Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 13, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1295Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 16, 2023An act to amend Sections 75125 and 75217 of add Section 75127.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to sustainable communities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1295, as amended, Friedman. The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. Program: awarded projects: mapping.Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development and that support other related and coordinated public policy objectives. Existing law requires the executive director of the council to report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report to the Legislature, and requires that report to include specified information, including a list of applicants for financial assistance and a report on the proposed and ongoing management of each funded project. To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, existing law requires the council to manage and award financial assistance to a city or county for preparing, adopting, and implementing a general plan or general plan element that is designed to meet specified objectives, including, among others, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.This bill would require the council, no later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, and in coordination with project and regional agencies, to create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. The bill would require the map to contain prescribed information, including the affordable housing component of the projects.This bill would additionally require that progress report to include information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program and for this information to be compiled with stakeholders, as specified. The bill would require the executive director of the council to post its progress report on its internet website.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. Section 75127.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.(b) A description of all components of the projects.(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.SECTION 1.Section 75125 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:75125.The council shall do all of the following:(a)Identify and review activities and funding programs of state agencies that may be coordinated to improve air and water quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code) and the strategies and priorities developed in the states climate adaptation strategy known as the Safeguarding California Plan adopted pursuant to Section 71152, encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize urban and community centers in a sustainable manner. At a minimum, the council shall review and comment on the five-year infrastructure plan developed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report developed pursuant to Section 65041 of the Government Code.(b)Recommend policies and investment strategies and priorities to the Governor, the Legislature, and to appropriate state agencies to encourage the development of sustainable communities, such as those communities that promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the environment, and promote public health and safety, consistent with subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065.(c)Provide, fund, and distribute data and information to local governments and regional agencies that will assist in developing and planning sustainable communities.(d)Manage and award grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129. To implement this subdivision, the council may do all of the following:(1)Develop guidelines for awarding financial assistance, including criteria for eligibility and additional consideration.(2)Develop criteria for determining the amount of financial assistance to be awarded. The council shall award a revolving loan to an applicant for a planning project, unless the council determines that the applicant lacks the fiscal capacity to carry out the project without a grant. The council may establish criteria that would allow the applicant to illustrate an ongoing commitment of financial resources to ensure the completion of the proposed plan or project.(3)Provide for payments of interest on loans made pursuant to this article. The rate of interest shall not exceed the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Board.(4)Provide for the time period for repaying a loan made pursuant to this article.(5)Provide for the recovery of funds from an applicant that fails to complete the project for which financial assistance was awarded. The council shall direct the Controller to recover funds by any available means.(6)Provide technical assistance for application preparation.(7)Designate a state agency or department to administer technical and financial assistance programs for the disbursing of grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129.(e)Provide an annual report to the Legislature that shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:(1)A list of applicants for financial assistance.(2)Identification of which applications were approved.(3)The amounts awarded for each approved application.(4)The remaining balance of available funds.(5)A report on the proposed or ongoing management of each funded project.(6)Any additional minimum requirements and priorities for a project or plan proposed in a grant or loan application developed and adopted by the council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 75126.(7)(A)The progress report shall include, to the extent feasible, information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program.(B)The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be compiled with appropriate and relevant stakeholders.SEC. 2.Section 75217 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:75217.The executive director of the council shall report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report required pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 75125, and shall post the progress report on its internet website.
Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 13, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1295Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 16, 2023An act to amend Sections 75125 and 75217 of add Section 75127.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to sustainable communities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1295, as amended, Friedman. The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. Program: awarded projects: mapping.Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development and that support other related and coordinated public policy objectives. Existing law requires the executive director of the council to report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report to the Legislature, and requires that report to include specified information, including a list of applicants for financial assistance and a report on the proposed and ongoing management of each funded project. To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, existing law requires the council to manage and award financial assistance to a city or county for preparing, adopting, and implementing a general plan or general plan element that is designed to meet specified objectives, including, among others, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.This bill would require the council, no later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, and in coordination with project and regional agencies, to create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. The bill would require the map to contain prescribed information, including the affordable housing component of the projects.This bill would additionally require that progress report to include information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program and for this information to be compiled with stakeholders, as specified. The bill would require the executive director of the council to post its progress report on its internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 13, 2023
Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 13, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1295
Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 16, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman
February 16, 2023
An act to amend Sections 75125 and 75217 of add Section 75127.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to sustainable communities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1295, as amended, Friedman. The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. Program: awarded projects: mapping.
Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development and that support other related and coordinated public policy objectives. Existing law requires the executive director of the council to report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report to the Legislature, and requires that report to include specified information, including a list of applicants for financial assistance and a report on the proposed and ongoing management of each funded project. To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, existing law requires the council to manage and award financial assistance to a city or county for preparing, adopting, and implementing a general plan or general plan element that is designed to meet specified objectives, including, among others, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.This bill would require the council, no later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, and in coordination with project and regional agencies, to create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. The bill would require the map to contain prescribed information, including the affordable housing component of the projects.This bill would additionally require that progress report to include information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program and for this information to be compiled with stakeholders, as specified. The bill would require the executive director of the council to post its progress report on its internet website.
Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development and that support other related and coordinated public policy objectives. Existing law requires the executive director of the council to report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report to the Legislature, and requires that report to include specified information, including a list of applicants for financial assistance and a report on the proposed and ongoing management of each funded project. To support the planning and development of sustainable communities, existing law requires the council to manage and award financial assistance to a city or county for preparing, adopting, and implementing a general plan or general plan element that is designed to meet specified objectives, including, among others, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
This bill would require the council, no later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, and in coordination with project and regional agencies, to create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. The bill would require the map to contain prescribed information, including the affordable housing component of the projects.
This bill would additionally require that progress report to include information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program and for this information to be compiled with stakeholders, as specified. The bill would require the executive director of the council to post its progress report on its internet website.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 75127.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.(b) A description of all components of the projects.(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.SECTION 1.Section 75125 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:75125.The council shall do all of the following:(a)Identify and review activities and funding programs of state agencies that may be coordinated to improve air and water quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code) and the strategies and priorities developed in the states climate adaptation strategy known as the Safeguarding California Plan adopted pursuant to Section 71152, encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize urban and community centers in a sustainable manner. At a minimum, the council shall review and comment on the five-year infrastructure plan developed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report developed pursuant to Section 65041 of the Government Code.(b)Recommend policies and investment strategies and priorities to the Governor, the Legislature, and to appropriate state agencies to encourage the development of sustainable communities, such as those communities that promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the environment, and promote public health and safety, consistent with subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065.(c)Provide, fund, and distribute data and information to local governments and regional agencies that will assist in developing and planning sustainable communities.(d)Manage and award grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129. To implement this subdivision, the council may do all of the following:(1)Develop guidelines for awarding financial assistance, including criteria for eligibility and additional consideration.(2)Develop criteria for determining the amount of financial assistance to be awarded. The council shall award a revolving loan to an applicant for a planning project, unless the council determines that the applicant lacks the fiscal capacity to carry out the project without a grant. The council may establish criteria that would allow the applicant to illustrate an ongoing commitment of financial resources to ensure the completion of the proposed plan or project.(3)Provide for payments of interest on loans made pursuant to this article. The rate of interest shall not exceed the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Board.(4)Provide for the time period for repaying a loan made pursuant to this article.(5)Provide for the recovery of funds from an applicant that fails to complete the project for which financial assistance was awarded. The council shall direct the Controller to recover funds by any available means.(6)Provide technical assistance for application preparation.(7)Designate a state agency or department to administer technical and financial assistance programs for the disbursing of grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129.(e)Provide an annual report to the Legislature that shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:(1)A list of applicants for financial assistance.(2)Identification of which applications were approved.(3)The amounts awarded for each approved application.(4)The remaining balance of available funds.(5)A report on the proposed or ongoing management of each funded project.(6)Any additional minimum requirements and priorities for a project or plan proposed in a grant or loan application developed and adopted by the council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 75126.(7)(A)The progress report shall include, to the extent feasible, information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program.(B)The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be compiled with appropriate and relevant stakeholders.SEC. 2.Section 75217 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:75217.The executive director of the council shall report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report required pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 75125, and shall post the progress report on its internet website.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 75127.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.(b) A description of all components of the projects.(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.
SECTION 1. Section 75127.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.(b) A description of all components of the projects.(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.
75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.(b) A description of all components of the projects.(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.
75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.(b) A description of all components of the projects.(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.
75127.5. No later than three months from the date that the council awards funding for a project, the council shall, in coordination with projects and regional agencies, create a map of the awarded projects and display that map on a public platform. This map shall include all of the following information:
(a) The affordable housing component of the projects.
(b) A description of all components of the projects.
(c) The developments that previously received funding and are already constructed.
The council shall do all of the following:
(a)Identify and review activities and funding programs of state agencies that may be coordinated to improve air and water quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code) and the strategies and priorities developed in the states climate adaptation strategy known as the Safeguarding California Plan adopted pursuant to Section 71152, encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize urban and community centers in a sustainable manner. At a minimum, the council shall review and comment on the five-year infrastructure plan developed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report developed pursuant to Section 65041 of the Government Code.
(b)Recommend policies and investment strategies and priorities to the Governor, the Legislature, and to appropriate state agencies to encourage the development of sustainable communities, such as those communities that promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the environment, and promote public health and safety, consistent with subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 75065.
(c)Provide, fund, and distribute data and information to local governments and regional agencies that will assist in developing and planning sustainable communities.
(d)Manage and award grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129. To implement this subdivision, the council may do all of the following:
(1)Develop guidelines for awarding financial assistance, including criteria for eligibility and additional consideration.
(2)Develop criteria for determining the amount of financial assistance to be awarded. The council shall award a revolving loan to an applicant for a planning project, unless the council determines that the applicant lacks the fiscal capacity to carry out the project without a grant. The council may establish criteria that would allow the applicant to illustrate an ongoing commitment of financial resources to ensure the completion of the proposed plan or project.
(3)Provide for payments of interest on loans made pursuant to this article. The rate of interest shall not exceed the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment Board.
(4)Provide for the time period for repaying a loan made pursuant to this article.
(5)Provide for the recovery of funds from an applicant that fails to complete the project for which financial assistance was awarded. The council shall direct the Controller to recover funds by any available means.
(6)Provide technical assistance for application preparation.
(7)Designate a state agency or department to administer technical and financial assistance programs for the disbursing of grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities, pursuant to Sections 75127, 75128, and 75129.
(e)Provide an annual report to the Legislature that shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1)A list of applicants for financial assistance.
(2)Identification of which applications were approved.
(3)The amounts awarded for each approved application.
(4)The remaining balance of available funds.
(5)A report on the proposed or ongoing management of each funded project.
(6)Any additional minimum requirements and priorities for a project or plan proposed in a grant or loan application developed and adopted by the council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 75126.
(7)(A)The progress report shall include, to the extent feasible, information on the reduction of vehicle miles traveled for each project funded by the program.
(B)The information described in subparagraph (A) shall be compiled with appropriate and relevant stakeholders.
The executive director of the council shall report the progress on the implementation of the program in its annual report required pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 75125, and shall post the progress report on its internet website.