BILL NUMBER: SB 384INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Leyva FEBRUARY 24, 2015 An act to add Section 980.7 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veteran housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 384, as introduced, Leyva. Veteran housing: multifamily units: female veterans. Existing law provides various programs and bond issuances to provide housing for veterans, as defined, including the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014, which provides for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable rental housing, or related facilities for veterans and their families. This bill would require, for all multifamily housing units acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2016, for the purpose of housing veterans, that a percentage of the units be reserved for female veterans with children, the percentage to be determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs based on the population of veterans in the area and the need of female veterans with children in that area for housing. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 980.7 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read: 980.7. For all multifamily housing units acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2016, for the purpose of housing veterans, a percentage of the units shall be reserved for female veterans with children. The percentage reserved shall be determined by the department, at the time the project is started, based on the population of veterans in the area and the need of female veterans with children in that area for housing.