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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Blakespear</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 65582 of the Government Code, relating to land use. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Planning and zoning: housing element: housing units: acutely low income households.</ns0:Subject>
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The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of that county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. For the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as provided, and requires the appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the department, to adopt a final regional housing need plan allocating a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided.
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Existing law requires a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other
entities, the department that includes, among other things, the city’s or county’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs, as specified. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of requirements applicable to the housing element.
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<html:p>This bill would define “housing unit” for the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, with respect to acutely low income households, to mean a house, an apartment, a modular home, a mobilehome or trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied, or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>By revising requirements on local governments with regard to adopting or revising the housing element, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs
mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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<html:p>As used in this article, the following definitions apply unless specified otherwise:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Above moderate income” means income exceeding the moderate-income level described in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(b)
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“Acutely low income” has the same meaning as in Section 50063.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(c)
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“All income levels” or “all household income levels” means lower income, moderate income, and above moderate income levels.
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(d)
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“Community,” “locality,” “local government,” or “jurisdiction” means a city, city and county, or county.
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(e)
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“Council of governments” means a single or multicounty council created by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division
7 of Title 1.
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(f)
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“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
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(g)
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“Emergency shelter” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 50801 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(h)
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“Extremely low income” means the income for households exceeding the income limit for acutely low income households, as defined in this section, and does not exceed the limit for extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(i)
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“Frequent user coordinated care housing services” means housing combined with other supportive services for homeless persons identified by a city or county as the most costly, frequent users of publicly funded emergency
services.
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(j)
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“Housing element” or “element” means the housing element of the community’s general plan, as required pursuant to this article and subdivision (c) of Section 65302.
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(k)
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For the seventh and subsequent revisions of the housing element, with respect to acutely low income households, “housing unit” or “unit” means a house, an apartment, a modular home, a mobilehome or trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied, or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. For purposes of this subdivision:
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(1)
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Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants have sleeping quarters separate from any other persons in the building and that have direct access from the outside of the building or
through a common hall. Separate living quarters does not require separate bathrooms or eating spaces.
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(2)
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A housing unit described in this subdivision may be for permanent or transitional housing, as defined in Section 50801 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(l)
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“Low income” means the income for households exceeding the income limit for very low income households, as defined in this section, and does not exceed the income limit for lower income households, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(m)
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“Lower income” means income that is low income, very low income, extremely low income, or acutely low income.
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(n)
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“Moderate income” means the income for households exceeding the limit for lower income households, as defined in this section, and does not exceed the income limit for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(o)
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“Supportive housing” means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to an onsite or offsite service that assists the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.
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(p)
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“Supportive services” include, but are not limited to, a combination of subsidized, permanent housing, intensive case management, medical and mental health
care, substance abuse treatment, employment services, and benefits advocacy.
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(q)
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“Target population” means persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health condition, or individuals eligible for services provided pursuant to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and
homeless people.
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(r)
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“Transitional housing” means buildings configured as rental housing developments, but operated under program requirements that require the termination of assistance and recirculating of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at a predetermined future point in time that shall be no less than six months from the beginning of the assistance.
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(s)
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“Very low income” means income for households exceeding the income limit for extremely low income households, as defined in this section, and does not exceed the income limit for very low income households, as defined in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code.
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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
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B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
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