CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1778Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenJanuary 04, 2018 An act relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1778, as introduced, Holden. Affordable housing: San Gabriel Valley: San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area.Existing law generally sets forth the duties of the Department of Housing and Community Development in promoting the development of affordable housing in the state.This bill would state the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Many areas in southern California lack affordable housing for low-income individuals and families and state action and resources are needed to supplement local action and resources in order to adequately address this problem.(2) According to the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the price for houses and condominiums in the area have continued to rise, despite the failure of local resident purchasing power to similarly increase.(3) Studies by the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside indicate that their homeless population has risen in the past three years.(4) A report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune also highlights the difficulty renters face, where residents of the County of Los Angeles paid up to 30 percent of their income on rent, which is the highest percentage in the entire country.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1778Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenJanuary 04, 2018 An act relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1778, as introduced, Holden. Affordable housing: San Gabriel Valley: San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area.Existing law generally sets forth the duties of the Department of Housing and Community Development in promoting the development of affordable housing in the state.This bill would state the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1778
Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenJanuary 04, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Holden
January 04, 2018
An act relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1778, as introduced, Holden. Affordable housing: San Gabriel Valley: San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area.
Existing law generally sets forth the duties of the Department of Housing and Community Development in promoting the development of affordable housing in the state.This bill would state the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.
Existing law generally sets forth the duties of the Department of Housing and Community Development in promoting the development of affordable housing in the state.
This bill would state the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Many areas in southern California lack affordable housing for low-income individuals and families and state action and resources are needed to supplement local action and resources in order to adequately address this problem.(2) According to the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the price for houses and condominiums in the area have continued to rise, despite the failure of local resident purchasing power to similarly increase.(3) Studies by the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside indicate that their homeless population has risen in the past three years.(4) A report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune also highlights the difficulty renters face, where residents of the County of Los Angeles paid up to 30 percent of their income on rent, which is the highest percentage in the entire country.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Many areas in southern California lack affordable housing for low-income individuals and families and state action and resources are needed to supplement local action and resources in order to adequately address this problem.(2) According to the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the price for houses and condominiums in the area have continued to rise, despite the failure of local resident purchasing power to similarly increase.(3) Studies by the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside indicate that their homeless population has risen in the past three years.(4) A report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune also highlights the difficulty renters face, where residents of the County of Los Angeles paid up to 30 percent of their income on rent, which is the highest percentage in the entire country.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Many areas in southern California lack affordable housing for low-income individuals and families and state action and resources are needed to supplement local action and resources in order to adequately address this problem.(2) According to the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the price for houses and condominiums in the area have continued to rise, despite the failure of local resident purchasing power to similarly increase.(3) Studies by the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside indicate that their homeless population has risen in the past three years.(4) A report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune also highlights the difficulty renters face, where residents of the County of Los Angeles paid up to 30 percent of their income on rent, which is the highest percentage in the entire country.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(1) Many areas in southern California lack affordable housing for low-income individuals and families and state action and resources are needed to supplement local action and resources in order to adequately address this problem.
(2) According to the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the price for houses and condominiums in the area have continued to rise, despite the failure of local resident purchasing power to similarly increase.
(3) Studies by the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside indicate that their homeless population has risen in the past three years.
(4) A report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune also highlights the difficulty renters face, where residents of the County of Los Angeles paid up to 30 percent of their income on rent, which is the highest percentage in the entire country.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide for the redevelopment of impoverished areas in the San Gabriel Valley and the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area by creating affordable housing opportunities and to establish a novel source of revenue to offset the costs of this program.