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| 1 | + | Amended IN Senate March 08, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 15Introduced by Senator PortantinoDecember 07, 2020 An act to add Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 15, as amended, Portantino. Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites.Existing law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would require the department to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. In order to be eligible for a grant, the bill would require a local government, among other things, to apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has met specified requirements, including certain labor-related requirements. The bill would make the allocation of these grants subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. The bill would require the department to issue a Notice of Funding Availability for each calendar year in which funds are made available for these purposes. The bill would require that the amount of grant awarded to each eligible local government be equal to 7 times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application over the 7 years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application, subject to certain modifications, and that the local government receive this amount in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application. The bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would authorize the department to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards for this program and exempt those guidelines from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would make its provisions operative on and after January 1, 2023.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance.(B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section.50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project.50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows:(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application.(2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.(3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application.50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Senate March 08, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 15Introduced by Senator PortantinoDecember 07, 2020 An act to add Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 15, as amended, Portantino. Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle retail sites.Existing law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would require the department to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. In order to be eligible for a grant, the bill would require a local government, among other things, to apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has met specified requirements, including certain labor-related requirements. The bill would make the allocation of these grants subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. The bill would require the department to issue a Notice of Funding Availability for each calendar year in which funds are made available for these purposes. The bill would require that the amount of grant awarded to each eligible local government be equal to 7 times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application over the 7 years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application, subject to certain modifications, and that the local government receive this amount in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application. The bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would authorize the department to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards for this program and exempt those guidelines from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would make its provisions operative on and after January 1, 2023.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO | |
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| 29 | - | Existing law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, | |
| 28 | + | Existing law establishes, among other housing programs, the Workforce Housing Reward Program, which requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to make local assistance grants to cities, counties, and cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing developments that are affordable to very low and low-income households.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would require the department to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. In order to be eligible for a grant, the bill would require a local government, among other things, to apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has met specified requirements, including certain labor-related requirements. The bill would make the allocation of these grants subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. The bill would require the department to issue a Notice of Funding Availability for each calendar year in which funds are made available for these purposes. The bill would require that the amount of grant awarded to each eligible local government be equal to 7 times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application over the 7 years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application, subject to certain modifications, and that the local government receive this amount in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application. The bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would authorize the department to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards for this program and exempt those guidelines from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would make its provisions operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 32 | + | This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would require the department to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. In order to be eligible for a grant, the bill would require a local government, among other things, to apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has met specified requirements, including certain labor-related requirements. The bill would make the allocation of these grants subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. | |
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| 39 | - | This bill would require the department to issue a Notice of Funding Availability for each calendar year in which funds are made available for these purposes. The bill would require that the amount of the grant awarded to each eligible local government be equal to 7 times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application over the 7 years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application, subject to certain modifications, and that the local government receive this amount in one lump-sum lump sum following the date of the local governments application. The bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would authorize the department to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards for this program and exempt those guidelines from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would make its provisions operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
| 34 | + | The bill would require the department to issue a Notice of Funding Availability for each calendar year in which funds are made available for these purposes. The bill would require that the amount of grant awarded to each eligible local government be equal to 7 times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application over the 7 years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application, subject to certain modifications, and that the local government receive this amount in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application. The bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would authorize the department to review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards for this program and exempt those guidelines from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would make its provisions operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 45 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A | |
| 40 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance.(B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section.50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project.50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows:(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application.(2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.(3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application.50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 51 | - | SECTION 1. Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A | |
| 46 | + | SECTION 1. Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 50495) is added to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance.(B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section.50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project.50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows:(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application.(2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.(3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application.50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 57 | - | CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A | |
| 52 | + | CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance.(B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section.50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project.50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows:(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application.(2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.(3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application.50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 59 | - | CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A | |
| 54 | + | CHAPTER 2.9. Retail Site Rezoning Incentives50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance.(B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section.50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project.50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows:(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application.(2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.(3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application.50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 65 | - | 50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A | |
| 60 | + | 50495. For purposes of this chapter:(a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter.(b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period.(e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county.(f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability.(g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.(h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws:(1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).(i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time:(A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance.(B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. | |
| 66 | 61 | ||
| 67 | 62 | ||
| 68 | 63 | ||
| 69 | 64 | 50495. For purposes of this chapter: | |
| 70 | 65 | ||
| 71 | - | (a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter. | |
| 66 | + | (a) Applicant means a public agency or private entity that submits an application to a local government to undertake a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development project on sites rezoned pursuant to this chapter. | |
| 72 | 67 | ||
| 73 | 68 | (b) Big box retailer means a store of greater than 75,000 square feet of gross buildable area that generates or previously generated sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. | |
| 74 | 69 | ||
| 75 | 70 | (c) Commercial shopping center means a group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores. | |
| 76 | 71 | ||
| 77 | 72 | (d) Idle means that at least 80 percent of the leased or rentable square footage of the big box retailer or commercial shopping center site is not occupied for at least a 12-month calendar period. | |
| 78 | 73 | ||
| 79 | 74 | (e) Local government means a city, county, or city and county. | |
| 80 | 75 | ||
| 81 | 76 | (f) NOFA means Notice of Funding Availability. | |
| 82 | 77 | ||
| 83 | 78 | (g) Project labor agreement has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code. | |
| 84 | 79 | ||
| 85 | 80 | (h) Sales and use tax revenue means the cumulative amount of revenue generated by taxes imposed by a local government in accordance with both of the following laws: | |
| 86 | 81 | ||
| 87 | 82 | (1) The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code). | |
| 88 | 83 | ||
| 89 | 84 | (2) The Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code). | |
| 90 | 85 | ||
| 91 | 86 | (i) Skilled and trained workforce has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. | |
| 92 | 87 | ||
| 93 | - | (j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). | |
| 88 | + | (j) (1) Use by right means that the local governments review of a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k), development does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review or approval that would constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall be subject to all laws, including, but not limited to, the local government ordinance implementing the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code). | |
| 94 | 89 | ||
| 95 | 90 | (2) A local ordinance may provide that use by right does not exempt the use from design review. However, that design review shall not constitute a project for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. | |
| 96 | 91 | ||
| 97 | - | (k) Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time: | |
| 92 | + | (k) Workforce housing Housing means an owner-occupied or rental housing development in which 100 percent of the development projects total units, exclusive of a managers unit or units, are for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5, or for moderate-income households, as defined in Section 50053. Units in the development shall be offered at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, or at affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, except that the rent or sales price for a moderate-income unit shall be at least 20 percent below the market rate for a unit of similar size and bedroom count in the same neighborhood in the city, county, or city and county in which the housing development is located. The developer of the workforce housing shall provide the local government with evidence to establish that the units meet the requirements of this subdivision. All units, exclusive of any managers unit or units, shall be restricted as provided in this subdivision for at least the following periods of time: | |
| 98 | 93 | ||
| 99 | - | (A) | |
| 94 | + | (A) Fifty-five years for units that are rented. However, the local government may require that the rental units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. | |
| 95 | + | ||
| 96 | + | (B) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. | |
| 97 | + | ||
| 98 | + | 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495. | |
| 100 | 99 | ||
| 101 | 100 | ||
| 102 | 101 | ||
| 103 | - | ||
| 102 | + | 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495. | |
| 104 | 103 | ||
| 105 | - | (B) | |
| 106 | - | ||
| 107 | - | ||
| 108 | - | ||
| 109 | - | (2) Forty-five years for units that are owner occupied. owner-occupied. However, the local government may require that owner-occupied units in the housing development project be restricted to lower income households for a longer period of time if that restriction is consistent with all applicable regulatory requirements for state assistance. | |
| 110 | - | ||
| 111 | - | 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, act, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495. | |
| 112 | - | ||
| 113 | - | ||
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | 50495.2. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, act, the department shall administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated in accordance with this chapter to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495. | |
| 116 | - | ||
| 117 | - | 50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section. | |
| 104 | + | 50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following:(a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right.(b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter.(c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants.(d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section. | |
| 118 | 105 | ||
| 119 | 106 | ||
| 120 | 107 | ||
| 121 | 108 | 50495.4. In order to be eligible for a grant under this chapter, a local government shall do all of the following: | |
| 122 | 109 | ||
| 123 | - | (a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right. | |
| 110 | + | (a) Rezone one or more idle sites used for a big box retailer or commercial shopping center to allow workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, as a use by right. | |
| 124 | 111 | ||
| 125 | - | (b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter. | |
| 112 | + | (b) Approve and issue a certificate of occupancy for a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development on each site rezoned pursuant to subdivision (a) for which the local government seeks an incentive pursuant to this chapter. | |
| 126 | 113 | ||
| 127 | 114 | (c) Impose the requirements described in Sections 50495.5 and 50495.5.1 on all applicants. | |
| 128 | 115 | ||
| 129 | 116 | (d) Apply to the department for an allocation of grant funds and provide documentation that it has complied with the requirements of this section. | |
| 130 | 117 | ||
| 131 | - | 50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project. | |
| 118 | + | 50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants:(a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met:(A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement.(B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023.(C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce.(b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following:(1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true:(A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.(B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project. | |
| 132 | 119 | ||
| 133 | 120 | ||
| 134 | 121 | ||
| 135 | 122 | 50495.5. For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 50495.4, a local government shall impose all of the following requirements on all applicants: | |
| 136 | 123 | ||
| 137 | - | (a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. | |
| 124 | + | (a) (1) For an applicant that is a public agency, the applicant shall not prequalify or shortlist, or award a contract to, an entity for the performance of any portion of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project unless the entity provides an enforceable commitment to the applicant that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. | |
| 138 | 125 | ||
| 139 | 126 | (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if any of the following requirements are met: | |
| 140 | 127 | ||
| 141 | 128 | (A) The public agency applicant has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce, and the entity agrees to be bound by that project labor agreement. | |
| 142 | 129 | ||
| 143 | - | (B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2023. | |
| 130 | + | (B) The project or contract is being performed under the extension or renewal of a project labor agreement that was entered into by the public agency applicant before January 1, 2021. 2023. | |
| 144 | 131 | ||
| 145 | 132 | (C) The entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind the entity and all of its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract to use a skilled and trained workforce. | |
| 146 | 133 | ||
| 147 | 134 | (b) For an applicant that is a private entity, the applicant shall do both of the following: | |
| 148 | 135 | ||
| 149 | 136 | (1) Demonstrate to the local government that either of the following is true: | |
| 150 | 137 | ||
| 151 | - | (A) The entirety of the housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. | |
| 138 | + | (A) The entirety of the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. | |
| 152 | 139 | ||
| 153 | 140 | (B) If the project is not in its entirety a public work, all construction workers employed in the execution of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. | |
| 154 | 141 | ||
| 155 | 142 | (2) Demonstrate to the local government that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project. | |
| 156 | 143 | ||
| 157 | - | 50495.5.1. (a) If a housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. | |
| 144 | + | 50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply:(1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project.(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section.(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.(4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code.(b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project:(1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project.(3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. | |
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| 161 | - | 50495.5.1. (a) If a housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply: | |
| 148 | + | 50495.5.1. (a) If a workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project is subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5, then, for those portions of the project that are not a public work, all of the following shall apply: | |
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| 163 | 150 | (1) The private entity applicant shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of the work on the project. | |
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| 165 | 152 | (2) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. | |
| 166 | 153 | ||
| 167 | 154 | (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), all contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided by that section. | |
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| 169 | 156 | (B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code. | |
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| 171 | 158 | (C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. | |
| 172 | 159 | ||
| 173 | 160 | (4) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code. | |
| 174 | 161 | ||
| 175 | - | (b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project: | |
| 162 | + | (b) An applicant that is a private entity subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50495.5 shall comply with all of the following requirements for the workforce housing housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495, development project: | |
| 176 | 163 | ||
| 177 | 164 | (1) The private entity applicant shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project. | |
| 178 | 165 | ||
| 179 | 166 | (2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project. | |
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| 181 | 168 | (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the private entity applicant shall provide to the local government, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the local government pursuant to this clause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity applicant that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. | |
| 182 | 169 | ||
| 183 | 170 | (B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. | |
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| 185 | - | 50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of | |
| 172 | + | 50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period.(b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows:(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application.(2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495.(3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application. | |
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| 189 | 176 | 50495.6. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter, the department shall allocate a grant to each local government that meets the criteria specified in Section 50495.4 in an amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b). For each calendar year in which funds are made available for purposes of this chapter, the department shall issue a NOFA for the distribution of funds to a local government during the 12-month period subsequent to the NOFA. The department shall accept applications from applicants at the end of the 12-month period. | |
| 190 | 177 | ||
| 191 | - | (b) The amount of | |
| 178 | + | (b) The amount of grant provided to each eligible local government shall be as follows: | |
| 192 | 179 | ||
| 193 | 180 | (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of the grant shall be equal to seven times the average amount of annual sales and use tax revenue generated by each idle site identified in the local governments application that meets the criteria specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 50495.4 over the seven years immediately preceding the date of the local governments application. | |
| 194 | 181 | ||
| 195 | - | (2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of | |
| 182 | + | (2) For any idle big box retailer or commercial shopping center site rezoned by a local government in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 50495.4 to allow mixed uses, the amount of grant pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be reduced in proportion to the percentage of the square footage of the development that is used for a use other than workforce housing. housing, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 50495. | |
| 196 | 183 | ||
| 197 | 184 | (3) If for any NOFA the amount of funds made available for purposes of this chapter is insufficient to provide each eligible local government with the full amount specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), based on the number of applications received, the department shall reduce the amount of grant funds awarded to each eligible local government proportionally. | |
| 198 | 185 | ||
| 199 | - | (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum | |
| 186 | + | (c) The department shall allocate the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b) to each eligible local government in one lump-sum following the date of the local governments application. | |
| 200 | 187 | ||
| 201 | 188 | 50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. | |
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| 203 | 190 | ||
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| 205 | 192 | 50495.8. Upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. | |
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| 207 | - | 50495.9. This chapter shall be | |
| 194 | + | 50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. | |
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| 210 | 197 | ||
| 211 | - | 50495.9. This chapter shall be | |
| 198 | + | 50495.9. This chapter shall be operative on and after January 1, 2023. |