CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 611Introduced by Senator Caballero(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry and Nazarian)February 22, 2019 An act relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 611, as introduced, Caballero. Housing: elderly and individuals with disabilities.The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other requirements, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities.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. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that, by the year 2030, the states over-65 population will nearly double, increasing by four million people, while becoming more racially and economically diverse.(b) The aging of Californias population will impact all areas of the service delivery system, increasing the demand for long-term services and supports, transportation, dental care, health care, behavioral health services, and housing.(c) The states lack of affordable housing and higher costs of living force many older adults into poverty and homelessness.(d) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, more than three-quarters of low-income older Californian tenants are rent-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and more than half are severely rent-burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing.(e) In 2018, Los Angeles reported a surge in its homeless population over the age of 62, while at the same time noting a decrease in its overall homeless population.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities. The master plan shall promote and incentivize the development of housing models that provide local economic development opportunities while leveraging multiple federal, state, and local funding sources. The housing models shall focus on coordinating the provision of long-term services and supports provided in underserved and unserved areas of the state, in order to improve access to housing and services for older adults and people with disabilities.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 611Introduced by Senator Caballero(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry and Nazarian)February 22, 2019 An act relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 611, as introduced, Caballero. Housing: elderly and individuals with disabilities.The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other requirements, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 611
Introduced by Senator Caballero(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry and Nazarian)February 22, 2019
Introduced by Senator Caballero(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry and Nazarian)
February 22, 2019
An act relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 611, as introduced, Caballero. Housing: elderly and individuals with disabilities.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other requirements, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other requirements, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that, by the year 2030, the states over-65 population will nearly double, increasing by four million people, while becoming more racially and economically diverse.(b) The aging of Californias population will impact all areas of the service delivery system, increasing the demand for long-term services and supports, transportation, dental care, health care, behavioral health services, and housing.(c) The states lack of affordable housing and higher costs of living force many older adults into poverty and homelessness.(d) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, more than three-quarters of low-income older Californian tenants are rent-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and more than half are severely rent-burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing.(e) In 2018, Los Angeles reported a surge in its homeless population over the age of 62, while at the same time noting a decrease in its overall homeless population.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities. The master plan shall promote and incentivize the development of housing models that provide local economic development opportunities while leveraging multiple federal, state, and local funding sources. The housing models shall focus on coordinating the provision of long-term services and supports provided in underserved and unserved areas of the state, in order to improve access to housing and services for older adults and people with disabilities.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that, by the year 2030, the states over-65 population will nearly double, increasing by four million people, while becoming more racially and economically diverse.(b) The aging of Californias population will impact all areas of the service delivery system, increasing the demand for long-term services and supports, transportation, dental care, health care, behavioral health services, and housing.(c) The states lack of affordable housing and higher costs of living force many older adults into poverty and homelessness.(d) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, more than three-quarters of low-income older Californian tenants are rent-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and more than half are severely rent-burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing.(e) In 2018, Los Angeles reported a surge in its homeless population over the age of 62, while at the same time noting a decrease in its overall homeless population.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities. The master plan shall promote and incentivize the development of housing models that provide local economic development opportunities while leveraging multiple federal, state, and local funding sources. The housing models shall focus on coordinating the provision of long-term services and supports provided in underserved and unserved areas of the state, in order to improve access to housing and services for older adults and people with disabilities.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that, by the year 2030, the states over-65 population will nearly double, increasing by four million people, while becoming more racially and economically diverse.(b) The aging of Californias population will impact all areas of the service delivery system, increasing the demand for long-term services and supports, transportation, dental care, health care, behavioral health services, and housing.(c) The states lack of affordable housing and higher costs of living force many older adults into poverty and homelessness.(d) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, more than three-quarters of low-income older Californian tenants are rent-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and more than half are severely rent-burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing.(e) In 2018, Los Angeles reported a surge in its homeless population over the age of 62, while at the same time noting a decrease in its overall homeless population.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities. The master plan shall promote and incentivize the development of housing models that provide local economic development opportunities while leveraging multiple federal, state, and local funding sources. The housing models shall focus on coordinating the provision of long-term services and supports provided in underserved and unserved areas of the state, in order to improve access to housing and services for older adults and people with disabilities.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that, by the year 2030, the states over-65 population will nearly double, increasing by four million people, while becoming more racially and economically diverse.
(b) The aging of Californias population will impact all areas of the service delivery system, increasing the demand for long-term services and supports, transportation, dental care, health care, behavioral health services, and housing.
(c) The states lack of affordable housing and higher costs of living force many older adults into poverty and homelessness.
(d) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, more than three-quarters of low-income older Californian tenants are rent-burdened, spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and more than half are severely rent-burdened, spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing.
(e) In 2018, Los Angeles reported a surge in its homeless population over the age of 62, while at the same time noting a decrease in its overall homeless population.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a master plan that responds to population needs in a comprehensive manner which shall include, but not be limited to, policy recommendations that address the housing needs of Californias older adults, and people with disabilities. The master plan shall promote and incentivize the development of housing models that provide local economic development opportunities while leveraging multiple federal, state, and local funding sources. The housing models shall focus on coordinating the provision of long-term services and supports provided in underserved and unserved areas of the state, in order to improve access to housing and services for older adults and people with disabilities.