BILL NUMBER: AB 505INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Harkey FEBRUARY 15, 2011 An act relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 505, as introduced, Harkey. Housing programs. Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development which, among other things, administers various programs providing assistance for multifamily housing, emergency housing, farmworker housing, and home ownership and downpayment assistance. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would shift responsibility of the department's programs to other public entities. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would shift responsibility of programs of the Department of Housing and Community Development to other public entities.