California Assembly Bill AB2762 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2762AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 22, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Housing and Community Development (Torres (Chair), Harkey (Vice Chair), Bradford, Eng, Ma, and Saldana) FEBRUARY 23, 2010 An act to amend  Sections 10131.6 and 10131.7 of the Business and Professio   ns Code, to amend Section 798.56a of the Civil Code, to amend  Sections 65583 and 65589.5 of the Government  Code, and to amend Sections 33334.3, 33440, 33449, 50517.10, 50705,   Code, and to amend Sections 18902, 18921, 18926, 18931, 18934.7, 18941.7, 18949.4, 19996, 33334.3, 33440, 33449, 33490, 50517.10, 50705,  and 53545 of, to amend and renumber the heading of Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 50705) of Part 2 of Division 31 of,  to add Section 18931.8 to, to add and repeal Section   50963 of,  and to repeal  Section   Sections 50517.11 and  50802.1 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2762, as amended, Committee on Housing and Community Development. Housing and community development: housing omnibus bill.  (1) Existing law imposes numerous requirements upon licensed real estate brokers that, among other things, relate to the sale and advertisement of any mobilehome.   This bill would expand the requirements to include a manufactured home, in addition to a mobilehome.   (2) The existing California Building Standards Law governs the adoption and proposal of building standards and requires the California Building Standards Commission to review, approve or reject, and codify proposed standards.   This bill would grant the commission the powers and authority to carry out specified duties, including the power to accept federal or outside funds.   (1)   (3)  Under existing law, a redevelopment agency requires that a "Notice of Affordability Restrictions on Transfer of Property" be recorded in the office of the county recorder for all new or substantially rehabilitated units developed or otherwise assisted with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. The notice is required to contain specified information, including the street address of the property. This bill would exempt the address information requirement if the property is used to confidentially house victims of domestic violence.  (2)   (   4   )  Existing law establishes the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program, under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development, for the purpose of funding the acquisition of property to develop or preserve affordable housing. Existing law requires the department to adopt and administer guidelines for the operation of the program for a 24-month period, and to adopt regulations. This bill would eliminate the 24-month period limitation on the effectiveness of the guidelines. The bill would instead require the department to adopt regulations for the program prior to issuing any request for qualification funded with loan repayments.  (3)   (5)  Existing law establishes the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, which authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance various housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, housing-related parks, and transit-oriented development programs. Existing law also requires the Bureau of State Audits to conduct periodic audits of the awarding and use of bond proceeds according to prescribed requirements relating to specified programs funded under the act. This bill would expand the scope of the bureau's audit to include requirements relating to the deposit and expenditure of bond proceeds in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account, the Transit-Oriented Development Account, and the Housing Urban-Suburban-and-Rural Parks Account. By providing for a new use for the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006, a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.  (6) Existing law establishes the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Family Wellness Act to provide for various health and community-based services to serve the varied needs of agricultural workers and their families.   This bill would repeal these and implementing provisions of the act.   (7) Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency with the primary purpose of meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income.   This bill would require the California Housing Finance Agency to report to the Legislature, on or before December 31 of 2011 and 2012 on the status of funding awarded to the agency through a specified federal housing fund and program.   (4)   (   8   )  This bill would correct and eliminate erroneous cross-references, delete obsolete provisions of law, correct technical errors, and make conforming changes to existing law relating to housing. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 10131.6 of the   Business and Professions Code   is amended to read:  10131.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person licensed as a real estate broker may sell or offer to sell, buy or offer to buy, solicit prospective purchasers of, solicit or obtain listings of, or negotiate the purchase, sale, or exchange of any  manufactured home or  mobilehome only if the  manufactured home or  mobilehome has been registered under Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) No real estate broker who engages in the activities authorized by this section shall maintain any place of business where two or more manufactured homes or  mobilehomes are displayed and offered for sale by the person, unless the broker is also licensed as a mobilehome dealer as provided for by Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code. (c) As used in this chapter,  "   manufactured home" means a structure as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code, and  "mobilehome" means a structure  transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped to contain not more than two dwelling units to be used with or without a foundation system   as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code  .  "Manufactured home" and  "Mobilehome"  does   do  not include a recreational vehicle, as defined in Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, a commercial  coach   modular  , as defined in Section 18001.8 of the Health and Safety Code, or factory-built housing, as defined in Section 19971 of the Health and Safety Code. (d) In order to carry out this section, the commissioner shall prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, methods and procedures to assure compliance with requirements of the Health and Safety Code pertaining to  manufactured home and  mobilehome registration, collection of sales and use taxes, and transaction documentation. (e) Nothing in this section increases or decreases, or in any way preempts, consumer notice requirements of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and related regulations which are set forth in  Section   Sections  5414  and 5422  of Title 42 of the United States Code and  Section 3282.255   Subparts E and I  of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.  SEC. 1.3.   Section 10131.7 of the   Business and Professions Code   is amended to read:  10131.7. It is unlawful for any real estate licensee acting under authority of Section 10131.6 to do any of the following: (a) To advertise or offer for sale in any manner any  manufactured home or  mobilehome, unless it is either in place on a lot rented or leased for human habitation within an established mobilehome park as defined in Section 18214 of the Health and Safety Code and the advertising or offering for sale is not contrary to any terms of a contract between the seller of the  manufactured home or  mobilehome and the owner of the mobilehome park, or is otherwise located, pursuant to a local zoning ordinance or permit, on a lot where its presence has been authorized or its continued presence and that use would be authorized for a total and uninterrupted period of at least one year. (b) To fail to withdraw any advertisement of a  manufactured home or  mobilehome for sale, lease, or exchange within 48 hours after the real estate licensee's receipt of notice that the  manufactured home or  mobilehome is no longer available for sale, lease, or exchange. (c) To advertise or represent a mobilehome as a new mobilehome  or a manufactured home as a new manufactured home  . (d) To include as an added cost to the selling price of a mobilehome, an amount for licensing, as prescribed by Section 10751 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, except where the buyer and seller agree to the proration of the license fees for the applicable license period, or transfer of title of the mobilehome as a vehicle, which amount is not due to the state unless, prior to the sale, the amount has been paid by the licensee to the state in order to avoid penalties that would have accrued because of late payment of the fees. (e) To make any representation that a  manufactured home or  mobilehome is capable of being transported on California highways if the  manufactured home or  mobilehome does not meet all of the equipment requirements applicable to  manufactured homes or  mobilehomes of Division 12 (commencing with Section 24000) of the Vehicle Code, or to fail to disclose any material fact respecting those equipment requirements. (f) To advertise or otherwise represent, or knowingly to allow to be advertised or represented on the real estate licensee's behalf or at the real estate licensee's place of business, that no downpayment is required in connection with the sale of a  manufactured home or  mobilehome when downpayment is in fact required and the buyer is advised or induced to finance the downpayment by a loan in addition to any other loan financing the remainder of the purchase price of the  manufacture   d home or  mobilehome. (g) To fail or neglect properly to cause the endorsement, dating, and delivery (or fail to endorse, date, and deliver) of the certificate of ownership or certificate of title of the  manufactured home or  mobilehome, and, when having possession, to fail to deliver the registration card to a transferee who is lawfully entitled to a transfer of registration. Except when the certificate of ownership or certificate of title is demanded in writing by a purchaser, the licensee shall satisfy the delivery requirement of this subdivision by submitting appropriate documents and fees to the Department of Housing and Community Development for transfer of registration in accordance with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 18075) of Part 2 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  SEC. 1.6.   Section 798.56a of the   Civil Code   is amended to read:  798.56a. (a) Within 60 days after receipt of, or no later than 65 days after the mailing of, the notice of termination of tenancy pursuant to any reason provided in Section 798.56, the legal owner, if any, and each junior lienholder, if any, shall notify the management in writing of at least one of the following: (1) Its offer to sell the obligation secured by the mobilehome to the management for the amount specified in its written offer. In that event, the management shall have 15 days following receipt of the offer to accept or reject the offer in writing. If the offer is rejected, the person or entity that made the offer shall have 10 days in which to exercise one of the other options contained in this section and shall notify management in writing of its choice. (2) Its intention to foreclose on its security interest in the mobilehome. (3) Its request that the management pursue the termination of tenancy against the homeowner and its offer to reimburse management for the reasonable attorney's fees and court costs incurred by the management in that action. If this request and offer are made, the legal owner, if any, or junior lienholder, if any, shall reimburse the management the amount of reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, as agreed upon by the management and the legal owner or junior lienholder, incurred by the management in an action to terminate the homeowner's tenancy, on or before the earlier of (A) the 60th calendar day following receipt of written notice from the management of the aggregate amount of those reasonable attorney's fees and costs or (B) the date the mobilehome is resold. (b) A legal owner, if any, or junior lienholder, if any, may sell the mobilehome within the park to a third party and keep the mobilehome on the site within the mobilehome park until it is resold only if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The legal owner, if any, or junior lienholder, if any, notifies management in writing of the intention to exercise either option described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) within 60 days following receipt of, or no later than 65 days after the mailing of, the notice of termination of tenancy and satisfies all of the responsibilities and liabilities of the homeowner owing to the management for the 90 days preceding the mailing of the notice of termination of tenancy and then continues to satisfy these responsibilities and liabilities as they accrue from the date of the mailing of that notice until the date the mobilehome is resold. (2) Within 60 days following receipt of, or no later than 65 days after the mailing of, the notice of termination of tenancy, the legal owner or junior lienholder commences all repairs and necessary corrective actions so that the mobilehome complies with park rules and regulations in existence at the time the notice of termination of tenancy was given as well as the health and safety standards specified in Sections 18550, 18552, and 18605 of the Health and Safety Code, and completes these repairs and corrective actions within 90 calendar days of that notice, or before the date that the mobilehome is sold, whichever is earlier. (3) The legal owner, if any, or junior lienholder, if any, complies with the requirements of Article 7 (commencing with Section 798.70) as it relates to the transfer of the mobilehome to a third party. (c) For purposes of subdivision (b), the "homeowner's responsibilities and liabilities" means all rents, utilities, reasonable maintenance charges of the mobilehome and its premises, and reasonable maintenance of the mobilehome and its premises pursuant to existing park rules and regulations. (d) If the homeowner files for bankruptcy, the periods set forth in this section are tolled until the mobilehome is released from bankruptcy. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Section 18099.5 of the Health and Safety Code, if neither the legal owner nor a junior lienholder notifies the management of its decision pursuant to subdivision (a) within the period allowed, or performs as agreed within 30 days, or if a registered owner of a mobilehome, that is not encumbered by a lien held by a legal owner or a junior lienholder, fails to comply with a notice of termination and is either legally evicted or vacates the premises, the management may either remove the mobilehome from the premises and place it in storage or store it on its site. In this case, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the management shall have a  warehouseman's   warehouse  lien in accordance with Section 7209 of the Commercial Code against the mobilehome for the costs of dismantling and moving, if appropriate, as well as storage, that shall be superior to all other liens, except the lien provided for in Section 18116.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and may enforce the lien pursuant to Section 7210 of the Commercial Code either after the date of judgment in an unlawful detainer action or after the date the mobilehome is physically vacated by the resident, whichever occurs earlier. Upon completion of any sale to enforce the  warehouseman's   warehouse  lien in accordance with Section 7210 of the Commercial Code, the management shall provide the purchaser at the sale with evidence of the sale, as shall be specified by the Department of Housing and Community Development, that shall, upon proper request by the purchaser of the mobilehome, register title to the mobilehome to this purchaser, whether or not there existed a legal owner or junior lienholder on this title to the mobilehome. (f) All written notices required by this section shall be sent to the other party by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. (g) Satisfaction, pursuant to this section, of the homeowner's accrued or accruing responsibilities and liabilities shall not cure the default of the homeowner.  SECTION 1.   SEC. 1.9.  Section 65583 of the Government Code is amended to read: 65583. The housing element shall consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. The housing element shall identify adequate sites for housing, including rental housing, factory-built housing, mobilehomes, and emergency shelters, and shall make adequate provision for the existing and projected needs of all economic segments of the community. The element shall contain all of the following: (a) An assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs. The assessment and inventory shall include all of the following: (1) An analysis of population and employment trends and documentation of projections and a quantification of the locality's existing and projected housing needs for all income levels, including extremely low income households, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 50105 and Section 50106 of the Health and Safety Code. These existing and projected needs shall include the locality's share of the regional housing need in accordance with Section 65584. Local agencies shall calculate the subset of very low income households allotted under Section 65584 that qualify as extremely low income households. The local agency may either use available census data to calculate the percentage of very low income households that qualify as extremely low income households or presume that 50 percent of the very low income households qualify as extremely low income households. The number of extremely low income households and very low income households shall equal the jurisdiction's allocation of very low income households pursuant to Section 65584. (2) An analysis and documentation of household characteristics, including level of payment compared to ability to pay, housing characteristics, including overcrowding, and housing stock condition. (3) An inventory of land suitable for residential development, including vacant sites and sites having potential for redevelopment, and an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites. (4) (A) The identification of a zone or zones where emergency shelters are allowed as a permitted use without a conditional use or other discretionary permit. The identified zone or zones shall include sufficient capacity to accommodate the need for emergency shelter identified in paragraph (7), except that each local government shall identify a zone or zones that can accommodate at least one year-round emergency shelter. If the local government cannot identify a zone or zones with sufficient capacity, the local government shall include a program to amend its zoning ordinance to meet the requirements of this paragraph within one year of the adoption of the housing element. The local government may identify additional zones where emergency shelters are permitted with a conditional use permit. The local government shall also demonstrate that existing or proposed permit processing, development, and management standards are objective and encourage and facilitate the development of, or conversion to, emergency shelters. Emergency shelters may only be subject to those development and management standards that apply to residential or commercial development within the same zone except that a local government may apply written, objective standards that include all of the following: (i) The maximum number of beds or persons permitted to be served nightly by the facility. (ii) Off-street parking based upon demonstrated need, provided that the standards do not require more parking for emergency shelters than for other residential or commercial uses within the same zone. (iii) The size and location of exterior and interior onsite waiting and client intake areas. (iv) The provision of onsite management. (v) The proximity to other emergency shelters, provided that emergency shelters are not required to be more than 300 feet apart. (vi) The length of stay. (vii) Lighting. (viii) Security during hours that the emergency shelter is in operation. (B) The permit processing, development, and management standards applied under this paragraph shall not be deemed to be discretionary acts within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). (C) A local government that can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department the existence of one or more emergency shelters either within its jurisdiction or pursuant to a multijurisdictional agreement that can accommodate that jurisdiction's need for emergency shelter identified in paragraph (7) may comply with the zoning requirements of subparagraph (A) by identifying a zone or zones where new emergency shelters are allowed with a conditional use permit. (D) A local government with an existing ordinance or ordinances that comply with this paragraph shall not be required to take additional action to identify zones for emergency shelters. The housing element must only describe how existing ordinances, policies, and standards are consistent with the requirements of this paragraph. (5) An analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including the types of housing identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), and for persons with disabilities as identified in the analysis pursuant to paragraph (7), including land use controls, building codes and their enforcement, site improvements, fees and other exactions required of developers, and local processing and permit procedures. The analysis shall also demonstrate local efforts to remove governmental constraints that hinder the locality from meeting its share of the regional housing need in accordance with Section 65584 and from meeting the need for housing for persons with disabilities, supportive housing, transitional housing, and emergency shelters identified pursuant to paragraph (7). Transitional housing and supportive housing shall be considered a residential use of property, and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone. (6) An analysis of potential and actual nongovernmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including the availability of financing, the price of land, and the cost of construction. (7) An analysis of any special housing needs, such as those of the elderly, persons with disabilities, large families, farmworkers, families with female heads of households, and families and persons in need of emergency shelter. The need for emergency shelter shall be assessed based on annual and seasonal need. The need for emergency shelter may be reduced by the number of supportive housing units that are identified in an adopted 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness and that are either vacant or for which funding has been identified to allow construction during the planning period. (8) An analysis of opportunities for energy conservation with respect to residential development. Cities and counties are encouraged to include weatherization and energy efficiency improvements as part of publicly subsidized housing rehabilitation projects. This may include energy efficiency measures that encompass the building envelope, its heating and cooling systems, and its electrical system. (9) An analysis of existing assisted housing developments that are eligible to change from low-income housing uses during the next 10 years due to termination of subsidy contracts, mortgage prepayment, or expiration of restrictions on use. "Assisted housing developments," for the purpose of this section, shall mean multifamily rental housing that receives governmental assistance under federal programs listed in subdivision (a) of Section 65863.10, state and local multifamily revenue bond programs, local redevelopment programs, the federal Community Development Block Grant Program, or local in-lieu fees. "Assisted housing developments" shall also include multifamily rental units that were developed pursuant to a local inclusionary housing program or used to qualify for a density bonus pursuant to Section 65916. (A) The analysis shall include a listing of each development by project name and address, the type of governmental assistance received, the earliest possible date of change from low-income use, and the total number of elderly and nonelderly units that could be lost from the locality's low-income housing stock in each year during the 10-year period. For purposes of state and federally funded projects, the analysis required by this subparagraph need only contain information available on a statewide basis. (B) The analysis shall estimate the total cost of producing new rental housing that is comparable in size and rent levels, to replace the units that could change from low-income use, and an estimated cost of preserving the assisted housing developments. This cost analysis for replacement housing may be done aggregately for each five-year period and does not have to contain a project-by-project cost estimate. (C) The analysis shall identify public and private nonprofit corporations known to the local government which have legal and managerial capacity to acquire and manage these housing developments. (D) The analysis shall identify and consider the use of all federal, state, and local financing and subsidy programs which can be used to preserve, for lower income households, the assisted housing developments, identified in this paragraph, including, but not limited to, federal Community Development Block Grant Program funds, tax increment funds received by a redevelopment agency of the community, and administrative fees received by a housing authority operating within the community. In considering the use of these financing and subsidy programs, the analysis shall identify the amounts of funds under each available program which have not been legally obligated for other purposes and which could be available for use in preserving assisted housing developments. (b) (1) A statement of the community's goals, quantified objectives, and policies relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing. (2) It is recognized that the total housing needs identified pursuant to subdivision (a) may exceed available resources and the community's ability to satisfy this need within the content of the general plan requirements outlined in Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300). Under these circumstances, the quantified objectives need not be identical to the total housing needs. The quantified objectives shall establish the maximum number of housing units by income category, including extremely low income, that can be constructed, rehabilitated, and conserved over a five-year time period. (c) A program which sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period, each with a timeline for implementation, which may recognize that certain programs are ongoing, such that there will be beneficial impacts of the programs within the planning period, that the local government is undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of the housing element through the administration of land use and development controls, the provision of regulatory concessions and incentives,  and  the utilization of appropriate federal and state financing and subsidy programs when available  ,  and the utilization of moneys in a low- and moderate-income housing fund of an agency if the locality has established a redevelopment project area pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code). In order to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community, the program shall do all of the following: (1) Identify actions that will be taken to make sites available during the planning period with appropriate zoning and development standards and with services and facilities to accommodate that portion of the city's or county's share of the regional housing need for each income level that could not be accommodated on sites identified in the inventory completed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) without rezoning, and to comply with the requirements of Section 65584.09. Sites shall be identified as needed to facilitate and encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels, including multifamily rental housing, factory-built housing, mobilehomes, housing for agricultural employees, supportive housing, single-room occupancy units, emergency shelters, and transitional housing. (A) Where the inventory of sites, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all household income levels pursuant to Section 65584, rezoning of those sites, including adoption of minimum density and development standards, for jurisdictions with an eight-year housing element planning period pursuant to Section 65588, shall be completed no later than three years after either the date the housing element is adopted pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 65585 or the date that is 90 days after receipt of comments from the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 65585, whichever is earlier, unless the deadline is extended pursuant to subdivision (f). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for a local government that fails to adopt a housing element within 120 days of the statutory deadline in Section 65588 for adoption of the housing element, rezoning of those sites, including adoption of minimum density and development standards, shall be completed no later than three years and 120 days from the statutory deadline in Section 65588 for adoption of the housing element. (B) Where the inventory of sites, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all household income levels pursuant to Section 65584, the program shall identify sites that can be developed for housing within the planning period pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 65583.2. The identification of sites shall include all components specified in subdivision (b) of Section 65583.2. (C) Where the inventory of sites pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for farmworker housing, the program shall provide for sufficient sites to meet the need with zoning that permits farmworker housing use by right, including density and development standards that could accommodate and facilitate the feasibility of the development of farmworker housing for low- and very low income households. (2) Assist in the development of adequate housing to meet the needs of extremely low, very low, low-, and moderate-income households. (3) Address and, where appropriate and legally possible, remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing, including housing for all income levels and housing for persons with disabilities. The program shall remove constraints to, and provide reasonable accommodations for housing designed for, intended for occupancy by, or with supportive services for, persons with disabilities. (4) Conserve and improve the condition of the existing affordable housing stock, which may include addressing ways to mitigate the loss of dwelling units demolished by public or private action. (5) Promote housing opportunities for all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, color, familial status, or disability. (6) Preserve for lower income households the assisted housing developments identified pursuant to paragraph (9) of subdivision (a). The program for preservation of the assisted housing developments shall utilize, to the extent necessary, all available federal, state, and local financing and subsidy programs identified in paragraph (9) of subdivision (a), except where a community has other urgent needs for which alternative funding sources are not available. The program may include strategies that involve local regulation and technical assistance. (7) The program shall include an identification of the agencies and officials responsible for the implementation of the various actions and the means by which consistency will be achieved with other general plan elements and community goals. The local government shall make a diligent effort to achieve public participation of all economic segments of the community in the development of the housing element, and the program shall describe this effort. (d) (1) A local government may satisfy all or part of its requirement to identify a zone or zones suitable for the development of emergency shelters pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) by adopting and implementing a multijurisdictional agreement, with a maximum of two other adjacent communities, that requires the participating jurisdictions to develop at least one year-round emergency shelter within two years of the beginning of the planning period. (2) The agreement shall allocate a portion of the new shelter capacity to each jurisdiction as credit towards its emergency shelter need, and each jurisdiction shall describe how the capacity was allocated as part of its housing element. (3) Each member jurisdiction of a multijurisdictional agreement shall describe in its housing element all of the following: (A) How the joint facility will meet the jurisdiction's emergency shelter need. (B) The jurisdiction's contribution to the facility for both the development and ongoing operation and management of the facility. (C) The amount and source of the funding that the jurisdiction contributes to the facility. (4) The aggregate capacity claimed by the participating jurisdictions in their housing elements shall not exceed the actual capacity of the shelter. (e) Except as otherwise provided in this article, amendments to this article that alter the required content of a housing element shall apply to both of the following: (1) A housing element or housing element amendment prepared pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 65588 or Section 65584.02, when a city, county, or city and county submits a draft to the department for review pursuant to Section 65585 more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendment to this section. (2) Any housing element or housing element amendment prepared pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 65588 or Section 65584.02, when the city, county, or city and county fails to submit the first draft to the department before the due date specified in Section 65588 or 65584.02. (f) The deadline for completing required rezoning pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall be extended by one year if the local government has completed the rezoning at densities sufficient to accommodate at least 75 percent of the units for low- and very low income households and if the legislative body at the conclusion of a public hearing determines, based upon substantial evidence, that any of the following circumstances exist: (1) The local government has been unable to complete the rezoning because of the action or inaction beyond the control of the local government of any other  state federal   state, federal,  or local agency. (2) The local government is unable to complete the rezoning because of infrastructure deficiencies due to fiscal or regulatory constraints. (3) The local government must undertake a major revision to its general plan in order to accommodate the  housing related   housing-related  policies of a sustainable communities strategy or an alternative planning strategy adopted pursuant to Section 65080. The resolution and the findings shall be transmitted to the department together with a detailed budget and schedule for preparation and adoption of the required rezonings, including plans for citizen participation and expected interim action. The schedule shall provide for adoption of the required rezoning within one year of the adoption of the resolution. (g) (1) If a local government fails to complete the rezoning by the deadline provided in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), as it may be extended pursuant to subdivision (f), except as provided in paragraph (2), a local government may not disapprove a housing development project, nor require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other locally imposed discretionary permit, or impose a condition that would render the project infeasible, if the housing development project (A) is proposed to be located on a site required to be rezoned pursuant to the program action required by that subparagraph  ;  and (B) complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria, including design review standards, described in the program action required by that subparagraph. Any subdivision of sites shall be subject to the Subdivision Map Act  (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410)  . Design review shall not constitute a "project" for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (2) A local government may disapprove a housing development described in paragraph (1) if it makes written findings supported by substantial evidence on the record that both of the following conditions exist: (A) The housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety unless the project is disapproved or approved upon the condition that the project be developed at a lower density. As used in this paragraph, a "specific, adverse impact" means a significant, quantifiable, direct, and unavoidable impact, based on objective, identified written public health or safety standards, policies, or conditions as they existed on the date the application was deemed complete. (B) There is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the adverse impact identified pursuant to paragraph (1), other than the disapproval of the housing development project or the approval of the project upon the condition that it be developed at a lower density. (3) The applicant or any interested person may bring an action to enforce this subdivision. If a court finds that the local agency disapproved a project or conditioned its approval in violation of this subdivision, the court shall issue an order or judgment compelling compliance within 60 days. The court shall retain jurisdiction to ensure that its order or judgment is carried out. If the court determines that its order or judgment has not been carried out within 60 days, the court may issue further orders to ensure that the purposes and policies of this subdivision are fulfilled. In any such action, the city, county, or city and county shall bear the burden of proof. (4) For purposes of this subdivision, "housing development project" means a project to construct residential units for which the project developer provides sufficient legal commitments to the appropriate local agency to ensure the continued availability and use of at least 49 percent of the housing units for very low, low-, and moderate-income households with an affordable housing cost or affordable rent, as defined in Section 50052.5 or 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, respectively, for the period required by the applicable financing. (h) An action to enforce the program actions of the housing element shall be brought pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure. SEC. 2. Section 65589.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 65589.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The lack of housing, including emergency shelters, is a critical problem that threatens the economic, environmental, and social quality of life in California. (2) California housing has become the most expensive in the nation. The excessive cost of the state's housing supply is partially caused by activities and policies of many local governments that limit the approval of housing, increase the cost of land for housing, and require that high fees and exactions be paid by producers of housing. (3) Among the consequences of those actions are discrimination against low-income and minority households, lack of housing to support employment growth, imbalance in jobs and housing, reduced mobility, urban sprawl, excessive commuting, and air quality deterioration. (4) Many local governments do not give adequate attention to the economic, environmental, and social costs of decisions that result in disapproval of housing projects, reduction in density of housing projects, and excessive standards for housing projects. (b) It is the policy of the state that a local government not reject or make infeasible housing developments, including emergency shelters, that contribute to meeting the need determined pursuant to this article without a thorough analysis of the economic, social, and environmental effects of the action and without complying with subdivision (d). (c) The Legislature also recognizes that premature and unnecessary development of agricultural lands for urban uses continues to have adverse effects on the availability of those lands for food and fiber production and on the economy of the state. Furthermore, it is the policy of the state that development should be guided away from prime agricultural lands; therefore, in implementing this section, local jurisdictions should encourage, to the maximum extent practicable, in filling existing urban areas. (d) A local agency shall not disapprove a housing development project, including farmworker housing as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 50199.50 of the Health and Safety Code, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households, or an emergency shelter, or condition approval in a manner that renders the project infeasible for development for the use of very low, low-, or moderate-income households, or an emergency shelter, including through the use of design review standards, unless it makes written findings, based upon substantial evidence in the record, as to one of the following: (1) The jurisdiction has adopted a housing element pursuant to this article that has been revised in accordance with Section 65588, is in substantial compliance with this article, and the jurisdiction has met or exceeded its share of the regional housing need allocation pursuant to Section 65584 for the planning period for the income category proposed for the housing development project, provided that any disapproval or conditional approval shall not be based on any of the reasons prohibited by Section 65008. If the housing development project includes a mix of income categories, and the jurisdiction has not met or exceeded its share of the regional housing need for one or more of those categories, then this paragraph shall not be used to disapprove or conditionally approve the project. The share of the regional housing need met by the jurisdiction shall be calculated consistently with the forms and definitions that may be adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section 65400. In the case of an emergency shelter, the jurisdiction shall have met or exceeded the need for emergency shelter, as identified pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583. Any disapproval or conditional approval pursuant to this paragraph shall be in accordance with applicable law, rule, or standards. (2) The development project or emergency shelter as proposed would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific adverse impact without rendering the development unaffordable to low- and moderate-income households or rendering the development of the emergency shelter financially infeasible. As used in this paragraph, a "specific, adverse impact" means a significant, quantifiable, direct, and unavoidable impact, based on objective, identified written public health or safety standards, policies, or conditions as they existed on the date the application was deemed complete. Inconsistency with the zoning ordinance or general plan land use designation shall not constitute a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety. (3) The denial of the project or imposition of conditions is required in order to comply with specific state or federal law, and there is no feasible method to comply without rendering the development unaffordable to low- and moderate-income households or rendering the development of the emergency shelter financially infeasible. (4) The development project or emergency shelter is proposed on land zoned for agriculture or resource preservation that is surrounded on at least two sides by land being used for agricultural or resource preservation purposes, or which does not have adequate water or wastewater facilities to serve the project. (5) The development project or emergency shelter is inconsistent with both the jurisdiction's zoning ordinance and general plan land use designation as specified in any element of the general plan as it existed on the date the application was deemed complete, and the jurisdiction has adopted a revised housing element in accordance with Section 65588 that is in substantial compliance with this article. (A) This paragraph cannot be utilized to disapprove or conditionally approve a housing development project if the development project is proposed on a site that is identified as suitable or available for very low, low-, or moderate-income households in the jurisdiction's housing element, and consistent with the density specified in the housing element, even though it is inconsistent with both the jurisdiction's zoning ordinance and general plan land use designation. (B) If the local agency has failed to identify in the inventory of land in its housing element sites that can be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need for all income levels pursuant to Section 65584, then this paragraph shall not be utilized to disapprove or conditionally approve a housing development project proposed for a site designated in any element of the general plan for residential uses or designated in any element of the general plan for commercial uses if residential uses are permitted or conditionally permitted within commercial designations. In any action in court, the burden of proof shall be on the local agency to show that its housing element does identify adequate sites with appropriate zoning and development standards and with services and facilities to accommodate the local agency's share of the regional housing need for the very low and low-income categories. (C) If the local agency has failed to identify a zone or zones where emergency shelters are allowed as a permitted use without a conditional use or other discretionary permit, has failed to demonstrate that the identified zone or zones include sufficient capacity to accommodate the need for emergency shelter identified in paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583, or has failed to demonstrate that the identified zone or zones can accommodate at least one emergency shelter, as required by paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583, then this paragraph shall not be utilized to disapprove or conditionally approve an emergency shelter proposed for a site designated in any element of the general plan for industrial, commercial, or multifamily residential uses. In any action in court, the burden of proof shall be on the local agency to show that its housing element does satisfy the requirements of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve the local agency from complying with the Congestion Management Program required by Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 65088) of Division 1 of Title 7 or the California Coastal Act (Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Public Resources Code). Neither shall anything in this section be construed to relieve the local agency from making one or more of the findings required pursuant to Section 21081 of the Public Resources Code or otherwise complying with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). (f) (1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring the development project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written development standards, conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need pursuant to Section 65584. However, the development standards, conditions, and policies shall be applied to facilitate and accommodate development at the density permitted on the site and proposed by the development. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring an emergency shelter project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written development standards, conditions, and policies that are consistent with paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 and appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the jurisdiction's need for emergency shelter, as identified pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583. However, the development standards, conditions, and policies shall be applied by the local agency to facilitate and accommodate the development of the emergency shelter project. (3) This section does not prohibit a local agency from imposing fees and other exactions otherwise authorized by law that are essential to provide necessary public services and facilities to the development project or emergency shelter. (g) This section shall be applicable to charter cities because the Legislature finds that the lack of housing, including emergency shelter, is a critical statewide problem. (h) The following definitions apply for the purposes of this section: (1) "Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors. (2) "Housing development project" means a use consisting of any of the following: (A) Residential units only. (B) Mixed-use developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses in which nonresidential uses are limited to neighborhood commercial uses and to the first floor of buildings that are two or more stories. As used in this paragraph, "neighborhood commercial" means small-scale general or specialty stores that furnish goods and services primarily to residents of the neighborhood. (C) Transitional housing or supportive housing. (3) "Housing for very low, low-, or moderate-income households" means that either (A) at least 20 percent of the total units shall be sold or rented to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, or (B) 100 percent of the units shall be sold or rented to moderate-income households as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, or middle-income households, as defined in Section 65008 of this code. Housing units targeted for lower income households shall be made available at a monthly housing cost that does not exceed 30 percent of 60 percent of area median income with adjustments for household size made in accordance with the adjustment factors on which the lower income eligibility limits are based. Housing units targeted for persons and families of moderate income shall be made available at a monthly housing cost that does not exceed 30 percent of 100 percent of area median income with adjustments for household size made in accordance with the adjustment factors on which the moderate-income eligibility limits are based. (4) "Area median income" means area median income as periodically established by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code. The developer shall provide sufficient legal commitments to ensure continued availability of units for very low or low-income households in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision for 30 years. (5) "Disapprove the development project" includes any instance in which a local agency does either of the following: (A) Votes on a proposed housing development project application and the application is disapproved. (B) Fails to comply with the time periods specified in subdivision (a) of Section 65950. An extension of time pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 65950) shall be deemed to be an extension of time pursuant to this paragraph. (i) If any city, county, or city and county denies approval or imposes restrictions, including design changes, a reduction of allowable densities or the percentage of a lot that may be occupied by a building or structure under the applicable planning and zoning in force at the time the application is deemed complete pursuant to Section 65943, that have a substantial adverse effect on the viability or affordability of a housing development for very low, low-, or moderate-income households, and the denial of the development or the imposition of restrictions on the development is the subject of a court action which challenges the denial, then the burden of proof shall be on the local legislative body to show that its decision is consistent with the findings as described in subdivision (d) and that the findings are supported by substantial evidence in the record. (j) When a proposed housing development project complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria, including design review standards, in effect at the time that the housing development project's application is determined to be complete, but the local agency proposes to disapprove the project or to approve it upon the condition that the project be developed at a lower density, the local agency shall base its decision regarding the proposed housing development project upon written findings supported by substantial evidence on the record that both of the following conditions exist: (1) The housing development project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety unless the project is disapproved or approved upon the condition that the project be developed at a lower density. As used in this paragraph, a "specific, adverse impact" means a significant, quantifiable, direct, and unavoidable impact, based on objective, identified written public health or safety standards, policies, or conditions as they existed on the date the application was deemed complete. (2) There is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the adverse impact identified pursuant to paragraph (1), other than the disapproval of the housing development project or the approval of the project upon the condition that it be developed at a lower density. (k) The applicant or any person who would be eligible to apply for residency in the development or emergency shelter may bring an action to enforce this section. If in any action brought to enforce the provisions of this section, a court finds that the local agency disapproved a project or conditioned its approval in a manner rendering it infeasible for the development of an emergency shelter, or housing for very low, low-, or moderate-income households, including farmworker housing, without making the findings required by this section or without making sufficient findings supported by substantial evidence, the court shall issue an order or judgment compelling compliance with this section within 60 days, including, but not limited to, an order that the local agency take action on the development project or emergency shelter. The court shall retain jurisdiction to ensure that its order or judgment is carried out and shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs of suit to the plaintiff or petitioner who proposed the housing development or emergency shelter, except under extraordinary circumstances in which the court finds that awarding fees would not further the purposes of this section. If the court determines that its order or judgment has not been carried out within 60 days, the court may issue further orders as provided by law to ensure that the purposes and policies of this section are fulfilled, including, but not limited to, an order to vacate the decision of the local agency, in which case the application for the project, as constituted at the time the local agency took the initial action determined to be in violation of this section, along with any standard conditions determined by the court to be generally imposed by the local agency on similar projects, shall be deemed approved unless the applicant consents to a different decision or action by the local agency. (l) If the court finds that the local agency (1) acted in bad faith when it disapproved or conditionally approved the housing development or emergency shelter in violation of this section and (2) failed to carry out the court's order or judgment within 60 days as described in subdivision (k), the court in addition to any other remedies provided by this section, may impose fines upon the local agency that the local agency shall be required to deposit into a housing trust fund. Fines shall not be paid from funds that are already dedicated for affordable housing, including, but not limited to, redevelopment or low- and moderate-income housing funds and federal HOME and CDBG funds. The local agency shall commit the money in the trust fund within five years for the sole purpose of financing newly constructed housing units affordable to extremely low, very low, or low-income households. For purposes of this section, "bad faith" shall mean an action that is frivolous or otherwise entirely without merit. (m) Any action brought to enforce the provisions of this section shall be brought pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the local agency shall prepare and certify the record of proceedings in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure no later than 30 days after the petition is served, provided that the cost of preparation of the record shall be borne by the local agency. Upon entry of the trial court's order, a party shall, in order to obtain appellate review of the order, file a petition within 20 days after service upon it of a written notice of the entry of the order, or within such further time not exceeding an additional 20 days as the trial court may for good cause allow. If the local agency appeals the judgment of the trial court, the local agency shall post a bond, in an amount to be determined by the court, to the benefit of the plaintiff if the plaintiff is the project applicant. (n) In any action, the record of the proceedings before the local agency shall be filed as expeditiously as possible and, notwithstanding Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure or subdivision (m) of this section, all or part of the record may be prepared (1) by the petitioner with the petition or petitioner's points and authorities, (2) by the respondent with respondent's points and authorities, (3) after payment of costs by the petitioner, or (4) as otherwise directed by the court. If the expense of preparing the record has been borne by the petitioner and the petitioner is the prevailing party, the expense shall be taxable as costs. (o) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Housing Accountability Act.  SEC. 2.1.   Section 18902 of the   Health and Safety Code  is amended to read:  18902. All references to the State Building Standards Code, Title 24 of the California  Administrative  Code  of Regulations shall mean the California Building Standards Code.  SEC. 2.2.   Section 18921 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18921. (a) The appointed members of the commission shall be selected from, and represent the public, design professions, the building and construction industry, local government building officials, fire and safety officials, and labor in accordance with the following: (b) Four members shall be appointed from among the professions and industries concerned with building construction as follows: (1) An architect. (2) A mechanical or electrical engineer or fire protection engineer. (3) A structural engineer. (4) A licensed contractor. (c) Three members shall be appointed from among the general public at least one of whom shall be a  physically handicapped person   person with physical disabilities  . (d) One member shall be appointed from organized labor in the building trades. (e) One member shall be appointed who is a local building official. (f) One member shall be appointed who is a local fire official. (g) At least one member of the commission shall be experienced and knowledgeable in barrier free architecture and aware of, and sensitive to, the requirements necessary to ensure public buildings are accessible to, and usable by,  the physically handicapped   persons with physical disabilities  . (h) At least one member of the commission shall be experienced and knowledgeable in building energy efficiency standards. As used in this section,  "physically handicapped"   "persons with physical disabilities"  means persons who have permanent mobility impairments which affect ambulation due to cerebral palsy, poliomyelitis, spinal cord injury, amputation, and other conditions or diseases which reduce mobility or require the use of crutches, canes, or wheelchairs.  SEC. 2.3.   Section 18926 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18926. (a) There is, in the office of the executive director, a coordinating council. The membership of the council shall consist of the executive director, who shall serve as chairperson, and representatives appointed by the State Director of  Public  Health  Services  , the Director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the Director of Housing and Community Development,  the Director of Industrial Relations,  the State Fire Marshal, the Executive Director of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Director of General Services. (b) Subject to the pleasure of the commission: (1) The council or any member of the council shall, when called and directed in writing by the executive director, work with and assist an agency proposing building standards or adopting building standards, or both, in the development of proposals for building standards. (2) When a state agency contemplates the adoption of any building standard, it shall, prior to commencing any action to prepare a draft of the proposal, advise the executive director, in writing, of that intent and request the executive director to call the council, or any member of the council, as appropriate, for assistance. (3) Whenever the commission returns for amendment, or rejects any proposed building standard, and one of the reasons for that action is that approval of the proposal would create a conflict with existing building standards of other adopting agencies, the executive director shall call the council or any member of the council, as appropriate, to assist in the elimination of the conflict. (4) The council shall draft proposed building standards which the commission is authorized to adopt pursuant to Section 18933 for the consideration of the commission and approval, utilizing the criteria of Section 18930.  SEC. 2.4.   Section 18931 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18931. The commission shall perform the following: (a) In accordance with Section 18930 and within 120 days from the date of receipt of adopted standards, review the standards of adopting agencies and approve, return for amendment with recommended changes, or reject building standards submitted to the commission for its approval. When building standards are returned for amendment or rejected, the commission shall inform the adopting agency or state agency that proposes the building standards of the specific reasons for the recommended changes or rejection, citing the criteria required under Section 18930. When standards are not acted upon by the commission within 120 days, the standards shall be approved, including codification and publication in the California Building Standards Code, without further review and without return or rejection by the commission. (b) Codify, including publish, all building standards of adopting agencies or state agencies that propose the building standards and statutes defining building standards into one California Building Standards Code. (c) Resolve conflict, duplication, and overlap in building standards in the code. (d) Ensure consistency in nomenclature and format in the code. (e) In accordance with Section 18945, hear appeals resulting from the administration of state building standards. (f) Adopt any procedural regulations which it deems necessary to administer this part.  (g) The commission shall direct the executive director to prepare a comprehensive listing of all state amendments developed for publication in the California State Building Code (Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), Title 24, California Code of Regulations), referencing the 1994 Edition of the Uniform Building Code, as published by the International Conference of Building Officials, for the period beginning January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1995. The listing shall identify the following:   (1) Each new state amendment to the 1994 Edition of the Uniform Building Code, as published by the International Conference of Building Officials, and the state agency that adopted the new amendment.   (2) (A) The analysis justifying the adoption or proposal of the amendment identified in paragraph (1), submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 18930.   (B) The analysis justifying the adoption or proposal of the amendment identified in paragraph (1), submitted pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 18930.   (C) The analysis justifying the adoption or proposal of the amendment identified in paragraph (1), submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) of Section 18930.   (D) The analysis justifying the adoption or proposal of the amendment identified in paragraph (1), submitted pursuant to paragraph (7), or to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 18930.   (3) Existing state amendments, published in earlier editions of the California State Building Code (Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), Title 24, California Code of Regulations), which are published in the California State Building Code referencing the 1994 Edition of the Uniform Building Code, as published by the International Conference of Building Officials.   (4) The California Building Standards Commission's determination as to whether the amendment referred to in paragraph (3) continues to be justified under the criteria set forth in Section 18930. The commission shall use information gathered in the study required by Chapter 1289 of the Statutes of 1990 in making its determination, and may also request information from the state agency that adopted or proposed the amendments.   The commission shall perform this task to the extent feasible, and within the existing budget constraints during the triennial adoption process of the California Building Standards Code, referencing the 1994 Edition of the Uniform Building Code as published by the International Conference of Building Officials. The commission shall be authorized to reduce the scope of the review should fiscal restraints warrant this action. In the event a reduction in the scope of the review is made, the commission shall give priority to those sections of the California State Building Code (Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), Title 24, California Code of Regulations) that directly affect residential construction.   (5) Upon completion of the comprehensive listing required by this subdivision, the commission shall inform the public and all state agencies with the authority to develop building standards that the listing has been completed, and that copies will be made available upon request.   SEC. 2.5.   Section 18931.8 is added to the   Health and Safety Code   , to read:   18931.8. The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, both of the following: (a) To accept any federal funds granted by an act of Congress or by an Executive order for any purpose of this chapter. (b) To accept any gift, donation, grant, bequest, or other funding for any purpose of this chapter.   SEC. 2.6.   Section 18934.7 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18934.7.  On or before January 1, 1993, the   The  commission shall adopt, approve, codify, and publish by reference in the California Building Standards Code the building standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of the  Uniform Code for   International Existing  Building  Conservation   Code  of the International  Conference of Building Officials   Code Council  to provide minimum standards for buildings specified in that appendix, except for buildings subject to building standards adopted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910).  SEC. 2.7.   Section 18941.7 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18941.7. A city, county, or other local agency may adopt, after a public hearing and enactment of an ordinance or resolution, building standards that prohibit entirely the use of graywater, or building standards that are more restrictive than the graywater building standards adopted by the  department   Department of Housing and Community Development  under Section 17922.12 and published in the California Building Standards Code.  SEC. 2.8.   Section 18949.4 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18949.4. The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall submit building standards to the commission for review and approval pursuant to Section 18930 in accordance with the time schedule established by the  State   California  Building Standards Commission.  SEC. 2.9.   Section 19996 of the  Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  19996. The  commission   department  may promulgate  informal hearing  rules pertaining to the hearing of appeals under the provisions of this chapter. SEC. 3. Section 33334.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 33334.3. (a) The funds that are required by Section 33334.2 or 33334.6 to be used for the purposes of increasing, improving, and preserving the community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing shall be held in a separate Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund until used. (b) Any interest earned by the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund and any repayments or other income to the agency for loans, advances, or grants, of any kind from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, shall accrue to and be deposited in, the fund and may only be used in the manner prescribed for the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. (c) The moneys in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund shall be used to increase, improve, and preserve the supply of low- and moderate-income housing within the territorial jurisdiction of the agency. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund be used to the maximum extent possible to defray the costs of production, improvement, and preservation of low- and moderate-income housing and that the amount of money spent for planning and general administrative activities associated with the development, improvement, and preservation of that housing not be disproportionate to the amount actually spent for the costs of production, improvement, or preservation of that housing. The agency shall determine annually that the planning and administrative expenses are necessary for the production, improvement, or preservation of low- and moderate-income housing. (e) (1) Planning and general administrative costs which may be paid with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund are those expenses incurred by the agency which are directly related to the programs and activities authorized under subdivision (e) of Section 33334.2 and are limited to the following: (A) Costs incurred for salaries, wages, and related costs of the agency's staff or for services provided through interagency agreements, and agreements with contractors, including usual indirect costs related thereto. (B) Costs incurred by a nonprofit corporation which are not directly attributable to a specific project. (2) Legal, architectural, and engineering costs and other salaries, wages, and costs directly related to the planning and execution of a specific project that are authorized under subdivision (e) of Section 33334.2 and that are incurred by a nonprofit housing sponsor are not planning and administrative costs for the purposes of this section, but are instead project costs. (f) (1) The requirements of this subdivision apply to all new or substantially rehabilitated housing units developed or otherwise assisted with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, pursuant to an agreement approved by an agency on or after January 1, 1988. Except to the extent that a longer period of time may be required by other provisions of law, the agency shall require that housing units subject to this subdivision shall remain available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families of low or moderate income and very low income and extremely low income households for the longest feasible time, but for not less than the following periods of time: (A) Fifty-five years for rental units. However, the agency may replace rental units with equally affordable and comparable rental units in another location within the community if (i) the replacement units are available for occupancy prior to the displacement of any persons and families of low or moderate income residing in the units to be replaced and (ii) the comparable replacement units are not developed with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. (B) Forty-five years for owner-occupied units. However, the agency may permit sales of owner-occupied units prior to the expiration of the 45-year period for a price in excess of that otherwise permitted under this subdivision pursuant to an adopted program which protects the agency's investment of moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, including, but not limited to, an equity sharing program which establishes a schedule of equity sharing that permits retention by the seller of a portion of those excess proceeds based on the length of occupancy. The remainder of the excess proceeds of the sale shall be allocated to the agency and deposited in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. Only the units originally assisted by the agency shall be counted towards the agency's obligations under Section 33413. (C) Fifteen years for mutual self-help housing units that are occupied by and affordable to very low and low-income households. However, the agency may permit sales of mutual self-help housing units prior to expiration of the 15-year period for a price in excess of that otherwise permitted under this subdivision pursuant to an adopted program that (i) protects the agency's investment of moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, including, but not limited to, an equity sharing program that establishes a schedule of equity sharing that permits retention by the seller of a portion of those excess proceeds based on the length of occupancy; and (ii) ensures through a recorded regulatory agreement, deed of trust, or similar recorded instrument that if a mutual self-help housing unit is sold at any time after expiration of the 15-year period and prior to 45 years after the date of recording of the covenants or restrictions required pursuant to paragraph (2), the agency recovers, at a minimum, its original principal from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund from the proceeds of the sale and deposits those funds into the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. The remainder of the excess proceeds of the sale not retained by the seller shall be allocated to the agency and deposited in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "mutual self-help housing unit" means an owner-occupied housing unit for which persons and families of very low and low income contribute no fewer than 500 hours of their own labor in individual or group efforts to provide a decent, safe, and sanitary ownership housing unit for themselves, their families, and others authorized to occupy that unit. Nothing in this subparagraph precludes the agency and the developer of the mutual self-help housing units from agreeing to 45-year deed restrictions. (2) If land on which those dwelling units are located is deleted from the project area, the agency shall continue to require that those units remain affordable as specified in this subdivision. (3) The agency shall require the recording in the office of the county recorder of the following documents: (A) The covenants or restrictions implementing this subdivision for each parcel or unit of real property subject to this subdivision. The agency shall obtain and maintain a copy of the recorded covenants or restrictions for not less than the life of the covenant or restriction. (B) For all new or substantially rehabilitated units developed or otherwise assisted with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund on or after January 1, 2008, a separate document called "Notice of Affordability Restrictions on Transfer of Property," set forth in 14-point type or larger. This document shall contain all of the following information: (i) A recitation of the affordability covenants or restrictions. If the document recorded under this subparagraph is recorded concurrently with the covenants or restrictions recorded under subparagraph (A), the recitation of the affordability covenants or restrictions shall also reference the concurrently recorded document. If the document recorded under this subparagraph is not recorded concurrently with the covenants or restrictions recorded under subparagraph (A), the recitation of the affordability covenants or restrictions shall also reference the recorder's identification number of the document recorded under subparagraph (A). (ii) The date the covenants or restrictions expire. (iii) The street address of the property, including, if applicable, the unit number, unless the property is used to confidentially house victims of domestic violence. (iv) The assessor's parcel number for the property. (v) The legal description of the property. (4) The agency shall require the recording of the document required under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) not more than 30 days after the date of recordation of the covenants or restrictions required under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3). (5) The county recorder shall index the documents required to be recorded under paragraph (3) by the agency and current owner. (6) Notwithstanding Section 27383 of the Government Code, a county recorder may charge all authorized recording fees to any party, including a public agency, for recording the document specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3). (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the covenants or restrictions implementing this subdivision shall run with the land and shall be enforceable against any owner who violates a covenant or restriction and each successor in interest who continues the violation, by any of the following: (A) The agency. (B) The community, as defined in Section 33002. (C) A resident of a unit subject to this subdivision. (D) A residents' association with members who reside in units subject to this subdivision. (E) A former resident of a unit subject to this subdivision who last resided in that unit. (F) An applicant seeking to enforce the covenants or restrictions for a particular unit that is subject to this subdivision, if the applicant conforms to all of the following: (i) Is of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093. (ii) Is able and willing to occupy that particular unit. (iii) Was denied occupancy of that particular unit due to an alleged breach of a covenant or restriction implementing this subdivision. (G) A person on an affordable housing waiting list who is of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093, and who is able and willing to occupy a unit subject to this subdivision. (8) A dwelling unit shall not be counted as satisfying the affordable housing requirements of this part, unless covenants for that dwelling unit are recorded in compliance with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3). (9) Failure to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) shall not invalidate any covenants or restrictions recorded pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3). (g) "Housing," as used in this section, includes residential hotels, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 37912. The definitions of "lower income households," "very low income households," and "extremely low income households" in Sections 50079.5, 50105, and 50106 shall apply to this section. "Longest feasible time," as used in this section, includes, but is not limited to, unlimited duration. (h) "Increasing, improving, and preserving the community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing," as used in this section and in Section 33334.2, includes the preservation of rental housing units assisted by federal, state, or local government on the condition that units remain affordable to, and occupied by, low- and moderate-income households, including extremely low and very low income households, for the longest feasible time, but not less than 55 years, beyond the date the subsidies and use restrictions could be terminated and the assisted housing units converted to market rate rentals. In preserving these units the agency shall require that the units remain affordable to, and occupied by, persons and families of low- and moderate-income and extremely low and very low income households for the longest feasible time but not less than 55 years. However, the agency may replace rental units with equally affordable and comparable rental units in another location within the community if (1) the replacement units in another location are available for occupancy prior to the displacement of any persons and families of low or moderate income residing in the units to be replaced and (2) the comparable replacement units are not developed with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. (i) Agencies that have more than one project area may satisfy the requirements of Sections 33334.2 and 33334.6 and of this section by allocating, in any fiscal year, less than 20 percent in one project area, if the difference between the amount allocated and the 20 percent required is instead allocated, in that same fiscal year, to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund from tax increment revenues from other project areas. Prior to allocating funds pursuant to this subdivision, the agency shall make the finding required by subdivision (g) of Section 33334.2. (j) Funds from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund shall not be used to the extent that other reasonable means of private or commercial financing of the new or substantially rehabilitated units at the same level of affordability and quantity are reasonably available to the agency or to the owner of the units. Prior to the expenditure of funds from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for new or substantially rehabilitated housing units, where those funds will exceed 50 percent of the cost of producing the units, the agency shall find, based on substantial evidence, that the use of the funds is necessary because the agency or owner of the units has made a good faith attempt but been unable to obtain commercial or private means of financing the units at the same level of affordability and quantity.  SEC. 3.5.   Section 33418 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  33418. (a) An agency shall monitor, on an ongoing basis, any housing affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income developed or otherwise made available pursuant to any provisions of this part. As part of this monitoring, an agency shall require owners or managers of the housing to submit an annual report to the agency. The annual reports shall include for each rental unit the rental rate and the income and family size of the occupants, and for each owner-occupied unit whether there was a change in ownership from the prior year and, if so, the income and family size of the new owners. The income information required by this section shall be supplied by the tenant in a certified statement on a form provided by the agency. (b) The data specified in subdivision (a) shall be obtained by the agency from owners and managers of the housing specified therein and current data shall be included in any reports required by law to be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development or the Controller. The information on income and family size that is required to be reported by the owner or manager shall be supplied by the tenant and shall be the only information on income or family size that the owner or manager shall be required to submit on his or her annual report to the agency. (c) (1) The agency shall compile and maintain a database of existing, new and substantially rehabilitated, housing units developed or otherwise assisted with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, or otherwise counted towards the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 33413. The database shall be made available to the public on the Internet and updated on an annual basis  and shall include the date the database was last updated  . The database shall require all of the following information for each owner-occupied unit or rental unit, or for each group of units, if more than one unit is subject to the same covenant: (A) The street address and assessor's parcel number of the property. (B) The size of each unit, measured by the number of bedrooms. (C) The year in which the construction or substantial rehabilitation of the unit was completed. (D) The date of recordation and document number of the affordability covenants or restrictions required under subdivision (f) of Section 33334.3. (E) The date on which the covenants or restrictions expire. (F) For owner-occupied units that have changed ownership during the reporting year, as described in subdivision (a), the date and document number of the new affordability covenants or other documents recorded to assure that the affordability restriction is enforceable and continues to run with the land.  (G) Whether occupancy in the unit or units is restricted to any special population, including senior citizens.  (2) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (D) of paragraph (1), the database shall omit any property used to confidentially house victims of domestic violence. (3) Upon establishment of a database under this section, the agency shall provide reasonable notice to the community regarding the existence of the database. (d) The agency shall adequately fund its monitoring activities as needed to insure compliance of applicable laws and agreements in relation to affordable units. For purposes of defraying the cost of complying with the requirements of this section and the changes in reporting requirements of Section 33080.4 enacted by the act enacting this section, an agency may establish and impose fees upon owners of properties monitored pursuant to this section. SEC. 4. Section 33440 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 33440. Except as provided in Article 9 (commencing with Section 33410) and in Section 33449, this part does not authorize an agency to construct any of the buildings for residential, commercial, industrial, or other use contemplated by the redevelopment plan, except that, in addition to its powers under Section 33445, an agency may construct foundations, platforms, and other like structural forms necessary for the provision or utilization of air rights sites for buildings to be used for residential, commercial industrial, or other uses contemplated by the redevelopment plan. SEC. 5. Section 33449 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 33449. Notwithstanding Section 33440, or any other provision of law, an agency may, inside or outside any project area, acquire land, donate land, improve sites, or construct or rehabilitate structures in order to provide housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093, and very low income households, as defined in Section 50105, and may provide subsidies to, or for the benefit of, such persons and families or households to assist them in obtaining housing within the community. Except as otherwise authorized by law, nothing in this section shall empower an agency to operate a rental housing development beyond such period as is reasonably necessary to sell or lease the housing development. This section shall apply to all redevelopment project areas for which a redevelopment plan has been adopted, whether the redevelopment plan is adopted before or after January 1, 1976.  SEC. 5.5.   Section 33490 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  33490. (a) (1) (A) On or before December 31, 1994, and each five years thereafter, each agency that has adopted a redevelopment plan prior to December 31, 1993, shall adopt, after a public hearing, an implementation plan that shall contain the specific goals and objectives of the agency for the project area, the specific programs, including potential projects, and estimated expenditures proposed to be made during the next five years, and an explanation of how the goals and objectives, programs, and expenditures will eliminate blight within the project area and implement the requirements of Section 33333.10, if applicable, and Sections 33334.2, 33334.4, 33334.6, and 33413. After adoption of the first implementation plan, the parts of the implementation plan that address Section 33333.10, if applicable, and Sections 33334.2, 33334.4, 33334.6, and 33413 shall be adopted every five years either in conjunction with the housing element cycle or the implementation plan cycle  and shall be made available to the public on the Internet  . The agency may amend the implementation plan after conducting a public hearing on the proposed amendment. If an action attacking the adoption, approval, or validity of a redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 1994, has been brought pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 33500), the first implementation plan required pursuant to this section shall be adopted within six months after a final judgment or order has been entered. Subsequent implementation plans required pursuant to this section shall be adopted pursuant to the terms of this section, and as if the first implementation plan had been adopted on or before December 31, 1994. (B) Adoption of an implementation plan shall not constitute an approval of any specific program, project, or expenditure and shall not change the need to obtain any required approval of a specific program, project, or expenditure from the agency or community. The adoption of an implementation plan shall not constitute a project within the meaning of Section 21000 of the Public Resources Code. However, the inclusion of a specific program, potential project, or expenditure in an implementation plan prepared pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 33352 in conjunction with a redevelopment plan adoption shall not eliminate analysis of those programs, potential projects, and expenditures in the environmental impact report prepared pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 33352 to the extent that it would be otherwise required. In addition, the inclusion of programs, potential projects, and expenditures in an implementation plan shall not eliminate review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code), at the time of the approval of the program, project, or expenditure, to the extent that it would be otherwise required. (2) (A) A portion of the implementation plan shall address the agency housing responsibilities and shall contain a section addressing Section 33333.10, if applicable, and Sections 33334.2, 33334.4, and 33334.6, the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, and, if subdivision (b) of Section 33413 applies, a section addressing agency developed and project area housing. The section addressing the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund shall contain: (i) The amount available in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund and the estimated amounts which will be deposited in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund during each of the next five years. (ii) A housing program with estimates of the number of new, rehabilitated, or price restricted units to be assisted during each of the five years and estimates of the expenditures of moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund during each of the five years. (iii) A description of how the housing program will implement the requirement for expenditures of moneys in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund over a 10-year period for various groups as required by Section 33334.4. For project areas to which subdivision (b) of Section 33413 applies, the 10-year period within which Section 33334.4 is required to be implemented shall be the same 10-year period within which subdivision (b) of Section 33413 is required to be implemented. Notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 33334.4 and the first sentence of this clause, in order to allow these two 10-year time periods to coincide for the first time period, the time to implement the requirements of Section 33334.4 shall be extended two years, and project areas in existence on December 31, 1993, shall implement the requirements of Section 33334.4 on or before December 31, 2014, and each 10 years thereafter rather than December 31, 2012. For project areas to which subdivision (b) of Section 33413 does not apply, the requirements of Section 33334.4 shall be implemented on or before December 31, 2014, and each 10 years thereafter. (iv) This requirement to include a description of how the housing program will implement Section 33334.4 in the implementation plan shall apply to implementation plans adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) on or after December 31, 2002. (B) For each project area to which subdivision (b) of Section 33413 applies, the section addressing the agency developed and project area housing shall contain: (i) Estimates of the number of new, substantially rehabilitated or price restricted residential units to be developed or purchased within one or more project areas, both over the life of the plan and during the next 10 years. (ii) Estimates of the number of units of very low, low-, and moderate-income households required to be developed within one or more project areas in order to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 33413, both over the life of the plan and during the next 10 years. (iii) The number of units of very low, low-, and moderate-income households which have been developed within one or more project areas which meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 33413. (iv) Estimates of the number of agency developed residential units which will be developed during the next five years, if any, which will be governed by paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 33413. (v) Estimates of the number of agency developed units for very low, low-, and moderate-income households which will be developed by the agency during the next five years to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 33413. (C) The section addressing Section 33333.10, if applicable, and Section 33334.4 shall contain all of the following: (i) The number of housing units needed for very low income persons, low-income persons, and moderate-income persons as each of those needs have been identified in the most recent determination pursuant to Section 65584 of the Government Code, and the proposed amount of expenditures from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for each income group during each year of the implementation plan period. (ii) The total population of the community and the population under 65 years of age as reported in the most recent census of the United States Census Bureau. (iii) A housing program that provides a detailed schedule of actions the agency is undertaking or intends to undertake to ensure expenditure of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund in the proportions required by Section 33333.10, if applicable, and Section 33334.4. (iv) For the previous implementation plan period, the amounts of Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund moneys utilized to assist units affordable to, and occupied by, extremely low income households, very low income households, and low-income households; the number, the location, and level of affordability of units newly constructed with other locally controlled government assistance and without agency assistance and that are required to be affordable to, and occupied by, persons of low, very low, or extremely low income for at least 55 years for rental housing or 45 years for homeownership housing, and the amount of Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund moneys utilized to assist housing units available to families with children, and the number, location, and level of affordability of those units. (3) If the implementation plan contains a project that will result in the destruction or removal of dwelling units that will have to be replaced pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 33413, the implementation plan shall identify proposed locations suitable for those replacement dwelling units. (4) For a project area that is within six years of the time limit on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan established pursuant to Section 33333.2, 33333.6, 33333.7, or 33333.10, the portion of the implementation plan addressing the housing responsibilities shall specifically address the ability of the agency to comply, prior to the time limit on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan, with subdivision (a) of Section 33333.8, subdivision (a) of Section 33413 with respect to replacement dwelling units, subdivision (b) of Section 33413 with respect to project area housing, and the disposition of the remaining moneys in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. (5) The implementation plan shall identify the fiscal year that the agency expects each of the following time limits to expire: (A) The time limit for the commencement for eminent domain proceedings to acquire property within the project area. (B) The time limit for the establishment of loans, advances, and indebtedness to finance the redevelopment project. (C) The time limit for the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan. (D) The time limit to repay indebtedness with the proceeds of property taxes. (b) For a project area for which a redevelopment plan is adopted on or after January 1, 1994, the implementation plan prepared pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 33352 shall constitute the initial implementation plan and thereafter the agency after a public hearing shall adopt an implementation plan every five years commencing with the fifth year after the plan has been adopted. Agencies may adopt implementation plans that include more than one project area. (c) Every agency, at least once within the five-year term of the plan, shall conduct a public hearing and hear testimony of all interested parties for the purpose of reviewing the redevelopment plan and the corresponding implementation plan for each redevelopment project within the jurisdiction and evaluating the progress of the redevelopment project. The hearing required by this subdivision shall take place no earlier than two years and no later than three years after the adoption of the implementation plan. For a project area that is within three years of the time limit on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan established pursuant to Section 33333.2, 33333.6, 33333.7, or 33333.10, the review shall specifically address those items in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a). An agency may hold one hearing for two or more project areas if those project areas are included within the same implementation plan. (d) Notice of public hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code, mailed at least three weeks in advance to all persons and agencies that have requested notice, and posted in at least four permanent places within the project area for a period of three weeks. Publication, mailing, and posting shall be completed not less than 10 days prior to the date set for hearing. SEC. 6. Section 50517.10 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 50517.10. In addition to the purposes specified in subdivision (a) of Section 50517.5, the department may make grants and loans under the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program to local public entities and nonprofit corporations in order to establish capitalized operating reserves for short-term occupancy housing for migrant farmworker households, purchase land for, and construct, housing structures for short-term occupancy by migrant farmworker households, lease or purchase existing structures for short-term occupancy by migrant farmworker households, and, where the department determines that extraordinary or emergency circumstances exist, directly rent or lease housing for short-term occupancy by migrant farmworker households.  SEC. 6.5.   Section 50517.11 of the   Health and Safety Code   is repealed.   50517.11. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California's hard-working agricultural workers have made critical contributions to California's agricultural economy for many generations. (2) The health, housing, and economic and social conditions of agricultural workers have been long ignored by public policy, such that this lowest-paid segment of our labor force has lived in poverty conditions, with inadequate health care, housing, and other services. (3) The late Mayor of Sacramento, Joe Serna, Jr., who grew up as a farmworker and provided an inspiration by making invaluable contributions to society, maintained a lifelong interest in improving the conditions of agricultural workers and their families and children. (4) Housing is a primary determinant of health. (5) While California has established a Farmworker Housing Grant Program, it has not attempted to integrate its housing programs with broader programs to ensure the health and improve the conditions of agricultural worker families. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact the "Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Family Wellness Act," to provide for all of the following: (1) Integration, coordination, and expansion of health services to achieve the goal of advancing comprehensive strategies for improving the health status of agricultural workers and their families. (2) Integration, coordination, and expansion of community-based services, including housing, educational, recreational, and social services, to serve the varied needs of agricultural worker families. (3) A means for integration and coordination of public, private, and nonprofit services in conjunction with the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program to maximize the effectiveness of services to agricultural worker families. (c) (1) There is hereby created the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Family Wellness Program, to provide for the integration of family health and other family services with the housing component of Section 50517.5. The program shall contain elements that provide for all of the following: (A) The provision of housing and the provision of health and other family services for agricultural workers in a coordinated manner. (B) Involvement of agricultural workers in decisions about priorities for programs and services that are needed. (C) The participation of other community partners, including schools, in a collaborative effort to provide these programs and services in conjunction with the construction of new housing or the rehabilitation of existing housing. (2) Subject to funding in the Budget Act of 2000 for a program to link up farmworker housing grant funds to housing developments that also provide health and other family services, the Department of Housing and Community Development may enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) or contract for the implementation of this program with a nonprofit corporation that demonstrates statewide experience, capacity, and capability in designing, financing, and implementing programs for providing housing for agricultural workers and integrating health services with the provision of farmworker housing. The MOU or contract shall provide that the nonprofit corporation shall process and approve applications received from potential grantees, oversee project development and implementation, and oversee the long-term monitoring and compliance required by Section 50517.5 and this section. The MOU or contract shall include the criteria for consultation with the department or department approval of various components of the program and an expedited process with the intent of providing approvals in a shortened timeframe. The department may prescribe conditions related to the deposit, use, and accounting of funds for operation of the program. The MOU or contract shall further provide that the department funds awarded to any grantee by the nonprofit corporation be used in conjunction with the nonprofit corporation's funds in both the housing construction or rehabilitation component as well as the health and family services component. The nonprofit corporation's funds may be used as all or a portion of the match required by subdivision (c) of Section 50517.5. (3) The department shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (4) A nonprofit corporation selected pursuant to paragraph (2) shall report the information required by this paragraph to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the department shall report to the Legislature the results of the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Family Wellness Program on or before December 31, 2002. The report shall include all of the following: (A) Details of the MOU. (B) Number of grants awarded to grantees. (C) Details about the projects operated using grant funds identifying information related to all of the elements provided in paragraph (1). (D) Number of new housing units built, rehabilitated, or under construction. (E) Details about the physical and other benefits received by agricultural workers and their families from participation in the health and family services programs while living in the housing units assisted by this program. (d) The department shall not enter into a new MOU or contract or commit additional funding to the program after January 1, 2004, except for costs and activities related to long-term compliance and monitoring of projects assisted pursuant to this section.  SEC. 7. The heading of Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 50705) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, as added by Section 2 of Chapter 652 of the Statutes of 2007, is amended and renumbered to read: CHAPTER 8.3. AFFORDABLE HOUSING REVOLVING DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION PROGRAM SEC. 8. Section 50705 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 50705. (a) The Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program is hereby established for the purpose of funding the acquisition of property to develop or preserve affordable housing. The program will be comprised of a Loan Fund and a Practitioner Fund. (b) The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The department shall adopt regulations for the program prior to issuing any request for qualifications funded with loan repayments or any other sources. SEC. 9. Section 50802.1 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed. SEC. 10. Section 53545 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 53545. The Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 is hereby created in the State Treasury. The Legislature intends that the proceeds of bonds deposited in the fund shall be used to fund the housing-related programs described in this chapter over the course of the next decade. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part for the purposes specified in this chapter shall be allocated in the following manner: (a) (1) One billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account shall be continuously appropriated in accordance with the following schedule: (A) (i) Three hundred forty-five million dollars ($345,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2. The priorities specified in Section 50675.13 shall apply to the expenditure of funds pursuant to this clause. (ii) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2 for housing meeting the definitions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 11139.3 of the Government Code. The department may provide higher per-unit loan limits as necessary to achieve affordable housing costs to the target population. Any funds not encumbered for the purposes of this clause by July 31, 2011, shall revert for general use in the Multifamily Housing Program unless the department determines that funds should revert sooner due to diminished demand. (B) One hundred ninety-five million dollars ($195,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2, to be used for supportive housing for individuals and households moving from emergency shelters or transitional housing or those at risk of homelessness. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide for higher per-unit loan limits as reasonably necessary to achieve housing costs affordable to those individuals and households. For purposes of this subparagraph, "supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 53260, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the tenant to retain the housing, improve his or her health status, maximize his or her ability to live, and, when possible, work in the community. The criteria for selecting projects shall give priority to: (i) Supportive housing for people with disabilities who would otherwise be at high risk of homelessness where the applications represent collaboration with programs that meet the needs of the person's disabilities. (ii) Projects that demonstrate funding commitments from local governments for operating subsidies or services funding, or both, for five years or longer. (C) One hundred thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000) shall be transferred to the fund created by subdivision (b) of Section 50517.5 to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 50517.5) of Part 2. (D) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be transferred to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1. These funds shall be available to the Department of Housing and Community Development, to be expended for the purposes of enabling households to become or remain homeowners pursuant to the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650) of Part 2, except ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be expended for construction management under the California Self-Help Housing Program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50696. (E) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be transferred to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1. These funds shall be available to the California Housing Finance Agency, to be expended for the purposes of the California Homebuyer's Downpayment Assistance Program authorized by Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 51500) of Part 3. Up to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of these funds may be expended pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51504. (F) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be transferred to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Funds shall be expended for competitive grants or loans to sponsoring entities that develop, own, lend, or invest in affordable housing and used to create pilot programs to demonstrate innovative, cost-saving approaches to creating or preserving affordable housing. Specific criteria establishing eligibility for and use of the funds shall be established in statute as approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature. Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this subparagraph within 30 months of availability shall revert to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1 and shall be available for the purposes described in subparagraph (D). (G) One hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be transferred to the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Fund to be used for the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program pursuant to Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 50860) of Part 1. Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this subparagraph by November 17, 2011, shall revert for general use in the CalHome Program unless the department determines that funds should revert sooner due to diminished demand. (H) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to be distributed in the form of capital development grants under the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program authorized by Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 50800) of Part 2 of Division 31. The funds shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development in a manner consistent with the restrictions and authorizations contained in Provision 3 of Item 2240-105-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, except that any appropriations in that item shall not apply. The competitive system used by the department shall incorporate priorities set by the designated local boards and their input as to the relative merits of submitted applications from within the designated local board's county in relation to those priorities. In addition, the funding limitations contained in this section shall not apply to the appropriation in that budget item. (2) The Legislature may, from time to time, amend the provisions of law related to programs to which funds are, or have been, allocated pursuant to this subdivision for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, or for the purpose of furthering the goals of the program. (3) With the revenues from bond proceeds issued and sold pursuant to this part, the Bureau of State Audits shall conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section, and that awardees of bond proceeds are using funds in compliance with applicable provisions of this section. The first audit shall be conducted no later than one year from voter approval of this part. (4) In its annual report to the Legislature, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall report how funds that were made available pursuant to this subdivision and allocated in the prior year were expended. The department shall make the report available to the public on its Internet Web site. (b) Eight hundred fifty million dollars ($850,000,000) shall be deposited in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Funds in the account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and subject to such other conditions and criteria as the Legislature may provide in statute, for the following purposes: (1) For infill incentive grants for capital outlay related to infill housing development and other related infill development, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) No more than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) for park creation, development, or rehabilitation to encourage infill development. (B) Water, sewer, or other public infrastructure costs associated with infill development. (C) Transportation improvements related to infill development projects. (D) Traffic mitigation. (2) For brownfield cleanup that promotes infill housing development and other related infill development consistent with regional and local plans. (c) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) to be deposited in the Transit-Oriented Development Account, which is hereby created in the fund, for transfer to the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Fund, for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Program authorized by Part 13 (commencing with Section 53560). (d) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be deposited in the Housing Urban-Suburban-and-Rural Parks Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Funds in the account shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for housing-related parks grants in urban, suburban, and rural areas, subject to the conditions and criteria that the Legislature may provide in statute.  SEC. 10.5.   Section 50963 is added to the   Health and Safety Code   , to read:   50963. (a) The agency shall report to the Legislature, on or before December 31, 2011, and 2012, on the status of funding awarded to the agency through the federal Housing Finance Agencies Innovation Fund for the federal Hardest-Hit Housing Markets program. (b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on December 31, 2015.  SEC. 11. The changes made to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583 of the Government Code made by Section 1 of this act correct a technical error in the drafting of Section 1 of Chapter 724 of the Statutes of 2004.