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DIFFICULT TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT
THE SAME TIME, SO I HAD TO
PRESENT ANOTHER BILL THAT
ANOTHER ROOM AND SO HERE WE ARE.
WE'RE STARTING. UM, SINCE WE
DON'T HAVE WE'LL GO. YEAH WE'RE
GOING TO BE WAITING FOR MORE
MEMBERS TO COME TO THE COMMITTEE
ROOM AGAIN FOR 47 SO THAT WE
COULD DISPENSE OF OUR VOTE ONLY
CALENDAR UNTIL WE HAVE THAT WE
WILL BE STARTING WITH ISSUE ONE.
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HALF ACCOUNTABILITY. PLEASE COME
UP. OR NOT.
LET'S BEGIN AND I WILL ASK THAT
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THERE'S A VERY VERY ECHOEY ROOM
. GREAT THANK YOU. CHAIR KOREA.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
REMEMBER WICKS PLEASURE. TODAY
MY NAME IS MILES WHITE AND TODAY
PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY COUNCIL AND
HOMELESSNESS AND TO PROVIDE A
OVERVIEW OF THE FRAMEWORK OF THE
GOVERNOR'S ACCOUNTABILITY
FRAMEWORK FOR HOMELESSNESS
FUNDING. AS MENTIONED IN THE
COMMITTEE. BACKGROUNDER OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE ALL KNOW
THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN STATE
HOMELESSNESS FUNDING TARGETED
RATHER THROUGH CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS OR THE FLEXIBLE
HOMELESS IN AID. PARTICULARLY
THROUGH THE HAP PROGRAM. THE
PROGRESS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS ALSO
CORRESPONDS WHEN YOU SEE 60,000
UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING FINANCE ANOTHER 24,000
UNITS IN THE PIPELINE. WE'RE
REALLY LOOKING AT A EFFORT THAT
WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS WITH THESE FLEXIBLE
HOMELESSNESS FUNDING, AS WITH
THAT PROGRAM REALLY PROVIDES
THAT FULL, COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH THAT IS REALLY BUT
LEADS TO THESE LONG TERM, UH,
SUCCESSES AND EFFORTS THAT WE'RE
REALLY LOOKING TO PURSUE THROUGH
THIS ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS AS WELL, WHEN WE MADE
THESE INVESTMENTS AND HAD THIS
REALLY TARGETED FOCUS, WE SAW
THE RESULTS WHEN 2022 2022, THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S RATE OF
HOMELESSNESS DECREASED THAT HALF
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SO REALLY
, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY,
WHAT I'LL PRESENT ON WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED FRAMEWORK ON
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT
REALLY TWO KEY AREAS. THE FIRST
AREA IS FOCUSED ON ACTIONS,
ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT HOUSING
PRODUCTION AND THE STRATEGIC
DELIVERY OF SERVICES. THE SECOND
COMPONENT IS ROOTED IN REGIONAL
COORDINATION WHERE WE'VE SEEN
ULTIMATELY TIME AND AGAIN AND
I'LL EXTEND UPON IN IN THE
MOMENT IS THE ABILITY FOR A
REGIONAL RESPONSE TO THE
LEVERAGES BOTH RESOURCES AT THE
CITY COUNTY CONTINUING CARE
LEVEL AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
ABLE TO REALLY LEVERAGE THESE
RESOURCES MOST EFFECTIVELY. SO
FIRST TURNING TO MY I AM ON
ACTIONS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
EFFORT OF NOT JUST THE DIRECT
SUBSIDIES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS, BUT EVEN ON THE
STREAMLINING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE'S PURSUED REALLY
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2017
HOUSING PACKAGE WHEN WE SEE
REGULATORY BARRIERS REMOVED AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL, THERE'S ALWAYS
A CORRESPONDING AMOUNT OF
INCREASE OF PERMANENT,
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AT LARGE AND JUST UNITS
OVERALL, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
EFFORTS WE'VE DONE ON PLANNING
PRODUCTION ENFORCEMENT, THESE
ARE REALLY THE EFFORTS AND THAT
FOUNDATION THAT WE'VE
ESTABLISHED AND WE HOPE TO
PARTNER WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON
AND USING AS THE FRAMEWORK FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY. ULTIMATELY WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS WE FACE
WITH THE LOW VACANCY RATES
OVERCROWDING. ALL OF THESE
FACTORS ARE REALLY A HINDRANCE
TO OUR EFFORTS AND REALLY THE
ABILITY FOR US TO LEVERAGE YOUR
RESOURCES MOST EFFECTIVELY. THE
SECOND PIECE HERE ON REGIONAL
COORDINATION. JUST TO USE IT AS
AN EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH THIS
FUNDING FRAMEWORK IS REALLY
INTENDED TO TRANSCEND FUNDING
SOURCES NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO
HAVE BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
REGIONAL COORDINATION FRAMEWORK
THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED JUST OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS CANDIDLY
THROUGH HAVE THE FIRST ROUND OF
HALF ABOUT THREE FISCAL YEARS
AGO. WE ONLY SAW 11% OF
APPLICANTS APPLY JOINTLY. THIS
MOST RECENT ROUND WE'VE SEEN 34%
AND AGAIN. THIS IS JUST A JOINT
APPLICATIONS FOR TARGETING AND
CONSOLIDATING RESOURCES. BUT
ULTIMATELY, EVEN WHEN THEY
HAVEN'T PARTNERED, WE'VE SEEN A
LOT OF GROWTH AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND A LOT OF PROGRESS
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ABILITY FOR
THE LOCALITIES TO HAVE SHARED
REGIONAL OUTCOMES AND
CORRESPONDING ACTIONS THAT THEY
COMMIT TO HERE, BUT AGAIN, THAT
IS JUST FOR A FRAMEWORK OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS IS
A FOCUS THAT WE REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH
LEGISLATURE ON TO EXPAND UPON TO
THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE WEEKS
TO COME. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THESE TARGETED OUTCOMES AND THE
STRATEGIC DELIVERY OF SERVICES,
THAT IS A EFFORT THAT INEVITABLY
LEADS TO A MORE TARGETED
INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIC
APPROACH THAT IS ABLE TO
ACCELERATE, SO WHEN WE SAY EACH
EACH LOCALITY HAS ITS OWN
COMPARABLE ADVANTAGES AND
RESOURCES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
THE CITIES COUNTIES, UCS STATE
FEDERAL LOCAL RESOURCES. THIS IS
ALL THE EFFORT THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON TO MAKE
THAT PROGRESS IN THE LONG TERM
IMPACT. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE
THE COMMITTEE'S, UH, OPPORTUNITY
TO PROVIDE US THE ABILITY TO
TESTIFY TODAY AND HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
BEFORE WE PROCEED. SINCE WE HAVE
CORAM, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH
QUORUM AND TAKE OUR VOTES. ROLL
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THANK YOU SEE WOMEN GETTING
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IT. THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. LET'S GO TO, UM
GOING TO ELIO DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, PLEASE. DON DEPARTMENT
FINALLY HAVE NO COMMENT ON THIS
YEAR. GOOD AFTERNOON, LOURDES
MORALES WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE. WE JUST HAVE
ONE COMMENT RELATED TO THE TBL
PROVISIONS RELATED TO
ESTABLISHING, UM PRIORITY
SPENDING CATEGORIES FOR THE
FIFTH ROUND OF HAP. WE WOULD
JUST NOTE THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION'S CATEGORIES
REALLY FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING
AND SUPPORTING RECENT
INVESTMENTS RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES, FOR
EXAMPLE. PROVIDING OPERATING
SUBSIDIES FOR HONKY AND
SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS OF THE
RECENTLY ESTABLISHED CARE COURT
PROGRAM. AND SO WE WOULD NOTE
THAT WHETHER IT'S ADOPTING THE
SPECIFIC PRIORITIES PROPOSED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION OR A
DIFFERENT SET OF PRIORITIES, IT
DOES HELP ENSURE THE HALF
DOLLARS ARE USED IN A WAY THAT
ALIGNS WITH LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES. WE KNOW THAT THIS
DOES COME AT THE EXPENSE OF
LIMITING A BIT OF THE
FLEXIBILITY THAT LOCAL
GOVERNMENT HAVE HAD IN RECENT
YEARS, BUT IT IS ONE MECHANISM
TO HELP ENHANCE ACCOUNTABILITY,
WHICH YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE
HAS BEEN SORT OF THINKING ABOUT
DILIGENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
. I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. MS
WIGS. UM SO, UH, I KNOW HAPPENS
CURRENTLY. ONE TIME FUNDING. UM
HOW DO YOU PICTURE USING THIS
FOR LONG TERM OPERATION
SUBSIDIES. THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. SUMMER WEEKS WHEN WE
THINK OF THE PROGRAMS OF 55 YEAR
GRANTS, SUBSIDIES AND THE LAST
SEVERAL ROUNDS, WE ARE FOCUSING
EVEN WITH THE ELIO JUST
REFERENCE OF A FOCUS ON HUNKY A
LOT OF THE HOME KEY PROJECTS
THAT WE PROVIDED INITIAL
OPERATING SUBSIDIES. THE FOCUS
HERE WITH PROVIDING SOME
PRIORITIZATION FOR HAPPY BUT AT
THE SAME TIME GOES BACK TO WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL KIND OF
TOTALITY OF RESOURCES. THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL RESOURCES
THAT ARE PREPARED IN TERMS.
PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS ATTENDED
BASED VOUCHERS THAT ACCOMPANY A
LOT OF THE PERMIT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. SO THOSE ARE LONGER
TERM DURATION, BUT WITHIN THE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, EVEN
WHEN YOU THINK OF EMERGENCY
SOLUTIONS GRANTS AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL AND ONGOING, RECURRING
RESOURCE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO BREAK THESE DIFFERENT
FUNDING SOURCES. GIVEN WHAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE, RIGHT AT THE
MOMENT, SO AGAIN TO YOUR POINT,
SO REMEMBER THE RESOURCES 55
YEAR THAT IS THE CONFINES OF
WHAT WE'RE ADMINISTERING. BUT
THEN THAT'S WHERE IT COMES BACK
TO ACCELERATING OUR EFFORTS BY
LEVERAGING THESE DIFFERENT
FUNDING SOURCES GIVEN THE
DYNAMICS WERE CONTENDING WITH SO
I KNOW WE HAVE A HUGE NEED FOR
MONEY TO PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
HOUSING, STILL ESPECIALLY
AFFORDABLE AND PUBLICLY
SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND
PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM FOR BOTH OF THESE, THERE HAS
NOT BEEN ENOUGH OPERATING
SUBSIDY MONEY AVAILABLE. UM AND
I KNOW I I'M JUST CONCERNED
ABOUT PROPOSALS TO REQUIRE
PRIORITIZATION OF HAPPY FOR
OPERATIONAL SUBSIDIES, INCLUDING
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES AND
CARE COURT. IT SORT OF FEELS
LIKE WERE, YOU KNOW, ROBBING
PETER TO PAY PAUL AND WE NEED TO
SORT OF RESOURCES ACROSS THE
BOARD AND THAT THIS WOULD HURT
OUR ABILITY TO HAVE FUNDING FOR,
UM PRODUCT HOUSING PRODUCTION.
IS A CONCERN. YEAH I THINK TO
THAT POINT. REMEMBER WHEN WE IT
GOES BACK TO FOCUSING WHETHER
IT'S HUNKY OR OTHER CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS, RIGHT? UH THE
ABILITY FOR US TO MAINTAIN AND
SUSTAIN THAT VIABILITY IN THE
LONG RUN. THAT'S WHERE IT'S
REALLY A CRITICAL PART OF HUNKY
, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PARTNER WITH
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INTO HAVE
A SHARED KIND OF OWNERSHIP IN
THE LIGHTS WHEN WE PROVIDE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS, OF COURSE, THE
OPERATING SUBSIDIES THAT WERE
PROVIDED TO START WITH THERE'S A
LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WE BROUGHT
TO BEAR. ULTIMATELY BUT THAT, UH
, DISTRIBUTING THAT INVESTMENT,
SO WITH OUR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS
HERE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
NEED TO ALSO CONTINUE TO BE
MINDFUL OF IS TO YOUR POINT. WE
HAVE FINITE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST
STRATEGIC USE OF THEM AS
POSSIBLE, GIVEN KIND OF THE
CONFINES OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING
WITH. YEAH I MEAN, I THINK THIS
ILLUSTRATES THE NEED FOR SOME
SORT OF ONGOING FUNDING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE NEED
FOR, UM BOTH HOUSING PRODUCTION
AS WELL AS THE CARE THAT FOLKS
WE NO NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHICH I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS ON MADAM MAJORITY
LEADER. WHEN LOCAL ACTION PLANS
WERE REWORKED WHAT METRICS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY WERE PUT IN
PLACE. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
LOCAL ACTION PLANS, THERE'S TWO
PARTICULAR METRICS THAT WE
FOCUSED ON THE FIRST METRIC WAS
WE REALLY EVALUATED THE
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND
THESE AGAIN ARE METRICS THAT ARE
WE FOCUS ON LEVERAGE ON THE
SYSTEM. PERFORMANCE METRICS FROM
HUD. SO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT
UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, BUT
ALSO TO CORRESPOND TO THAT IS
THE PERMANENT HOUSING EXITS AND
AGAIN. THESE TWO FACTORS ARE
REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE ONE
REINFORCES THE OTHER. THEY
CORRELATE IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE
EXPECT A REGION TO HAVE A
REDUCTION? MEANINGFUL PRODUCTION
AND CHILDREN? HOMELESSNESS IF
YOU DON'T HAVE HOUSING PIPELINE
TO SUSTAIN IT, SO THE PERMANENT
HOUSING EXIT SO MY PRESENTATION
SOME MEMBER WHEN WE'RE FOCUSING
ON THE UNDERLYING DYNAMICS? HI
EXCUSE ME LOW VACANCY RATE BUT
HIGH OVERCROWDING. ALL OF THESE
REALLY HELP US ARE ARTICULATE
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HEALTH
OF THE HOUSING MARKET IS. AND
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED
ON FOR OVERALL PRODUCTION
EFFORTS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT
HELPS RELIEVE ALL THIS PRESSURE
HERE, SO WE LOOKED AT THOSE TWO
METRICS IN PARTICULAR TO REALLY,
UH, FOCUS THE ATTENTION AND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY OF MAKING SURE
THAT FOLKS ARE NOT JUST MORE
AMBITIOUS, BUT ALSO THE
UNDERLYING ACTIONS HELP INFORM
THAT PROGRESS WE HAVE TO SEE.
CLEARLY THE KEY WORD IS
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HAVE THE
MONEY. WE PUT THE MONEY IN AND
THE ACCOUNTABILITY BECOMES THE
BIGGEST ISSUE AND THAT'S WHAT
THE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THAT'S
WHAT THE VOTERS WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT. WHERE IS THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHAT ARE WE
REALLY DOING SPECIFICALLY SO
THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE? AND WHO
ARE WE ACCOUNTABLE TO? FOR ME.
I'M ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VERY
PEOPLE WHO REPRESENTED MY
DISTRICT. BUT THOSE ISSUES ARE
THE ISSUES THAT COME UP MOST
OFTEN. AND I'M SURE YOU HEAR YOU
HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY. TO THAT POINT JUST
IT'S YOUR POINTS TO REMEMBER
WHEN WE LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY,
ONE OF THE PIECES THAT YOU KNOW
IF, UH, COUNTERPARTS ARE VERY
HDD IN THE HERE AND WE'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE AT LENGTH LATER
ON, BUT WHEN WE THINK OF LOVE
THE TEAM'S EFFORT THAT THEY'VE
PURSUED ON HOUSING,
ACCOUNTABILITY, THE ENFORCEMENT
SO A LOT OF THE PROVISIONS THE
LEGISLATURE'S EXPANDED UPON TO
HOLD ACCOUNTABLE. WE THINK OF
THESE RESOURCES AND WHEN WE
STILL ARE CONTENDING WITH
JURISDICTIONS THAT NOT BELIEVE
THEY HAVE TO ADHERE, THEY
CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE DRAW IT
OUT LITIGATION TAKING MULTIPLE
YEARS. IT'S HARD TO MAKE THAT
PROGRESS. WE ALL HOPE TO SEE
WHEN ON ONE END, WE'RE PROVIDING
THE RESOURCES. SO YOU'RE PUTTING
YOUR FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND
THEN WE'RE ALSO GETTING
THOUGHTS. THEY'RE PUTTING YOUR
BREAK. FOOT ON THE BRAKE AT THE
SAME TIME, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO, AND ADDRESS
HERE AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
LEGISLATURE. A LOT OF THE
FRAMEWORK IN PLACE THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND UPON
HOPEFULLY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY
WHERE WE HOPE TO SEE THAT
PROGRESS AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY
THAT'S PART OF THESE RESOURCES
AS WELL. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO
SEE IT, TOO. THANKS. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE
BONUS PART CREATED UNDER HAVE
HAD AN EFFECT OF HAVING
JURISDICTIONS AIM LOWER TO
ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD REACH
THEIR GOALS. HOW WOULD THE
COUNCIL EVALUATE PLANS AND
WHETHER LOCALS HAVE MET THEIR
NEEDS TO RECEIVE THE BONUS POT?
AND ARE THERE GUIDELINES SET ON
THAT REGULATION? SO AS I
REMEMBER WHEN WE REALLY WE'RE
FOCUSING ON THE LOCAL ACTION
PLANS THE TWO METRICS THAT I
MENTIONED ON UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS AND PERMANENT
HOUSING EXITS. THESE ARE THE
PIECES THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE VIABILITY, SO TO
YOUR POINT AND IS REFERENCED IN
EVEN THE COMMITTEE.
BACKGROUNDER. THE ABUNDANCE
STRUCTURE IN WHICH THE ABILITY
TO MEET THAT, OF COURSE, BY KIND
OF BY DEFAULT INCENTIVIZES KIND
OF A, UH, COUNTER TO AMBITION,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE
VIABILITY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
LOCAL ACTION PLANS THAT EACH
PLAN HAD A VIABLE KIND OF OPTION
TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF WHETHER
IT'S UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS,
AND WE LOOKED AT IT SPECIFICALLY
WITH PERMANENT HOUSING EXITS, SO
11 JURISDICTION, FOR EXAMPLE,
MAY BE ABLE TO CLAIM THAT WE'LL
SEE A 20% REDUCTION OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, BUT IF THEY
DIDN'T HAVE A CORRESPONDING
INCREASE IN PERMANENT HOUSING
EXITS THAT WAS ONE OF THE KIND
OF TELLTALE SIGNS WE COULD
INDICATE OF WHETHER THAT WAS A
VIABLE OUTCOME. GOAL OR NOT SO
AGAIN, THE STRUCTURE OF HALF WAS
FOCUSED ON DELEGATING THAT
OUTCOME GOAL SETTING AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL, ALONG WITH TA FROM
THE COUNCIL. BUT AT THE SAME
TIME WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
PUSH BACK WHEN THERE WAS CLEARLY
A, UH, NON VIABLE KIND OF
OUTCOME GOAL THAT THEY PUT
FORWARD. OUT OF THE 20%
REDUCTION. WHEN WILL THAT BE
EVALUATED AGAIN? THE SUM OVER
THE 20% IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. BUT
WHEN WE THINK OF THE MOST RECENT
REDUCTION FOR HALF FOUR THAT WAS
ANNOUNCED BELIEVE, A MONTH OR SO
AGO THAT 15% STATEWIDE REDUCTION
IN AN AGGREGATE THAT IS
EVALUATED BASED ON THE TIMELINES
IN BEHALF FOR STATUTE, WHICH
WE'RE LOOKING AT 2025 ULTIMATELY
SO FROM NOW, UNTIL 2025, WE'RE
GOING TO BE EVALUATING BUT
AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S UH,
QUALIFIED IN HALF, BUT WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF
RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN BRING TO
BEAR TO HELP INFORM THAT GOAL.
SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST HALF
THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING AS UM, IS
NOTED, ACTUALLY IN THE
BACKGROUND THERE, BUT WHATEVER
LOOKING AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES, STATE, FEDERAL AND
LOCAL AND THESE ARE ALL
AVAILABLE IN THEIR LOCAL ACTION
PLANS AND ONLINE SO WE SEE THE
DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT THEY
CAN LEVERAGE. WITH THE
FLEXIBILITY ON FUNDS. DOES THIS
ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
UTILIZE THEIR FUNDS TO ESTABLISH
.
DMV-DIRECTOR-JEAN-SHIOMOTO-DONATE-LIFE-REPRESENTATIVES-CEO-ERIC-BURCH-BOARD-PRESIDENT-MONICA
CAMP MINTS TO STABLE HOUSING? SO
SHOULD THIS BE POLICY THAT WE
JUST HAVE EMBEDDED INTO CERTAIN
PROGRAMS? SO THE SUMMER THE
PERHAPS STATUE IS PRETTY
FLEXIBLE. I THINK WE'D HAVE TO
EVALUATE THAT. I AM NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THAT BEING A PROPOSED USE
THAT THAT I'VE WORRIED, BUT WE
CAN LOOK AND EVALUATE THAT AS
BEING POTENTIALLY INELIGIBLE
USE, BUT WELL IT IT GOES INTO
DOCUMENTATION OF INDIVIDUALS,
RIGHT? SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL
DOESN'T HAVE AN I D. THEY DON'T
HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE. THEY
DON'T HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE
AND WHEN YOU'RE TAKING IN THEIR
INTAKE FORM YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
OF THAT RIGHT THEN. YOU THAT
INDIVIDUAL THEN GETS DELAYED AND
IS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THE HELP
. AND THEN HOW DOES AN
INDIVIDUAL THAT'S ON HOUSE AND
NEED SERVICES? EVEN GET TO A D M
V. RIGHT SO THE D. M V THAT
IDENTIFICATION FOR
IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES IS
CRITICAL. AND SO I'M I'M ASKING
IF THAT CAN OR SHOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT'S EMBEDDED IN
PROGRAMS THAT WE UM ARE MOVING
FORWARD IN DECEMBER. THE
COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT IT'S
CRITICAL FOR EXAMPLE, MY
COLLEAGUE ARE TODAY THERE,
SECRETARY FOR HOMELESSNESS IS
IN, UH, PLEASE BE CLOSER TODAY
BY COLLEAGUES ACTUALLY HELPING
AT A MOBILE HOMELESS CONNECT
EVENT AND ACTUALLY SO SECURITY
MINISTRATIONS SO TO YOUR POINT,
SO WE WERE THE.
SOMEONE ON THIS DIET HAS A BILL
TO ADDRESS THAT. IT'S ME, THAT'S
ME. I HAVE HORRIBLE. ANOTHER
CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN, AND
I SEE THIS IN MY COMMUNITY QUITE
A BIT. UH NOT THE FORMER
JOURNALIST. I CAN TELL YOU THAT
I MANY. MANY YEARS AGO I
INTERVIEWED A WOMAN. UM WHO HAD
TWO SMALL DOGS AND AT EVERY
SHELTER THAT SHE WOULD GO TO.
SHE WAS DENIED SERVICES BECAUSE
SHE WAS UNWILLING TO LET GO OF
THE ONLY CONNECTION THAT SHE HAD
, WHERE SHE FELT AS A HUMAN
BEING, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
LIVING ON THE STREET. SO THE
ABILITY FOR AN HOUSED
INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE CARE AND
RESOURCES THROUGH, UM, HOMELESS
SHELTER, OR EVEN, UM, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, SHELTER IS A
HINDRANCE. CAN WE DISCUSS OR
WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS IN TERMS
OF, UM HOW HOUSED INDIVIDUALS
WITH PETS SHOULD RECEIVE CARE. I
THINK THIS GOES BACK TO THE
POLICY OF THE STATE STATE BEING
A HOUSING FIRST POLICY,
ULTIMATELY REMOVING THOSE
BARRIERS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO
SERVICES AND I KNOW THE
LEGISLATURE IS EXPLORED EFFORTS
OF LAST SEVERAL YEARS ON HAVING
A DEDICATED FOCUS ACTUALLY ON
PETS, OF COURSE, THE, UH ABILITY
FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE
IN ANOTHER HAS BEEN SEPARATE
APPROPRIATIONS OVER THE YEARS,
SO THERE THERE THERE IS A
PRECEDENT FOR THAT, AND IT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE
REALLY JUST EVALUATE IS MAKING
SURE IT'S CONSISTENT RIGHT WITH
HOUSING FIRST, WHICH TRYING TO
MOVE IN MANY UNNECESSARY
BARRIERS RIGHT THAT PREVENT
BOOKS FROM GETTING THE HELP IN
THE STABLE HOUSING THAT THEY
NEED. WOULD HELP DOLLARS HELP
FUND WITH THESE CHALLENGES.
DECEMBER I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THAT BEING A WOULD BE AGAIN
WITHIN THE CONTOURS OF PRETTY
BROAD, FLEXIBLE USE THROUGH HAVE
IT AGAIN. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH
ME HAVE ALREADY OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HAVE BEEN
INELIGIBLE USE, BUT I DO RECALL
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO DIRECT
KIND OF RESOURCES TARGETED
TOWARDS THIS ISSUE IN PRIOR
YEARS, SO I THINK THERE IS A
PRECEDENT BY JUST CAN'T RECALL
EXACTLY IN HALF WAS WHAT WAS
UTILIZED IN LIEU OF THE OTHER
RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED AT THE STATE LEVEL. MY
ONLY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE
GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING A PRIORITY
LIST, RIGHT AND HELPING AND
HOUSED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
THAT HAVE PETS IS NOT PART OF
THE PRIORITY LIST. THEN WE'RE
STILL LEAVING BEHIND A COMMUNITY
THAT IS DESERVING OF SUPPORT AND
HELP. YEAH IN IN A JUST THE
SERMON BROWN THE PRIORITY
PRIORITIZATION. IT'S A IT'S A
LIST REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
VARYING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN
ST OUTRAGE, BUT AGAIN, NOT TO
FORECLOSE ON ADDITIONAL
FLEXIBILITY RIGHT, SO WE DON'T
WANT IT TO BE INTERPRETED AS
BEING AN EXHAUSTIVE THESE
PRIORITIES. PRIORITIES ARE, EXT,
UH, SPECIFIC TO BUT THE
EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF USES ARE
WHICH IS NOT THE CASE. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST
GIVING ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE TO
THE LOCALITIES TO STRATEGICALLY
PAIRED, WHICH A LOT OF THEM
FRANKLY ALREADY DOING ALREADY,
SO IT'S NOT TO FORECLOSE ON THE
ABILITY FOR US TO USE THOSE
RESOURCES IN THAT MANNER, AND I
THINK IT'S REALLY CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN ELSEWHERE.
IT'S JUST I'M NOT AT THIS TIME.
NOT FROM THERE WITHOUT ANYTHING
USED. SOMEONE ON THIS DIET ALSO
HAS A BILL RELATED TO AND HOUSED
INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PETS. IT'S
ME. IT'S ME. I HAVE THAT BILL.
SO AGAIN. IT'S UM WE'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT IN IN A IN A
HOLISTIC APPROACH RIGHT AND HOW
WE USE HALF DOLLARS. HOW WE HAVE
OUR INVESTMENTS. HOW WE MAKE
CALIFORNIA STATE INVESTMENTS ON
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, NOT
JUST ON THE POLICY SIDE, BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THE FUNDING
SIDE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING
COMMUNITIES BEHIND. SO THANK YOU
FOR THAT, IF THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO HAVE
OH, YES, QUESTION. PLEASE. CAN
YOU GIVE US THE BILL NUMBER FOR
THE DMV AND FOR THE PETS? I'M
TERRIBLE WITH THE NUMBERS
ALRIGHT WITH THE NUMBERS, BUT I
THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC. UM, PETS IS
SOMETHING UM, FOR MANY OF OUR
HOUSED, UM, ESPECIALLY OUR
VETERANS, I FIND THAT OUR
VETERANS WHO CAN MORE EASILY
HOUSED. UM WELL STILL NOT
ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF THEIR PETS.
BECAUSE THEIR PETS ARE NOT BEING
INCLUDED. BUT THANK YOU FOR
CARRYING THOSE TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION. MADAM CHAIR THANK
YOU. I WILL GET POST HASTE.
THOSE BILL NUMBERS. THANK YOU.
WE'LL GO ON TO ISSUE NUMBER TWO.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO ISSUE NUMBER
TWO, AN UPDATE ON HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, INVESTMENTS AND
THE PROPOSED BUDGET CHANGES. UM
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE, PLEASE. GOOD
AFTERNOON, LOURDES MORALES WITH
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. I'VE BEEN AFTER PROVIDE
AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT FUNDING
ACTIONS FROM THE STATE TO
ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
, SO THE TABLE WE PUT TOGETHER
IS REFLECTED BEGINNING ON PAGE
11 OF YOUR AGENDA. THE TABLE
GENERALLY CAPTURES THE MAJOR
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ACTIONS
IN RECENT YEARS AMONGST THE
DEPARTMENT THAT ARE PRIMARILY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
THERE'S BEEN HC D. CAROL I. C H
THAT TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION
COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSING AND
FINANCE AGENCY. WE KNOW THERE
HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF VERY
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OTHER
AREAS OF THE BUDGET AS WELL, UM
, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, AND H C N, D. H
C S, WHICH HAVE ALSO ALLOCATED
OVER $6 BILLION TO THOSE
DEPARTMENTS WERE SORT OF
FOCUSING ON THE CORE DEPARTMENTS
HERE. WE ALSO ANOTHER CAVEAT
REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
DISCRETIONARY ACTION TO THE
LEGISLATURE HAS TAKEN WE KNOW
THAT THERE'S A BASE FUNDING FOR
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY IN THE FORM
OF BOND FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN
AUTHORIZED IN RECENT YEARS, AS
WELL AS THROUGH SP TWO. THAT
PROVIDES AN ONGOING FUNDING FOR
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS. BUT THESE
ARE THE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THE
STATE HAS TAKEN SINCE 2018 19 TO
SUPPORT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
, WHICH IS THE FIRST YEAR THERE
WILL THE STATE BEGAN TO TAKE A
MUCH MORE ACTIVE FISCAL ROLE. SO
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE
THE STATE HAS PROVIDED OVER $20
BILLION OVER THIS TIME PERIOD TO
ADDRESS HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, PRIMARILY WITH AN
H C D THAT HAS RECEIVED OVER $12
BILLION IN SOME CASES, THE
LEGISLATURE HAS EXPANDED
LONGSTANDING HOUSING PROGRAMS AS
IN THE CASE OF THE MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING PROGRAM, WHERE THERE'S
ABOUT $1.5 BILLION IN BOND
FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM IN THE
STATE, HAS AUGMENTED THAT WITH
GENERAL FUND IN RECENT YEARS. IN
OTHER CASES, UM THE DEPARTMENT
HAS, UM ESTABLISHED BRAND NEW
PROGRAMS IN RECENT YEARS TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. I'M SORRY
HOUSING, SUCH AS THE ACCELERATOR
PROGRAM, UM ADDITIONALLY, THE
STATE HAS PROVIDED OVER $5
BILLION TO THE INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS HERE
PRIMARILY FOR THE FLEXIBLE AID
TOWARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND
THEN, FINALLY ABOUT $2 BILLION
IN TAX CREDITS AND ABOUT OVER $1
BILLION TO THE HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY FOR A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
, PRIMARILY THE RECENTLY
ESTABLISHED DREAM FOR ALL
PROGRAMS. UM SO THAT PROVIDE
SORT OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF JUST
THE MAGNITUDE OF FUNDING IN
RECENT YEARS RELATED TO HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS, AND WE'LL SORT
OF COME BACK ONCE THE
ADMINISTRATION PRESENTS JUST TO
PROVIDE OUR BUDGET COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S GO
TO HCG, PLEASE. I'M JUST HERE TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY
HAVE THE PRESIDENT. CAN YOU WALK
US THROUGH THE PROPOSALS FROM
THE GOVERNOR? I WAS NOT ASKED TO
DO THAT BY YOUR CONSULTANT. I
THINK WE'RE DOING DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE FINANCE. HELLO HANAKO
HANDS TODAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
FOR CASSIDY. TRUE. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FORECAST OF
$29.5 BILLION GENERAL FUND
REVENUE DEFICIT. HOWEVER THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET MAINTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 88% OF HOUSING
POLICY ALLOCATIONS MADE IN THE
2022 BUDGET ACT. $350 MILLION
RELATED TO HOUSING OR SUBJECT TO
TRIGGER RESTORATIONS SHOULD THE
STATE BUDGET CONDITIONS IMPROVE
IN JANUARY? 2024 THANK YOU. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. NOT AT THIS
TIME. THANK YOU. COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? YES,
MADAM MAJORITY LEADER. THANK
YOU. A FEW QUESTIONS FIRST ON
CALLE HOME. LAST YEAR, WE WORKED
REALLY HARD TO ALLOCATE FUNDING
TO PROMOTE HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CAL HOME
PROGRAM. IT WAS A TWO YEAR
COMMITMENT OF 350 MILLION FOR
THAT PROGRAM. 250 MILLION WAS
ALLOCATED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
, AND WE AGREED TO ALLOCATE THE
REMAINING 100 MILLION IN THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET. NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN PLANNING
AND RELYING ON THESE FUNDS TO
BUILD HOUSING UNITS IN THEIR
PIPELINES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WHEN THE JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL
WAS RELEASED. WHO'S REALLY
DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT THE
GOVERNOR PROPOSED TO REMOVE THE
REMAINING 100 MILLION THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED LAST
YEAR OR THIS YEAR. L'HOMME
SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOME
BUILDING FOR FIRST TIME
HOMEBUYERS PROGRAM HAS BEEN
OVERSUBSCRIBED IN RECENT YEARS.
CLEARLY I HAVE SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL TO
CUT THE FUNDING. IF HOUSING IS A
PRIORITY, WHY DID THE
ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED TO CUT
FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM? HANNAH
CANCER DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. UM
SO TO NOTE AGAIN THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET MAINTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 88% OF THE HOUSING
POLICY ALLOCATIONS MADE IN THE
2022 BUDGET ACT. AND THESE
PROGRAMS, CALHOUN WAS CHOSEN AS
A TRIGGER RESTORATION DUE TO THE
STATE'S ECONOMY. SO IT WAS AMONG
DIFFERENT SELECTIONS THAT WE HAD
TO REVIEW. BUT IF THIS IS THE
ONE PROGRAM THAT HELPS OUR FIRST
TIME HOMEOWNERS HOMEBUYERS WHY
WAS THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM CUT?
YEP UH, ANDREW MARCH, DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE. SO ANOTHER THING
THAT WE WOULD NOTICE WE TOOK
SPECIFICALLY IN THE HOUSING
SPACE, THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE
MADE IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
WERE STRICTLY TO HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES. AS YOU NOTED
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, UM AND ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY THE
ADMINISTRATION TOOK THIS
APPROACH WAS DUE TO THE
FLUCTUATION AND MORTGAGE
INTEREST RATES. WE DIDN'T WANT
TO PUT HOMEBUYERS INTO AN
UNTENABLE SITUATION WITH THE
FLUCTUATION OF INTEREST RATES.
UM THAT IS THAT'S HAPPENING AT
THE MOMENT. HOWEVER EVEN DESPITE
THESE REDUCTIONS ARE STILL
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WITHIN THE STATE. IN ADDITION TO
THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED
IN THE 2022 BUDGET COLLEGE,
HEFEI OPERATES A NUMBER OF FIRST
TIME HOMEBUYER HOMEBUYER
PROGRAMS THAT MY COLLEAGUE WOULD
BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO. UM SO
DESPITE THIS REDUCTION, THERE'S
STILL BROAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I'M SURE
THERE ARE SO YOUR COLLEAGUE IS
GOING TO TELL US ABOUT THE
OTHERS. THEN I COULD ELABORATE
ON CALHOUN FIRST, UM DEPARTMENT
HOUSING ZACH OLMSTEAD DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. UM WE HAVE
ALLOCATED AND STILL ARE CONTINUE
TO ALLOCATE CAL HOME DOLLARS,
THE MOST RECENT NOTICE THE
FUNDING AVAILABILITY WENT OUT
LATE LAST YEAR. THE THAT
APPLICATION PERIOD JUST CLOSED.
IT INCLUDED 100 AND $35 MILLION
OF CAL HOME RESOURCES FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP, SO WE ARE STILL
AGGRESSIVELY DEPLOYING THE
RESOURCES WE HAVE WITHIN CALHOUN
. UM AND CONTINUE. WE'LL
CONTINUE TO MAKE AWARDS TO THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND THOSE
DEVELOPMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS
ACTIVITY WAS CUT. CLEARLY WE
HAVE 100 MILLION PROPOSED FOR
NEXT YEAR. BUT THE ALL THE
FUNDING THAT WE HAVE IN THIS
CURRENT YEAR WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY
DEPLOYING WHAT AGGRESSIVELY
DEPLOYING AND HAVE BEEN THROUGH
THOSE NOTICES OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY. ALRIGHT, SO, BUT I
WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT
MY QUESTION. WHY WAS THIS
PARTICULAR PROGRAM CUT? I THINK
ACROSS THE BOARD THE BOAT YOU'LL
SEE ACROSS THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD TO
MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ACROSS
THE BOARD WITH ANY REDUCTION
THAT WAS MADE, YOU KNOW, LAST
YEAR, THE 2022 BUDGET WE
SUPPORTED THESE PROPOSALS AS THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LEGISLATURE TOGETHER, SO NONE OF
THESE REDUCTIONS WERE MADE WITH
WITH A LIGHT HEART. SO ACROSS
THE BOARD, THESE WERE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS I HAD TO BE MADE. BUT
THE ADMINISTRATION'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT FORWARD A
BALANCED BUDGET WAS WAS ABOUT
DROVE THESE REDUCTIONS. ALL
RIGHT NOW I LIKE TO ASK SOME
QUESTIONS ON THE HOUSING VOUCHER
EFFORTS. I HAVE A I HAVE A BILL
TO PROMOTE THE USE OF FEDERAL
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS. THERE
ARE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS TO THE
BILL, AND ONE COMPONENT WOULD
REQUIRE PUBLIC HOUSING
AUTHORITIES TO REPORT ON THEIR
HOUSING VOUCHER SUCCESS RATE TO
H C. D. IF THEY HAVE LOW SUCCESS
RATES, THE BILL REQUIRES THAT
THEY FOLLOW EVIDENCE BASED
PRACTICES TO INCREASE SUCCESS
RATES. I WAS THINKING THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO
BE ADMINISTERED UNDER H. C. D S
HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY UNIT. IT
SEEMS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WOULD FALL UNDER THEIR
JURISDICTION. OH THE
JURISDICTION OF THIS PARTICULAR
UNIT. DOES H C D HAVE EXISTING
CAPACITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO THE HOUSING
AUTHORITIES. THAT NEED HELP IN
INCREASING SUCCESS RATES UNDER
THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER
PROGRAM. WELL ANY NEW ANY NEW
ACTIVITY WOULD WOULD HAVE TO
EVALUATE THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY. OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T
SPEAK TO THE PENDING LEGISLATION
. UH UNTIL WE DO THAT EVALUATION
, I WILL SAY WE HAVE GROWN OUR
HOUSING CALENDAR THE EFFORTS
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
AND THERE IS A PRETTY INSATIABLE
NEED ACROSS THE BOARD TO
IMPLEMENT AND HOLD HOLD TO
ACCOUNT. UM THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THOSE LAWS WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES RIGHT? SO WE CAN
CERTAINLY DO MORE 11 THING I
WOULD MAYBE THINK ABOUT
SUGGESTING IS WE DO REQUIRE A
LOT OF REPORTING ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THEIR
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS. THEY
WERE JUST DO. AYE. APRIL 1ST. SO
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE'VE
BEEN ASKING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
REPORT ON PUBLIC HOUSING
AUTHORITIES ARE NOT THE EXACT
SAME THING, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A
CONNECTION THERE. IN TERMS OF
THAT. THAT SEQUENCE OR THAT LIKE
REGULARITY OF REPORTING THAT
COULD MAKE SENSE OF SOMETHING
FOR MAYBE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT
I THINK THAT IN REPORTING YOU'RE
RIGHT. AND I HEAR THIS FROM FROM
MY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT WE
ASKED FOR SO MANY REPORTS, BUT
ISN'T JUST A REPORTED SOMEBODY
TO EVALUATE THE REPORT TO TELL
US. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM
THIS? SO IT ISN'T JUST PUT THE
NUMBERS IN AND YOU'VE GOT IT.
YOU'VE DONE. YOU DID WHATEVER
YOU HAD TO DO. BUT HOW DO WE
LOOK AT THAT AND THEN LIKE HERE,
HELPING OUR HOUSING AUTHORITIES
WHEN THEY WANT TO HAVE GREATER
SUCCESS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
VOUCHERS WITH OR WITHOUT MY
BILL. YEAH I CAN GIVE YOU A
COUPLE EXAMPLES, RIGHT? AND THEN
ALL THIS DATA IS OPEN DATA ON
OUR WEBSITE. IF ANYONE WANTS TO
LOOK AT IT, UM WE USED THE
PERMANENT DATA OR THE TYPES OF
WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPMENT SITS IN
THAT PIPELINE TO DO THE SP 35
DETERMINATION RIGHT? WHAT
JURISDICTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SB 35. THAT SAME
DATA IS USED TO DETERMINE UM, IF
PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY OTHER
LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN PASSED
OVER THE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
AROUND STREAMLINING EFFORTS AND
THE LIKE, SO THAT DATA IS USED,
OF COURSE, WHEN WE HAVE A
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY TO USE IT,
AND OF COURSE, WE CAN USE THAT.
I THINK THAT DATA IS VERY
HELPFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE AS WE
WORK IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY WORK
TO SEE IF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
ESTABLISHED A HOUSING ELEMENT
THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, WHICH WE
SEE AS A CONTRACT WITH US AS A
STATE TO MEET THOSE GOALS OR
MEET THOSE PROGRAMS. WITHIN THAT
HOUSING ELEMENT. WE CAN USE THAT
DATA TO SEE IF THEY ARE MAKING
THE ADEQUATE PROGRESS RIGHT? SO
THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS IN
WHICH THAT DATA IS GONE GOING
BEYOND THE REPORTING FUNCTION,
RIGHT AND WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY TO
HAVE THAT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A LOT THAT WE'VE WE'VE
ASKED FOLKS TO REPORT BUT
CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER
ELEMENT THAT COULD BE EVALUATED
DEPENDING UPON IF IT WAS
REPORTED THAT TO US HERE. MY
LAST AREA HAS TO DO WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE RELIEF
PROGRAM. SO REGARDING THE ART OF
FUNDING. I UNDERSTAND ONE
BILLION FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO
CALIFORNIA FOR THE CALIFORNIA
MORTGAGE RELIEF. PROGRAM. OF
THESE FUNDS HAS SHOWN THAT ONLY
360 MILLION HAVE BEEN UTILIZED.
WHAT HAS LED TO THE DELAY OF THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THESE FUNDS AND
WHAT ARE WAYS TO SUPPORT FUNDING
DEPLOYMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME PROVIDE
YOU WITH SOME UPDATED NUMBERS ON
OTHER MORTGAGE. WHAT IS YOUR
NAME? SORRY I'M SORRY. MY NAME
IS FRANCESC MARTY, AND I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF POLICY STRATEGY AND
LEGISLATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, WHICH IS
THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY FOR
THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM, SO I'LL
START WITH PROVIDING SOME. CAN
YOU HEAR ME CLOSER TO YOU? B B
ECHO IS REALLY BAD. SO WE HEAR
THE EVENTS ALL RIGHT, AND SO YOU
YOU JUST SOUND FAR. SO IF YOU
CAN SPEAK TO THE MICHAEL, IS
THIS BETTER? YES SO JUST TO
PROVIDE YOU SOME DATA WE'VE
WE'VE ACTUALLY FULLY FUNDED 360
MILLION WORTH OF, UM, MORTGAGE
RELIEF APPLICATIONS THAT COMES
OUT TO A LITTLE BIT UNDER 14,000
HOUSEHOLDS SERVED. UM THE
AVERAGE ASSISTANCE IS ABOUT
26,000 PER HOUSEHOLD, AND WE'RE
HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU ADDITIONAL
DATA. BUT WHAT IN RESPONSE TO
YOUR QUESTION? WHAT I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE IS THE MORTGAGE RELIEF
PROGRAM THAT CULTURE FACE
RUNNING IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE STATE COLLEGE OF A AND US
TREASURY AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THERE ARE VERY
STRICT RULES THAT WE HAVE TO
FOLLOW. UM AND, UH THIS PROGRAM
IS ACTUALLY BEEN HELD BY US
TREASURY AS AS A GOLD STANDARD
IN IN TERMS OF LIKE THE KIND OF
NATIONAL PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE
OFFICIAL OF ITS OPERATIONS
BECAUSE OF THE PROCESSING TIME.
UM AND THE PACE OF DISBURSEMENT
IS ON THE ON A VERY KIND OF
COMPARABLE CLIPPED TO WHAT WE'RE
SEEING NATIONALLY. NOW WITH THAT
BEING SAID AT CULTURE FAILURE
HAS BEEN, UM, REALLY KIND OF
INNOVATIVE AND IN THE FOREFRONT
OF, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH A
VANILLA PROGRAM. UM AND THEN
WE'VE WORKED TO EXPAND IT WITHIN
THOSE CONFINES THAT ARE PROVIDED
BY BY US TREASURY GUIDANCE AND
BY THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION, SO
WE'VE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM
ALREADY. TO PAY FOR THE PROGRAM
STARTED AS UM, YOU KNOW,
ADDRESSING JUST MORTGAGE
ARREARS. AND NOW IF YOU HAVE
SEPARATE PROPERTY TAX ARREARS,
WE'RE ALSO COVERING THAT WE
RECENTLY EXPANDED THE PROGRAM IF
YOU HAVE A SECOND MORTGAGE THAT
YOU ENDURED AS PART OF THE COVID
WORKOUT. WE'RE PAYING THAT OFF,
TOO. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY
LOOKING AT WAYS THE, UM UH, TO
EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND TO
RESPOND TO MARKET CONDITIONS.
AND UM, I THINK THE LAST THING
THAT I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THIS
PROGRAM IS ALSO GOING TO HEAVILY
DEPENDENT ON THE YOU KNOW,
DELINQUENCY RATE AND FORECLOSURE
RATES OUT THERE RIGHT AND THE
LEVEL OF HOMEOWNER DISTRESS AND
, UM AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT KIND OF CONSTRAINTS KIND OF
OUR ABILITY TO DISPERSE MORE
FUNDING. YEAH. WE GOT TO HUNT.
WE GOT $1 BILLION FROM THE FEDS.
WE'VE SPENT 360 MILLION. 640
MILLION IS STILL REMAINING FROM
THE ONE BILLION WHERE IS THAT
MONEY? WHAT? WHAT WHAT? WHERE
DOES WHERE IS IT? HOUSED? THE
MONEY HAS BEEN DISPERSED FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
COLLEGE AFFAIR. AH SORRY FOR THE
FEDERAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK COLLEGE
OF FIVE PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN. UM AND WE ARE
ACTIVELY LOOKING AT WAYS OF
FURTHER DISPERSING THAT FUNDING
AND WE WELCOME CONVERSATIONS
WITH YOU, AND WITH OTHER THOUGHT
. PARTNERS UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
LOOKING ALSO TO DO ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH. I KNOW THAT WE
PARTNERED WITH YOU VERY
SUCCESSFULLY LAST YEAR LAST JUNE
TO DO A WEBINAR. WE ARE LOOKING
TO DO MORE OF THOSE. UM SO, UH,
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FURTHER
EXPANDING AND DOING FURTHER
OUTREACH OF OUR PROGRAM. BUT UM
, OUR PROGRAM IS, AS I SAID,
THERE'S FEDERAL CONSTRAINTS AND
, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S KIND OF
SOME NATURAL MARKET LIMITATIONS.
WITH THE MONEY THAT SAID IT WAS
THE LAST QUESTION WITH THE MONEY
THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED TO. IS
THERE A POSSIBILITY WE'RE GOING
TO LOSE THAT? AND WE HAVE TO
RETURN THAT TO THE FEDS. WE HAVE
UNTIL I BELIEVE IT'S SEPTEMBER
OF 2026 TO DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS.
ALL RIGHT, AND SEPTEMBER OF 26.
ALL RIGHT. AND YOU SAY THAT YOU
YOU'RE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO
DEPLOY THIS MONEY? YES, WE ARE
ALWAYS. I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS ABOUT COLLEGE OF FAITH
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT HOW WE'VE OPERATED THIS
PROGRAM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE KIND
OF THE HISTORY SINCE IT STARTED
IS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE
AND THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY
ADAPTIVE. THE PROGRAM STARTED AS
A KIND OF PROGRAM FOR THIS
SPECIFICALLY LIKE THERE WAS THAT
COVID HARDSHIP. IN THE
BEGINNING, AND THEN, AS AS I
JUST EXPLAINED, WE EXPANDED IT
TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WHAT WE
CALL SUB PROGRAMS OR UTILITIES.
AND SO WE ARE ACTIVELY
MONITORING THE MARKET AND WHAT
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE.
ALL RIGHT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO LOOK
AT BECAUSE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
$650 MILLION SITTING SOMEWHERE
THAT HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED WHEN
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN GREAT
NEED, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, MISS WICKS. THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS
HERE. ONE HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BOND MONEY IS LEFT TO BE
ALLOCATED AND DO WE HAVE PLANS
TO AUTHORIZE MORE? I CAN'T SPEAK
TO PLANS TO AUTHORIZE MORE BONDS
, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF REMAINING IN A COUPLE OF
PROGRAMS FROM PROPER ONE. UM WE
DO SHOW THAT FIGURE ON OUR
WEBSITE SO I CAN GET YOU THIS
EXACT FIGURES TO OFFICE UP TO
DATE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UM
WE DEPLOY THOSE RESOURCES
THROUGH THROUGH OUR SUPERNOVA
FUNDING PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY
BILL 4 34 FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO. THEY'RE THE NEXT ROUND OF
THAT FUNDING WILL BE OUT AND
IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF THOSE
BOND FUNDS AS WELL AS SOME OF
THE STATE GENERAL FUNDS THAT
WE'VE RECEIVED. UM WE DO
ANTICIPATE PROBABLY AT LEAST ONE
MORE YEAR BEYOND THIS OF
RESOURCES BASED ON THE CURRENT
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE
BOND FUNDS, AND THEN WE WOULD
LIKE, THEN WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF
FUNDS. WELL, I HAVE A BOND. SO
YOU GOT AN ANSWER A SOLUTION? UM
SWITCHING GEARS HERE A LITTLE
BIT. UM I THINK YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE MAIN REASONS. I THINK WHY A
LOT OF US CARE ABOUT
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA IS
BECAUSE IT IT REALLY
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO ARE
REALLY NOT AFFORDED THE CHOICE
TO BUY HOMES IN THE SAME WAY AS
WHITE FOLKS ARE BECAUSE OF SOME
OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT
EXISTS, WHICH WE COULD GO ON AND
ON ALL DAY ABOUT, BUT IT IS A
PROBLEM AND I KNOW WE HAVE
DEVELOPED PROGRAMS,
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS WITH THE
HOPES OF TRYING TO LEVEL THAT
PLAYING FIELD AS MUCH AS WE CAN,
UM CAN CAN. CAN YOU ALL DISCUSS
THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING
APPLICANTS FOR THE CALIFORNIA
DREAM FOR ALL PROGRAM? YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU HEAR
ME? OKAY ALRIGHT. ELLEN MARTIN.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HOME
OWNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY. SO THE
CALIFORNIA DREAM FOR ALL PROGRAM
LIKE ALL KELLY, CHIEF, A DOWN
PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE
, UM, FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED
THROUGH KELLY CHAFETS NETWORK OF
APPROVED LENDER PARTNERS, SO WE
HAVE ABOUT 150 LENDER PARTNERS
THROUGH WHO ARE LOCATED
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WHO
ORIGINATE THE FIRST MORTGAGE
LOANS THAT ARE THEN PAIRED WITH
COLLEGE PHASE DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE. UM CALLIE, JEFF A
THEN WORKS WITH THOSE LENDER
PARTNERS TO APPROVE THE LOANS
AND PURCHASED THEM FROM THOSE
LENDERS SO EFFECTIVELY. THE
DISTRIBUTION PROCESS IS THROUGH
THOSE LENDER PARTNERS, WHICH ARE
, AS I SAID, THERE'S ABOUT 150
LENDERS THAT ARE LOCATED
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND WAS THERE. A
TARGETED OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR WAS THERE? UM DID WE
OFFER IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES?
WHAT WAS THE KIND OF THE
OUTREACH DONE? THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION, SO AS AS YOU KNOW
, THE CALIFORNIA DREAM FOR ALL
PROGRAM LAUNCHED ON MARCH 27TH.
WE SAW UNPRECEDENTED VELOCITY IN
TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS AND THE NUMBER OF
APPLICANTS THAT HAD QUEUED UP.
OUR LENDER PARTNERS DID A GREAT
JOB OF GETTING THE WORD OUT TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE
VELOCITY OF THE PROGRAM UM, WE
DID NOT HAVE THE TIME THAT WE
ANTICIPATED TO DO THE ONGOING
TARGETED MARKETING AND OUTREACH
TO, UM, THOSE UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES THAT WE TYPICALLY DO
AS PART OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND
YEAH, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME
REPORTING ON THIS THAT CAL
MATTERS DID SHOWING THAT, UM, IT
WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY USED BY
WHITE HOME HOMEBUYERS. SO
ACTUALLY, UM IT. THE
DEMOGRAPHICS TRACK FAIRLY.
SIMILARLY WITH OUR TYPICAL
PROGRAMS, THE NUMBER THAT WAS
REPORTED REPORTED, UM, THE
COMBINATION OF HISPANIC AND NON
HISPANIC WHITE BORROWERS. SO
ABOUT 90% OF FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY
AS HISPANIC ALSO IDENTIFY AS
WHITE, SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE
SAW WERE ABOUT 34% OF OUR
BORROWERS. IDENTIFIED AS
HISPANIC OR LATINO. UM ANOTHER
34% IDENTIFIED AS NON HISPANIC
WHITES, AND THEN WE SAW ANOTHER
18% OF ASIAN HOMEOWNERS, WHICH
WAS A VERY LARGE UPTAKE IN THAT
COMMUNITY AND ABOUT 5 45% IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY. I THINK YOU
KNOW, AS AS LAWMAKERS, WE YOU
KNOW, COME UP WITH. I THINK SOME
OF SOME GREAT IDEAS, DON'T WE
TEAM? UM BUT REALLY THE
CHALLENGES THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING
IT THE RIGHT WAY AND JUST BEING
MINDFUL OF ENSURING THAT
OBVIOUSLY CALIFORNIA SUCH A
DIVERSE STATE. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
BEING ACCESSED REFLECT THE
COMMUNITIES IN WHICH, UM, YOU
KNOW THEY'RE BEING IMPLEMENTED
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITY ON
THESE ISSUES, SO I KNOW THAT'S
SOMETHING. I THINK ALL OF US
HERE CARE ABOUT. SO WE JUST ASK
THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
INTENTIONALITY AROUND THAT I'M A
BIG SUPPORTER OF THESE PROGRAMS,
BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE HELPING THOSE WHO NEED
IT MOST. UM SO I THINK THAT'S
THAT'S ONE THING, UM ON ON THE
EQUITY OUTCOMES, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU'RE THE BEST PERSON
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. NOT
WHAT ARE THE EQUITY OUTCOMES FOR
CALIFORNIA DREAM FOR ALL VERSUS
CAL, HFS OTHER HOMEOWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS LIKE MY HOME. SO THEY
SIMILAR. YOU SEE, DO YOU SEE
DIFFERENCES? SO GENERALLY
SPEAKING, UM, WE DID SEE SOME
SHIFTS WITH CALIFORNIA DREAM FOR
ALL. UM, WE SAW A BIG SHIFT IN
THE GEOGRAPHY SERVED FROM THE
CENTRAL VALLEY AND THE INLAND
EMPIRE. WE SAW A BIG SHIFT OVER
TO THE BAY AREA AND THAT LED
SOME SIMILAR SHIFTS IN
DEMOGRAPHICS. UM, GENERALLY
SPEAKING IN OUR OTHER KELLY CAFE
PROGRAMS, WE SEE A MUCH LARGER
SHORT SHARE OF LATINO
HOMEBUYERS. UM I THINK ARE
TYPICAL NUMBERS ARE UP AROUND
54. UM AND SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO
WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EQUITY
OUTCOMES, AND WHEN WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IS
LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS HOLISTICALLY
. WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERY
PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY SINGLE
COMMUNITY. AND SO WE THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO OFFER A
DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE
TARGETING DIFFERENT NEEDS. ONE
THING THAT WE SAW A LOT OF
SUCCESS WITH WITH DREAM FOR ALL
AND AGAIN. THESE NUMBERS ARE
SUPER PRELIMINARY WITH DREAM
PAROLE WE HAVE. WE'RE JUST
SEEING THE FIRST WAVE OF LOANS
FOR PURCHASING COMPLIANCE
REVIEWS, SO I DON'T WANT US TO
LOCK IN TOO MUCH ON ON THE
NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND
I'M QUOTING, UM BUT WE HAVE SEEN
GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT PROGRAM
IN TERMS OF INCREASING ACCESS TO
HIGH COST AREAS, UM, SO THAT
PROGRAM REALLY OPENED UP ACCESS
FOR FOLKS IN THE BAY AREA THAT
HERETOFORE REALLY DIDN'T ACCESS
KELLY TO FACE DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. UM OUR
FLAGSHIP. MY HOME PROGRAM SEES A
LOT OF ACTIVITY AS I MENTIONED
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND EMPIRE
, SO IT REALLY HELPS FOLKS IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS. SO I DO
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE'RE
LOOKING AT THIS THAT WE THINK
ABOUT THE ENTIRE SUITE OF
HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE AND DOWN
PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT
THE AGENCY CAN PROVIDE. AND LOOK
AT IT HOLISTICALLY TO
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW IS
EACH PROGRAM HITTING THESE
VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE? WELL, I KNOW, UH WE
HAVE SOME OF THE WORST
HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES IN THE
COUNTRY. UM AND ANYTHING WE NEED
TO BOTH FUND. THOSE
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES I
THINK IS CRITICAL, BUT ALSO
ENSURING THAT, UM YOU KNOW,
WE'RE BEING VERY CONSCIENTIOUS
ABOUT THE OUTREACH, ENSURING
THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE POOL OF
APPLICANTS SO WE CAN TRY TO
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ON SOME
OF THE EQUITY ISSUES THAT PLAGUE
OUR COMMUNITIES IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
RELATED TO THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
FOR ALL PROGRAMS. CAN YOU EXPAND
ON UH, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS AS
TO WHERE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THOSE THE MAJORITY OF
THE PROGRAMS, THE MAJORITY OF
THE PROPERTY OF THE APPLICATIONS
FOR SUCCESSFUL? SURE SO I DO
JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE
NUMBERS THAT WILL TALK ABOUT HAD
TO DO WITH FUNDING COMMITMENTS.
UM NONE OF THESE LOANS HAVE
UNDERGONE ANY COMPLIANCE REVIEW
. AS OF YET, WE'RE JUST STARTING
TO GET THIS FILES IN FROM OUR
LENDERS. SO THESE NUMBERS WILL
CHANGE. UM WE'RE GONNA SEE
FALLOUT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE
SHIFTS, SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER
THAT SORT OF CAUTION BEFORE I'M
TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC NUMBERS.
WE DID LOANS. WE SAW AT LEAST
ONE LOAN IN 54 OF THE STATE'S 58
COUNTIES. AS I MENTIONED, WE DID
SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS FROM
OUR TYPICAL PROGRAMS FROM THE
CENTRAL VALLEY AND THE INLAND
EMPIRE TO THE BAY AREA. WE DID
ALSO SEE SOME MEASURABLE UM, IF
NOT AS AS MUCH AS DESIRED GAINS
IN SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES AND
THE CENTRAL COAST. THE TOP
REGION REMAINED THE CENTRAL
VALLEY REGION, UM, WHICH
RECEIVED ABOUT 21% OF THE
FUNDING COMMITMENTS. UM AND THEN
WE SAW A HUGE GAIN IN THE BAY
AREA REGION, WHICH TYPICALLY, UM
RECEIVES ABOUT 6% OF OUR DOWN
PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FANS. WE SAW
THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO ABOUT 19.
THE CAPITAL REGION REMAINED A
STALWART FOR US, UM, COMING IN
AT ABOUT 16% AND THEN THE INLAND
EMPIRE WAS STILL VERY HIGH, UM,
AT 14% BUT AS I MENTIONED
SOMEWHAT OF A SHIFT FROM, UM ARE
TYPICAL PROGRAMS. EXCUSE ME. I
WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
DEMOGRAPHIC. UM. SO MUCH LIKE
HERE, THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S SO LOUD. DEMOGRAPHIC AREA
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WHITE,
HISPANIC, NOT HISPANIC. UM I
ALSO HAVE A BILL. THAT WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD THAT ALIGNS WITH
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S
PROPOSAL TO ON THE CENSUS.
LATINOS UNDER ETHNICITY IDENTIFY
AS WHITE UNDER RACE, WHICH IS
NOT HOW I PERSONALLY IDENTIFY
THEN I THINK THAT COMPLICATES
DATA. AND SO IT'S COMPLICATED TO
SEE THE DATA THAT YOU ARE
PRESENTING. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE
I WANT TO. I WANT YOU TO BE
SPECIFIC IN THE ETHNICITY VERSUS
THE RACE BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT
EARLIER IF UNDER RACE WE HAVE
MISCLASSIFIED UM, SELF
IDENTIFYING LATINO HISPANIC
COMMUNITIES UNDER WHITE, RIGHT?
BUT UNDER ETHNICITY. THEY
IDENTIFY AS LATINO AND AGAIN.
THIS IS ONLY ONE POPULATION OUT
OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
POPULATIONS. WHAT ARE THE WHAT
IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC LOOK LIKE? SO
PERHAPS, CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR
QUESTION A LITTLE BIT FOR ME SO
IF WHAT WE'RE READING, RIGHT IF
WHEN YOU'RE SHARING IS THAT A
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE
APPLICANTS APPROVED? IDENTIFY
UNDER RACE AS WHITE AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE LARGEST UH
, APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED. OUT
OF THAT PERCENTAGE. HOW MANY OF
THEM UNDER ETHNICITY? IDENTIFY
AS LATINO? YES THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR CLARIFYING 47% SO AS WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR
BORROWERS THAT IDENTIFY AS WHITE
47% OF THOSE IDENTIFY AS LATINO
VERSUS THE REMAINDER,
IDENTIFYING AS NON HISPANIC OR
LATINO. AND WHAT ARE THE
ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON THE
APPLICATIONS THAT YOU CAN
CURRENTLY TALK ABOUT? HOW MANY
ÁP I MANY OF THE BIGGEST SHIFT
THAT WE SAW WAS IN THE ASIAN
COMMUNITY WE SAW THAT NUMBER
GROWS SUBSTANTIALLY FOR OUR FOR
MY HOME PROGRAM AND OUR OTHER
SUITE OF DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS IN FISCAL YEAR 21 22 WE
SAW ABOUT 4. THAT NUMBER GREW
SUBSTANTIALLY TO 18% WITH THIS
ORIGINAL FUNDING COMMITMENT. UM,
SO THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST
SHIFT THAT WE NOTICED. IS THERE
AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE THINK ABOUT
HOW WE GATHERED, UM DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA MOVING FORWARD. NOT EVERY
SOME FAMILIES ARE SOME
INDIVIDUALS MAY IDENTIFY AS
MIXED RACE. RIGHT SO EVEN THEN
OUR DATA IS, UM NOT ACCURATE,
RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE TWO
DIFFERENT RACES OR ETHNICITIES
HOW DO WE? HOW CAN WE COMPENSATE
FOR THAT? YEAH I UNDERSTAND THE
QUESTION AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE IN THIS
DATA AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY
DIFFICULT. UM, WE DO HAVE
FEDERAL HONDA, WHICH IS HOME
MORTGAGE DATA STANDARDS THAT, UM
SORT OF DICTATE HOW WE'RE
COLLECTING DATA. UM BUT WE'RE
ABSOLUTELY WILLING AND
INTERESTED TO EXPLORE BETTER
WAYS TO COLLECT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA THAT WE FEEL LIKE IS BETTER
BETTER CHARACTERIZES THE
POPULATION, PARTICULARLY OF THE
STATE. THINK JUST EVEN HEARING
MY COLLEAGUES ASK QUESTIONS
RELATED TO DATA'S. THERE IS A
SHIFT IN THE LEGISLATURE AND WE
CAN ONLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSEMBLY. A SHIFT IN THE
ASSEMBLY TO BE EQUITABLE AND OUR
DISTRIBUTION TO ENSURE THAT THE
BUDGET IS A REFLECTION OF OUR
VALUES AND IS INCLUSIVE TO ALL
COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
I'M SADDENED TO HEAR THAT GIVEN
THE COW, THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
FOR ALL PROGRAMS, VELOCITY. I
THINK IT'S THE WORD YOU USE.
THAT GIVEN THE SUCCESS IN THE
VELOCITY OF THE PROGRAM, IT
ELIMINATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REACH, UM, DISENFRANCHISED
COMMUNITIES. THAT'S NOT THE
INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE
INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
ALLOCATING FUNDING FOR HOME LIKE
FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS IS THAT WE
HAVE AN EQUITABLE PROCESS. SO IF
AT FIRST GLANCE WITH THE 150
APPROVED LENDER PARTNERS THE
MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS
RECEIVING INFORMATION HAPPENED
TO BE WHITE. AND SO THEN,
THEREFORE THE PROGRAM DIMINISH
ITS CAPACITY QUICKLY. THEN IT
DOESN'T GO. IT DOESN'T ALIGN
WITH THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE SET
FORWARD TO ACTUALLY HELP LOWER
INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND
I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN IN GOOD
FAITH. APPRECIATE A PROGRAM THAT
DOESN'T DO THE OUTREACH THAT THE
LEGISLATURE INTENDED TO DO. SO I
WOULD I WOULD JUST SAY LIKEWISE.
WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE. AND YOU
KNOW, WE REALLY HAD TWO
PRIORITIES WITH THIS PROGRAM.
ONE WAS TO SERVE HARD TO REACH
HIGH COST AREAS IN THE OTHER WAS
TO SERVE HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. UM
THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT,
AS I MENTIONED IS EXTREMELY
PRELIMINARY AS WE WORK THROUGH
THAT DATA AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR
COMPLIANCE PROCESS, AND WE SEE
WHERE THINGS LAND WE ABSOLUTELY
WILL BE EVALUATING THOSE
DEMOGRAPHICS WILL BE LOOKING AT
THE DELIVERY METHOD. THE LOAN
PRODUCT, UM WITH AN EYE TOWARDS
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
TARGETING THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO
MOST NEED THE ASSISTANCE AND
MEETING AS MANY OBJECTIVES OF
THE PROGRAM AS POSSIBLE. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS QUESTIONS SO
JUST. TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF
THE TWO AREAS WERE THE ONE, THE
HARD TO REACH AREAS THAT'S THE
WHAT WERE THE TWO AREAS THAT YOU
SAID COST AREAS, UM, AREA AREA,
OKAY, AND THEN HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, SO
IT SEEMS THAT YOU WERE MORE
SUCCESSFUL WITH THE HIGH COST
AREAS. THE PRELIMINARY DATA
WOULD INDICATE THAT WE WERE MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN TERMS OF REACHING
THE HIGH COST AREAS, BUT I DO
WANT TO SEE HOW THE DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA SHAKES OUT AS WE MOVE THE
LOANS THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE
PROCESS. SO IF THAT WAS THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL THAN THERE WAS MORE
ATTENTION GIVEN TO THAT, CLEARLY
, THE THOSE AREAS RECEIVED THE
INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS AND PARTICIPATE
IN THE PROGRAM, SO MAYBE TO
LEARN WHAT IT IS. WE DID RIGHT
THERE. SO THAT WE WILL DUPLICATE
THAT IN THE HARDER TO REACH
AREAS IF THEY'RE MORE MOST
DISADVANTAGED, MOST
DISADVANTAGED AND THE HARDEST TO
REACH. THERE HAS TO BE A GREATER
EFFORT TO REACH THEM. BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE VERY PEOPLE AS THE
CHAIR HAS SAID THE VERY PEOPLE
WERE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THESE
PROGRAMS FOR OWNING A HOME IS
THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND AS MY
COLLEAGUE HAS SAID, IT'S THAT
GENERATIONAL WEALTH THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO BUILD AND ALLOW ALL OF
OUR EVERYBODY IN CALIFORNIA
ACCESS TO THAT. AND IF WE'RE
PUTTING THE MONEY INTO IT. I'M
SORRY, BUT I'M NOT WHEN I VOTE
ON THIS. I'M NOT LOOKING TO HAVE
THE HIGH COST AREAS ASSISTED.
I'M LOOKING TO HELP THOSE WHO
NEED IT. THE MOST WHO NEVER HAVE
THESE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY
HAVE ACCESS AND THEY HAVE ACCESS
TO THAT AMERICAN DREAM, SO IT
WOULD. IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO
SAY THIS IS PRELIMINARY DATA.
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE MORE
CONCRETE DATA? YEAH, THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WE ARE UNDERGOING THE
COMPLIANCE REVIEW PROCESS WHICH
WE CONDUCT AS THOSE LOANS CLOSE.
SO WE EXPECT THAT THAT'S AT
LEAST A 30 TO 45 DAY PERIOD. UM
TO CLOSE THOSE LOANS AND START
TO SEE SOME OF THAT DATA COME
IN, BUT IT COULD. IT COULD BE UP
TO A FULL SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE
HAVE SECURITIZED THOSE LOANS,
AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE
LEVELS OF REVIEW THAT THEY WILL
GO THROUGH. YOU REQUIRE US TO
MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST, OR CAN
YOU PROVIDE THAT TO THE CHAIR SO
THAT SHE CAN SHARE? ABSOLUTELY
NOT? YEAH, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT
INFORMATION AND REMAIN IN
CONTACT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S AS WE MOVE
THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU.
I THINK THIS IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT
ISSUES. SO YOU HAVE THE CHAIR OF
BUDGET MAJORITY LEADER MYSELF AS
CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. WANTING
SOMETHING. I'M SORRY. I SAID,
YEAH, I SAID THAT. DID I? I'M
SORRY. THE CHAIR OF HOUSING
CHAIR OF HOUSING THE MAJORITY
LEADER MYSELF AS CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE. UM WOMEN, BY THE WAY,
CONTINUING TO ASK ABOUT EQUITY
AND INCLUSION AND ENSURING THAT
DESPITE WANTING TO, UM CHANGE.
YOU KNOW THE AM I 250 INCLUDING
MORE MIDDLE INCOME CALIFORNIANS
. THE RESULT IS ACTUALLY NOT, UM
, IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE HAD
HOPED WOULD BE, AND THAT WOULD
BE ACTUALLY CREATING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD
ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM BEFORE.
AND EVEN WITH THE 150 APPROVED
LENDER PARTNERS WOULD BE CURIOUS
HOW MANY OF THEM WORK WITHIN
COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST? WHO
THEY ARE WHAT THEIR OUTREACHES
WHO'S ON THEIR LIST? WHAT THE
LANGUAGE, COMPETENCY AND
LANGUAGE OUTREACH HAS ALSO BEEN
NOT ONLY FOR LATINO COMMUNITIES
BUT FOR ALL COMMUNITIES AND THAT
REQUIRE AND NEED LANGUAGE ACCESS
. IT'S A AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED AT GREAT LENGTH IN
THIS COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY WITH
E, D. D D, M V AND OTHER
SERVICES, SO THERE'S PROGRESS
BEING MADE. UM BUT I THINK THE
RESULTS AT LEAST FROM THE
PRELIMINARY RESULTS THAT WE'RE
SEEING. AND THE INACCURATE,
POTENTIALLY INACCURATE WAY OF A
SELF IDENTIFYING ON A ON AN
APPLICATION HAS LED TO PERHAPS
INCORRECT DATA. UM ON SELF
IDENTIFYING THAT CLEARLY SHOWS
THAT IT IS NOT COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED OR HAVE
BEEN OFFERED THE HELP, AND I
THINK THAT'S THAT'S A SPACE THAT
NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS
PROGRAM. ANY COMMENTS? I WOULD
JUST SAY WE WOULD BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ON ALL
OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST
TALKED ABOUT. WE CAN PROVIDE
INFORMATION REGARDING OUR
LENDER. COMMUNITY AND LANGUAGE.
COMPETENCY UM, AS WELL AS SORT
OF DIGGING IN TO THE COMMUNITIES
THAT WERE SERVED. WE DID SEE A
VERY I DON'T REMEMBER THIS
SPECIFIC STATISTICS, BUT WE DID
SEE A VERY HIGH RATE OF ACCESS
IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
AND SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO KEEP
KEEP THE CONVERSATION AND
DIALOGUE GOING AS WE'RE STARTING
TO WORK THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE
REVIEW AND, UM, COORDINATE WITH
YOU AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
SEEING WITH THE NUMBERS. GREAT
THANK YOU IF THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
ISSUE NUMBER THREE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. UM, AND TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION AS WE PREPARE FOR
THE NEXT PANEL, UM HEADS AND D
AND V PETS IS ASSEMBLY BILL A B
12 15 DM VÆ IS 17 38. CONNECT
WITH YOUR OFFICE ON THAT, TOO.
ISSUE NUMBER THREE IS AN
OVERVIEW OF CODES AND STANDARDS.
WE CAN BEGIN WHEN READY. CHAIR
CLOSE HERE. IT DOESN'T MOVE VERY
EASY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR. MY NAME IS KYLE KRAUSS
FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF H
CDS, DIVISION OF CODES AND
STANDARDS. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AN
OVERVIEW OF CODES AND STANDARDS
DIVISION AS PART OF THE 23 24
BCPS. I'LL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS
POSSIBLE AND DESCRIBE ONLY THE
PROGRAM WORK RELATED TO THE
BCPS. THE DEPARTMENT AND CODES
AND STANDARDS WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1960 TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF
CALIFORNIA TO PRESERVE AND
PROMOTE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. THE DIVISION HAS
CHANGED MUCH OVER THE YEARS BUT
RETAINS THE FOCUS ON OUR PURPOSE
TO PROVIDE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING STANDARDS. CONSUMER
PROTECTION, RESPONSIVE
GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE AND
STAKEHOLDER EDUCATION. EACH CITY
IS BCP REQUEST WILL REALLY BE
THE MOST IMPACTFUL IN MOBILE
HOME PARKS, EMPLOYEE HOUSING
FACILITIES AND SPECIAL OCCUPANCY
PARKS WITH THE SERVICES. WE
PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS AND OTHERS IN
THESE COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING
TYPES. LOOKING AT CODES.
PROGRAMS SLIDE TWO OF THE DECK.
CODES AND STANDARDS HAS
STATEWIDE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY
FOR MOBILE HOMES. MANUFACTURED
HOMES. FACTORY BUILT HOUSING
MOBILE HOME PARKS, SPECIAL
OCCUPANCY PARKS AND EMPLOYEE
HOUSING FACILITIES. THIS WORK
INCLUDES RESPONDING TO AND
INVESTIGATING THOUSANDS OF
COMPLAINTS EACH YEAR FOR HEALTH
AND SAFETY RELATED ISSUES. CODES
AND STANDARDS IS ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTRATION,
ENTITLING OF MANUFACTURED HOMES
AND MOBILE HOMES AND IMPLANT
QUALITY ASSURANCE OF
MANUFACTURED HOUSING AND FACTORY
BUILT HOUSING THROUGH THIRD
PARTY CONTRACTS. THE DIVISION IS
MADE UP OF 11 PROGRAMS WITH
APPROXIMATELY 220 EMPLOYEES.
MOST EMPLOYEES ARE HEADQUARTERED
IN OUR MAIN OFFICE IN SACRAMENTO
, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AREA OFFICES
AND RIVERSIDE, ST LOUIS OBISPO
AND ALCOHOL N. OUR INSPECTORS
THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD WORK
FROM THEIR HOME OFFICES AND ARE
EACH ASSIGNED GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
OF THE STATE. DIVISION IS
LARGELY SPECIAL FUNDED,
COLLECTING REVENUE THROUGH FEES
FOR SERVICES. EXCUSE ME. ON THE
SLIDE THREE. A MAJOR FUNCTION
WITHIN THE DIVISION IS OUR FIELD
OPERATIONS PROGRAM, WHICH
FUNCTIONS AS A BUILDING
DEPARTMENT AND COULD ENFORCEMENT
UNIT WITHIN EMPLOYEE HOUSING
FACILITIES, MOBILE HOME PARKS
AND SPECIAL OCCUPANCY PARKS.
ESPECIAL OCCUPANCY PARKS ARE
ALSO REFERRED TO AS RV PARKS. AS
THE COST OF HOUSING CONTINUES TO
INCREASE. MOBILE HOME PARKS HAVE
BEEN IN THE NEWS MORE FREQUENTLY
, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE MUCH
MORE AWARENESS OF MOBILE HOME
PARKS AS ONE OF THE MOST
AFFORDABLE SOURCES OF HOUSING
AND PRESERVING THIS FORM OF
HOUSING IS MORE CRITICAL THAN
EVER. IDENTIFYING HEALTH AND
SAFETY CONCERNS IN MOBILE HOME
PARKS AND TAKING ENFORCEMENT
ACTION IS A STRONG PART OF
ENSURING THIS HOUSING RESOURCE
IS MAINTAINED AND IS HEALTHY AND
SAFE. CODES CONDUCTS
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS
INVESTIGATES HEALTH AND SAFETY
COMPLAINTS. AND TOGETHER WITH
OUR LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WE HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY
AUTHORITY AND ISSUE OPERATING
PERMITS TO APPROXIMATELY 5200
PARKS STATEWIDE, 17 714 OF WHICH
ARE RV PARKS. THE WORK OF THESE
PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL TO SUPPORT
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF IN MANY
CASES, MORE VULNERABLE
POPULATION, MANY OF WHOM ARE ON
LOWER FIXED INCOME. AND LOOKING
AT SLIDE FOR A LITTLE DEEPER
INTO MOBILE HOME PARKS OF THE
4472 MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THE
STATE WITH ALMOST 389,000 LOTS.
UH 64,000 OF THESE ARE RV LOTS.
AND THERE IS A TOTAL OF 560,000
MANUFACTURED HOUSING UNITS OR
MOBILE HOMES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
OF PARK. STATEWIDE HOUSING
APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION
RESIDENTS. HCG IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR 3600 AND 46 MOBILE HOME
PARKS WITH 295,954 LOTS. WE'RE
MANDATED TO INSPECT MOBILE HOME
PARKS AS PART OF OUR MOBILE HOME
PARK MAINTENANCE INSPECTION
PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF
INSPECTING 5% OF THE PARK'S
ANNUALLY THAT CURRENTLY WORKS
OUT TO ABOUT 185 PARKS PER YEAR
OR 38,000 LOTS. WE PERFORM OVER
64,000 OF THESE INSPECTIONS AND
ALMOST 5000 COMPLAINT
INVESTIGATIONS PER YEAR. SLIDE
FIVE EMPLOYEE HOUSING CODES ALSO
ISSUES ANNUAL PERMITS TO OPERATE
AND CONDUCTS PRE OCCUPANCY
INSPECTIONS OF PRIVATELY OWNED
EMPLOYEE HOUSING FACILITIES,
WHICH ARE EMPLOYER PROVIDED FOR
FIVE OR MORE EMPLOYEES. THIS
ENSURES EMPLOYEES HAVE A SAFE
AND HEALTHY PLACE TO LIVE.
EMPLOYEE HOUSING FACILITY.
OWNERS USE MANUFACTURED HOMES,
MOBILE HOMES, RVS AND PERMANENT
SITE BUILT STRUCTURES TO HOUSE
THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR
FAMILIES. THERE'S A 1079
EMPLOYEE HOUSING FACILITIES
UNDER HCG ENFORCEMENT. STATEWIDE
HOUSING APPROXIMATELY 35,000
EMPLOYEES. AND H C D CONDUCTS
APPROXIMATELY 820 PRE OCCUPANCY
INSPECTIONS AND RE INSPECTIONS
IN THESE FACILITIES EACH YEAR.
LOOKING AT OUR SPECIAL OCCUPANCY
PARKS. THERE'S 716 OF THESE
PARKS IN THE STATE, AND THEY'RE
TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS RV
PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS, AND THERE
ARE APPROXIMATELY 590. S O PS
WITH 45,000 LOTS UNDER HCG
JURISDICTION. THE MOBILE HOME
ASSISTANCE CENTER. SLIDE SEVEN
IS WHERE WE INTAKE COMPLAINTS
REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY
CONCERNS WITHIN MOBILE HOME
PARKS OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING
UNITS UNDER OUR JURISDICTION.
AND WE OFTEN REFER COMPLAINTS
THAT WE RECEIVE HERE TO OTHER
RESOURCES FOR SITUATIONS THAT
ARE NOT RELATED TO HEALTH AND
SAFETY, SUCH AS MOBILE HOME
RESIDENCY, LAW ISSUES, LAND USE
ISSUES OR CIVIL ISSUES. SO,
LOOKING AT THE SLIDES THAT I
JUST WENT THROUGH OUR FIELD
OPERATIONS WE HAVE. WE HAVE
CURRENTLY ONLY 52 FIELD
INSPECTORS STATEWIDE AND A SMALL
OFFICE SUPPORT TEAM TO DO ALL
THIS WORK WORKLOAD HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OVER THE
LAST DECADE. FOR ALL THE
PROGRAMS, MOSTLY EMPLOYEE
HOUSING, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY
FOR PARKS DUE TO THE LARGE
NUMBER OF ALTERATIONS AND
COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS. WHAT
HCG IS ASKING FOR. IS PART OF
THE BCPS IS 10. NEW P. WHAT
POSITIONS? UH, FUNDED BY CURRENT
FEES. UM THIS, UH. THESE
POSITIONS. EXCUSE ME. THAT
INCLUDES TWO ADMINISTRATORS,
WHICH ARE SUPERVISORS FOR
INSPECTORS AND FOR OFFICE STAFF.
H C D AND COLLABORATION WITH D
O. F HAS PROPOSED TRAILER BUILT
LANGUAGE TO ESTABLISH A NEW
EMPLOYEE HOUSING SPECIAL FUND
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEPOSITING
REVENUE COLLECTED IN THE
EMPLOYEE HOUSING PROGRAM, MAKING
IT MAKING OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
MUCH MORE FLUID. THIS DOES NOT
IMPACT EXISTING FEES FOR
SERVICES COLLECTED JUST
ELIMINATES THE CURRENT BARRIER
OF DEPOSITING FEES INTO THE
GENERAL FUND JUST TO THEN
REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT IN FULL
WITH THESE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS
, WE WOULD INCREASE CODES,
INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS
BY APPROXIMATELY 350 EACH MONTH.
AND THE ADDITIONAL FOR PROGRAM
TECHNICIANS WOULD DECREASE
APPLICATION PROCESSING TIMES BY
AN ESTIMATED 35. MOVING ON TO
REGISTRATION AND TITLING. THIS
IS THE LARGEST PROGRAM WITHIN
THE DIVISION. AND EMPLOYEES IN
THIS PROGRAM, SECURE HOME
OWNERSHIP THROUGH REGISTRATION,
ENTITLING OF MOBILE HOMES,
MANUFACTURED HOMES, COMMERCIAL
MODULAR ZED AND FLOATING HOMES.
UNDER SLIDE 10 OR REGISTRATION
TITLING PROGRAM, THE APPLICATION
INVENTORY AND PROCESSING TIMES.
THE INCOMING APPLICATION VOLUME
IS STEADY AT ABOUT 70,000 PER
YEAR, BUT THE PROCESSING TIME IS
INCREASING AS COMPLEXITY OF
TRANSACTIONS INCREASES
APPLICATIONS THAT USED TO TAKE
15 MINUTES NOW TAKE 30 MINUTES
EACH. THE CURRENT PROCESSING
TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 12 WEEKS,
12 WEEKS FOR TRANSFER OF
OWNERSHIP. FIVE ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS WOULD BRING THAT
CLOSER TO 60 DAYS. TITLE
TRANSFER PACKAGES ARE BECOMING
MORE COMPLEX OVER TIME AS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONSOLIDATE OR CLOTHES OR
INFORMAL SALES ARE PERFORMED,
AND THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION
BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
AND INTERPRET. IN 2022 WORKLOAD
ANALYSIS CONCLUDED THAT
TRANSACTION PROCESSING TIMES
HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST
20 YEARS. WE RECEIVED 72,000
TITLING APPLICATIONS EACH YEAR
AND 2000 APPLICATIONS ARE UNABLE
TO BE PROCESSED, RESULTING IN
BACKLOG. MANY OF THESE ARE
RELATED TO DEFICIENCIES FORMS
BEING INCOMPLETE OR LACKING
DOCUMENTS OR FEES. WE ALSO
PROCESS 205,000 ANNUAL
REGISTRATION RENEWALS ANNUALLY.
ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS EXPECTED
TO RESULT IN A STEADY REDUCTION
IN THE VOLUME OF BACKLOG,
TITLING APPLICATION PACKAGES AND
HOPE HELP BOLSTER RESOURCES THAT
ARE SMALL OFFICES. THE
ADDITIONAL FOUR POSITIONS IN R
AND T WILL ALLOW H C D TO MEET
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
REQUIREMENTS. AND MADE A 1999
RECOMMENDATION. OF APPROXIMATELY
8 TO 9 WEEK TURNAROUND TIME WILL
BE ABLE TO OPERATE MORE
EFFICIENTLY EFFICIENTLY TO
MAINTAIN COMPLAINTS WITH
STATUTE. WE'RE REQUESTING THE
REQUESTED STAFFING WILL PROVIDE
AN ESTIMATED 15% INCREASE. UM IN
APPLICATION PROCESSING
CAPABILITIES. MOVING TO FACTORY
BUILT HOUSING. UH THIS PROGRAM
FACTOR BUILT HOUSING OR
RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES SUBJECT
TO CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS
CODE, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT THAN,
UH, MANUFACTURED HOMES, WHICH
ARE BUILT IN FEDERAL STANDARDS.
HCG OVERSEES THE FACTORY
INSPECTIONS AND DESIGN APPROVAL
, UH, IN CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND WORLDWIDE WITH
FACTORIES IN CHINA, ESTONIA,
INDIA, ITALY, MEXICO, CANADA AND
MORE. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 215
MANUFACTURERS PRODUCING FACTORY
BUILT HOUSING PRODUCTS FOR USE
IN CALIFORNIA. THESE
MANUFACTURERS ISSUE
APPROXIMATELY 81,000 INSIGNIA.
ANNUALLY BY OUR CERTIFIED THIRD
PARTY AGENCIES. THE FACTORY
BUILT HOUSING PROGRAM HAS HAD
INADEQUATE STAFFING TO CONDUCT
THE PERIODIC MONITORING OF THIRD
PARTY COMPLAINTS WERE REQUESTING
ONE D. R FOR THE FACTORY BUILT
HOUSING, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE
PROGRAM TO CONDUCT 115 IMPLANT
MONITORING INSPECTIONS ANNUALLY.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. NO
COMMENT. THANK YOU. HELLO.
MORALES WITH THE LOW WE HAVE NO
CONCERNS WITH THE REQUESTED
RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE? JUST ON THE I WANTED
TO KNOW IF HC D EXPECTS TO HAVE
ENOUGH FUNDING CAPACITY ON AN
ONGOING BASIS TO SUPPORT THE
POSITIONS. THAT'S CORRECT. OK
YOU DO WE DO WE HAVE PHYSICAL
HEALTH IN THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS WONDERFUL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM. SURE, SURE.
CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON WHAT
IS THE PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE HOME
PARKS THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED? WE
INSPECT UNDER THE MOBILE HOME
PARK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 5% OF
THE PARKS THAT'S ABOUT 185 PARKS
PER YEAR JUST IN THAT PROGRAM,
BUT WE ALSO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE DO IN IN
PARKS AND PERFORM FIELD
MONITORING. ON TOP OF THE
ALREADY PERMITTED CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTIONS THAT ARE DONE SO
WE'RE IN MANY MORE THAN 5% OF
THE PARK'S STATEWIDE PER YEAR,
DOING THE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES. THE NPM INSPECTIONS
, COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS AND
PERMANENT RELATED WORK. AND IS
THE 5% HIGH ENOUGH. IT'S WHAT
THE LEGISLATURE DIRECTED HCG TO
DO ANNUALLY WITH ITS AN
INSPECTION GOAL THAT'S STATED IN
STATUTE TO INSPECT. UH MOBILE
HOME PARKS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
ISSUES WITH A GOAL OF INSPECTING
, AT LEAST 5% WE TREAT THAT AS A
MANDATE, AND WE ALWAYS HAD OUR
5% OR MORE THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
THANK YOU. AND WHAT ARE THE BEST
PRACTICES FOR PRESERVING THIS
HOUSING STOCK? I THINK MORE
STAFF WILL HELP US GET INTO MORE
PARKS, UM, ANNUALLY WHERE WE CAN
IDENTIFY UNIDENTIFIED HEALTH AND
SAFETY RISKS. MANY OF THOSE
HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS ARE NOT
IDENTIFIED THROUGH COMPLAINTS.
SO IT'S REALLY OUR OUR FIELD
MONITORING ACTIVITIES AS
INSPECTORS HAVE TIME DURING
THEIR DAY TO DRIVE INTO A PART
THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN FOR A
WHILE. TAKE A QUICK DRIVE
THROUGH. LOOK AROUND. IF THEY
SEE SOMETHING, THEY OPEN A
COMPLAINT. GOT IT AND HAS THIS,
UH, PARTICULAR, UM, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING STOCK GROWN IN THE LAST
FIVE YEARS. IT HASN'T MORE PARKS
ARE CLOSING THAT ARE BEING BUILT
. THERE REALLY HAS NOT BEEN A
LOT OF NEW PARKS BEING
CONSTRUCTED. SO WE THINK
PRESERVATION IS REALLY CRITICAL
IN THIS AREA TO PRESERVE WHAT WE
DO HAVE IN THE FOOTPRINT OF
PARKS STATEWIDE. THIS MIGHT BE A
LITTLE OUT OF LEFT FIELD. BUT DO
YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT IS THE
AVERAGE COST OF A MOBILE HOME
VERSUS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A
TRADITIONAL HOME? GREATLY MANY
PARKS THAT ARE VERY NICE. YOU
MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IN THE
NEWS LATELY, SELL FOR MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS BUT GENERALLY NEW
MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT ARE
GOING INTO AN AVERAGE PARK. ARE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200,000
TO $300,000. FOR LIKE A STANDARD
DOUBLE WIDE TYPE HOME AND THE
AVERAGE COST OF A HOME ACROSS
THE STATE, NOT A MOBILE HOME. I
CAN'T REALLY SPEAK WITH ACCURACY
ON THIS, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE
WELL OVER $500,000. THAT'S GOOD
TO KNOW. YES. MADAM MAJORITY
INTERESTED IN HAVING A TOWN HALL
IN MY COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY ON
THE ISSUES FOR MOBILE HOME
OWNERS. WHO IS IT THAT MY STAFF
CAN CAN CONTACT? CONTACT ME AND
MY PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION AS REQUESTED. WE
DO EVERY YEAR AND ACROSS THE
STATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. UM THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AS
BUDGETED ALL THREE BUDGET CHANGE
PROPOSALS AND ADOPT PLACEHOLDER
TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE FOR THE
EMPLOYEE HOUSING REGULATION FUND
. I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION
BUT I DO NEED A SECOND. GREAT.
THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
YEAH. KOREA HIGH WE PATERSON
RAISE WICKS. THANK YOU AND WE'LL
WAIT FOR MORE MEMBERS TO COME
BACK TO GET ALL THE PROPOSALS
OUT AND AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO
SAY A SPECIAL. THANK YOU TO MR
CROSS FOR THE GREAT, UM,
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO ISSUE NUMBER
FOUR WORKLOAD RESOURCES. PLEASE
BEGIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MATT
SCHULER. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
AT H C D. AND I'M HERE TO
DISCUSS OUR VARIOUS WORKLOAD
PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE THAT
SPANNED 12 PIECES OF LEGISLATION
THAT WERE ENACTED IN THE LAST
SESSION. THOSE INCLUDE STAFF,
ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES AND
CONSULTING DOLLARS. UM AS NOTED
IN THE AGENDA, THERE WAS A
SPRING FINANCE LETTER THAT MAKES
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
JANUARY PROPOSALS AND THE
AMOUNTS OF REFLECTED IN EACH
REQUEST, AND THOSE ARE
CORRECTIONS FOR DISPLAY ERRORS,
NOT A REDUCTION IN THE RESOURCES
THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. AND
THEN IN ADDITION, THERE WERE TWO
PIECES OF PROVISIONAL BUDGET
BILL LANGUAGE THERE WERE ALSO
OUTLINED IN THE SPRING FINANCE
LETTER. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE
INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS. UM. BUT
I'VE I'VE LOST MY COMMITTEE SO
STUCK WITH ME. UM WELL, LET'S GO
TO, UM. L A OH, PLEASE. MORALES
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. WE HAVE NO CONCERNS TO
RAISE WITH THESE PROPOSALS.
THANK YOU. DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. AND IF YOU COULD
INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE
HANAKO HANDS TODAY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WE WOULD
JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLIMENTS AS MORE BCPS ARE AS
MORE POSITIONS SORRY. UM THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLIMENTS AS MORE POSITIONS
ARE APPROVED THE BCPS AND SUCH
SO, UH, THOSE TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS REFLECT ALL THOSE
DISPLAY EAR'S AND OTHER SUCH
ITEMS. THANK YOU. UM HOW WILL
HCG WORK WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT SB 649
AND, ADDITIONALLY HOW WELL A H C
D ENSURE THAT IT ISN'T
DUPLICATING THE WORK BY THE
CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. SO FOR
SP 6 49 THE WORK THAT WE ARE
ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE WITH THE
CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT IS
COMPLIMENTARY. AND REALLY
BOOKENDS TO THE EFFORT, SO HDD
IS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ON THE
FRONT END, PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE TO LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE
CONTEMPLATING IMPLEMENTING LOCAL
TENANT PREFERENCES. AND THEN
ULTIMATELY, WE REVIEW AND
APPROVE THOSE POLICIES TO ENSURE
THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH
FAIR HOUSING LAW. C R D S EFFORT
IS MORE ON THE BACK END TO
ADDRESS ANY TYPES OF COMPLAINTS
OR INVESTIGATIONS OR CIVIL
LITIGATION THAT'S ASSOCIATED
WITH, UM DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY
THOSE POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED.
SO THERE'S NO DUPLICATIVE WORK.
IT'S REALLY ON THE FRONT END AND
THE BACK END WHERE WE DIFFER IN
IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT
THE BILL. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE
JANUARY BUDGET ITEMS WITH SPRING
FINANCE MODIFICATIONS FOR ALL
ITEMS EXCEPT 69 AND 13. BUT WE
CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE
A SECOND WAS RIGHT ABOUT TO SAY
THAT, OKAY? UM SO WE WILL HOLD
THE ITEM OPEN AT THE MOMENT. AND
UNTIL MEMBERS RETURN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO ISSUE NUMBER FIVE. SPRING
FINANCE TRAILER BUILD TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS. OKAY? HMM.
CAN'T MAKE A MOTION AND SECOND.
PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY,
GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON VIDEO. MY
NAME IS PEDRO GALVAN, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR LEGISLATION AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
OUR THREE TECHNICAL TRAILER BILL
PROPOSALS THIS AFTERNOON. SO ARE
THREE PROPOSALS COLLECTIVELY
SEEK TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND
HOW WE ADMINISTER PROGRAMS INTO
THE LIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FASTER FOR CALIFORNIANS. OUR
FIRST TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOCUSES
ON THE STATE EXERCISE PROGRAM,
WHICH IS JOINTLY ADMINISTERED BY
US H. C D AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
GENERAL SERVICES. THIS PROGRAM
PRIORITIZES ACCESS STATE LAND
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT. SPECIFICALLY HCG IS
PROPOSING TO CHANGE IS THE FIRST
TECHNICAL CHANGE THE LEADS AND
OUTDATED EXPENDITURE DEADLINE
AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS
A PART OF THE STATE EXERCISE
PROGRAM. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM PROVIDES
FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON
EXCESS SITES. THIS PROGRAM WAS
ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL
ARPA AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT,
BUT IT'S NOW FUNDED BY THE STATE
GENERAL FUND. THE ORIGINAL
EXPENDITURE DEADLINE OF JUNE
30TH 2024 FOR THE FEDERAL
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT NO
LONGER APPLIES AND INSTEAD OF
DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING TO BE A IS
SEEKING FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE
UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE
LEGISLATURE. THE SECOND CHANGE,
CLARIFIES A SINGLE SINGLE ISSUE
AN EXISTING LAW PERTAINING TO
THE EXERCISE PROGRAM. SO TO
IDENTIFY WHICH SITES ARE VIABLE
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT. H C D AND E. G S
MUST FIRST SURVEY WHICH SITES
UM, CAN BE DEVELOPED. UM LAST
YEAR, TWO BILLS PASSED. SB 5 61
AND MAYBE 20 TO 33 THAT CREATED
A SEQUENCING ISSUE THAT REQUIRES
HCG TO CREATE THE DATABASE OF
EXCESS SITES. UM HCG MDGS TO
CREATE THE DATABASE OF EXERCISE
BEFORE EACH OF THE MDGS HAVE
SURVEYED WHICH SITES ARE VIABLE
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN WITH, AND
SO WE'RE SEEKING A CHANGE TO
CREATE THE DATABASE OF EXERCISE
UPON THE CONCLUSION OF EACH
COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY. SO THAT
WAY IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR
PROGRAMMING MINISTRATIONS. UM
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S LANGUAGE
THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO ALLOW FOR
ANNUAL UPDATES ARE VIABLE SITES
AS ADDITIONAL PARCELS ARE
DETERMINED TO BE SUITABLE FOR
DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S ONE UM,
PROPOSAL TO, UM 80 D 2ND 2ND
TECHNICAL PROPOSAL ADDRESSES
DRAFTING ERRORS IN THE INFO
INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.
THE INFLUENCE STRUCTURE. GRANT
PROGRAM SUPPORTS INFILL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING FUNDING
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO
PAY FOR HOUSING RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE MADE AT TWO
LEVELS. UM FIRST THEY'RE MADE AT
THE LEVEL OF GEOGRAPHY OR
QUALIFYING INFILL AREAS AND
RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE GEOGRAPHY
EASE AND THE SECOND REFERS TO
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS MADE
AT A PROJECT LEVEL, ALSO KNOWN
AS QUALIFYING INFILL PROJECTS.
DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED CHANGES
MADE CLEAR THAT RATING AND
RANKING CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING
INFILL AREAS ARE SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT FROM THE CRITERIA FOR
QUALIFYING AND SO PROJECTS.
SECOND THE LANGUAGE WILL PROVIDE
CLARITY TO APPLICANTS BY
CORRECTING A DRAFTING ERROR THAT
WERE FIRST TO QUALIFYING INFILL
PROJECTS MORE GENERALLY WHEN IT
SHOULD REFER ONLY TO
DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
QUALIFYING INFO PROJECTS WITHIN
CATALYTIC QUALIFYING INFO AREAS
. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS. UM OUR THIRD
PROPOSAL PERTAINS TO THE JOEL
SURNOW FARMWORKER HOUSING GRANT
PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS FUND NEW
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION AND
ACQUISITION OF OWNER OCCUPIED
AND RENTAL UNITS FOR
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS OF THE
PRIORITY FOR LOWER INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS. THE FIRST CHANGE
WOULD ALLOW FOR PROFIT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO
APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM. MOST H C
D FUNDING PROGRAMS. INCLUDING
THE DEPARTMENT'S FLAGSHIP
HOUSING PROGRAM. THE MULTI
FAMILY HOUSING PROGRAM ALLOWS
FOR PROFIT ENTITIES TO APPLY FOR
FUNDING SO LONG AS THEY'RE
BUILDING HOUSING THAT MEETS THE
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
HISTORICALLY FOR PROFIT
DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED
FROM APPLYING FOR FUNDS UNDER
SERNA. THIS PROHIBITION HAS LEFT
ENOUGH FUNDING ON THE TABLE WHEN
IT COULD HAVE OTHERWISE GONE TO
FARMWORKER HOUSING. IT HAS ALSO
LED TO INCONSISTENCIES WITH HOW
HDD ADMINISTERS ITS SUPER NOTICE
OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
PROCESSED UPON THOSE H C. D S
FOUR MAJOR FUNDING PROGRAMS.
IRNA THE MULTI FAMILY HOUSING
PROGRAM, INFILL INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANT PROGRAM AND THE VETERANS
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM
INTO A SINGLE PROCESS AND
APPLICATION. THIS CHANGE WOULD
BRING SIRNA IN LINE WITH OTHER
HCG FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE SECOND
CHANGE WOULD UPDATE THE
DEFINITION OF WORLD THE
DEPARTMENT USES IN ITS PROGRAMS
TO MORE CURRENT DEFINITION USED
BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE FOR THEIR MULTI
FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS, THE EXISTING
DEFINITION OF RURAL REFERENCES
AND NOW DEFUNCT PROGRAM KNOWN AS
SECTION 515, FROM THE U. S
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THAT
NO LONGER RECEIVES ANY FUNDING.
AS A RESULT, UM THIS HAS
RESULTED IN AMBIGUITY AS TO
WHICH COMMUNITIES MEET THE
DEFINITION OF RURAL AS A RESULT
, HCG STAFF SPENT CONSIDERABLE
TIME DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT
A PROJECT MEETS THE WORLD
DEFINITION. HCG HAS BEEN ADVISED
BY THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE TO USE THE
DEFINITION BEFORE YOU TODAY
WHICH WILL NOT CHANGE WHICH
WORLD COMMUNITIES GET ACCESS TO
FUNDING BUT WILL INSTEAD
ELIMINATE GUESSWORK IN
DETERMINING WHICH COMMUNITIES
MEET THE DEFINITION OF RURAL SO
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK
YOU, ELLIOT. NO CONCERNS WITH
THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. THANK
YOU. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
PERMANENT FINANCES. NO FURTHER
COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE
SOME SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO
YOUR PRESENTATION. CAN H C D
PLEASE EXPLAIN WHO CAN CURRENTLY
APPLY FOR THE STERNUM PROJECTS?
YES SO, UM, NONPROFIT,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
CAN APPLY FOR THE CERTAIN A
PROGRAM AS WELL AS FOR PROFITS
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NONPROFIT
DEVELOPER. AND WHAT WAS THE LAST
ROUND OF APPLICANTS? I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT WELL IN
TERMS OF PERCENTAGES OF
NONPROFITS AND FOR PROFITS AND
PARTNERSHIP, WHAT DID WHAT DID
IT LOOK LIKE? I DON'T HAVE THAT
FIGURE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS
THAT WE HAD SOME CONSIDERABLE
FUNDING LEFT OVER IN THE CERN A
PROGRAM. WHAT HAPPENS IS HCG IS
REQUIRED TO BUNDLE ARE FOUR MAIN
HOUSING PROGRAMS IN THE SUPER
NOTICE OF CHRONIC AVAILABILITY.
AND PROJECTS COME IN FROM
MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES,
INCLUDING SIR NOW THAT PROGRAM
WAS VERY MUCH OVERSUBSCRIBED. 5
TO 1. UM WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING
IS WE SPENT DOWN THE OTHER
PROGRAMS WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE
FOR THE OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT WE
ENDED UP HAVING SEVERAL TENS OF
MILLIONS LEFT OVER FOR CERN. AH
AND UM, AND WHAT WAS CITED TO US
BY MANY OF THE APPLICANTS WHO
WERE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. WAS THAT
THE PROHIBITION IN ALLOWING FOR
PROFITS TO APPLY FOR CERN? AH
MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO
ACCESS THE FUNDS. AND SO, UM,
WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE THAT
CHANGE TO HELP ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM. THE HOUSING THAT THE
FOR PROFITS WOULD BUILD, WOULD
HAVE TO MEET THE SAME STANDARDS
AS THE NONPROFIT HOUSING AND IT
WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL OF OUR
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS,
REGULATORY AND MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU CAN, AT
SOME POINT WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DATA TO
OUR TEAM BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY
GOES TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH
IS HOW WOULD ALLOWING FOR
PROFITS FIXED AND ASSIST WITH
THE SITUATION? SO I'D LIKE TO
KNOW IF IT'S WORKING, NOT
WORKING. I WILL GET TO DATA ON
THE PART ON THE NUMBER OF FOR
PROFITS THAT APPLIED FOR SIRNA
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP AND NUMBER
OF FOR PROFITS THAT WANTED TO
APPLY, BUT COULD NOT FOR THE
SECOND ONE. IT MAY BE A LITTLE
BIT LIMITED BECAUSE IT DEPENDS
ON THEM JUST TELLING US THEY
WERE INTERESTED BUT COULDN'T
APPLY, BUT I WILL GET TO THAT
INFORMATION. THANK YOU
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. MAJORITY LEADER. YES.
WHAT'S PROMPTING THE NEED FOR
PROFIT DEVELOPERS TO BE ABLE TO
APPLY FOR THE CERN, A FUND. SO
ESSENTIALLY, THE ISSUE IS THAT
WE HAVE THE CERN OF FUNDING
AVAILABLE THAT WOULD GO TO
HOUSING FARMWORKERS, BUT IT'S
NOT BEING USED BECAUSE, UM, THE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR CERN.
AH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PROFITS TO
APPLY, WHEREAS THEY'RE ALLOWED
TO APPLY FOR ALL OF THE OTHER
MAJOR HCG FUNDING PROGRAMS LIKE
MHP VH H P, I G AND SO WHAT
HAPPENED IS WE HAVE MONEY LEFT
OVER ON THE TABLE, BUT WE DO
HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM TO
BUILD THE HOUSING. UM THAT WOULD
STILL BE DEED RESTRICTED,
AFFORDABLE MEET ALL OF OUR
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. BUT
CANNOT PROCEED BECAUSE THE
DEVELOPERS OF FOR PROFIT ENTITY
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE QUESTION
WAS ASKED WHETHER THERE ARE ANY
ISSUES WITH ALLOWING FOR PROFIT
DEVELOPERS TO APPLY FOR THIS
PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH THE
RULES OF MULTI FAMILY, UM
HOUSING PROGRAM. THEY WOULD HAVE
TO MEET THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS
NONPROFITS DO CURRENTLY, SO FROM
THE DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE, WE
DON'T SEE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE
HOUSING WHICH STILL NEED TO BE
AFFORDABLE, THAT WOULD STILL BE
SUBJECT TO REGULATORY AGREEMENTS
, THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO BE
INSPECTED BY US PERIODICALLY SO
BECAUSE THE HOUSING THE PRODUCT
THE HOUSING THAT IS BEING BUILT,
IS STILL THE SAME KIND OF
HOUSING. WE DON'T SEE AN ISSUE
BEYOND CREATING EFFICIENCIES,
ENSURING THAT THAT MONEY DOESN'T
SIT THERE AND CAN GO OUT THE
DOOR TO ADDRESS, UM INTEREST AND
ALSO GET PEOPLE HOUSED. IS THERE
THOUGHT IS THERE THOUGHT TO
MAKING THIS A TEMPORARY UM,
PERMISSION. ANOTHER WORDS GOING
BACK TO THE NONPROFIT BUT FOR
THE TIME BEING BECAUSE OF THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS THERE
THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEND FOR
THIS FARMWORKER HOUSING? IS
THERE SOME THOUGHT TOO? TO
ALLOWING THE FOR PROFITS. FOR
THIS PERIOD OF TIME, BUT FOR TO
HAVE ITS SUNSET. BASICALLY WE
CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.
OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM
. THANK YOU. I THINK A JUST A
GENERAL CONCERN OR OBSERVATION,
BUT FIRST, LET ME ASK WHO
REQUESTED THE CHANGE TO THE TBL
. UM THIS CAME FROM OUR PROGRAM
STAFF FOR DIVISION OF STATE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SO YOUR
YOUR PROGRAM STAFF IS ADVOCATING
FOR PROFITS. TO HAVE MORE
ACCESS. BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY
LEFT OVER AND WE HAD THIS
INTEREST AND BECAUSE THE HOUSING
THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH
STILL MEET ALL THE CRITERIA
UNDER THE CERTAIN PROGRAM. MY
CONCERN. AH, IS THAT. FROM
EXPERIENCE AND WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN. FOR PROFIT DEVELOPERS ARE
NOT AS IN TUNE OR AS, UM
INVESTED. IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
AS NONPROFITS ARE SO A NONPROFIT
MAYBE MORE INVESTED IN
FARMWORKER DEVELOPMENT. HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE THEY'RE IN
WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN A
FOR PROFIT COMING IN AND
PARTNERING WITH A NONPROFIT. TO
DO THAT WORK, SO THAT'S THAT'S A
CONCERN THAT I LIKE FOR YOU TO
ADDRESS. UM I COMPLETELY
UNDERSTANDING AND HEAR THAT
CONCERN. UM. AS I SAID
PREVIOUSLY, THE HOUSING WOULD
STILL NEED TO MEET ALL OF THE
CRITERIA BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND
WHEN I GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE
INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED, I CAN
LOOK INTO SEE WATER, THE
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT CAN ENSURE AND
CURRENTLY ENSURES, UM, THAT THE
HOUSING THAT IS BEING BUILT A
SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND THAT
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM
NECESSARY PROGRAMMING THAT
TYPICALLY GOES ALONG WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND ALSO
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE SEEN ANY
DISCERNIBLE DIFFERENCE WITH FOUR
PROFITS DOING THIS WORK WITHIN
OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND I WANT
TO JUST BRING UP A CONVERSATION
THAT WE RECENTLY HAD, AND ALSO
THE WORK THAT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S,
UH FREDDY RODRIGUEZ IS DOING
WITH HIS COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS UH, OUR
CHAIR OF AG ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
RIVAS. UH WHO REPRESENTS THE
BAJA ROW AREA WHO RECENTLY
EXPERIENCE MASSIVE, UM. FLOODING
MOST OF WHICH IMPACTED UM
FARMWORKER HOUSING. RIGHT AND
THEN ALREADY VULNERABLE
COMMUNITY. THAT NEEDS HOUSING
THAT NEEDS ATTENTION THAT NEEDS
RESOURCES. MY CONCERN, OF COURSE
, IS ENSURING THAT THESE
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN OUR
FARM WORKER COMMUNITIES HAVE
ACCESS TO DIGNITY AND TO UM.
HOMES WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO LIVE
AND THRIVE. AND RIGHT NOW, AS
THEY TRY TO ESPARGARO TRIES TO
THE COMMUNITY OF BORROW TRIES TO
RECOVER THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON
EFFORTS THAT OBVIOUSLY PUT THE
COMMUNITY'S NEEDS FIRST. AND
JUST GIVEN SOME. SOME VERY
SERIOUS, I THINK CONVERSATIONS
RELATED TO FOR PROFIT HOUSING. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE
ARE APPROVING OR WHAT WE'RE
CONSIDERING HAS THOSE
COMMUNITIES AT THE FOREFRONT. SO
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT
DATA FROM YOU AS WELL. I WILL
DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT
INFORMATION. THANK YOU. WE'RE
GOING TO HOLD THIS ITEM OPEN FOR
THE MOMENT, AND I'M GONNA GO
BACK. TO ISSUE NUMBER FOUR. SO
UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO
APPROVE THE JANUARY BUDGET ITEMS
WITH SPRING FINANCE
MODIFICATIONS FOR ALL ITEMS
EXCEPT 69 AND 13. WHICH WE WILL
HOLD OPEN. I WILL MAKE THE
MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND?
PLEASE THANK YOU. LET'S DO THE
WORLD CALL KOREAN HIGH. WE
PATERSON RAISE I EXT. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ISSUE
NUMBER SIX. SEPARATE UH,
SEPARATE. THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING
FINANCE AGENCY FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. HELLO
HANNAH CAN TODAY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE? UM SO
THIS PROPOSED CHANGE SEPARATES
THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED CHANGE
MAKES NO MATERIAL OR FUNCTIONAL
IMPACT TO COLLECT CAFE. AH IT
EASES ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING
BURDENS FOR KELLY CAFE AND EACH
CD AND ALLOWS CALICA PHASE UM,
BUDGET TO BE DISPLAYED ON ITS
OWN RATHER THAN ROLLED INTO A
PART OF HCG. THANK YOU. ELIO
MORALES WITH THE L. A. WE HAVE
NO COMMENTS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
THIS PROPOSAL, OKAY? MAKE
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ARE THERE
EXPECTED IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
FOR THE SPLIT. NO THIS IS ALL
BACK OF THE HOUSE. JUST DISPLAY
ISSUES PRIMARILY AND, WELL.
CALLIE CHIEF A B AT A DEFICIT
FOR RESOURCES TO PROPERLY
OPERATE AFTER NONE. ANDREW MARSH
DEPARTMENT FINANCE JUST TO
CLARIFY SO CURRENTLY COLLEGE
PHASE FUNDED BY FEES THAT THEY
COLLECT FROM THE LOAN PRODUCTS
THAT THEY OFFER. SO IT'S IN A
SET OF FUNDED ENTIRELY
SEPARATELY FROM HCG THE
RESOURCES THERE'S NO OVERLAP
BETWEEN THE RESOURCES BETWEEN
THE TWO DEPARTMENTS. THEY'RE
JUST FUNCTIONALLY OR NOT EVEN
FUNCTIONALLY, BUT JUST IN
STATUTE THEY EXIST TOGETHER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS ITEM
OPEN FOR THE MOMENT AND MOVE ON
TO ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN. THE
HOUSING PROGRAM. THE HOUSING
PROGRAM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
LET'S BEGIN. HANAKO HANDS TODAY
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
THIS PROPOSED CHANGE REQUIRES
EACH CD TO REPORT SPEAK CLOSER
TO THE MIC, PLEASE. APOLOGIES SO
THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM REQUIRES
EACH CD TO REPORT ON PRAYER
HOUSING JURISDICTIONS RATHER
THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
CURRENTLY FINANCE IS REQUIRED TO
POST THIS INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE IN H C. D. CURRENTLY
COLLECTS THAT INFORMATION AND
HAS IT ON HAND. THANK YOU, LEO.
LEÓN NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR THE
COMMITTEE. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
, OKAY. SEE NONE. THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE
PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE. I WILL MAKE THE
MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND?
THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
KOREA. WE PATERSON RAISE WICKS.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT SPRING
FINANCE LETTER FOR THE 2020
COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT DISASTER
RECOVERY. PLEASE BEGIN WHEN
READY. AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US I'M SASHA HOUSE WATER
AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. UM I AM HERE
TO REQUEST EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY
AND POSITION AUTHORITIES SO THAT
WE CAN RECEIVE AND USE OUR $231
MILLION ALLOCATION FROM HUD. FOR
A LONG TERM RECOVERY FROM THE
2020 WILDFIRES. AS YOU MAY KNOW
THAT 2020 WILDFIRE SEASON WAS
ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE IN
CALIFORNIA HISTORY, ACCORDING TO
CAL FIRE AND THIS PROPOSAL
REQUESTS AUTHORITY FOR THE 20
POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO
IMPLEMENT OUR CDBG, D, R OR
CALIFORNIA SORRY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER
RECOVERY. PROGRAM ALLOCATION.
THIS FUNDING IS FUNDS FROM HER
THAT WE RECEIVED TO ADDRESS LONG
TERM NEEDS THAT REMAIN AFTER
OTHER DISASTER ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS SUCH AS FEMA
ASSISTANCE. SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION FUNDS AND PRIVATE
INSURANCE PAYOUTS HAVE BEEN
EXHAUSTED IN THESE PRESIDENTIAL
E DECLARED DISASTER AREAS. AND
SO WITH YOUR APPROVAL. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO USING THESE FUNDS TO
SERVE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES,
BUSINESSES AND MUNICIPALITIES AS
THEY TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TOWARD
LONG TERM RECOVERY AND FIRE
IMPACTED PARTS OF THE STATES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FOLLOWED
BY PLEASE. UM HANNAH CAN TODAY
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED IN ITS
WHOLE RATHER THAN PARSED OUT
OVER A MULTI YEAR TO ALLOW
FLEXIBILITY FOR HCG TO ROLL
THESE DOLLARS OUT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. UM AND UP TO 15% OF
THE FEDERAL GRANT IS ALLOWED TO
BE USED FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION
. SO DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WILL
BE, UH UM, APPROVING AND WORKING
WITH HCG TO HAVE DOLLARS SHIFTED
FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION AS
NEEDED, AND THIS APPROACH IS
CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICES
FOR LARGE FEDERAL GRANTS, BREACH
CD. THANK YOU, ELIO WITH THE L
A. OH, NO ISSUES TO RAISE HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KEN. THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. PLEASE
EXPLAIN THE PROVISIONAL
LANGUAGE. RELATED TO ITEM TWO.
THE STATE OPERATIONS. UH. WHERE
EXACTLY IN STATE OPERATIONS. THE
FUNDING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
SURE SO AS HCG EXPRESSES NEED
FOR STATE OPERATIONS DOLLARS AS
ALLOWED UP TO THE 15% THRESHOLD
ALLOWED BY THE FEDERAL GRANT, UH
, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WILL
BE APPROVING EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO
MOVE THOSE FUNDS AS NEEDED, SO
IT WILL BE SHIFTING THROUGH THE
PROGRAM. NOT NOT SURE. I
UNDERSTAND. SO WHERE, WHERE IN
THE OPERATIONS WOULD THAT BE
MOVED TO SO, UM ANDREW MARCH,
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SO THE
FUNDING THE PROVISIONAL LANGUAGE
ALLOWS THE FUNDING JUST TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER BUDGETARY
ITEM SO THAT HCG COULD USE IT
FOR THEIR STAFF COSTS 20
POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING
REQUESTED. SO THIS 34.7 MILLION
IS FOR HDD TO FUND STAFF FOR
THIS PROGRAM, BUT ALSO TO HIGHER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CONSULTANTS. TO REACH OUT TO
COMMUNITIES. SO IT'S THE 15
BURNS HEAD THAT'S ALLOWED FOR
WHAT WE CALL STATE OPERATIONS.
UM JUST IT'S NOT FUNNY. THAT'S
NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GO OUT
TO COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY FOR THE
COMMUNITIES TO, UH, TO RECOVER
FROM THE THANK YOU, SO IT'S
GOING TOWARDS OPERATION COSTS
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PROGRAM GOT IT. ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS QUESTIONS ONCE THE
FEDERAL FUNDS ARE DEPLETED. WHAT
DO YOU ANTICIPATE? IT'S GOING TO
BE THE REQUEST TO US TO CONTINUE
THESE 20 POSITIONS. YEAH THAT'S
AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. WE DO
HAVE, UM, POSITION AUTHORITIES,
OR WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS THROUGH
THE SIX YEAR PERIOD FROM GRANT
RECEIPT ACCORDING TO HEAD RULES
AND AS WE'RE REQUESTING UNDER
THIS UM, AND DURING THAT TIME WE
DO SEE THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF
THE GRANT PROGRAM. WE HOPE THAT
DURING THAT PERIOD, THERE WILL
NOT BE ANY OTHER FEDERALLY
DECLARED DISASTERS SUCH AS
WILDFIRES IN THE STATE, AND AT
THAT POINT AS WE PROGRESS
TOWARDS 2028, WE WOULD WANT TO
RETURN TO THE COMMITTEE AND, UM
AND DISCUSS WITH YOU WHAT THE
FUTURE PLAN MIGHT BE FOR THOSE
POSITIONS. AH, DID YOU WANT TO
ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO I HAVE
NOTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN YES,
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WILL BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE AREN'T FACED
WITH ADDITIONAL DISASTERS THAT
NEED TO BE FEDERALLY FUNDED. BUT
AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, WE DO
HAVE AN EXTENDED PERIOD WHERE
WE'RE ABLE TO SPEND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS THROUGH
20 THROUGH 2028 6 YEARS. WE'VE
GOT THE FUNDING ARE THESE
EMPLOYEES TOLD THIS IS A SIX
YEAR EMPLOYMENT. AH! WE DO NOT
HIRE PEOPLE FOR SIX YEAR TERMS.
UM WHEN THEY ARE HIGHER THERE
WILL BE HIRED UNDER A DUTY
STATEMENT. THAT IS, UM, FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PROGRAM, HOWEVER,
THEY WILL COME ON AS PERMANENT
EMPLOYEES. PER THEY, UM, RULES
THAT WE THAT WE OPERATE UNDER
AND WE WOULD THEN NEED TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING
OTHER POSITIONS. UNDER FUNDED
PROGRAMS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS
AS APPROPRIATE, AND I WILL ADD
TO THAT, AS WE HAVE MORE THAN
JUST THESE 20 POSITIONS WITHIN
THE DIVISION. WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO MOVE THOSE POSITIONS
INTO OTHER ROLES THAT DO HAVE
PERMANENT FUNDING, RIGHT IF WE
ARE FACED WITH THAT SITUATION
WELL, WE WILL STILL BE HERE IN
SIX YEARS. SO WE'LL FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENS IN SIX YEARS. THANK
YOU PUTTING A NOTE ON IT NOW. UM
WHAT THE MORE WE ON ITEM EIGHT.
OKAY? WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THIS
ITEM OPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ISSUE
NUMBER NINE. AND ALL THE ISSUES
MOVING FORWARD ARE RELATED TO
THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
ISSUED NINE HOUSING VOUCHER
DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION.
PLEASE BEGIN WHEN READY. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR, CARILLO AND
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS. MY NAME
IS MARY. WE'D I'M, THE CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS DEPARTMENT, AND I'M
JOINED BY ADAM ROMERO OR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF OUR EXECUTIVE
PROGRAMS. I'LL START WITH THE
ISSUE NINE. OUR HOUSING VOUCHER
DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION ITEM.
THIS PROPOSAL IS A REQUEST FOR
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SENATE BILL
3 29, WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT
JANUARY 1ST 2020. AND PROHIBITS
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
SOURCE OF INCOME, INCLUDING
GOVERNMENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE
VOUCHERS. AS YOU MAY RECALL CRTS
ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR RESOURCES
TO SUPPORT THE WORKLOAD
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BILL WAS
PULLED IN 2022 COVID. IN
PRACTICE. SB 3 29 REQUIRES
LANDLORDS TO ACCEPT OTHERWISE
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WHO USE
SUCH VOUCHERS TO PAY RENT AND
PARTICIPATE IN HOUSING VOUCHER
PROGRAMS LIKE SECTION EIGHT. SB
PARDON ME? SP 3 29 CREATED A NEW
CLASS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
COMPLAINTS THAT CRD IS REQUIRED
TO INVESTIGATE, MEDIATE AND
LITIGATE. CRD ORIGINALLY
ESTIMATED THAT SP 3 29 WOULD
YIELD APPROXIMATELY 163
ADDITIONAL ANNUAL COMPLAINTS.
THE ESTIMATE, INCREASING PLATES
ONLY FOCUSED ON SECTION EIGHT.
SB 3 29 ALSO COVERS OTHER PUBLIC
ASSISTANT PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
WITH AIDS. AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
SUPPORTIVE PROGRAM. VOUCHERS. IN
2020 CRD RECEIVED 484 HOUSING
COMPLAINTS BASED ON SOURCE OF
INCOME TO DETER DISCRIMINATION.
THIS INCREASED TO 793 IN 2021.
AND 959 AND 2022. IN THE FIRST
FOUR MONTHS OF 2023. WE HAVE
RECEIVED 301 SOURCE OF INCOME
COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS ON TRACK TO
EXCEED 2022 VOLUMES. THIS DATA
DEMONSTRATES THE NEED FOR THIS
REQUEST OF FOUR POSITIONS TO
UNDERTAKE THE INCREASED WORKLOAD
ASSOCIATED WITH SP 3 29. WE'RE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS
ITEM. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO
GO TO L. A O, FOLLOWED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. UM NO,
IT'S JUST TO RAISE FOR THIS
ITEM. THANK YOU. DEPARTMENT.
PERMANENT FINANCES. NO FURTHER
COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. JUST ONE WHAT FACTORS
WILL BE WILL BE MONITORED TO
ENSURE THAT IN FACT,
DISCRIMINATION IS REDUCED. SO OF
COURSE, THE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED EACH YEAR
WILL BE LOOKED AT. BUT IT'S KIND
OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD BECAUSE
THE MORE WE EDUCATE PEOPLE ON
SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION
, THE MORE COMPLAINTS AS THEY
BECOME AWARE OF THE SITUATION
ARISE, BUT WE HAVE A ROBUST
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM
THAT EDUCATES BOTH HOUSING
PROVIDERS AND, UM, THE PUBLIC
ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, AND WE DO
TRAINING SESSIONS AND EDUCATION
AND OUTREACH TO DIFFERENT
HOUSING PROVIDERS AND HOPEFULLY
WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
DISCRIMINATION. THANK YOU. I
APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A PROGRAM AND NOBODY
KNOWS ABOUT IT. UM EXACTLY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT
TO PROGRAM AND WE WANT EVERYBODY
TO KNOW ABOUT IT. AND YOU'RE
RIGHT. THE COMPLAINTS WILL
INCREASE INITIALLY BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE
A RIGHT THEY NOW HAVE SOMEWHERE
WHERE THEY CAN COMPLAIN.
EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE AGREE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS
ITEM OPEN FOR THE MOMENT AND GO
ON TO ISSUE NUMBER 10
LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES. PLEASE
BEGIN. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ISSUE
RELATES TO SIX SENATE ASSEMBLY
BILLS THAT WERE ENACTED LAST
YEAR. AND WE ARE REQUESTING
RESOURCES TO SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENT AND SUPPORT THE BILLS
. I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER EACH OF
THE BILLS WITH A SHORT
EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO IF THAT IS WHAT YOU'D LIKE
ME TO DO. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME, I CAN ALSO JUST OPEN
MYSELF UP TO QUESTIONS. I'M
SORRY. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. OF
COURSE. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU
RESTATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID?
PLEASE OF COURSE, WE HAVE SIX
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY BILLS THAT
ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY WITH
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE WORK
THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE
INCREASED WORKLOAD. I'M HAPPY TO
GO OVER EACH SEPARATELY. BUT
THERE'S SIX OF THEM, AND I WAS
JUST WONDERING IF YOU WANTED ME
TO GO OVER A BRIEF OF EACH OF
THE BILLS. YES PLEASE. IF YOU
CAN KEEP IT SUCCINCT IN SHORT
THAT I WILL TRY. THANK YOU. YES
SENATE BILL 6 49 IS THE
AFFORDABLE LOCAL TENANT
PREFERENCE. THIS CREATES A STATE
POLICY AND SUPPORT OF LOCAL ANTI
DISPLACEMENT TENANT PREFERENCES
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS THAT USE LOW INCOME
HOUSING TAX CREDITS OR TAX
EXEMPT BONDS. THE PURPOSE OF THE
BILL IS TO PREVENT THE
DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME
INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN
NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCING
DISPLACEMENT, DISPLACEMENT
PRESSURES IN GENTRIFICATION DUE
TO RAPID GROWTH OR INCREASING
HOUSING PRICES. IT REMAINS IN
EFFECT ONLY UNTIL JANUARY. 1ST
2033. THE BILL PROVIDES THAT ANY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PREFERENCE IS
SUBJECT TO THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT
AND HOUSING ACT. UNREST CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT AND OTHER EXISTING
STATE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS
THAT CRD ENFORCES. AS THE STATE
ENTITY CHARGED WITH THESE
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION LAWS. WE
ANTICIPATE THAT THE ENACTMENT OF
SB 6 49 WILL RESORT IN AN
INCREASE IN WORKLOAD AS WE
RECEIVED COMPLAINTS AND OR
INITIATE INVESTIGATIONS OF DO OR
EXISTING LOCAL TENANT
PREFERENCES. THAT MAY NOT
COMPORT WITH THOSE HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION LAWS. SUCH
INVESTIGATIONS AND CIVIL ACTIONS
WILL BE COMPLEX AND RESOURCE
INTENSIVE INVOLVING, FOR EXAMPLE
, SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATIVE
DISCOVERY RESEARCH AND DATA
ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A
PARTICULAR LOCAL TENANT
PREFERENCES HAVING AN UNLAWFUL
DISPARATE IMPACT AND SUBSTANTIAL
LEGAL BRIEFINGS. SUCH
INVESTIGATIONS AND LAWSUITS
GENERALLY REQUIRE OUTSIDE
EXPERTS AND TAKE SEVERAL YEARS
TO REPAY. TO RESOLVE WE'RE
REQUESTING 1.2 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUNDS AND 23 24 24 25 25
26. AND THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE
COORDINATING WITH H C. D.
CORRECT FOR THE REMAINING UH,
LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES. IF YOU
COULD LIMIT THAT TO LIKE ONE OR
21 OR TWO SENTENCES, PLEASE, OF
COURSE. JUST BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS
. OKAY ASSEMBLY BILL 21 88 IS
NEXT. IT'S DISCRIMINATION,
EMPLOYMENT USE OF CANNABIS, AND
IT ADDS A NEW A NEW SECTION OF
THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING
ACT WOULD WHICH MAKES IT
UNLAWFUL FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
OF FIVE OR MORE IN CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC EMPLOYERS? FROM
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A PERSON
AND HIRING TERMINATION OR ANY
OTHER CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT,
OTHERWISE PENALIZING A PERSON
FOR THEIR USE OF CANNABIS OFF
THE JOB AND AWAY FROM THE
WORKPLACE. ASSEMBLY BILL 10, 41
EMPLOYEE LEAVE, AND, UH,
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE, WHICH IS 1949
. THEY GO HAND IN HAND AND
SUPPORT PROPOSAL SUPPORTS THE
TWO BILLS. A B 10 41 EXPANDS THE
PERSONS FOR WHOM AN EMPLOYEE CAN
TAKE JOB PROTECTED LEAVE UNDER
THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY RIGHTS ACT
TO INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE
DESIGNATED PERSON. WHO IS
RELATED TO THE EMPLOYEE BY BLOOD
OR WHOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE
EMPLOYEES EQUIVALENT OF A FAMILY
RELATIONSHIP. A B 1949 AT THE
NEW SECTION TO THE FAIR
EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING ACT TO
PROVIDE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WITH
UP TO FIVE DAYS OF JOB PROTECTED
LEAVE FOR THE DEATH OF A FAMILY
MEMBER TO BE TAKEN WITHIN THREE
MONTHS OF THE DEPTH. CRD
ESTIMATES THAT BOTH BILLS WILL
GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL
ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS AND
REQUEST 1.2 MILLION IN GENERAL
FUNDS FOR 23 24 24 25 25 26.
ASSEMBLY BILL 2448
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT OF
CUSTOMERS RESPONDS TO THE
INCREASE IN REPORTED HATE CRIMES
IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS. TO IMPLEMENT THIS
PROGRAM, CRD WILL NEED TO HIRE
STAFF AND DEVELOP PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS. WE REQUEST ONE
POSITION IN $243,000 ANNUALLY
THROUGH 27 28 TO COVER I T COSTS
TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE
REQUIRED DATABASE. TO CREATE
TRANSLATE RESOURCES AND TRAINING
, OUTREACH AND TRAVEL COSTS,
AMONG OTHER OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
, AND THE FINAL IS SENATE BILL
11 62, WHICH IS EMPLOYMENT,
SALARY AND WAGES. IT AMENDS THE
PAY DATA REPORTING LAW ENFORCED
BY CRD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
EMPLOYERS REQUIRED TO FILE
INCLUDING THOSE WHO HIRED
THROUGH LABOR CONTRACTORS. AND
REQUIRES ALL EMPLOYERS TO
INCLUDE MEDIAN AND BEING HOURLY
RATES OF EMPLOYEE GROUPINGS BY
JOB CATEGORY. WRAITH RACE,
ETHNICITY AND SEX FOR EACH
ESTABLISHMENT, AMONG OTHER
CHANGES. CAN I ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING THANK YOU.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, FOLLOWED
BY ELIO THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE NOTES THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AGAIN, PLEASE HAND
TODAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
INCLUDES ANY NECESSARY
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIMENTS AS
MORE POSITIONS ARE APPROVED
THROUGH BCPS. MORALES WITH THE L
A O AS THE AGENDA NICELY LAYS
OUT OVER ALL THE PROPOSALS
ROUGHLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT WAS
APPROVED. IRWIN WAS EXPECTED
DURING THE APPROPRIATIONS
PROCESS WITH SOME VARIATIONS
OVERALL, WE THINK THESE ARE SORT
OF REASONABLE TO IMPLEMENT
LEGISLATIVE, UM INTENT, AND
THESE CONSIDER TO BE ADJUSTED
OVER TIME, SHOULD THE TRUE
WORKLOAD AMOUNTS VARY AND WHAT
IS EXPECTED? THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. HOW WILL UH, CRD WORK WITH
HCG TO IMPLEMENT SB 649
SPECIFICALLY? AND HAVE THE TWO
DEPARTMENTS ALREADY DISCUSSED
IMPLEMENTATION. YES THEY HAVE
AND ALL THAT ADAM TALKED ABOUT
THE COORDINATION EFFORTS. ADAM
ROMERO WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM
HDD MENTIONED BEFORE OUR
DEPARTMENTS ARE, UH, OUR
JURISDICTION IS COMPLEMENTARY IN
THIS AREA, AND SO THERE'S UM UH
, WORK THAT HDD WILL DO ON THE
FRONT END WHEN A LOCALITY WANTS
TO HAVE A LOCAL TENANT
PREFERENCE, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S
LOCAL TENANT PREFERENCES,
DEPENDING ON THE JURY AT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF A JURISDICTION
MAY RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT WHO IS
GETTING THAT BENEFIT. UM,
DISPARATE IMPACT CONCERNS ON THE
BASIS OF RACE OR OTHER PROTECTED
CHARACTERISTICS ARE DEPARTMENT
MAY RECEIVE COMPLAINTS RELATED
TO THE CREATION OF THOSE
POLICIES AND HOW THEY'RE
IMPLEMENTED IN PARTICULAR
PROJECTS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT
THESE RESOURCES ARE. FOUR. WE
HAVE NOT YET COORDINATED WITH
HDD, BUT CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD
TO DOING SO. SO WHEN IS THE
COORDINATION WITH HCG? WHEN WILL
THAT BEGIN? AH AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. LIKE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT
NOW, JUST KIDDING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS
ISSUE? THE MAJORITY LEADER WHEN
THE BILL WAS GOING THROUGH OUR
THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES, UM,
ESTIMATE WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN
THAN YOU HAVE. UM THEY IT LOOKS
LIKE YOURS IS ABSOLUTELY ON THE
ON THE LOWER END. UM SO THE
QUESTION IS, HOW WILL HOW WILL
THE DEPARTMENT HOW WILL THE WORK
OF THE DEPARTMENT COMPLEMENT THE
WORK DONE BY H C D ON THIS
ISSUE? I THINK AGAIN. WHAT WITH
RESPECT TO I THINK THE, UH WHAT
WE ARE ASKING FOR BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN WHAT THE
LURK WORKLOAD WILL BE. WE'RE
REQUESTING THREE YEARS OF
FUNDING TO SORT OF MONITOR AND
EVALUATE THE TYPE OF COMPLAINTS
WE RECEIVE IN THE WORKLOAD, THE
ACTUAL WORKLOAD INCREASE FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT. UM AS WELL AGAIN. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING IN
COORDINATING WITH HCG. THEY WILL
BE WORKING, UH, AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE PROCESS, AND WE WILL BE
DOING OUR WORK AT THE END OF THE
PROCESS. ALWAYS TO ENSURE THAT
THESE PROGRAMS COMPLY WITH FAIR
HOUSING LAW AND AFFIRMATIVE
AFFIRMATIVELY. FURTHER FAIR
HOUSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU IF THERE
ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONED QUESTIONS, THE
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AS
BUDGETED ALL LEGISLATIVE
RESOURCES EXCEPT SB 649, WHICH
WE WILL HOLD OPEN FOR THE
MOMENT. CAN I GET A MOTION?
THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
KOREA. WE PATERSON RAISE WICKS.
THANK YOU AND ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
LEAD. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO
THE HEARING. AND NOW YOU HAVE
YOUR OWN COMMITTEE AT THE
MOMENT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO
BACK AND ADD YOU TO THE VOTES.
CAN WE HAVE THE REAL CAR,
PLEASE? CAN YOU ANNOUNCE THEM,
OKAY. VOTE ONLY CALENDAR FOR
ISSUES VOTE ONLY ISSUE ONE AND
TWO. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO
APPROVE HIS BUDGETED B. AND THEN
ISSUE NUMBER THREE IS THE MOTION
ISSUE, PROVE HIS BUDGET AND
ADOPT PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE. WE ISSUE NUMBER FOUR
IS TO APPROVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT
FOR 69 AND 13 MEMBER LEE. ISSUE
NUMBER SEVEN IS TO ADOPT
PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BUILD
LANGUAGE. REMEMBER LEE. GREAT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE
FREE TO GO. OKAY? IT'S SO
CHALLENGING TO BE IN BETWEEN TWO
BUILDINGS THAT COMMITTEES THANK
YOU AGAIN, REMEMBER? WE ARE
GOING. ARE WE ON OUR FINAL?
SPECIAL TWO MORE WHICH WERE ON
ISSUE 10. NO 11. YES, YOU 11.
PROGRAM 1500 ELIMINATION. PLEASE
BEGIN. THANK YOU. THIS PROPOSAL
IS A NET ZERO COST TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENT THAT WOULD STREAMLINE
SPENDING AND PROVIDER DEPARTMENT
WITH ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IS
SECURE LEGAL REPRESENTATION BY
REMOVING THE RESTRICTION IN OUR
BUDGET, WHICH DICTATES FUNDING
FOR ONLY ONE SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT.
MAINTAINS DIRECT AUTHORITY TO
PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS OF THE FAIR
EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING ACT IN
TRIAL COURTS. EXISTING LAW ALSO
PROVIDES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE REPRESENTS STATE
AGENCIES IN JUDICIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
WITHIN THE CRD BUDGET PROGRAM.
1500 SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATE
FUNDING FOR THE COST OF THESE
LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY DOJ
CRD. THESE FUNDS ARE DEDICATED
AND MAY ONLY BE EXPENDED ON DOJ
SERVICES IN MULTIPLE YEARS.
THESE ALLOCATIONS HAVE EXCEEDED
EXPENDITURES AND WE WERE UNABLE
TO EXPEND THE FUNDS AS PROGRAM
1500 FUNDS ARE SOLELY DEDICATED
TO REIMBURSING DOJ AT ANY TIME.
CRD MUST SEEK OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
THE FUNDING FOR THOSE LEGAL
SERVICES MUST INSTEAD COME FROM
CRD PROGRAM 14 90 ADMINISTRATION
OF CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND THE
DEDICATED FUNDING AND PROGRAM
1500 REMAINS UNSPENT. APPROVAL
OF THIS PROPOSAL MEANS THAT CRD
WILL CONTINUE. THE SAME PROCESS
OF USING DOJ IS THE PRIMARY
SOURCE FOR LEGAL SERVICES
RELATED TO APPEALS AND RITZ AND
CONSULT WITH DOJ WHEN SITUATIONS
ARISE THAT MAY REQUIRE THE
APPOINTMENT OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL
BY ELIMINATING PROGRAM 1500
INSTEAD PLACING THE FUNDS IN 14
90. CRD WILL HAVE MORE
FLEXIBILITY TO USE FUNDS TO PAY
EITHER DOJ OR OUTSIDE COUNSEL OR
APPROPRIATE LEGAL EXPERTS WHEN
NEEDED. THE PROCESS TO HIRE
OUTSIDE COUNSEL WILL NOT BE
IMPEDED BY CRD HAVING TO
IDENTIFY FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE
SERVICES, WHICH MEANS CRD WILL
BE BETTER ABLE TO EXECUTE ITS
MISSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY
TO TAKE QUESTIONS. DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. HANNAH CANCER
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WE HAVE
NO FURTHER COMMENTS. MORALES
ELIO NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR THE
COMMITTEE. ANY COMMENTS?
QUESTIONS HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
FOR YOU. HOW OFTEN HAS CRD HAD
TO SEEK OUTSIDE REPRESENTATION?
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
BUT WHEN IT DOES LITIGATION COME
AND GO ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND
WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH
DOJ WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS
ARE IN PLAY. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
IS WHEN DOJ REPRESENTS A STATE
ENTITY AND THE DEFENDANT IS
INVOLVED IN A CIVIL KIDS CASE
LAWSUIT WITH CRD. SO THAT'S KIND
OF COVERING A BIT OF THE
CONFLICT, THEN CORRECT? YES,
ELABORATE ON THAT. UM SO WE ARE
ONE OF THE FEW ENTITIES STATE
AGENCIES THAT CAN ALSO TAKE SUIT
AGAINST ANOTHER STATE ENTITY.
AND WHEN IT GOES INTO APPEAL,
DOJ WOULD REPRESENT THE STATE
ENTITY THAT IS ON APPEAL. AND
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE IS A
CONFLICT AND SO WE REQUEST
OUTSIDE, UH, COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
THAT HELPS ADDRESS MY QUESTION.
THANK YOU. HOW MUCH OF C R D S
ALLOCATED BUDGET LAST YEAR WENT
TOWARDS THE RETAIN MINT OF
PRIVATE LAW FIRMS. ONE MOMENT.
A LITTLE UNDER $250,000 OKAY?
AND DO THESE PRIVATE LAW FIRMS
WHEN CONTRACTING BY CRD GET
COMPENSATED FOR THE BILLABLE
HOURS ALONE, OR DO THEY ALSO GET
A PORTION OF C R D S
SETTLEMENTS? BILLABLE HOURS.
THEY DON'T GET A PORTION OF CRD
SETTLEMENTS NÓ. OKAY WHAT IS C R
. D S POLICIES ON ENGAGING
PRIVATE LAW FIRMS TO REPRESENT
THE AGENCY IS THIS WRITTEN
POLICY OR INFORMAL? I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU REPHRASE THAT? WHAT IS
THE RDS POLICIES ON ENGAGING
PRIVATE LAW FIRMS TO REPRESENT
THE AGENCY? SURE ADAM ROMERO
WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT FOR HIRING
OUTSIDE COUNSEL. THERE'S NO
SPECIFIC SUBDIVISIONS. I DON'T
HAVE THE EXCUSE ME THE CODE
SECTION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UH,
THAT AUTHORIZES US TO HIRE
OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND THEN UPON
APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, AND SO THE PROCESSES OR
HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN WHEN WE
NEED TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL
BECAUSE THERE'S A CONFLICT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THEIR
INABILITY TO REPRESENT US. WE
SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THEY
PROVIDE IT, AND THEN WE HIRE
OUTSIDE COUNSEL. SO THERE IS A
SET OF LIKE A POLICY AS A CODE
SECTION THAT YOU FOLLOW IN LAW
WITH RELATIONS TO HOW A PRIVATE
LAW FIRM IS CONTRACTED. IT SET
OUT IN STATUTES. CAN YOU SEND
THAT TO US WHEN YOU HAVE A
NUMBER 9130 B. WELL WE'LL FOLLOW
UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
THE CORRECT ONE. ACCORDING TO
SEE RDS 2020 ANNUAL REPORT.
THERE WAS MORE THAN 50. THERE
WAS MORE THAN A 50% DROP IN THE
NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IT RECEIVED
FROM 28,739 AND 2019 TO 23,898
IN 2020. GIVEN THAT FOR YEARS,
CRD HAS ARGUED THAT IT IS
UNDERSTAFFED AND CONSISTENTLY
INVESTIGATES ONLY ABOUT 25% OF
THE COMPLAINTS IT RECEIVES. ONE.
MY LOGICALLY THINK THAT A DROP
IN COMPLAINTS IN 2020 WOULD HAVE
LED TO AN INCREASE IN
INVESTIGATIONS. UH, RATHER CRD
INVESTIGATED ONLY 5784
COMPLAINTS IN 2020. COMPARED TO
6636 AND 2019. CAN YOU EXPLAIN
THE DROP IN INVESTIGATIONS CAN
AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO IN 2020, WE DID HAVE A 28%
VACANCY RATE AND WE HAD
REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATORS.
WE RECEIVED THOSE POSITIONS,
WHICH LED TO A SLIGHTLY HIGHER
VACANCY RATE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING
CONSISTENTLY ON FILLING THOSE
POSITIONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE'RE NOW DOWN TO A 13% VACANCY
RATE AND THE NUMBER OF
COMPLAINTS FOR 22 HAS RISEN
SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE'RE SEEING A
TREND. AH OF THAT SAME UPWARD
TREND IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS THAT
WERE INVESTIGATING TREND UPWARD.
SO IN 2020 THE DEPARTMENT AS YOU
JUST MENTIONED REPORTS OPENING
5794 ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN
WHICH ONLY 706 OR SETTLED OUT OF
THE CLOSE TO NEARLY 6000. CAN
YOU ELABORATE WHY THE DEPARTMENT
HAS A LOW RATE OF SETTLEMENT,
WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 12. AND
CAN YOU PROVIDE THE AVERAGE TIME
IT TAKES FROM THE FILING OF A
COMPLAINT TO THE OPENING OF AN
INVESTIGATION TO THE RESOLUTION
OF THE COMPLAINTS? SO TAKE US
FROM STEP EIGHT TO THE END? OKAY
WELL, I'LL START WITH THAT
BEFORE I GET INTO THE NUMBERS
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL HELP
PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE. SO WE
RECEIVE OUR INTAKE FORMS THROUGH
EITHER A PAPER FORMAT OR THROUGH
ELECTRONIC PORTAL AND THOSE ARE
ASSIGNED TO ONE OF OUR
INVESTIGATORS FOR WHAT WE CALL
AN INTAKE INTERVIEW AT THAT
POINT IN TIME, OUR INVESTIGATORS
WILL QUESTION THE COMPLAINANT TO
SEE WHAT THE ISSUES WERE AND TO
SEE IF CRD HAS JURISDICTION. AND
IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE THAT
WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER. UM
THAT INVOLVES A GOOD DEAL OF
WORK IN SOME OF THOSE CASES. WE
DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION, BUT WE
DO TAKE THE TIME TO REFER THEM
TO ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THEY CAN
OBTAIN HELP. IF IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER.
WE FILE A CASE AND IT GOES INTO
A, UM WHERE WE DO ADDITIONAL
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CASE.
THOSE ARE THE CASES THAT MAY
MOVE TO MEDIATION OR THEY MAY
MOVE TO OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR
LITIGATION. UM WHILE OUR NUMBER
OF SETTLEMENTS AS YOU MENTIONED
WAS 706 AND 2020, THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT THAT OF THE SETTLEMENTS
REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME ANNUALLY.
WHICH IS WHAT. RIGHT WE'RE ON AN
AVERAGE OF ABOUT $10 MILLION IN
SETTLEMENTS. THROUGH OUR
MEDIATION. SO CAN YOU ELABORATE
ON THE TIMELINE? YES YES. SO CRD
HAS A STATUTORY TIMELINE OF ONE
YEAR FOR MOST CASES. SO WE WORK
OUR CASES WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR
PERIOD OF TIME. FROM THE TIME
THAT WE CONDUCT OUR INTAKE
INTERVIEW, FILED A COMPLAINT AND
CLOSED THE CASE. WE HAVE ONE
YEAR STATUTORILY TO DO THAT. SO
WE DO HAVE CASES. UH, THAT
BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE
COMPLAINANT FILES THE INTAKE
INTERVIEW TO THE TIME THAT WE
ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE INTERVIEW.
WE WERE. WE WERE UP TO 120 DAYS
FOR THAT WE REQUESTED SOME
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO COMBAT
THAT. AND NOW WE'RE AT 90 DAYS,
SO THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
HAVE HELPED US MOVE OUR TIME
FROM INTAKE TO TIME. WE ACTUALLY
WORKED THE CASE IN A POSITIVE
MANNER IN A LESS TIME FRAME FOR
OUR COMPLAINANTS TO RECEIVE
COMMUNICATION FROM C. R D. CAN
THANK YOU FOR THAT. CAN YOU GO
BACK AND JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE
BIT MORE ON THE 12% SETTLEMENT,
RIGHT? SO MM HMM. THE DEPARTMENT
HAS, UH, SETTLEMENT RATE OF 12%
BASED ON THE 2020 NUMBERS, SO
5005 CLOSE TO 6000 ACTIVE
INVESTIGATIONS OF ONLY WHICH 706
HAVE BEEN SETTLED. SO WE
CORRECTION SO MENTIONED A BIT
RELATED TO STAFFING RIGHT? YOU
HAD A VACANCY OF 28, WHICH IS
NOW 13. MY CONCERN, AND THE
QUESTION IS OUT OF THE FOLKS
THAT ARE PUTTING IN AN
INVESTIGATION. WHAT IS THE
RESPONSE RATE? AND WHY ARE WE
ONLY SEEING THE 12% SETTLEMENT?
IN ORDER TO MOVE A CASE FROM OUR
INVESTIGATION STAFF TO OUR
MEDIATION STAFF. BOTH PARTIES
HAVE TO AGREE TO MEDIATION. AND
IN SOME CASES, BOTH PARTIES
DON'T WANT TO MEDIATE THOSE
CASES. SO WE TRY VERY HARD. WE
MOVED MANY MORE CASES OF THAT TO
OUR MEDIATION STAFF. BUT IN SOME
CASES WERE ONLY SUCCESSFUL IN A
SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF GETTING
BOTH PARTIES TO AGREE TO
MEDIATE. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.
CAN YOU PROVIDE US IF YOU DON'T?
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE IT NOW,
BUT LATER DATE THE PERCENTAGE OF
CASES THE PERCENTAGE OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT AGREE TO
MEDIATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO THE
NUMBERS. I ABSOLUTELY CAN. I
DON'T HAVE THE MOMENT. MY
FINGERTIPS, THOUGH. GREAT. I
THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YES
AND AGAIN, ACCORDING TO YOUR
2020 REPORT, THE LEGISLATIVE THE
SORRY THE LEGAL DIVISIONS WORK
SETTLING THAT 13 CASES RESULTED
IN RESTITUTIONS OR SETTLEMENTS
EQUALLY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 2.5
MILLION. WHILE OTHER DIVISIONS
SETTLED CASES TOTALING
APPROXIMATELY NINE MILLION,
GIVEN THE DISPROPORTIONATE
RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE LEGAL
DIVISION, INCLUDING, UM OUTSIDE
COUNSEL COSTS, IN YOUR OPINION,
ARE THE CR CR THESE RESOURCES
BEING ALLOCATED IN A MANNER
PROVIDING THE GREATEST BENEFIT
TO THE MAJORITY OF VICTIMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AND ABUSE. I
BELIEVE THEY ARE BECAUSE OUR
INVESTIGATIVE STAFF AND
ENFORCEMENT BY FAR AS THE
LARGEST DIVISION AND THAT IS
CONCENTRATED ON, UM SERVING
CALIFORNIANS WHO HAVE BEEN, UM.
BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE
THEY'VE, UH BEEN VIOLATED IN
THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE
JURISDICTION OVER. SO YES, I DO
BELIEVE THAT WERE APPROPRIATELY
STAFFED AND THAT WE'RE
ADDRESSING THAT. IN ADDITION,
OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH UM,
UNIT DIVISION DOES WORK ON, UM,
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND GETTING
THE KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE ABOUT
WHAT WE CAN HELP WITH AND
EDUCATING LIKE HOUSING PROVIDERS
ON THE UM WHAT THEY SHOULD AND
SHOULDN'T DO AND ACCORDANCE WITH
VIA I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION
THAT I TEND TO ASK RELATED TO
JUST ISSUES ON EQUITY AND
IDENTIFYING POCKETS IN WHICH WE
CAN IMPROVE UPON UM I WOULD LOVE
TO KNOW IF YOU TRACK OR HAVE
STATS RELATED TO, UM THE
COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE
VICTIMS ON DISCRIMINATION AND
ABUSE. HOW MANY OF THEM NEED?
UH, LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL
COMPETENCY. UM RESOURCES. HOW
MANY? WHAT IS YOUR, UM WHAT DOES
IT LOOK LIKE IN RELATIONS TO
INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION
SERVICES? HMM IF YOU HAPPEN TO
BE, I DON'T ELABORATE ON THAT. I
CAN ELABORATE, AND WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IS THAT IN AN UPTICK IN THE
NUMBER OF TRANSLATION SERVICES
THAT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED,
ESPECIALLY DURING OUR INTAKES,
UM. WE'VE SEEN A DRASTIC INTAKE
UPTAKE IN THAT SO, YES, WE ARE
SEEING THAT AND WE HAVE
TRANSLATION CONTRACTS IN PLACE.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO BETTER
WITH TRANSLATING ALL OF OUR
EDUCATION MATERIALS IN SEVERAL
LANGUAGES. IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT
ADAM'S GROUP SPECIFICALLY TAKES
CARE OF. FOR US. UM BUT YES, WE
HAVE SEEN A DEFINITE INCREASE IN
THE NEED FOR TRANSLATION
SERVICES WITH OUR COMPLAINANTS.
CAN YOU ELABORATE A BIT ON THE
LANGUAGES THAT YOU'VE SEEN A AN
UPRISING OR AN UPTICK ON I DON'T
HAVE THE PERCENTAGES IN FRONT OF
ME. I KNOW THE MAJORITY OF IT IS
SPANISH. UM I HAVE SEEN SOME
NEED FOR KOREAN AND I DON'T HAVE
THE STATS FOR THE BREAKOUT, BUT
WE CAN GET THEM FOR YOU BECAUSE
WE DO TRACK THEM. OKAY UM, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK IF WE
CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
POTENTIALLY LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN
THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT
IS AND YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US
KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AND HOW
I'M ASKING ALSO, BECAUSE I'M I'M
ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW
YOUR DEPARTMENT WORKS. UH DOES
THE CRD HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE
ABLE TO ASSIST NON ENGLISH
SPEAKERS WITH THEIR COMPLAINTS?
YES WE CURRENTLY HAVE CONTRACTS
FOR A LANGUAGE LINES. SO ANY OF
OUR COMPLAINANTS THAT CALL IN
THAT ARE NON ENGLISH SPEAKING.
THEY INDICATE THE LANGUAGE IN
WHICH THEY NEED THE
INTERPRETATION SERVICES, AND WE
ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT THROUGH
OUR CONTRACT WITH LANGUAGE LINE.
AND HMM. CURIOUS IF. CONTRACTING
OUT YOUR SERVICES IS, UH
FINANCIALLY THE APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE OR WHETHER YOU NEED IN
HOUSE STAFF. WORKING FOR THE
DEPARTMENT. WE DO HAVE A
PERCENTAGE OF, UH. BILINGUAL
EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE BILINGUAL
PAY. WE FIND THAT SPANISH IS ONE
OF THE MAIN LANGUAGES THAT WE
HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE THE
CERTIFICATION FOR WE DO HAVE ONE
KOREAN UH, BILINGUAL PAY, BUT IT
IS DIFFICULT TO FIND. ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WE NEED
TO TRANSLATE AND SERVE THE
PUBLIC WITH JUST EMPLOYEES, BUT
WE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
BILINGUAL STUFF THAT WE DO HAVE
AND CONTRACT OUT AND WE WHEN WE
DON'T YOU FOLLOW THE SAME WHEN
YOU'RE HIRING AND STUFF LIKE AND
AGENCY STAFF. DO YOU FOLLOW
KELLY CHARS GUIDELINES TOWARDS
TESTING. UH OKAY. SO IT IS SO IN
ANOTHER HEARING WHAT? KELLY CHAR
. WE WERE DISCUSSING WHETHER THE
TESTING MODELS ARE UM IN
LANGUAGE OF HOW PEOPLE SPEAK OR
WHETHER THEY'RE IN LANGUAGE OF
HOW EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS MAY
LOOK AT A POTENTIAL TEST, WHICH
IS OFTEN A BARRIER IN THE HIRING
PROCESS. SO WONDERING IF YOU CAN
DO A COMPARISON OF THE OPEN CASE
OR THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT CASES
THAT YOU HAVE AND THE AND THE
COMPLAINTS THAT YOU RECEIVE.
BASED ON HOW MANY OF THEM CAN BE
DONE IN HOUSE. AND HOW MANY OF
THEM YOU USE YOUR CONTRACT
SERVICES FOR LIKE TO SEE IF
THERE'S A CORRELATION THERE, AS
WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS
THAT CAN WAIT LONGER PERIODS OF
TIME, PERHAPS BECAUSE THERE IS A
LANGUAGE DEFICIENCY. DOES THAT
MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. I CAN
PROVIDE YOU THE NUMBERS THE
BREAKOUT FOR YOU AFTER THIS, UM
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT IN
PLACE FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES.
IT HAS NOT IMPEDED THE WAIT TIME
FOR ANY OF OUR COMPLAINANTS TO
RESERVE SERVICES. THAT'S VERY
GOOD TO HEAR. BUT I THINK WE
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
THAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR
COMPLAINT YOUR COMPLAINT INTAKE
LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MANY OF THOSE
COMPLAINTS, UM, ARE ARE BEYOND
ENGLISH ENGLISH AS A PRIMARY.
HMM. LANGUAGE. EXCUSE ME YOUR
CAREER IF I COULD JUST ADD THAT
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN OUR
DEPARTMENT JUST LAUNCHED THE
CALIFORNIA VERSUS HATE RESOURCE
LINE AND NETWORK, WHICH IS A UM
, PHONE BASED AND ONLINE SYSTEM
FOR VICTIMS AND COMMUNITIES
TARGETED BY HATE TO ACCESS
SERVICES IN A CARE COORDINATOR
WHO CAN HELP SOMEBODY UNDERSTAND
THEIR OPTIONS WHEN THEY'VE BEEN
TARGETED FOR HATE. ONLINE YOU
CAN ACCESS THAT THAT PORTAL
THROUGH IN 14 DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES. AND IF YOU CALL THE
PHONE NUMBER 209 LANGUAGES ARE
AVAILABLE AGAIN THROUGH A
CONTRACT. WHERE ESSENTIALLY,
SOMEONE CALLS SAYS I NEED
SERVICES IN THIS LANGUAGE. THE
CONTRACTOR IS AVAILABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT LANGUAGE SERVICES
IMMEDIATELY. AND SO WITH OUR
COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION PROGRAM
AS WELL, UM, THE CHALLENGE CAN
BE IF WHEN YOU HAVE IN HOUSE
SPEAKERS OF A PARTICULAR
LANGUAGE, THEY MAY BE OCCUPIED
BY OTHER MATTERS AND NOT
AVAILABLE ON THE IMMEDIATELY
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS AND NEEDS
ASSISTANCE. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
HELPFUL TO HAVE THESE LANGUAGE
SERVICES SORT OF ON. YOU KNOW,
ON THE READY THROUGH CONTRACT SO
WE CAN NOT CREATE DELAYS BY
TRYING TO FREE UP TIME OF
SOMEONE WHO MAY SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE OF THE PERSON SEEKING
SERVICES. THAT'S HELPFUL TO
KNOW. THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE HARDER TO REACH A
LANGUAGES WE LANGUAGES. WE ALSO
HAVE SEEN IT. UM INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT THAT HAVE YOU KNOW, UM
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ARE JUST
ALSO VERY DIFFICULT. AND SO IF
THERE'S ANY, UM ANY SUPPORT OR
RESOURCES THAT WE CAN ALSO THINK
ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES. WE SEE
COMPLAINTS RELATED TO, UM FARM
WORKING IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AS
WELL GROWING RISE OF OAXACAN UM
AND SUPPLE DICK SPEAKERS, AND IF
THERE'S ANY CONCERNS, THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF
US WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT THANK YOU. YEAH
FINAL QUESTION WHAT EFFORTS HAVE
BEEN MADE TO CONFIRM THAT THERE
ARE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
ARISING FROM PRE EXISTING
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ANY
MEMBERS OF THE CRD STAFF AND THE
PRIVATE ATTORNEY. CRD HAS
POTENTIALLY ENGAGED WITH. I
MEAN, I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL
HERE. WE CAN'T COMMENT ON ANY
PENDING LITIGATION. UM. BUT
WE'VE WE'VE OUR LEGAL DIVISION
HAS WORKED TO ENSURE THAT
THERE'S NO ONE HAS RAISED THE
COMPLAINT TO US THAT THERE IS
ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AND IF
SOMEONE RAISES A COMPLAINT
BETWEEN OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND
IN HOUSE COUNSEL WE CERTAINLY
WOULD EVALUATE AND TRY TO
ADDRESS IT. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS. RELATED TO THIS. THANK
YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE.
I THINK IT'S UM WE'RE TRYING TO
JUST FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ENSURE
THAT THIS PROGRAM IS, UM,
ANSWERING AND ADDRESSING AS MANY
COMPLAINTS AS POSSIBLE AND THAT
YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU
NEED ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CASES
THAT ARE RESOLVED IN AN
APPROPRIATE MANNER. SO I
APPRECIATE THE I APPRECIATE YOUR
DETAILED RESPONSES TO MY
QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
THIS ITEM OPEN FOR THE MOMENT.
AND WE ARE NOW OFF TO OUR LAST
ISSUE, WORKLOAD AND
ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES. PLEASE
BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK
YOU. IN RECENT YEARS, OUR
DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN IN BUDGET
STAFF AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO
MATCH THIS GROWTH DEPARTMENT
REQUESTS TO POSITIONS TO HANDLE
TO ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS,
INTERNAL AUDITS AND RECRUITMENT
INTENTION OF A RETENTION OF A
DIVERSE AND TALENTED WORKFORCE,
THE FIRST POSITION AND INTERNAL
AUDITOR WOULD CONDUCT OBJECTIVE
, IMPARTIAL ASSESSMENTS OF OUR
PROGRAM. PROCESSES AND POLICIES
. IT IS RECOMMENDED UNDER
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE WHEN
AN ENTITY SPENDING EXCEEDS 50
MILLION OR MORE ANNUALLY IN THIS
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SEE RDS
BUDGET EXCEEDED THIS AMOUNT OF
55 MILLION. THE SECOND POSITION
WOULD BE A SUPERVISOR IN OUR
HUMAN RESOURCES UNIT, WHO WOULD
SERVE AS A RECRUITER AND
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY OFFICER. TO
SUPPORT EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY,
ATTRACT AND RETAIN A WIDE RANGE
OF QUALIFIED TEAM MEMBERS ACROSS
MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, RECOGNIZING
THAT AN AGENCY WITH BETTER THAT
BETTER REFLECTS CALIFORNIA WILL
BE BETTER SITUATED TO SERVE THE
NEEDS OF CALIFORNIANS. THE
POSITION WILL BUILD ON ONGOING
EFFORTS TO FOSTER AND MAINTAIN
AND ENGAGED AND INCLUSIVE
WORKPLACE CULTURE, WHICH IS
INTEGRAL TO A EXCELLENCE. I WAS
HAPPY TO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO
TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE FIRST, FOLLOWED BY ELIO.
HANAKO HANDS TODAY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WE HAVE
NO FURTHER COMMENTS. MORALES
ELIO? NO, IT'S JUST TO RAISE FOR
THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. VERY
SIMILAR QUESTION AS I HAD FOR
THE PREVIOUS PANEL, BUT IT JUST
RELATES TO CRD IN ANY CHALLENGES
WITH RECRUITMENT, RETENTION OF
STAFF. AND WHERE DOES CRD
USUALLY RECRUIT NEW TALENT FROM?
SO CURRENTLY WE USE THE TELL. HR
WEBSITE. WE USE OUR OWN WEBSITE
. WE USED TO LINK IN AND WE USE
SIMPLICITY, WHICH REACHES OUT TO
COLLEGES. WE WOULD LIKE TO REACH
OUT TO MORE, UM TO A BUY MORE
DIVERSE WORKFORCE USING, UH,
LIKE JOB FAIRS AND REALLY
DELVING INTO WHAT? UM WHAT WOULD
BE BETTER METHODOLOGIES FOR US
TO RECRUIT BUT WE ALSO ONCE WE
RECRUIT. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE RETAIN THOSE FOLKS,
AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE AN EXTRA
RESOURCE WOULD REALLY HELP US BE
ABLE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR
THAT, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS PANEL
AGAIN, YOU ADDRESSED SOME SOME
DEFICITS RELATED TO YOUR VACANCY
RATES, RIGHT? 28% NOW, 13. WHAT
IS YOUR RETENTION RATE? I DON'T
HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY. OKAY
THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. ALSO IN
CHINA, YOU CAN HIRE FOLKS RIGHT?
BUT IF THEY LEAVE WITHIN A YEAR
, THEN YOU'RE BACK. CORRECT
YOU'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW
AS WELL. SEEING NO OTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE. UH
WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS ITEM OPEN
FOR THE MOMENT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE DONE
. MY GOODNESS. UM NOW WE JUST
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM SO ALL
OF OUR HEARINGS HAVE BEEN ABOUT
SEVEN HOURS LONG. SO THIS IS
REALLY QUITE REFRESHING. WE WILL
NOW BE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT
IN THE HEARING ROOM AND ON THE
PHONE. THE PHONE NUMBER TO
CONNECT IS ON THE COMMITTEE
WEBSITE. AND SHOULD ALSO BE ON
THE SCREEN. IF YOU ARE WATCHING
OVER THE INTERNET, THE PHONE
NUMBER TOLL FREE 8776928957. THE
PUBLIC ACCESS CODE IS 1315447
THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE
HEARING ROOM? PLEASE BEGIN.
LET'S MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE
IS ON. GOOD AFTERNOON, JUSTIN
GARRETT WITH THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
REPRESENTING ALL 58 COUNTIES IN
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU FOR THE
DISCUSSION TODAY ON HOMELESSNESS
, FUNDING, COUNTY SHARE THE
GOALS OF ENSURING THAT
HOMELESSNESS FUNDING IS USED AS
EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE OF
INSURING THAT THERE ARE STRONG
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES IN PLACE
AND THAT WE MAKE REAL PROGRESS
IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR
STATES. TOWARD THAT END THROUGH
A MONTHS LONG, ALL COUNTY
PROCESS, HE SAID, HAS DEVELOPED
THE AT HOME PLAN THAT WE ARE
PRESENTING FOR THE COMMITTEE'S
CONSIDERATION THAT HAS CLEAR
LINES OF RESPONSIBILITY,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING AT HOME STANDS FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY,
HOUSING, OUTREACH, MITIGATION
AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND
WITHIN EACH OF THESE SIX
PILLARS, IT'S A FULL SLATE OF
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED
TO ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM IN OUR STATE
SPECIFIC FOR THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS. WE
PRESENT THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PILLAR THAT REALLY WOULD
ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM
IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE
SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR OTHER KEY
POLICY AREAS IN OUR STATE. AND
WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE CURRENT HAT
PROGRAMS THAT YOU WRAP UP,
PLEASE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS ONE
MINUTE DEFINITELY WE WILL FOLLOW
UP AS NEEDED ON OUR LETTER AND
ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS AND
WE'LL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU.
HOLLY FOR MEDIA DAY. JESUS WITH
LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS HERE
TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE
REDUCTIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE
GOVERNOR ON HOME OWNERSHIP ON
BEHALF OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
SPUR AND THE BAY AREA COUNCIL.
WE'RE HOPING FOR THE RESTORATION
OF THOSE CUTS, THE COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS AND STAFF
RECOMMENDATION, AND MOST OF THE
CONVERSATION TODAY WAS FOCUSED
ON THE REDUCTIONS DO NOT JUST
TO, UM, THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
BRAWL PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF RESTORING THOSE
CUTS AS WELL. BUT I WANTED TO
SPECIFY MY COMMENTS TODAY. I'M
ON THE CALHOUN PROGRAM, WHICH
DID NOT GET MUCH ATTENTION.
SPECIFICALLY THIS PROGRAM IS
OVERSUBSCRIBED AT THIS LAST
ROUND OF FUNDING. JUST LAST
MONTH WAS $250 MILLION WAS
REQUESTED 137 MILLION IN PROJECT
APPLICATIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BE
FUNDED. 30% OF THOSE
APPLICATIONS ARE FROM HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY AND THOSE HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY, HOMEOWNERS OR 80%
OF THE BLOW OF THE AM I SO BY
DESIGN, THAT PROGRAM IS SERVING
A MUCH MORE DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND THAT INCLUDES 49% HISPANIC 7
TO 12% BLACK AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN, 18% ASIAN OR PACIFIC
ISLANDERS, AND ONLY 20% ARE
WHITE AND NON HISPANIC AND 3% OR
TWO OR MORE RACES OF NON
HISPANIC SO OUR IMPACTS THAT
HABITAT HUMANITY WE DO KEEP
TRACK OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS
DEFINITELY ARE MUCH MORE DIVERSE
BY DESIGN, BECAUSE IT IS SERVING
80% OF THE BELOW OF THE AM I SO
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MADE
THOSE COMMENTS AND HOPE THAT THE
COMMITTEE SUPPORTS RESTORING
THOSE CUTS. THANK YOU. AGAIN
JUST PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENT
TO ONE MINUTE. YES GOOD
AFTERNOON, KIM LEWIS,
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
COALITION FOR YOUTH, AND WE
SUBMITTED SUGGESTIONS TO THEY
HAVE TRAILER BILL TO MAKE IT
WORK BETTER FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EXITS TO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MAY
NOT ALWAYS BE THE BEST SOLUTION
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IF WE CAN
CONNECT THEM WITH FAMILY EXIT TO
SAFE AND STABLE LOCATION SHOULD
ALSO BE A SUCCESSFUL MEASURE FOR
OUR YOUTH. WE ALSO RECOMMENDING
SUPPORTING PROMISING PRACTICES
AND DATA INFORMED SOLUTIONS
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE
HASN'T BEEN A TON OF RESEARCH
AROUND EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING
LEFT OUT OF THE USES OF FUNDING
FOR THE HAP ONGOING FUNDS. AND
SO WE PROVIDED A LOT OF
SUGGESTIONS AROUND THAT. AND SO
I WANTED TO JUST RAISE THIS TO
YOUR ATTENTION AND KNOW THAT
YOU, UM SPECIFIC, COORDINATED
ENTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE JUST
ADDING QUESTION TO YOUR
QUESTIONNAIRE SAYING, OH, HAVE
YOU TRADED SEX FOR A PLACE TO
SLEEP AS A WAY TO DETERMINE YOUR
ABILITY SEEMS VERY INVASIVE AND
A TOOL THAT YOU JUST MET
SOMEBODY ON SO REALLY NEED OUR
YOUTH. SPECIFIC. COORDINATE
ENTRY SYSTEMS ACROSS ALL OF OUR
C O. C S. THANK YOU. CHAIR IN,
UH, MEMBERS. LANCE CHRISTIAN,
SOME OTHER CALIFORNIA POLICY
CENTER WE SUBMITTED TO THE
COMMITTEE AND TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE LEGISLATURE REPORT. WE JUST
HAVE DONE AND COMPLETED ON THE
CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES IT'S HAD OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS. A LOT OF MISSION
CREEP HERE HAPPENING AND THIS
EVOLUTION WE BELIEVE HAS SOME
REPERCUSSION FOR WORKERS AND
BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA. WE
REALLY THINK THE LEGISLATURE
WOULD DO THEMSELVES WELL TO GO
AND THINK ABOUT SOME POLICY
CHANGES THAT WILL REFOCUS HIS
MISSION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT
ACCOMPLISHES THE TASK. WE'RE
HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT
CONVERSATION AND APPRECIATE
RECEIVING THAT REPORT AND HAVE A
NICE DAY. HELLO CHAIR MEMBERS,
CAROLINE STRAND CIONI ON BEHALF
OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION TODAY. CAL CITIES
IS REQUESTING A ANNUAL $3
BILLION APPROPRIATION, BEGINNING
IN THE 2023 BUDGET ACT TO
PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, UM AND
BOOST THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. A RECENT STATEWIDE
SURVEY THAT CAL CITIES CONDUCTED
SHOWS THAT 87% OF OUR CITIES
HAVE FISCAL CONCERNS ABOUT
SUPPORTING OTHER EXISTING
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES LONG TERM
AND IT ALSO SHOWS THAT EIGHT AND
10 OF THEM HAVE INVESTED GENERAL
FUND DOLLARS TO ADDRESS THIS
CRISIS. WHILE CITIES APPRECIATE
THE FUNDING IN PREVIOUS STATE
BUDGETS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
, ONE TIME FUNDING REALLY
STIFLES AMBITIOUS PLANNING AND
GETS IN THE WAY OF LONG TERM
EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO
ACCOUNTABILITY CALL CITIES
COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDS THAT FOR
STATE FUNDING, A CITIES NEED TO
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR STATE
PROGRAMS. UM AND FUNDING. THIS
KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT
NEW FOR CITIES. UH, WE EXPECT TO
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
LEGISLATURE ON A NUMBER OF
MEASURES THIS YEAR RELATED TO
JUST THAT. SO WITH THAT WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CONVERSATIONS AFTER
THE REMAINING MAJOR REVISION AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH. HELLO MY NAME
IS DONNA TANG AND I'M, THE
ACTING MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS AT LHASA, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS
SERVICES AUTHORITY. THANK YOU.
CHAIR FOR CARILLO AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR PRESENTING
ON THE HALF TRAILER BUILT TODAY.
AS THE LEADING CONTINUUM OF CARE
IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WE
ARE WILLING AND READY TO WORK
WITH THE STATE TO ADDRESS
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE HAD
FUNDS TO ADDRESS PREVENTION AND
, UM FROM PEOPLE FROM FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS. WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY AND
HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT TURNING OFF
THE FAUCET, FLEXIBLE FUNDING USE
TOWARDS PROBLEM SOLVING AND
OTHER PREVENTION MEASURES HAVE
CABINET, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
HOUSES AND FROM FALLING INTO
HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. VANESSA
CHAVEZ WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. WE'RE
ASKING FOR FULL RESTORATION OF
THE DREAM FOR ALL PROGRAM
FUNDING OF $500 MILLION, WHILE
WE APPRECIATE THE CURRENT
FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
FOR THE DREAM FOR ALL PROGRAM,
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE FUNDING FOR
THIS PROGRAM IS CRITICAL AND
WILL ASSIST TO BRIDGE THE
STATE'S PERSISTENT WEALTH GAP
THROUGH WIDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP. THE DREAM FOR ALL
PROGRAM. FUNDS WERE QUICKLY
DEPLETED AND LESS THAN A TWO
WEEK PERIOD, LEAVING MANY
CALIFORNIANS EAGER TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM. WE ARE
HOPEFUL THAT THE LEGISLATURE
WILL MOVE FORWARD IN COMMITTING
TO ITS ORIGINAL FUNDING OF $500
MILLION FOR THE YEAR, WHICH WILL
ASSIST CALIFORNIA'S FAMILIES
ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF
HOMEOWNERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION. HELLO I'M
MARI CASTALDI. I'M THE SENIOR
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING,
CALIFORNIA THANKS FOR THE
CONVERSATION TODAY. HOUSING
CALIFORNIA WERE PART OF A
COALITION OF OVER 150
ORGANIZATION STATEWIDE THAT PUT
TOGETHER A SET OF HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS BUDGET PRIORITIES.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE
FUNDED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
POSSIBLE. I ALSO WANTED TO DIG
IN QUICKLY ON HALF AND HALF
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE'RE EXCITED TO
SEE THE $1 BILLION, PERHAPS
INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE
THAT EXPANDED AND TURNED INTO AN
ONGOING INVESTMENT, INCLUDING
WITH STRONG UNGER ACCOUNTABILITY
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
BRING CALIFORNIA HOME COALITION
, A BIG COALITION OF SERVICE
PROVIDERS. LOCAL JURISDICTIONS,
FOLKS HAVE EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS TO THINK THROUGH
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ASKS THE
STATE TO SET UP. STEP UP AND SET
GOALS ALONGSIDE LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS THAT REALLY RAMPS
UP APPROACHES TO REGIONAL
PLANNING AND ALIGNING STATE AND
REGIONAL GOALS AND THEN ALSO
TRIES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY, WHILE
STILL CREATING BALANCE SYSTEMS
THAT HAVE INTERIM PERMANENT AND
PREVENTION SOLUTIONS AS PART OF
THEM, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL
TO WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE TO
COLLABORATE ON A PATH TOWARD FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY, ALONG WITH THE
REST OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION.
THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON MARKS.
DIVERS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
HOUSING PARTNERSHIP ON BEHALF OF
OURSELVES LIKE CALIFORNIA REAL
RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FOUNDATION IN THE CALIFORNIA
CUSHION, COALITION REFERRAL
HOUSING WE DO OPPOSE UNDER ITEM
FIVE. THE ALLOWING FOR PROFITS
TO, UH APPLY FOR THE CIRCLE
PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN WORKING WELL
FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS WITH
NONPROFITS AND IT'S OVER
SUBSCRIBED. WE SUPPORT
SEPARATING COLLEGIATE FAY FROM
HD UNDER ITEM SIX. WE SUPPORT
THE RESOURCES TO DO MORE SOURCE
OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION
INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE CRD UNDER
ITEM NINE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
, WE URGED THE COMMITTEE TO PUT
THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATION
PASSPORT TO THE SUITE OF
PROGRAMS THAT WAS IN THE
COALITION MEMBER LETTER THAT
MARI MENTIONED THAT INCLUDES THE
PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PRESERVATION OF EXISTING HOUSING
THAT COULD GO MARKET RATE OR BE
SUBJECT TO RENT INCREASES.
HOMELESSNESS AND, UM, AS WELL AS
TRIBAL AND FARMWORKER HOUSING SO
THAT BOND FUNDS ARE DECREASING.
WE ARE FINDING WE HAVE A GREATER
NEED, BUT WE HAVE FEWER AND
FEWER RESOURCES TO MEET THAT
NEED AND WE REALLY NEED TO
BUDGET TO COME THROUGH ON THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS JENNIFER ORNAMENTAL WITH
THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING
CONSORTIUM. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO
THE REMARKS MADE BY MR STIVERS
AND IN PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHT THE
NEED FOR DEEP INVESTMENTS IN THE
MULTI FAMILY HOUSING PROGRAM AND
IN ADDITIONAL STATE TAX CREDITS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 14,000. UNITS
THAT ARE SHOVEL READY AND
WITHOUT THE NECESSARY FUNDING,
THESE UNITS WILL REMAIN UNBUILT
IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PIPELINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
UH OPERATOR BEFORE WE GO TO
PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE PHONE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PATTERSON'S
VOTE. IN THE WHILE WE PREPARE
FOR THAT ROLE CALL TO THE
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
ADVOCATES THAT ARE IN THE ROOM
THAT ARE WATCHING AND HAVE BEEN
A PART OF THE PRESENTATIONS. I
THINK ONE THING THAT I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO SAY, AND MAYBE
POTENTIALLY WORK WITH YOU ON IS
THAT OUR DATA RELATED TO THE
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE HEARD
TODAY AND THAT WE HAVE HEARD
ANOTHER PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IS, UM
, INACCURATE WHEN REFLECTING
ETHNICITY AND RACE. WE HAVE A
CURRENT BILL THAT I'VE MADE INTO
A TWO YEAR BILL BECAUSE WE NEED
MORE POLICY DISCUSSIONS AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO ENGAGE. AND THAT
IS ASSEMBLY BILL 16 82. THAT WE
ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING, WHICH
WILL WHICH TRIES TO TACKLE THE
CONVERSATION AND THE STATE
RELATED TO ETHNICITY. AND RACE
AND I THINK IN AN EFFORT FOR US
TO GET APPROPRIATE DATA, WE NEED
TO FIGURE THAT PEACE OUT,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LATINO
COMMUNITY ON RACE AND ETHNICITY,
WHICH, UH, DOESN'T ALWAYS QUITE
A LINE AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU AND, UH,
MOVING THAT POLICY FORWARD SO
THAT WE GET ACCURATE DATA WITH
THAT SAID, UM, LET'S CALL THE
ROLL CALL FOR MR FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PATTERSON,
PLEASE. PHOTO CALENDAR. THE
MOTION IS TO APPROVE HIS
BUDGETED. PATERSON. AYE. ISSUE
NUMBER THREE. THE MOTION IS TO
PROVE HIS BUDGETED AND ADOPT
PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BUILT BILL
LANGUAGE, PATTERSON. ISSUE
NUMBER FOUR. THE MOTION IS TO
PROVE THE WORKLOAD RESOURCES
EXCEPT FOR 69 AND 13. PATTERSON.
I'M GONNA NOT VOTE ON THAT ONE.
ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN IS TO ADOPT
THE PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE. PATTERSON ALSO NOT
VOTING. AND ISSUE NUMBER 10 IS
TO IMPROVE THE WORKLOAD
RESOURCES EXCEPT FOR SB 649.
PATTERSON. NO. THANK YOU.
OPERATOR WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO, UH COMMENTS ON THE PHONE,
PLEASE. A REMINDER IF YOU NEED
TO COMMENT AND HAVE NOT ALREADY
PRESSED 10, PLEASE PRESS 10 AT
THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE ONE
COMMENTER IN CUBA TO LINE 32
LINES OPEN. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SURE SPORT
WITH CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. WE URGED THE ADOPTION
OF THE HOMELESS ACCOUNTABILITY
FRAMEWORK OF ABC 7 99 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THREE OF US FOR
ANY TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE AND
FUNDING HOMELESS PROGRAMS. I
ALSO WANT TO ALIGN WITH THE
COMMENTS OF MARY MURRAY,
CASTALDI AND MARKS DIVERS AND
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE COALITION
BUDGET REQUEST FROM THE HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS ADVOCATES. WE
ARE SUPPORTIVE AND INCREASE IN
ONGOING FUNDING, PERHAPS FOR THE
HEART PROGRAM HAS NO
JURISDICTION HAS BEEN ABLE TO
REDUCE HOMELESSNESS SUSTAINABLY
TO ONE TIME SUNDAY. WE ALSO
URGED THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER
FUNDING FOR HOUSING SUBSIDIES TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AMONG OLDER
ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AND SO SUPPORT THE
BUDGET REQUEST THAT ARE INCLUDED
AMONG ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WICKS
REQUEST AS PART OF THE COALITION
BUDGET REQUESTS. AND WE FINALLY
SUPPORT ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S RAISE A
B 6 53 AND THE CORRESPONDING
BUDGET REQUESTS DEFENDANT
SENSITIVE TO LANDLORDS. FUNDING
WOULD ALLOW THE STATE TO ENSURE
CALIFORNIANS ARE ABLE TO USE
FEDERAL VOUCHERS RATHER THAN
LOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
VOUCHERS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THAT
YOUR HOLDERS CANNOT FIND MY
LORDS TO TAKE THEM. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY
ADDITIONAL COLLARS. WE HAVE NO
OTHER COLLEGE IN. Q THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. TO ALL THE PRESENTERS
TODAY, OUR COMMITTEE STAFF AND
MEMBERS, THIS BUDGETS OF FOUR
HEARING IS ADJOURNED.