made available upon the applicant receiving an approved round 5 base allocation.

(D) (i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), upon request of an applicant, the applicant shall receive an advance of funding made available pursuant to this paragraph.

(ii) An applicant shall apply for advance funding in a form and manner prescribed by the council.

(E) Unused funding made available pursuant to this paragraph shall at the time of round 5 base allocation awards be made available to the corresponding eligible applicant and expended consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(2) Not more than 80 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to cities, counties, or continuums of care, for basic program allocations, as follows:

(A) Thirty percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to continuums of care. The council shall calculate these allocations to a continuum of care based on each continuum of care’s proportionate share of the state’s total homeless population, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The council shall not award more than 40 percent of the allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a continuum of care.

(B) Forty-two percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to each city, or a city that is also a county, that has a population of 300,000 or more, as of January 1, 2022, according to data published on the Department of Finance’s internet website. The council shall calculate the allocation to a city based on the city’s proportionate share of the total homeless population of the region served by the continuum of care within which the city is located, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The council shall not award more than 45 percent of the program allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a city. If more than one recipient within the continuum of care meets the requirements of this subparagraph, the proportionate share of funds shall be equally allocated to those jurisdictions.

(C) Twenty-eight percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to each county. The council shall calculate the allocation to a county based on the county’s proportionate share of the total homeless population of the region served by the continuum of care within which the county is located, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The council shall not award more than 40 percent of the program allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a county.

(3) Not more than 17 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to eligible cities and counties for the purpose of providing supplemental support for Homekey pursuant to Section 50237.

(4) Not more than 2 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to tribal applicants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the funds described in this paragraph shall be allocated as follows:

(A) A tribe may apply for program funds and the council shall make allocations to tribes on the basis of need. Tribes that apply for program funds pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be allocated funds up to their requested amount, or up to a total of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) collectively among all tribal applicants. If the total request for funds exceeds this amount, the council shall determine an allocation methodology based on each tribal applicant’s proportionate share of need relative to all tribes that submit an application for funding.

(B) A tribal applicant seeking funds pursuant to this section shall submit an application to the council, in the form and manner prescribed by the council, no later than June 30, 2024, with all of the following information:

(i) The amount of grant funds the tribe is requesting.

(ii) An explanation of the tribe’s local need, including an estimation of the number of people who need homelessness services and the current resources that exist.

(iii) A description of the services on which the tribe plans to spend its grant funds. These activities shall be allowable pursuant to Section 50236.

(C) Any funds available to tribal applicants pursuant to this paragraph that are unallocated as of July 1, 2026, shall be reallocated as part of future program rounds or shall revert to the General Fund.

(D) A tribal applicant is encouraged to partner with a local continuum of care or coordinated entry system.

(b) An applicant applying for round 5 program funds pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 50220.6.

(c) A program recipient shall not use funding from the program allocated under this section to supplant existing local funds for homelessness services under penalty of disallowance or reduction, or both, of future program funds, as determined by the council.

(d) (1) No more than 5 percent of the appropriated funds shall be used to cover state administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50232.

(2) The council may expend administrative funds until December 31, 2028, to complete grant closeout activities.

(e) A program recipient shall use at least 10 percent of the funds allocated under this section for services for homeless youth populations.

(f) Moneys allocated pursuant to this section shall be expended in compliance with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.


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(a) The council shall make an application for round 5 base program allocations available no later than September 30, 2023.

(b) Applications shall be due no later than 180 days from the date applications are made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(c) (1) Applicants from each region shall submit a single, regional application from their shared region.

(2) Each applicant shall have the discretion to receive their base program allocation directly or may designate a corresponding eligible applicant in their region to serve as the fiscal agent responsible for the administration of funding made available pursuant to this chapter.

(d) Within 30 days of the application deadline pursuant to subdivision (b), the council shall either approve the application or return it to the applicant with written, detailed comments and request one or more of the following specific amendments to the application:

(1) Greater detail on any aspect of the application so the council can ensure fidelity with the applicant’s proposed use of funds and stated performance goals.

(2) Modifications or provision of additional information on the applicant’s proposed funding plan to ensure alignment with evidence-based solutions to reduce homelessness.

(3) Any other modifications or provision of information that would allow the council to better monitor and evaluate the region’s compliance with its regionally coordinated homelessness action plan and whether it is meeting objective performance standards.

(e) (1) An applicant whose application has been returned pursuant to this section shall respond to the council’s requested amendments and submit a revised application within 30 days. Where the revised application differs from the council’s requests, the applicant shall include an explanation of the differences and the rationale for departing from requested amendments.

(2) The council shall have 30 days within which to approve the application if, as amended, it addressed the council’s concerns or to provide the grantee with additional guidance and a deadline for further amending to fully address the council’s concerns.

(f) (1) To receive a round 5 base program allocation, an applicant shall submit an application to the council. A complete application submitted pursuant to this section shall include, in the form and manner prescribed by the council, all of the following:

(A) A regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that complies with Section 50233.

(B) A detailed proposal for how the applicant intends to use the funds for which it is applying that complies with Section 50236.

(C) All other components that the council shall deem necessary to the proper administration of the program.

(2) Upon approval of an application pursuant to this section, the council shall disburse 50 percent of an eligible city’s, county’s, or continuum of care’s total allocation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50232.

(g) The council and recipients shall post final round 5 program applications to their respective internet websites within 30 days of disbursal to the applicant.

(h) (1) On or before January 31, 2026, a grantee shall submit to the council an updated regionally coordinated homelessness action plan which shall include updates on the metrics and corresponding key actions carried out pursuant to Section 50233, as applicable.

(2) The council shall, within 30 days, review and provide comments on complete regionally coordinated homelessness action plans or amendments and report its findings to the participating grantee, as applicable.

(3) The council shall approve the updated plan if the plan substantially complies with the requirements of this section.

(4) The council may conditionally approve the plan and notify the participating jurisdictions in the region of specific changes needed to meet the requirements of this section. Participating jurisdictions shall accomplish these changes within 30 days of being notified by the council.

(5) The council shall have 30 days to review changes to conditionally approved plans and make a final determination of approval or rejection of the jurisdiction or regionally coordinated homelessness action plan update.

(6) (A) The council may reject the plan based on either one of the following:

(i) The region failed to submit a timely plan within 30 days from the date in paragraph (1).

(ii) The region failed to make needed changes to the plan within 30 days, if the council conditionally approved the plan.

(7) (A) The council may withhold the remaining 50 percent of funds from a jurisdiction that repeatedly failed to take action as specified in its regionally coordinated homelessness action plan, or that took actions adverse to achieving the plan objectives provided pursuant to Section 50233, until such time the jurisdiction demonstrates to the council they are in substantial compliance with the requirements of this paragraph.

(B) The council shall provide technical assistance and support of jurisdictions efforts to comply with the requirements of this paragraph.

(8) Regions are encouraged to update their memorandums of understanding to reflect their updated regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that have been approved pursuant to this subdivision.

(9) In making this determination the council may provide exceptions to the requirement if the recipient demonstrates hardship by a disaster for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(10) Any proposed revision to a deemed compliant regionally coordinated action plan must be submitted to the council for review and approval. The council will have 30 days to review proposed amendments and make findings, including recommendations, until the proposed amendments are deemed compliant by the council.

(11) All proposed, approved, and amended regionally coordinated homelessness action plans should be posted on the internet website of all participating jurisdictions and continuums of care participating in the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(12) The council may consult with any local government, public agency, group, or person, and shall receive and consider any written comments from any public agency, group, or person, regarding the action by a participating jurisdiction in determining whether the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan substantially complies with this chapter.

(i) (1) A recipient shall contractually obligate not less than 75 percent, and shall expend not less than 50 percent, of the initial round 5 program allocations made to it pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) no later than June 30, 2026.

(2) Upon compliance with subdivision (h) and demonstration by a recipient grantee that it has complied with the requirement to contractually obligate and expend a minimum amount of its round 5 program allocation pursuant to paragraph (1), the council shall disburse to that recipient the remaining 50 percent of its total base allocation pursuant to Section 50234.

(3) (A) If the requirements of paragraph (2) are not satisfied, the council shall not allocate to the recipient the remaining 50 percent of its total allocation, unless both of the following occur:

(i) On or before June 30, 2026, the recipient submits an alternative disbursement plan that includes an explanation for the delay.

(ii) The council approves the alternative disbursement plan submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A).

(B) If a grantee does not satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (A), the council shall have the discretion to allocate the unused funding in a manner prescribed by the council.

(4) On or before December 31, 2027, a recipient shall return to the council any funds that have not been expended pursuant to an alternative disbursement plan approved pursuant to this paragraph, to be reallocated in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

(j) The council may request additional information from applicants, as needed, to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.

(k) In addition to requirements in Section 50222, the council may monitor the expenditures and programmatic activities of an applicant, as the council considers necessary, to ensure compliance with round 5 program requirements.

(l) The council may, as it considers appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of round 5 program funds from an applicant, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.

(m) Any remaining amounts of round 5 base program allocation funds not expended by June 30, 2028, shall be returned to the department for reallocation in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 12. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)


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(a) The intent of round 5 is to sustain existing federal, state, and local investments towards long-term sustainability of housing and supportive services.

(b) Applicants shall develop data-driven plans which fund the state’s priorities.

(c) Provided that before proposing to use round 5 resources to fund new interim housing solutions, the applicant first demonstrates that the region has dedicated sufficient resources from other sources to long-term permanent housing solutions, including capital and operating costs, allowable uses of round 5 base program allocation funds include all of the following:

(1) Permanent housing solutions, including all of the following:

(A) Rental subsidies, including to support placement of individuals in CARE Court.

(B) Landlord incentives, such as security deposits, holding fees, funding for needed repairs, and recruitment and relationship management costs.

(C) Move-in expenses.

(D) Operating subsidies in new and existing affordable or supportive housing units serving people experiencing homelessness, including programs such as Homekey, new or existing residential care facilities, funded by the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program or the Community Care Expansion Program. Operating subsidies may include operating reserves.

(E) Homelessness prevention through rental assistance, rapid rehousing, and other programs, so long as they prioritize households with incomes at or below 30 percent of the area median income, who pay more than 50 percent of their income in housing costs, and who meet criteria for being at highest risk of homelessness through data-informed criteria adopted by the council.

(F) Problem-solving and diversion support programs that prevent people at risk of or recently experiencing homelessness from entering unsheltered or sheltered homelessness.

(G) Services for people in permanent housing, so long as the services are trauma-informed and practice harm reduction, to include intensive case management services, assertive community treatment services, critical time intervention services, other tenancy support services, evidence-based employment services, coordinating mental health, substance use, and primary care treatment, or other evidence-based supportive services to increase housing retention.

(H) Capital for permanent housing that serves people experiencing homelessness, including conversion of underutilized buildings or existing interim or transitional housing into permanent housing.

(2) Interim housing solutions, including all of the following:

(A) Navigation centers that are low barrier, as defined in Sections 65660 and 65662 of the Government Code, to include any of the following:

(B) Operating expenses in existing congregate shelter sites.

(C) Operating expenses in new or existing noncongregate shelter sites and transitional housing for youth.

(D) Motel or hotel vouchers.

(E) Services provided to people in interim housing, to include trauma-informed and evidence-based intensive case management services, housing navigation, connecting people to substance use or mental health treatment, public benefits advocacy, and other supportive services to promote stability and referral into permanent housing.

(F) Capital funding to build new noncongregate shelter sites, including for construction, rehabilitation, and capital improvements to convert existing congregate sites into noncongregate sites.

(G) Capital funding for clinically enhanced congregate or noncongregate shelter sites.

(H) Youth-focused services in transitional housing.

(3) (A) Services for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including street outreach, including, but not limited to, persons experiencing homelessness from encampment sites and those transitioning out of encampment sites funded by the program known as the Encampment Resolution Grant consistent with Section 50251 to access permanent housing and services. This includes evidence-based engagement services, intensive case management services, assertive community treatment, housing navigation, harm reduction services, coordination with street-based health care services, and hygiene services for people living in encampments and unsheltered individuals.

(B) Services coordination, which may include access to workforce, education, and training programs, or other services needed to promote housing stability in supportive housing.

(C) Systems support for activities necessary to create regional partnerships and maintain a homeless services and housing delivery system, particularly for vulnerable populations, including families and homeless youth.

(D) Improvements to existing emergency shelters to lower barriers and increase privacy.

(E) Any new interim sheltering funded by round 5 funds must be low-barrier, comply with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and prioritize interventions other than congregate shelters.

(4) A program recipient shall not use funding from the program allocated under this section to supplant existing Encampment Resolution Grant funds provided under Section 50251.

(d) (1) Applicants may request, in a form prescribed by the council, approval to utilize round 5 funding on allowable expenditures outside of the state’s intended priorities, as enumerated in this section.

(2) The council may grant applicants preapproval to utilize program funding on allowable uses only after an applicant has demonstrated that state priorities are adequately resourced, and the applicant has exhausted all means to accomplish these priorities.

(e) An applicant shall not use more than 7 percent of a round 5 program allocation for administrative costs incurred by the city, county, continuum of care, or tribe to administer its program allocation. For purposes of this subdivision, “administrative costs” does not include staff or other costs directly related to implementing activities funded by the program allocation.

(f) (1) The council may authorize an applicant to use up to an additional 1 percent for costs related to the Homeless Management Information System. Related costs include Homeless Management Information System licenses, training, system operating costs, and costs associated with carrying out related activities.

(2) Upon agreement between the grantee and the Homeless Management Information System lead entity, the grantee shall transfer the authorized amount of funds pursuant to paragraph (1) for related costs to the Homeless Management Information System lead entity. The council shall specify the method and manner for this transfer of funds.

(g) A recipient of a round 5 program allocation shall comply with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(h) Notwithstanding Section 27011 of the Government Code, or any other law governing the deposit of funds in the county treasury, a county may accept or deposit into the county treasury funds from any source for the purpose of administering a project, proposal, or program under this chapter.

(i) For purposes of Section 1090 of the Government Code, a representative of a county serving on a board, committee, or body with the primary purpose of administering funds or making funding recommendations for applications pursuant to this chapter shall have no financial interest in any contract, program, or project voted on by the board, committee, or body on the basis of the receipt of compensation for holding public office or public employment as a representative of the county.


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(a) For the purposes of this section, the supplemental Homekey program shall be the same as the program set forth in Section 50675.1.3, except that the applicants are limited to those described in meeting the criteria set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c).

(b) Cities and counties that are eligible for round 5 shall be eligible, separately, for supplemental Homekey funding pursuant to this section.

(c) To be eligible for the supplemental Homekey program, a city or county must satisfy the following:

(1) Have a compliant Housing Element as defined in Section 65589.9 of the Government Code at the time program applications must be submitted.

(2) Have an approved regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to this chapter.

(d) On or before July 1, 2024, the council shall make an application available for supplemental Homekey funding.

(e) Funding allocated by this section shall consist of round 5 funding provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 50234.


text: Upon appropriation of the Legislature, for 2023–24 fiscal year funding, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be made available to cities, counties, and continuums of care that are eligible for round 5 consistent with the formula funding distribution provided by this chapter and upon approval of their regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to the requirements of round 5 provided pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 48, Sec. 12. (AB 166) Effective July 2, 2024.)


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(a) Round 6 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established.

(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall make available the following amounts in accordance with this article:

(1) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in the 2024–25 fiscal year for implementation of round 6.

(2) Nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) in the 2026–27 fiscal year for implementation of round 7 to be administered as additional disbursements of round 6 consistent with Section 50242 and through an amendment to the round 6 notice of funding availability.

(3) Further amounts as the Legislature may appropriate to the program in the future, or as may be recaptured by the department from prior rounds pursuant to subdivision (i).

(c) (1) The department shall administer all aspects of the program in accordance with this article.

(2) No more than 5 percent of the total allocation for each round of funding shall be used to cover the department’s costs of administration of this article, including state operations expenditures and activities in support of statewide capacity building for recipients, including providing ongoing training and technical assistance, measuring data and performance, conducting research, and evaluation of funding service delivery demonstration projects.

(A) The department may utilize any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration to augment existing allocation categories using existing allocation methodologies.

(B) Any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration remaining by the expenditure deadline for the given appropriation shall be rolled over into the next round of appropriated funding, or will revert back to the General Fund.

(d) Contracts entered into or amended shall be exempt from all of the following:

(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.

(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.

(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.

(e) The department shall approve or deny an application, and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final.

(f) If the applicant identifies substantive errors or omissions in their required data submissions, the department may, at its sole discretion, allow jurisdictions to modify or resubmit their data and, if applicable, may allow applicants to modify their data accordingly.

(g) The department shall maintain and make available to the public on its internet website records of all of the following:

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

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

(3) The name of each recipient of program funds.

(4) Each applicant receiving funds pursuant to this article who shall provide a list of all awards to subrecipients.

(5) Annual reports filed by recipients pursuant to Sections 50221, 50222, and 50223.

(h) In administering this article, the department shall not be subject to 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).

(i) (1) If a grantee fails to meet an expenditure deadline for any prior round of the program, then after technical assistance is provided and the opportunity to correct any accounting or reporting errors, the department may reduce that grantee’s future allocation in an amount equal to the unspent funds, in lieu of seeking cash repayment.

(2) (A) Funds recaptured pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reallocated by the department in a subsequent notice of funding availability consistent with the most recent statutory provisions of this program.

(B) The department shall reallocate the funds to other eligible applicants in the same region unless no such applicant exists, in which case the department shall reallocate the funds as a bonus among recipients that have achieved a prohousing designation.

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

path: 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE > 1. STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS > 6.5. Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program > 2. Round 6 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program


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(a) To be eligible for a round 6 base program allocation, a jurisdiction that is not a tribe must apply as part of a region and must be signatory to a round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that has been approved by the department. An update to the round 5 plan may constitute a round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(b) The department shall approve a round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan when the department determines that the plan meets all of the requirements of this section.

(c) The round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall include all of the following components:

(1) Identification and analysis of the specific roles and responsibilities of each participating jurisdiction in the region regarding outreach and site coordination, siting and use of available land, the development of shelter, interim, and permanent housing options, and the coordination and connection to the delivery of services to individuals experiencing homelessness, or at risk of experiencing homelessness, including specifying roles and coordination plans in relation to Mental Health Services Act or Behavioral Health Services Act, within the region. The plan may also include roles and responsibilities of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate on the plan.

(2) Most recent system performance measures for the region, which shall include all of the following:

(A) The number of people experiencing homelessness who are accessing services.

(B) The number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness on a single night.

(C) The number of people experiencing homelessness who are accessing services for the first time in the past two years.

(D) The number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing.

(E) The average length of time that people experienced homelessness while accessing services.

(F) The percentage of people who return to homelessness within 6 months of exiting the homelessness response system to permanent housing.

(G) The number of people with successful placements into shelter, interim, or permanent housing from street outreach.

(3) For each of the system performance measures set forth in paragraph (2), applicants shall also track demographic data with respect to age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

(4) A system performance and improvement plan, which shall include a description of key actions the region intends to take to improve the system performance measures described in paragraph (2). The system performance and improvement plan may also include key actions of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate in the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan. In naming key actions in the system performance and improvement plan, a region will identify all of the following:

(A) The lead entity on the key action and collaborating entities partnering to achieve the key action.

(B) A timeframe for steps and completion of each key action.

(C) The methods of measuring the success of each key action and related system performance measures that will demonstrate success of the key action.

(D) An explanation of how each participating jurisdiction is utilizing local, state, and federal funding programs as key actions to improve the system performance measures, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) The Homekey program, as described in Section 50675.1.1.

(ii) The No Place Like Home Program (Part 3.9 (commencing with Section 5849.1) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(iii) The Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2).

(iv) The Housing for a Healthy California Program (Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590)).

(v) The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216)). All items currently being funded through rounds 1 through 4, inclusive, pursuant to the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216)) and round 5 pursuant to round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Article 1 (commencing with Section 50232)), and those items proposed to be funded by round 6 pursuant to this article must be included as key actions. If an item proposed to be funded under the rounds will not lead to improvement of the system performance measures described in paragraph (2), it is not an eligible use of funding pursuant to those rounds.

(vi) Funding distributed to local jurisdictions pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50470.

(vii) The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program (Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 50899.1) of Part 2).

(viii) The National Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), and implementing federal regulations.

(ix) HOME Investment Partnerships Act (Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 50896)).

(x) Parolee or probation programs that are intended to prevent homelessness upon release.

(xi) CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(xii) CalFresh (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(xiii) Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Program (SSI/SSP) (Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) pursuant to Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 18937) of Chapter 10.3 of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(xiv) In-home supportive services.

(xv) Adult protective services.

(xvi) Child welfare.

(xvii) Child care and development.

(xviii) Disability benefits advocacy.

(xix) Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).

(xx) Mental Health Services Act and Behavioral Health Services Act.

(E) A description of how the key actions will ensure racial and gender equity in service delivery, housing placements, and housing retention and changes to procurement or other means of affirming racial and ethnic groups that are overrepresented among residents experiencing homelessness have equitable access to housing and services.

(F) A list of encampments within the region and plans to address these encampments in support of reducing unsheltered homelessness.

(G) (i) A policy for addressing encampments that is consistent with the California Interagency Council on Homelessness’ May 20, 2025, Guidance: Addressing Encampments.

(ii) Participating jurisdictions may adopt policies or ordinances that differ from the model encampment ordinance referenced in the guidance as one example of a compliant approach so long as they remain consistent with the guidance.

(d) Participating jurisdictions shall collaborate to complete the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan and shall engage in a public stakeholder process that includes at least three public meetings before completing the plan.

(e) The participating jurisdictions shall invite and encourage all of the following to engage in the public stakeholder process:

(1) People with lived experience of homelessness.

(2) Youth with lived experience of homelessness.

(3) Local department leaders and staff of qualifying small jurisdictions, including child welfare, health care, behavioral health, justice, and education system leaders.

(4) Homeless service and housing providers, including non-profit developers of permanent supportive housing, working in that region.

(5) Each Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan contracted with the State Department of Health Care Services in the region.

(6) Street medicine providers and other providers directly serving people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

(7) Federally recognized tribal governments pursuant to Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code that are within the region.

(f) The regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall be reflected in a memorandum of understanding committing each signatory to participation in, and to comply with, the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(g) Smaller jurisdictions in the region may also sign the memorandum of understanding and commit to participation in, and compliance with, the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan. Counties are encouraged to allocate resources from program funding to smaller jurisdictions that participate in and commit to complying with the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(h) Upon receipt of a proposed regionally coordinated homelessness action plan, the department shall review it in coordination with the council, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services.

(i) A qualifying jurisdiction participating in a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall post on its internet website the proposed, approved, and amended regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(j) The department may consult with any local government, public agency, group, or person, and shall receive and consider any written comments from any public agency, group, or person, regarding the action by a participating jurisdiction in determining whether the regional coordinated homeless action plan substantially complies with this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 14. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)

article: 2. Round 6 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program


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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the funds administered pursuant to this article, less the set aside funds provided for the department’s costs of administration in subdivision (c) of Section 50239, shall be made available in round 6 for implementing the program, and additional funding shall be made available for round 7, as follows:

(1) Not more than 80 percent of the round 6 funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to cities, counties, or continuums of care, for basic program allocations, and not more than 97 percent of round 7 funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to cities, counties, or continuums of care, for base program allocations, as follows:

(A) Thirty percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to continuums of care. The department shall calculate these allocations to a continuum of care based on each continuum of care’s proportionate share of the state’s total homeless population, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The department shall not award more than 40 percent of the allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a continuum of care.

(B) Forty-two percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to each city, or a city that is also a county, that has a population of 300,000 or more, as of January 1, 2022, according to data published on the Department of Finance’s internet website. The department shall calculate the allocation to a city based on the city’s proportionate share of the total homeless population of the region served by the continuum of care within which the city is located, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The department shall not award more than 45 percent of the program allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a city. If more than one recipient within the continuum of care meets the requirements of this subparagraph, the proportionate share of funds shall be equally allocated to those jurisdictions.

(C) Twenty-eight percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to each county. The department shall calculate the allocation to a county based on the county’s proportionate share of the total homeless population of the region served by the continuum of care within which the county is located, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The department shall not award more than 40 percent of the program allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a county.

(2) Not more than 17 percent of the round 6 funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to eligible cities, counties, and tribal applicants for the purpose of providing supplemental support for the Homekey program pursuant to Section 50244.

(3) Not more than 3 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to tribal applicants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the funds described in this paragraph shall be allocated as follows:

(A) A tribe may apply for program funds and the department shall make allocations to tribes on the basis of need. Tribes that apply for program funds pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be allocated funds up to their requested amount. If the total requested funds exceeds the amount available collectively among all tribal applicants, the department shall determine an allocation methodology based on each tribal applicant’s proportionate share of need relative to all tribes that submit an application for funding.

(B) A tribal applicant seeking funds pursuant to this section shall submit an application to the department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, no later than June 30, 2025, with all of the following information:

(i) The amount of grant funds the tribe is requesting.

(ii) An explanation of the tribe’s local need, including an estimation of the number of people who need homelessness services and the current resources that exist.

(iii) A description of the services on which the tribe plans to spend its grant funds. These activities shall be allowable pursuant to Section 50243.

(C) Any funds available to tribal applicants pursuant to this paragraph that are unallocated as of July 1, 2027, shall be reallocated for distribution to tribal applicants as part of future program rounds.

(D) A tribal applicant is encouraged to partner with a local continuum of care or coordinated entry system.

(b) An applicant applying for round 6 program funds pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 50220.6.

(c) A program recipient shall not use funding from the program allocated under this section to supplant existing local funds for homelessness services under penalty of disallowance or reduction, or both, of future program funds, as determined by the department.

(d) (1) No more than 5 percent of the appropriated funds shall be used to cover state administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50239.

(2) The department may expend administrative funds until December 31, 2029, to complete grant closeout activities.

(e) A program recipient shall use at least 10 percent of the funds allocated under this section for services for homeless youth populations. This subdivision does not prohibit program recipients from spending a greater percentage on services for homeless youth populations.

(f) Moneys allocated pursuant to this section shall be expended in compliance with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 15. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)


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(a) The department shall make an application for round 6 base program allocations available no later than January 31, 2025.

(b) Applications shall be due no later than 180 days from the date applications are made available pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c) (1) Applicants from each region shall submit a single, regional application from their shared region.

(2) Each applicant shall have the discretion to receive their base program allocation directly or may designate a corresponding eligible applicant in their region to serve as the fiscal agent responsible for the administration of funding made available pursuant to this article.

(d) Within 30 days of the application deadline pursuant to subdivision (b), the department shall either approve the application or return it to the applicant with written, detailed comments and request one or more of the following specific amendments to the application:

(1) Greater detail on any aspect of the application so the department can ensure fidelity with the applicant’s proposed use of funds and impact on system performance measures.

(2) Modifications or provision of additional information on the applicant’s proposed funding plan to ensure compliance with this section, and ensure alignment with evidence-based solutions to reduce homelessness.

(3) Any other modifications or provision of information that would allow the department to better monitor and evaluate the region’s compliance with its regionally coordinated homelessness action plan and whether it is meeting objective performance standards.

(e) (1) An applicant whose application has been returned pursuant to this section shall respond to the department’s requested amendments and submit a revised application within 30 days. Where the revised application differs from the department’s requests, the applicant shall include an explanation of the differences and the rationale for departing from requested amendments.

(2) The department shall have 30 days within which to approve the application if, as amended, it addressed the department’s concerns or to provide the applicant with additional guidance and a deadline for further amending to fully address the department’s concerns.

(f) (1) To receive a round 6 base program allocation, an applicant shall submit an application to the department. A complete application submitted pursuant to this section shall include, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, all of the following:

(A) A regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that the department finds compliant with Section 50240. This may be an updated version of the action plan submitted in prior rounds if that action plan was found compliant by the department.

(B) A detailed proposal for how the applicant intends to use the funds for which it is applying that complies with Section 50243.

(C) All other components that the department shall deem necessary to the proper administration of the program.

(2) After approval of an application pursuant to this section, the department shall disburse 50 percent of an eligible city’s, county’s, or continuum of care’s total round 6 allocation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50241 upon a determination that the eligible city, county, or continuum of care has done all of the following:

(A) Contractually obligated all of its funding from rounds 1 through 3 of the program.

(B) Expended all of its funding from round 1 of the program.

(C) Expended at least 50 percent of its funding and contractually obligated 75 percent of its funding from the first disbursement of round 4 of the program.

(g) The department and recipients shall post final round 6 program applications to their respective internet websites within 30 days of disbursal to the applicant.

(h) (1) On or before January 31, 2027, a grantee shall submit to the department an update on their round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan activities, which shall include updates on the obligation and expenditure activities, progress on their system performance and improvement plan, key actions and corresponding updates on system performance measures carried out pursuant Section 50240, as applicable.

(2) The department shall, within 30 days, review the update and report its findings to the participating grantee pursuant to this subdivision.

(3) If the department finds that the grantee has adhered to the requirements of this section, or concludes that the grantee has addressed any shortcomings in the update, the department shall approve the update.

(4) (A) If the department finds that a grantee failed to adhere to the requirements of this section, the department may require the participating jurisdictions in the region to make specific changes needed to meet the requirements of this section. If the department concludes that the grantee made insufficient progress on key actions or failed to improve on at least one-half of the region’s system performance measures, the department may require the participating jurisdictions to provide a corrective action plan to the update to the regionally coordinated action plan to address these findings. The department shall offer technical assistance to the recipient. Participating jurisdictions shall accomplish these changes or submit a corrective action plan, as applicable, within 30 days of being notified by the department.

(B) The department shall have 30 days to review the changes or corrective action plan, as applicable, to determine if they addressed the department’s concerns and approve the update, or to provide the grantee with additional guidance and a deadline for making changes or further amending the corrective action plan to address the department’s concerns.

(5) (A) The department may withhold the remaining 50 percent of round 6 funds from a grantee until the department has approved the update to the grantee’s round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.

(B) The department shall provide technical assistance and support of jurisdictions efforts to comply with the requirements of this paragraph.

(6) Regions are encouraged to update their memorandums of understanding to reflect their updated regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that have been approved pursuant to this subdivision. The department may ask for confirmation that a region has updated its memorandum of understanding to reflect a part of a corrective action required under this section.

(7) In making determinations pursuant to this subdivision the department may provide exceptions to the requirement if the recipient demonstrates hardship by a disaster for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(8) After the department has deemed a regionally coordinated action plan compliant with this section, the grantee shall submit any proposed revisions to the department for review and approval. No later than 30 days from submission, the department shall review the proposed revisions and either approve the revisions or recommend changes.

(9) All proposed, approved, and amended regionally coordinated homelessness action plans shall be posted on the internet website of all participating jurisdictions in the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan, and the department shall post all action plans received from participating jurisdictions.

(10) In determining whether the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan substantially complies with this article, the department may consult with any local government, public agency, group, or person, and shall receive and consider any written comments from any public agency, group, or person, regarding the action by a participating jurisdiction.

(i) (1) A recipient shall contractually obligate not less than 75 percent, and shall expend not less than 50 percent, of the initial round 6 program allocations made to it pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) no later than June 30, 2027.

(2) The department shall disburse the remaining 50 percent of a recipient’s round 6 total base allocation pursuant to Section 50241 only after the recipient demonstrates all of the following:

(A) Compliance with subdivision (h).

(B) Compliance with the requirement to contractually obligate and expend a minimum amount of its round 6 program allocation pursuant to paragraph (1).

(C) That the recipient has a compliant housing element as defined in Section 65589.9 of the Government Code, if the recipient is a city or county. If the recipient does not have a compliant housing element, the department shall hold the disbursement until the recipient is housing element compliant, consistent with paragraph (3).

(3) On or before December 31, 2028, a recipient shall return to the department any funds that have not been expended pursuant to this subdivision, to be reallocated in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

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

(k) In addition to requirements in Section 50222, the department may monitor the expenditures and programmatic activities of an applicant, as the department considers necessary, to ensure compliance with round 6 program requirements.

(l) The department may, as it considers appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of round 6 program funds from an applicant, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.

(m) Any remaining amounts of round 6 base program allocation funds not expended by June 30, 2029, shall be returned to the department for reallocation in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

(n) (1) The department shall disburse 50 percent of an eligible city’s, county’s, or continuum of care’s total round 7 program allocation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50241 upon a determination that the eligible city, county, or continuum of care has met all of the following requirements:

(A) Provided a detailed proposal for how the applicant intends to use the full round 7 program allocations that complies with Section 50243.

(B) Met all requirements to receive the second disbursement of round 5 funds pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 50235, including completion of the update to the round 5 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 50235.

(C) Contractually obligated not less than 50 percent of the total round 6 award, or if the expenditure deadline pursuant to subdivision (m) has passed, then the recipient must have had any remaining round 6 funds reallocated in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

(D) Has a compliant housing element, as defined in Section 65589.9 of the Government Code, if the recipient is a city or county. If the recipient does not have a compliant housing element, the department shall hold the disbursement until the recipient has a compliant housing element, consistent with paragraph (2) of this subdivision.

(E) (i) (I) Recipients that are cities, and the counties in which those cities are located, shall obtain and maintain a prohousing designation at the time of disbursement.

(II) If the city or county has not obtained the prohousing designation prior to the allocation of round 7 funds, it shall obtain the designation no later than 12 months from the initial disbursement.

(III) If the city or county fails to obtain the prohousing designation by that date, any unspent program funds that would have otherwise been allocated to that jurisdiction may be reallocated by the department to other eligible direct recipients within the same region as described in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (o).

(IV) For purposes of this clause, “prohousing designation” has the same meaning as described in Section 65589.9 of the Government Code.

(ii) The department shall process prohousing designation applications from recipients pursuant to the following timeline:

(I) Within 30 days of receipt of the application, the department shall either approve the application or respond to the applicant with options the applicant can complete to obtain approval and provide the applicant with technical assistance.

(II) The department shall respond to each subsequent submission by the applicant within 30 days by either approving the application or indicating which options from subclause (I) remain viable.

(F) (i) Complied with the California Interagency Council on Homelessness’ May 20, 2025, Guidance: Addressing Encampments, if the recipient is a city or county, demonstrated through one of the following:

(I) Adoption of a local ordinance or administrative policy consistent with that state guidance.

(II) Submission of documentation that demonstrates, to the department’s satisfaction, that the city or county’s practices are consistent with that state guidance.

(ii) Participating jurisdictions may adopt policies or ordinances that differ from the model encampment ordinance referenced in the guidance as one example of a compliant approach so long as they remain consistent with the guidance.

(G) (i) Recipients that are cities, and the counties in which they are located, shall demonstrate that they will provide qualifying matching funds equal or greater than 35 percent of their total program allocation.

(ii) For the purposes of this section, “qualifying matching funds” means any funding that is dedicated to activities that expand the supply of housing affordable to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, or that prevent and end homelessness, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(I) A dedicated local or regional funding source for homelessness, including funds or in-kind resources used for affordable housing development, housing-related infrastructure, rental assistance or operating subsidies, or supportive services.

(II) A new local or regional funding source dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness.

(III) Impact fee deferrals or impact fee waivers that reduce the cost of developing housing affordable to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Those quantifiable contributions may include, but are not limited to, the waiver, reduction, or deferral of fees imposed by the local agency for a development project, as defined in Section 66000 of the Government Code, but not those fees exempted for a project under Section 65915 of the Government Code.

(IV) The value of land donations or philanthropic contributions used to support housing, shelter, clinics, or other activities related to housing or servicing people currently or formerly experiencing homelessness for the purpose of maintaining housing stability.

(V) Local government contributions in the form of rental assistance or other permanent or interim housing or supportive services.

(VI) Local government contribution use of state-originated sources, including, but not limited to, the Behavioral Health Services Act, the Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program, the Homekey program, the Community Care Expansion Program, and Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Program. Use of these funds to meet the match is limited to activities that support permanent or interim housing and supportive services for people at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness.

(VII) Sources set forth in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 50240 other than federally funded programs and this program.

(VIII) Any other eligible sources, as defined in the notice of funding availability or other guidance issued by the department.

(iii) (I) The department shall post on its website the process for how recipients will demonstrate compliance with the matching fund requirement with reasonably sufficient time for program recipients to complete the process and receive their first round 7 disbursements, if otherwise eligible, by the target date of September 1, 2026. The post shall include instructions and a list of sources that the department has predetermined meet the definition of “qualifying matching funds” in accordance with this section.

(II) As part of the process for demonstrating compliance with the matching fund requirement, the department may require recipients to do any of the following:

(ia) Describe how the funds will be used to expand the supply of housing affordable to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness or that prevent and end homelessness.

(ib) Provide the anticipated timeframe the local fund administrator anticipates expending the funds or providing the in-kind resources.

(ic) Identify the specific budget, appropriation, or other funding action that authorizes or makes those funds available.

(III) As part of the process for demonstrating compliance with the matching fund requirement, the department shall count the total amount of known dollars or value of in-kind resources, identified by the recipient , secured or made available to spend from July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2033, the final expenditure deadline for the remainder disbursement of round 7 funds.

(H) Be in good standing on all reporting requirements, including Homeless Management Information System reporting, for prior rounds.

(2) On or before December 31, 2032, a recipient shall return to the department any initial round 7 funds that have not been expended pursuant to this subdivision, to be reallocated in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

(o) (1) The department shall disburse the second round 7 allocation pursuant to Section 50241 only after the recipient demonstrates all of the following:

(A) Completion of key actions related to round 6 funding committed to in the round 6 program application and regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to Section 50233.

(B) Improvement on at least one-half of the region’s most recent system performance measures data pursuant to Section 50240 compared to the baseline data from the most recent calendar year when the program commences.

(C) Contractually obligated not less than 75 percent, and has spent not less than 50 percent, of the initial disbursement of round 7 program allocations, or if the expenditure deadline pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (n) has passed, then any remaining initial round 7 funds shall be reallocated in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

(D) Has a compliant housing element, as defined in Section 65589.9 of the Government Code, if the recipient is a city or county. If the recipient does not have a compliant housing element, the department shall hold the disbursement until the recipient is housing element compliant, consistent with paragraph (3) of this subdivision.

(E) (i) Recipients that are cities, and the counties in which those cities are located, shall obtain and maintain a prohousing designation from the department as a condition of receiving the second disbursement of funds.

(ii) A jurisdiction that has not obtained or maintained a prohousing designation is subject to the following conditions:

(I) Funds that would have otherwise been allocated to a jurisdiction that has not obtained or maintained a prohousing designation shall be redirected to another eligible city, county, or continuum of care within the same region that is able to administer the funds, to the extent such an entity exists. A county in which there is a city pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 50241 that has not obtained or maintained a prohousing designation shall not be eligible to receive or administer those funds in any capacity, including as the administrative entity for the continuum of care, unless and until it obtains the prohousing designation.

(II) If no eligible recipient within the region is available to administer the funds, the department may make the second disbursement of funds to a recipient without the prohousing designation, subject to enhanced oversight, technical assistance, and any additional conditions or restrictions on the use of funds deemed necessary by the department.

(F) Maintains compliance with the state guidance on addressing encampments, consistent with subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) of this section.

(G) (i) Recipients that are cities, and the counties in which they are located, shall demonstrate that they will provide qualifying matching funds.

(ii) After the initial disbursement of funds pursuant to subdivision (n), and as a condition of receiving a second disbursement of funds pursuant to this subdivision, a recipient shall demonstrate the availability, over the full grant period, of qualifying matching funds equal to not less than 70 percent of its total allocation, including the 35 percent matching funds required pursuant to subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) and an additional 35 percent in qualifying matching funds.

(H) Updated the round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan showing all of the following:

(i) Actions taken to resolve the initial encampments identified in round 6.

(ii) Identification of any new encampments, along with a lead entity, timeline, and plan to address these encampments.

(iii) Actions taken to prevent unsheltered homelessness and reduce the pipeline into encampments.

(I) Be in good standing on all reporting requirements, including Homeless Management Information System reporting, for prior rounds.

(2) (A) (i) If the department finds that a grantee has not met all of the requirements in paragraph (1), the department may require the recipient to submit and obtain approval of a corrective action plan before receiving its disbursement.

(ii) The department may require the corrective action plan to include modifications to the recipient’s proposed use of the round 7 funds or to the recipient’s key actions as part of the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to Section 50233.

(iii) The department shall offer technical assistance to the recipient.

(iv) Participating jurisdictions shall accomplish these changes or submit a corrective action plan, as applicable, within 30 days of being notified by the department.

(B) The department shall have 30 days to review the corrective action plan to determine if it addressed the department’s concerns and approve the update, or to provide the grantee with additional guidance and a deadline for further amending the corrective action plan to address the department’s concerns.

(3) On or before December 31, 2033, a recipient shall return to the department any round 7 funds that have not been expended pursuant to this subdivision, to be reallocated in accordance with subdivision (i) of Section 50239.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 16. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)


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(a) The intent of round 6 is to reflect the state’s priorities to prevent and expeditiously reduce unsheltered homelessness through homelessness prevention activities, sustaining existing interim housing solutions, and permanent housing solutions, including long-term sustainability of affordable permanent supportive housing.

(b) Applicants shall develop data-driven plans that fund the state’s priorities.

(c) Applicants shall demonstrate how the region will use available resources to sustain all existing and, as applicable, any proposed interim housing investments within the region, including, but not limited to, use of local dedicated funding, Behavioral Health Services Act funds, or any funds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216) or this chapter as long-term capitalized operating reserves, or any other local, state, or federal funding source.

(d) Before proposing to use round 6 resources to fund new interim housing other than new interim housing for youth or proposing to use round 6 resources to fund nonhousing solutions, applicants shall first demonstrate that their region has dedicated sufficient resources from other sources to sustain their existing and planned portfolio of long-term permanent affordable housing and existing interim solutions, including capital and operating costs.

(e) Subject to subdivision (d), allowable uses of round 6 base program allocation funds include all of the following:

(1) Permanent housing solutions that can prevent or serve those experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including, but not limited to, persons experiencing homelessness coming from encampment sites. These uses include all of the following:

(A) Rental subsidies, including to support placement of individuals in CARE Court.

(B) Landlord incentives, such as security deposits, holding fees, funding for needed repairs, and recruitment and relationship management costs.

(C) Move-in expenses.

(D) Operating subsidies in new and existing affordable or supportive housing units serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including programs such as Homekey, new or existing residential care facilities, funded by the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program or the Community Care Expansion Program. Operating subsidies may include capitalized operating reserves.

(E) Supportive services for people in permanent housing, so long as the services are trauma-informed and practice harm reduction, to include intensive case management services, assertive community treatment services, critical time intervention services, other tenancy support services, evidence-based employment services, coordinating mental health, substance use, and primary care treatment, or other evidence-based supportive services to increase housing retention.

(F) Capital for permanent housing that serves people experiencing homelessness, including conversion of underutilized buildings or existing interim or transitional housing into permanent housing.

(G) Services coordination, which may include access to workforce, education, and training programs, or other services needed to promote housing stability in permanent supportive housing.

(2) Homelessness prevention includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:

(A) Rental assistance, rapid rehousing, and other programs as long as they prioritize households with incomes at or below 30 percent of the area median income.

(B) Diversion support programs that prevent people at risk of or recently experiencing homelessness from entering unsheltered or sheltered homelessness.

(3) Interim housing solutions, that can provide shelter to those experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including, but not limited to, persons experiencing homelessness coming from encampment sites. These uses include all of the following:

(A) Navigation centers that are low barrier, as defined in Sections 65660 and 65662 of the Government Code.

(B) Operating expenses for existing congregate shelter sites.

(C) Operating expenses in new or existing noncongregate shelter sites and transitional housing for youth.

(D) Motel or hotel vouchers.

(E) Services provided to people in interim housing, to include trauma-informed and evidence-based intensive case management services, housing navigation, connecting people to substance use or mental health treatment, public benefits advocacy, and other supportive services to promote stability and referral into permanent housing.

(F) Capital funding to build new noncongregate shelter sites and transitional housing sites for homeless youth, including for construction, rehabilitation, and capital improvements to convert existing congregate sites into noncongregate sites.

(G) Capital funding for clinically enhanced congregate or noncongregate shelter sites.

(H) Youth-focused services in transitional housing.

(I) Improvements to existing emergency shelters to lower barriers and increase privacy.

(J) Any new interim sheltering funded by round 6 funds shall be low barrier, comply with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and prioritize interventions other than congregate shelters except clinically enhanced congregate shelters as specified in subparagraph (G).

(4) Nonhousing solutions, including nonhousing services for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including, but not limited to, persons experiencing homelessness from encampment sites and those transitioning out of encampment sites. This includes street outreach, evidence-based engagement services, intensive case management services, assertive community treatment, housing navigation, harm reduction services, coordination with street-based health care services, and hygiene services for people living in encampments and unsheltered individuals.

(f) (1) Applicants may request, in a form prescribed by the department, approval to utilize round 6 funding on allowable expenditures outside of the state’s intended priorities, as enumerated in this section.

(2) The department may grant applicants preapproval to utilize program funding on allowable uses only after an applicant has demonstrated that state priorities are adequately resourced, and the applicant has exhausted all means to accomplish these priorities.

(g) An applicant shall not use more than 7 percent of a round 6 program allocation for administrative costs incurred by the city, county, continuum of care, or tribe to administer its program allocation. For purposes of this subdivision, “administrative costs” does not include staff or other costs directly related to implementing activities funded by the program allocation.

(h) (1) The department may authorize an applicant to use up to an additional 1 percent for costs related to the Homeless Management Information System. Related costs include Homeless Management Information System licenses, training, system operating costs, and costs associated with carrying out related activities.

(2) Upon agreement between the grantee and the Homeless Management Information System lead entity, the grantee shall transfer the authorized amount of funds pursuant to paragraph (1) for related costs to the Homeless Management Information System lead entity. The department shall specify the method and manner for this transfer of funds.

(i) A recipient of a round 6 program allocation shall comply with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(j) Notwithstanding Section 27011 of the Government Code, or any other law governing the deposit of funds in the county treasury, a county may accept or deposit into the county treasury funds from any source for the purpose of administering a project, proposal, or program under this article.

(k) For purposes of Section 1090 of the Government Code, a representative of a county serving on a board, committee, or body with the primary purpose of administering funds or making funding recommendations for applications pursuant to this article shall have no financial interest in any contract, program, or project voted on by the board, committee, or body on the basis of the receipt of compensation for holding public office or public employment as a representative of the county.

(l) A program recipient shall not use funding from the program allocated under this section to supplant Encampment Resolution Funding program grant funds provided under Section 50251.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 48, Sec. 13. (AB 166) Effective July 2, 2024.)


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(a) For the purposes of this section, the supplemental Homekey program shall be the same as the program set forth in Section 50675.1.3, except that the applicants are limited to those described in meeting the criteria set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c).

(b) Tribal applicants, cities, and counties that are eligible for round 6 shall be eligible, separately, for supplemental Homekey funding pursuant to this section.

(c) To be eligible for the supplemental Homekey program, a city or county must satisfy both of the following:

(1) Have a compliant Housing Element as defined in Section 65589.9 of the Government Code by the time of being granted the award. This requirement does not apply to tribal applicants.

(2) Have an approved regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to this article. This requirement does not apply to tribal applicants.

(d) On or after January 1, 2026, the department shall make an application available for supplemental Homekey funding pursuant to this section.

(e) Funding allocated by this section shall consist of round 6 funding provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 50241.


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(a) Round 7 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established.

(b) Effective July 1, 2026, the sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), less the amount of funding that has been transferred to Item 2240-001-0001 of the Budget Act of 2025 from the General Fund pursuant to subdivision (d), is appropriated, provided that these funds shall only be disbursed in accordance with both of the following:

(1) None of these funds shall be allocated until after enactment of legislation declaring that it addresses the issues described in subdivision (c).

(2) Funds from this appropriation shall only be disbursed to a city, county, tribe, or continuum of care for round 7 of the program after declaration by the director of the department, in consultation with the Director of Finance, that both of the following are true of the particular city, county, tribe, or continuum of care that is the subject of the disbursement, with respect to round 6 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program:

(A) The department has substantially completed its initial disbursement of round 6 funds to the city, county, tribe, or continuum of care.

(B) The city, county, tribe, or continuum of care has obligated at least 50 percent of its total round 6 award.

(c) (1) Consistent with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), it is the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that specifies parameters for round 7 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program.

(2) The following conditions and priorities shall be incorporated into the implementation of round 7 funding, with subsequent legislation to specify the extent to which each shall apply:

(A) Having a compliant housing element.

(B) Having a local encampment policy consistent with administration guidance.

(C) Having a prohousing designation.

(D) Leveraging local resources to scale state investments.

(E) Demonstrating progress on key housing performance metrics.

(F) Demonstrating urgency and measurable results in housing and homelessness prevention.

(d) (1) During fiscal year 2025–26, the department shall prepare to administer round 7 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program with the goal that, subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), initial round 7 disbursements will be available to grantees meeting the statutory provisions for disbursement beginning September 1, 2026.

(2) (A) The Department of Finance may augment Item 2240-001-0001 of the Budget Act of 2025 by eight million dollars ($8,000,000) for implementation of paragraph (1).

(B) The Department of Finance shall provide notification of any augmentation within 10 days to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(3) (A) The administrative costs for round 7 of the program shall not exceed 5 percent of the total allocated for round 7 of the program.

(B) The amounts provided in paragraph (2) are included in the 5 percent to be allocated for this purpose.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 650, Sec. 5. (SB 158) Effective October 11, 2025.)

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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) In enacting subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) of Section 50242, it is the intent of the Legislature to continue to partner with the state’s largest jurisdictions to establish and sustain the conditions that accelerate housing production. These jurisdictions account for the majority share of the state’s housing demand, development activity, and homelessness population. Their land use decisions, permitting practices, and regulatory frameworks directly shape housing availability and costs. When affordable housing supply does not keep pace with demand, more households are priced out of stable housing, increasing the risk of, and decreasing exits from, homelessness. Incentivizing these jurisdictions to obtain and maintain a prohousing designation by providing funding to help address homelessness reinforces the connection between local housing policies and regional homelessness outcomes while maximizing the use of limited state resources.

(b) In enacting subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) of Section 50242, the Legislature has the following intent:

(1) To coordinate between the state and its largest jurisdictions in the effort to address, reduce, and prevent homelessness.

(2) That the department provide flexible options to support compliance with the matching fund requirement described in this subparagraph including a range of eligible match sources, technical assistance, sufficient time to align resources with program timelines, and a clear process for program recipients to demonstrate compliance.

(3) That the department strive to minimize the time and administrative workload of this process in alignment with the intent to streamline round 7.

(4) That, in making determinations regarding compliance with the matching fund requirement set forth in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (n) of Section 50242, the department shall consider all of the following:

(A) The importance of maintaining the matching fund requirement as a meaningful demonstration of local commitment to preventing and ending homelessness.

(B) Whether a recipient has demonstrated, through clear documentation, that extraordinary and unforeseen fiscal distress or other exigent circumstances beyond the recipient’s reasonable control have materially impaired its ability to satisfy the matching fund requirement despite making good faith efforts to do so.

(C) Whether the recipient has made good faith efforts to maximize available public and private funding sources, including identifying in-kind contributions that substantially advance the purposes of this program.

(D) The need to administer the matching fund requirement in a manner that promotes timely implementation and reduces administrative burdens on the department while preserving program accountability.

(E) Any flexibility exercised by the department pursuant to this paragraph shall be limited to that reasonably necessary to address the demonstrated hardship and shall not be construed to authorize a waiver of the matching fund requirement.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 68, Sec. 17. (AB 179) Effective July 13, 2026.)

article: 3. Round 7 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program


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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Additional funding round moneys” means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 2022–23.

(b) “Agency” means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

(c) “Applicant” means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction

(d) “Continuum of care” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), ”council,” unless context requires otherwise, means the Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(2) Unless context requires otherwise, “council,” with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.

(f) “County” includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.

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

(h) “Funding round 1 moneys” means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 2021–22.

(i) “Homeless” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(j) “Local jurisdiction” means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.

(k) “Program” means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.

(l) “Recipient” means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.

(m) “State right-of-way” means real property held in title by the State of California.

This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 74. (SB 170) Effective June 29, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 75 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.)

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