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				<ns0:ActionDate>2025-06-23</ns0:ActionDate>
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			<ns0:SessionYear>2025</ns0:SessionYear>
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		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Ashby</ns0:AuthorText>
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				<ns0:Name>Ashby</ns0:Name>
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		<ns0:Title>An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6539.9.5) to Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 50675.1.3 of, to add Section 50675.17 to, and to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 50245) to Chapter 6.5 of Part 1 of Division 31 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. </ns0:Title>
		<ns0:RelatingClause>housing</ns0:RelatingClause>
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			<ns0:Subject>Housing finance and development: Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency: Multifamily Housing Program: Homekey: Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program.</ns0:Subject>
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				(1)
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				Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified. Existing law authorizes the agreement to set forth the manner by which the joint powers authority will be exercised.
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			<html:p>This bill would require that the joint powers authority currently operating as the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency be restructured, expanded, amended, and renamed as the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency, as provided. The bill would require the agency to include the County of Sacramento and
			 qualified local agencies, as specified and defined, and would make the agency the regional authority for prescribed activities, including developing and preserving affordable housing and coordinating and administering homelessness prevention and response services. The bill would require the updated joint powers agreement to provide for a governing board and an exectuve director, as specified, and require the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission to form and appoint an independent task force to consolidate all entities for purposes of establishing the agency, as provided. The bill would require the agency to adopt a comprehensive strategic plan to address housing and homelessness no later than 3 years from the date the restructured joint powers agreement takes effect. The bill would also require the agency to establish and maintain a standing advisory board, as provided.</html:p>
			<html:p>Under the bill, the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency would retain its legal identity as the public housing authority and redevelopment successor entity and continue to administer all existing housing, homelessness, and redevelopment programs in compliance with specified law. The bill would require the agency to be the designated recipient of all local housing trust funds and local housing ordinance fees collected by each participating entity within the joint powers agreement, and require that the agency be deemed a regional entity for the purposes of statewide housing and homelessness funding programs. The bill would require the agency to coordinate its operations with the housing and homelessness departments of each participating jurisdiction, as specified, to ensure alignment of local priorities and effective delivery of services.</html:p>
			<html:p>Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the 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, and requires the appropriate council of governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided. Existing law requires that a county’s or city’s housing element include an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to the meeting of these needs,
			 including an analysis of population and employment trends and documentation of projections and a quantification of the locality’s existing and projected housing needs for all income levels that includes the locality’s share of the regional housing need.</html:p>
			<html:p> This bill would require that the regional housing needs allocations for all participating entities within the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency be consolidated into a single regional goal to be administered by the agency. The bill would also require that the total regional housing needs assessment allocation for the joint powers agreement be reduced by 20% from the aggregate of the allocations that would otherwise apply to the participating entities individually.</html:p>
			<html:p>The California Constitution, with respect to any taxes levied on taxable property in a redevelopment project established under the Community Redevelopment Law, as it then read or may be amended, authorizes the Legislature to provide for the division of those taxes under a redevelopment plan between the taxing agencies and the redevelopment agency, as provided. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies as of February 1, 2012, and designates successor agencies to act as successor entities to the dissolved redevelopment agencies. Existing law also provides for the designation of a housing successor to assume the housing assets, as defined, and functions of a former redevelopment agency and requires that any funds transferred to the housing successor, together with any funds generated from housing assets, be maintained in a separate Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund of the housing successor, to be used as specified, including to meet the enforceable obligations
			 of the housing successor.</html:p>
			<html:p> This bill would require that housing tax increment revenues derived from former redevelopment areas and allocated to participating cities or to the County of Sacramento be transferred to the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency. The bill would require that these revenues be used exclusively for the development, preservation, and administration of affordable housing projects. The bill would authorize the agency to issue bonds secured by these revenues to finance current and future housing initiatives.</html:p>
			<html:p>By adding to the duties of local officials with respect to the activities of the Sacramento Housing and Homelessness Agency, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
			<html:p>This bill would make legislative findings and
			 declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Sacramento. The bill would make additional related findings and declarations.</html:p>
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				(2)
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				Existing law establishes various housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, including the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (HHAP) and the Multifamily Housing Program. Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and
			 Prevention program for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program to provide financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development of specified types of housing projects. Existing law requires that specified funds appropriated to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness and who are inherently impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases be disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program for specified uses. This disbursement program is referred to as Homekey.
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			<html:p>This bill would require the department, upon appropriation for the above-specified programs,
			 to ensure that former foster youth and extremely low income, very low income, and lower income households, as specified, are given consideration.</html:p>
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				(3)
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				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.
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			<html:p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.</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>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</html:p>
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					(a)
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					Nearly all homeless shelters are developed as co-ed.
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					(b)
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					Co-ed homeless shelters are over 90 percent male, which can result in an environment that feels unsafe for women, especially those who have been victims of trafficking, violence, abuse, or trauma.
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					(c)
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					There is a need for safe, stable, affordable housing for individuals experiencing trauma, street violence, domestic violence and abuse, sexual abuse and assault, or human trafficking, a population of which
				is overwhelmingly women.
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			<ns0:Num>SEC. 2.</ns0:Num>
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				Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6539.9.5) is added to Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the 
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				, to read:
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					<ns0:Num>1.5.</ns0:Num>
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						<ns0:LawHeadingText>Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency</ns0:LawHeadingText>
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								<html:p>For purposes of this article:</html:p>
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									(a)
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									“Agency” means the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency.
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									(b)
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									“Governing board” means the governing board of the agency.
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									(c)
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									(1)
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									“Qualified local agency” means any city within the County of Sacramento that has a population of at least 50,000, based on the most recent federal decennial census or a subsequent estimate prepared by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
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									(2)
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									“Qualified local agency” includes, but is not limited to, the Cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho
						  Cordova, and Sacramento.
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									(a)
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									(1)
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									Notwithstanding any other law, the joint powers authority currently operating as the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, created pursuant to a 1973 agreement between the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento, shall be restructured, expanded, amended, and renamed as the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency as provided in this article.
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									(2)
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									The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the restructuring of the agency described in paragraph (1) is to modernize and expand the agency’s scope and governance to address regional housing and homelessness needs, while preserving the agency’s legal status, contracts, funding eligibility, and programmatic history.
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									(b)
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									The agency shall include as members the County of Sacramento and each qualified local agency, and shall operate under a new joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter.
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									(c)
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									The agency shall serve as the regional authority to do all of the following:
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									(1)
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									Develop and preserve affordable housing.
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									(2)
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									Coordinate and administer homelessness prevention and response services, including the Coordinated Entry System, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 50490 of the Health and Safety Code.
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									(3)
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									Serve as the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development designated Continuum of Care pursuant to Section 578 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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									(4)
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									Apply for, receive, and administer federal, state, and local funding for housing and homelessness.
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									(5)
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									Manage and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to address and reduce homelessness in the County of Sacramento.
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									(d)
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									The updated joint powers agreement pursuant to subdivision (a) shall provide for all of the following:
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									(1)
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									(A)
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									A governing board composed of at least one elected official from each qualified local agency that is party to the agreement, with full delegated powers and duties transferred from the cities and county. The initial board under the amended joint powers agreement shall consist of 11 members appointed by the legislative bodies of the County of Sacramento and each qualified local agency, in accordance with
						  the following:
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									(i)
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									Three members shall be selected from, and appointed by, the City Council of the City of Sacramento.
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									(ii)
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									Three members shall be selected from, and appointed by, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.
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									(iii)
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									Two members shall be selected from, and appointed by, the City Council of the City of Elk Grove.
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									(iv)
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									One member each shall be selected from, and appointed by, the city councils of the Cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova.
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									(B)
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									The board may increase the number of members if a qualified local agency enters into an agreement to join the joint powers agreement. That qualified local agency shall be entitled to make one appointment to the
						  board.
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									(C)
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									Each member on the governing board may select an alternate from the County of Sacramento, in the case of a member appointed pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), or from that member’s same qualified local agency, in the case of any other member, to serve on the board when the primary member or members are not available. Each alternate shall be appointed to serve for a specific member. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and shall have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary member. The legislative body of any voting entity appointing an alternate shall provide written notification to the secretary of the governing board of each appointment of an alternate in order for the appointment to be effective.
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									(D)
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									A member of the governing board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses approved by the
						  board.
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									(E)
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									Each governing board member is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted for a vote.
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									(F)
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									If a vacancy occurs on the governing board because of death, resignation, illness, or for other reason, the secretary of the governing board shall immediately provide written notice to the County of Sacramento, in the case of a member appointed pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), or the qualified local agency appointing the board member, in the case of any other member, of the need to appoint a replacement, and the replacement shall be appointed within 60 days of the transmittal of the notice.
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									(2)
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									(A)
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									An executive director of the agency. The initial executive director of the agency under the amended joint powers agreement shall be the current executive director of the Sacramento
						  Housing and Redevelopment Agency.
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									(B)
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									The governing board shall establish a removal and replacement process for the executive director.
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									(3)
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									Bylaws, to be established by the governing board, which shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
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									(A)
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									A regular meeting schedule for the governing board, in accordance with the following:
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									(i)
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									The schedule, location, time, and agenda of all regular and special governing board meetings shall be publicly noticed.
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									(ii)
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									All meetings shall be open to the public, unless the matter is a proper one for closed session. All meetings shall comply with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division
						  2 of Title 5).
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									(B)
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									(i)
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									A code of ethics, the key expectations of which shall include all of the following:
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									(I)
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									Act in the best interest of the agency.
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									(II)
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									Do not use official positions for private gain.
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									(III)
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									Abstain from decisions where personal or financial interests conflict with Agency interests.
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									(ii)
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									Each member of the governing board and each employee shall uphold high standards of integrity, fairness, and transparency.
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									(iii)
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									Each member of the governing board shall comply with the requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)), and shall file statements
						  of economic interests, as required by law.
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									(iv)
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									The governing board shall establish process to address any ethics violations.
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									(C)
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									A reimbursement process, including designating what qualifies as a reimbursable expense and establishing procedure for making payments.
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									(e)
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									(1)
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									The Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission shall form and appoint members to an independent task force. Staff of existing entities shall not be appointed to the task force. Staff of the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency shall provide administrative support to the task force.
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									(2)
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									The duties of the independent task force shall be to consolidate all entities for purposes of establishing the agency.
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									(3)
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									The task force shall dissolve 60 days after the establishment of the governing board of the agency.
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									(f)
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									The agency shall adopt a comprehensive strategic plan to address housing and homelessness no later than three years from the date the restructured agreement takes effect. The plan shall align with all relevant state and federal requirements. The agency shall submit the plan to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795.
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						<ns0:Num>6539.9.7.</ns0:Num>
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									(a)
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									The agency shall retain its legal identity as the public housing authority and redevelopment successor entity formerly known as the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency and shall continue to administer all existing housing, homelessness, and redevelopment programs in compliance with applicable law. An entity shall not be created that negates the duties of the agency.
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									(b)
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									The agency shall assume or continue responsibility for the administration and oversight of programs for all participating entities in the joint powers agreement pursuant to this article, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
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									(1)
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									The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (42
						  U.S.C. Sec. 1437f; 24 C.F.R. 982).
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									(2)
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									The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f(o)(19)).
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									(3)
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									Public housing under Sections 1436d and 1437f of Title 42 of the United States Code.
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									(4)
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									The Community Development Block Grant Program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5301 et seq.).
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									(5)
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									The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12721 et seq.).
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								<html:p>
									(6)
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									The Emergency Solutions Grants (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11371 et seq.).
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								<html:p>
									(7)
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									The Continuum of Care Program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11381 et seq. and 24 C.F.R. 578).
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								<html:p>
									(8)
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									The Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12901 et seq.).
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								<html:p>
									(9)
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									State homelessness programs, including the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code) and the Homekey program (Section 50675.1.1 of the Health and Safety Code).
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								<html:p>
									(10)
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									Coordinated Entry System, a HUD-mandated Continuum of Care, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 50490 of the Health and Safety Code.
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									(c)
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									The agency shall comply with all applicable regulations and requirements, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
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								<html:p>
									(1)
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									Sections 574, 576, 578, 960, 965, 982, and 990 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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								<html:p>
									(2)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									With respect to public housing agency planning, Section 903 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
								</html:p>
								<html:p>
									(3)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Continuum of Care governance, data, and performance standards mandated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
								</html:p>
								<html:p>
									(4)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									The Housing Authorities Law (Article 1 (commencing with Section 34200) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code).
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								<html:p>
									(5)
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									Requirements under applicable state programs, including, but not limited to, the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code) and the Homekey program (Section 50675.1.1 of the Health and Safety Code).
								</html:p>
								<html:p>
									(6)
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									All applicable civil rights laws, including the federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3601 et seq.), including the mandate to affirmatively further fair housing; the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.); and Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000d et seq.).
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								<html:p>
									(d)
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									The agency shall maintain eligibility for all funding programs for which the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency or Sacramento Steps Forward previously qualified.
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								<html:p>
									(e)
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									The agency shall be the designated recipient of all local housing trust funds and local housing ordinance fees collected by each participating entity within the joint powers agreement pursuant to Section 6539.9.6. These funds shall include, but are not limited to, the affordable housing ordinance fee collected by the County of Sacramento (Section 22.35.010 et
						  seq. of the Sacramento County Code) and the mixed income housing ordinance fee collected by the City of Sacramento (Section 17.712.010 et seq. of the Sacramento City Code).
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								<html:p>
									(f)
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									Notwithstanding any other law, the regional housing needs allocations pursuant to Section 65584 for all participating entities within the joint powers agreement pursuant to Section 6539.9.6 shall be consolidated into a single regional goal to be administered by the agency. The total regional housing needs assessment allocation for the joint powers agreement shall be reduced by 20 percent from the aggregate of the allocations that would otherwise apply to the participating entities individually.
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								<html:p>
									(g)
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									The agency shall be deemed a regional entity for the purposes of statewide housing and homelessness funding programs and shall be granted priority consideration for all applicable state housing and homelessness
						  funding sources.
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								<html:p>
									(h)
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									All housing tax increment revenues derived from former redevelopment areas and allocated to participating cities or to the County of Sacramento shall be transferred to the agency. These revenues shall be used exclusively for the development, preservation, and administration of affordable housing projects. The agency may issue bonds secured by these revenues to finance current and future housing initiatives.
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									(a)
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									The agency shall coordinate its operations with the housing and homelessness departments of each participating jurisdiction to ensure alignment of local priorities and effective delivery of services.
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									(b)
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									The departments described in subdivision (a) include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
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									(1)
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									The Department of Homeless Services and Housing of the County of Sacramento.
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									(2)
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									The Department of Community Response of the City of Sacramento.
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								<html:p>
									(3)
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									The Housing Division of the City of Elk Grove.
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								<html:p>
									(4)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									The Housing Division of the City of Rancho Cordova.
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								<html:p>
									(5)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									The Housing and Grants Division of the City of Citrus Heights.
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								<html:p>
									(c)
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									The agency may also consult with additional local departments, advisory bodies, or nonprofit partners as needed to fulfill its mission.
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									(a)
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									The agency shall establish and maintain a standing advisory board to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements for public participation in housing authority and Continuum of Care governance.
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								<html:p>
									(b)
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									The advisory board shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governing board. The advisory board shall adopt bylaws for appointments, terms, and procedures.
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								<html:p>
									(c)
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									The advisory board shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
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								<html:p>
									(1)
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									At least one individual currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, pursuant to Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and at least
						  one individual who is a current resident of public housing or low-income housing.
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								<html:p>
									(2)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Representatives from community-based organizations, service providers, and housing developers.
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								<html:p>
									(3)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Experts in behavioral health, public housing, and program implementation.
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								<html:p>
									(d)
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									The advisory board shall do all of the following:
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								<html:p>
									(1)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Meet at least quarterly in publicly noticed meetings.
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								<html:p>
									(2)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Provide recommendations on funding, programs, planning, and performance.
								</html:p>
								<html:p>
									(3)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Fulfill United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and state consultation requirements for funding and compliance.
								</html:p>
								<html:p>
									(4)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Assist in development of the agency’s strategic plan and annual updates.
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								<html:p>
									(e)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									The advisory board shall not have voting authority over governing board decisions.
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								<html:p>
									(f)
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									The advisory board shall consist of seven members, appointed as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c).
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			<ns0:Num>SEC. 3.</ns0:Num>
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				Article 3 (commencing with Section 50245) is added to Chapter 6.5 of Part 1 of Division 31 of the 
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								<html:p>Upon appropriation by the Legislature, for rounds of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program adopted after the effective date of the act that added this article, the department shall ensure that both of the following populations who need safe and stable housing and are experiencing traumatic homelessness, street violence, domestic violence and abuse, sexual abuse and assault, or human trafficking are given consideration:</html:p>
								<html:p>
									(a)
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									Former foster youth.
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								<html:p>
									(b)
									<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
									Extremely low income households, very low income households, and lower income
						  households.
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			<ns0:Num>SEC. 4.</ns0:Num>
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				Section 50675.1.3 of the 
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								(a)
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								Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 50675.1, funds appropriated to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness, as defined by this section, and who are inherently impacted by or at increased risk for medical diseases or conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other communicable diseases, shall be disbursed in accordance with the Multifamily Housing Program, including as grants to cities, counties, cities and counties, and all other state, regional, and local public entities, including councils of government, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transportation planning agencies designated in Section 29532.1 of the
						Government Code, as necessary, for the following uses:
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							<html:p>
								(1)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Acquisition or rehabilitation, or acquisition and rehabilitation, of motels, hotels, hostels, or other sites and assets, including apartments or homes, adult residential facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, manufactured housing, commercial properties, and other buildings with existing uses that could be converted to permanent or interim housing.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(2)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Master leasing of properties for noncongregant housing.
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								(3)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Conversion of units from nonresidential to residential.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(4)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								New construction of dwelling units.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(5)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The purchase of
						affordability covenants and restrictions for units.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(6)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Relocation costs for individuals who are being displaced as a result of rehabilitation of existing units.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(7)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Capitalized operating subsidies for units purchased, converted, or altered with funds provided by this section.
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								(b)
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								Where possible, the funds described in subdivision (a) shall be allocated by the department in a manner that takes into consideration all of the following:
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(1)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Need geographically across the state.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(2)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The demonstrated ability of the applicant to fund ongoing operating reserves.
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							<html:p>
								(3)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The creation of new permanent housing options.
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								(4)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The potential for state, federal, or local funding for capitalized operating reserves to make additional housing units financially viable through this program.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(c)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Not less than 8 percent of the funds described in subdivision (a) shall be available for projects serving homeless youth, or youth at risk of homelessness, as defined in Part 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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							<html:p>
								(d)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Any conflict between the other requirements of the Multifamily Housing Program created by this chapter and this section shall be resolved in favor of this section, as may be set forth in the guidelines authorized by this section.
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							<html:p>
								(e)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The Department of Housing and Community Development may adopt guidelines for the expenditure of the funds appropriated to the department, and for the administration of this program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(f)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Up to 5 percent of the funds received from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund established by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) (Public Law 117-2) and appropriated for purposes of this section may be expended for the costs to administer the program, to the extent authorized by federal law.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(g)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Up to 5 percent of any General Fund moneys appropriated for purposes of this section may be
						expended for the costs to administer this program.
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								(h)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The department’s annual report to the Legislature submitted under Section 50408 shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(1)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The amount of funds expended for the uses described in this section.
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								(2)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The location of any properties for which the funds are used.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(3)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The number of usable housing units produced, or planned to be produced, using the funds.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(4)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The number of individuals housed, or likely to be housed, using the funds.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(5)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The number of units, and the
						location of those units, for which operating subsidies have been, or are planned to be, capitalized using the funds.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(6)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								An explanation of how funding decisions were made for acquisition, conversion, or rehabilitation projects, or for capitalized operating subsidies, including what metrics were considered in making those decisions.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(7)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Any lessons learned from the use of the funds.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(8)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Proposed changes to the program to address lessons learned.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(i)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Any project that uses funds received for any of the purposes specified in subdivision (a) shall be deemed consistent and in conformity with any applicable local plan, standard, or requirement, and any applicable
						coastal plan, local or otherwise, and allowed as a permitted use, within the zone in which the structure is located, and shall not be subject to a conditional use permit, discretionary permit, or any other discretionary reviews or approvals.
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							<html:p>
								(j)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (h) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(k)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section, the department shall administer funding according to the timeline set forth below, subject to any modifications set forth by the guidelines:
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(1)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								The department may accept funding applications and issue awards on a continuous, over-the-counter basis until the funding has
						been exhausted or as otherwise required by law.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(2)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Each award shall be expended on the uses authorized at subdivision (a), and in accordance with all relevant representations and descriptions in the application, within eight months of the date of the award. Applicants may ask the department for an extension of this timeframe on the grounds and according to the procedures set forth in the guidelines. The director shall have reasonable discretion to approve or deny such an extension upon conducting a full and good faith review of the applicant’s extension request.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(
								<html:i>l</html:i>
								)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								For purposes of this section, “individuals and families who are homeless or who are at risk of homelessness” means persons and families that meet the qualifying definitions under Part 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of
						Federal Regulations.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(m)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								To advance the objectives specified in Section 50675.1.1 or this section, the department may expand the population served beyond the population specified in subdivision (l) as specified by the guidelines authorized by this section.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(n)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of this section after the effective date of the act that added this subdivision, the department shall ensure that both of the following populations who need safe and stable housing and are experiencing traumatic homelessness, street violence, domestic violence and abuse, sexual abuse and assault, or human trafficking are given consideration:
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(1)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Former foster youth.
							</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(2)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Extremely low income households, very low income households, and lower income
						households.
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			<ns0:Num>SEC. 5.</ns0:Num>
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				Section 50675.17 is added to the 
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					<ns0:Num>50675.17.</ns0:Num>
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							<html:p>Upon appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter after the effective date of the act that added this section, the department shall ensure that both of the following populations who need safe and stable housing and are experiencing traumatic homelessness, street violence, domestic violence and abuse, sexual abuse and assault, or human trafficking are given consideration:</html:p>
							<html:p>
								(a)
								<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
								Former foster youth.
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								Extremely low income households, very low income households, and lower income
						households.
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				<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares, with respect to Section 2 of this act, that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique and urgent housing and homelessness conditions in the County of Sacramento and its major cities.</html:p>
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				<html:p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</html:p>
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