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| 1 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 28, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1296Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 21, 2025 An act to add Sections 50408.6 and 50512.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to local educational agencies. housing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1296, as amended, Bonta. Local educational agencies: reserve funds.Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 28, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1296Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 21, 2025 An act to add Sections 50408.6 and 50512.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to local educational agencies. housing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1296, as amended, Bonta. Local educational agencies: reserve funds.Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO | |
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| 5 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 28, 2025 | |
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| 7 | - | Amended IN Assembly April 10, 2025 | |
| 8 | 7 | Amended IN Assembly March 28, 2025 | |
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| 10 | 9 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 12 | 11 | Assembly Bill | |
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| 14 | 13 | No. 1296 | |
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| 16 | 15 | Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 21, 2025 | |
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| 18 | 17 | Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta | |
| 19 | 18 | February 21, 2025 | |
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| 21 | - | An act to add Sections 50408.6 and 50512.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. | |
| 20 | + | An act to add Sections 50408.6 and 50512.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to local educational agencies. housing. | |
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| 23 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 25 | 24 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 27 | 26 | AB 1296, as amended, Bonta. Local educational agencies: reserve funds. | |
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| 29 | - | Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, | |
| 28 | + | Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing. | |
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| 31 | 30 | Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided. | |
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| 33 | - | This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, January 1, 2027, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education educational agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance assistance, as specified, to a local education educational agency for the purpose of pursuing supporting predevelopment activities related to a housing project located on real property owned by the local education educational agency. | |
| 32 | + | This bill would require the department, on or before an unspecified date, to make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property that it owns for a housing project. The bill would require the department to review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. | |
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| 34 | + | Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Controller, and the Director of Finance to develop and update standards and criteria to be reviewed and adopted by the State Board of Education, and to be used by local educational agencies in the development of annual budgets and the management of subsequent expenditures from that budget, as provided. | |
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| 38 | + | This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing. | |
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| 35 | 42 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 37 | 44 | ## Bill Text | |
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| 39 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, | |
| 46 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website.SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing. | |
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| 41 | 48 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 43 | 50 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 45 | - | SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, | |
| 52 | + | SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. | |
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| 47 | 54 | SECTION 1. Section 50408.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: | |
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| 49 | 56 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 51 | - | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____ | |
| 58 | + | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. | |
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| 53 | - | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____ | |
| 60 | + | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. | |
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| 55 | - | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____ | |
| 62 | + | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project.(b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. | |
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| 59 | - | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____ | |
| 66 | + | 50408.6. (a) On or before ____, the department shall make available on its internet website a form that enables a local education agency to notify the department of the agencys interest in using real property owned by the local education agency for a housing project. | |
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| 61 | 68 | (b) The department shall review the information submitted via the form and make the information available on its internet website. | |
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| 63 | - | SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. | |
| 70 | + | SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. | |
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| 65 | 72 | SEC. 2. Section 50512.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: | |
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| 67 | 74 | ### SEC. 2. | |
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| 69 | - | 50512.5. | |
| 76 | + | 50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. | |
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| 71 | - | 50512.5. | |
| 78 | + | 50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. | |
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| 73 | - | 50512.5. | |
| 80 | + | 50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. | |
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| 77 | - | 50512.5. | |
| 84 | + | 50512.5. The department shall provide technical assistance, including, but not limited to, legal counsel, to a local education agency for the purpose of pursuing a housing project located on real property owned by the local education agency. | |
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| 79 | - | (b) Technical assistance pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: | |
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| 81 | - | (1) Legal advice regarding statutory requirements, surplus land procedures, and local land use regulations. | |
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| 83 | - | (2) Guidance on available funding sources, including state and federal grants, tax credits, and loan programs. | |
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| 85 | - | (3) Assistance with project feasibility analysis and partnership models, including joint ventures with housing developers or public agencies. | |
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| 87 | - | (4) Support navigating state and local regulatory processes related to planning, zoning, and environmental review. | |
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| 89 | - | (5) Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements with housing developers, including ground leases, joint development agreements, and other public-private partnership contracts. | |
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| 91 | - | (c) Any legal advice or other assistance provided by the department shall not be construed as forming an attorney-client relationship between the department and the local educational agency. The department shall not be liable for any damages, liabilities, or other obligations that a local educational agency incurs pursuant to activities under this section. | |
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| 93 | - | (d) The department shall prioritize technical assistance for local educational agencies that serve high-need student populations or are located in areas experiencing high housing-cost burdens or educator-staffing shortages. | |
| 88 | + | It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to school district reserve fund restructuring to allow for the building of affordable housing. |