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1-Amended IN Senate April 09, 2025 Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 748Introduced by Senator RichardsonFebruary 21, 2025An act to amend Sections 50250, 50251, and 50254 of, and to add Section 50254.7 to, of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 748, as amended, Richardson. Encampment Resolution Funding program: cars and recreational vehicles: reporting.Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing. Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. TheThis bill would additionally include assisting specified local jurisdictions with, among other things, removing and storing cars and recreational vehicles, as specified, acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours hours, as purposes of the program.Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).(b) Further startling statistics are:(1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.(2) Twenty-five percent, that is one in four, of the homeless in America, are homeless here in California.(3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.(c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.(d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.(e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.(f) RVs are designed for leisure travel, camping, and temporary living, not as permanent residences.SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h)Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i)(h) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j)(i) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k)(j) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l)(k) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m)(l) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n)(m) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(o)(n) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.SEC. 3. Section 50251 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles.(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Govenment Government Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.SEC. 5.Section 50254.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50254.7.A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a)After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b)Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c)The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d)(1)The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A)The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B)After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2)If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3)If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
1+Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 748Introduced by Senator RichardsonFebruary 21, 2025An act to amend Sections 50250 and 50251 of 50250, 50251, and 50254 of, and to add Section 50254.7 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 748, as amended, Richardson. Encampment Resolution Funding program: cars and recreational vehicles. vehicles: reporting.Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the council, department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, assisting local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments. providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing. Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. The bill would additionally include, as a program purpose, include assisting specified local jurisdictions with the removal with, among other things, removing and storage of cars and storing recreational vehicles, as specified, and assisting local jurisdictions with acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours, hours as purposes of the program. The bill would define encampments to include people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).(b) Further startling statistics are:(1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.(2) Twenty-five percent, that is one in four, of the homeless in America, are homeless here in California.(3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.(c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.(d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.(e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.(f) RVs are designed for leisure travel, camping, and temporary living, not as permanent residences.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h) Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(n)(o) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Section 50251 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.(5)(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report to as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practice practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. 9795 of the Govenment Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.SEC. 5. Section 50254.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50254.7. A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a) After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b) Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c) The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d) (1) The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A) The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B) After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2) If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3) If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
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3- Amended IN Senate April 09, 2025 Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 748Introduced by Senator RichardsonFebruary 21, 2025An act to amend Sections 50250, 50251, and 50254 of, and to add Section 50254.7 to, of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 748, as amended, Richardson. Encampment Resolution Funding program: cars and recreational vehicles: reporting.Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing. Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. TheThis bill would additionally include assisting specified local jurisdictions with, among other things, removing and storing cars and recreational vehicles, as specified, acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours hours, as purposes of the program.Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
3+ Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 748Introduced by Senator RichardsonFebruary 21, 2025An act to amend Sections 50250 and 50251 of 50250, 50251, and 50254 of, and to add Section 50254.7 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 748, as amended, Richardson. Encampment Resolution Funding program: cars and recreational vehicles. vehicles: reporting.Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the council, department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, assisting local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments. providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing. Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. The bill would additionally include, as a program purpose, include assisting specified local jurisdictions with the removal with, among other things, removing and storage of cars and storing recreational vehicles, as specified, and assisting local jurisdictions with acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours, hours as purposes of the program. The bill would define encampments to include people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
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29-Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing. Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. TheThis bill would additionally include assisting specified local jurisdictions with, among other things, removing and storing cars and recreational vehicles, as specified, acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours hours, as purposes of the program.Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.
28+Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the council, department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, assisting local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments. providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing. Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. The bill would additionally include, as a program purpose, include assisting specified local jurisdictions with the removal with, among other things, removing and storage of cars and storing recreational vehicles, as specified, and assisting local jurisdictions with acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours, hours as purposes of the program. The bill would define encampments to include people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.
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31-Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.
30+Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the council, department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, assisting local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments. providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.
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34+This bill would define encampments to include people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads. The bill would additionally include, as a program purpose, include assisting specified local jurisdictions with the removal with, among other things, removing and storage of cars and storing recreational vehicles, as specified, and assisting local jurisdictions with acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours, hours as purposes of the program. The bill would define encampments to include people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.
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4136 Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the programs purposes, as specified.
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4338 This bill would require a recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds from the program to comply with specified minimum requirements, including towing the recreational vehicle to a safe parking site and providing the owner 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site. The bill would authorize the recipient to auction or demolish the recreational vehicle if the owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days or the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the 60 days and the recreational vehicle is towed again to the safe parking site. If the recipient auctions the recreational vehicle, the bill would grant local jurisdictions the right of first refusal. If the recipient auctions or demolishes the recreational vehicle, the bill would entitle the owner to 50% of the proceeds and the recipient to 50% of the proceeds.
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51-The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).(b) Further startling statistics are:(1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.(2) Twenty-five percent, that is one in four, of the homeless in America, are homeless here in California.(3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.(c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.(d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.(e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.(f) RVs are designed for leisure travel, camping, and temporary living, not as permanent residences.SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h)Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i)(h) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j)(i) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k)(j) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l)(k) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m)(l) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n)(m) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(o)(n) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.SEC. 3. Section 50251 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles.(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Govenment Government Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.SEC. 5.Section 50254.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50254.7.A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a)After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b)Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c)The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d)(1)The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A)The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B)After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2)If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3)If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
44+The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).(b) Further startling statistics are:(1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.(2) Twenty-five percent, that is one in four, of the homeless in America, are homeless here in California.(3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.(c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.(d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.(e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.(f) RVs are designed for leisure travel, camping, and temporary living, not as permanent residences.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h) Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(n)(o) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Section 50251 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.(5)(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report to as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practice practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. 9795 of the Govenment Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.SEC. 5. Section 50254.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50254.7. A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a) After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b) Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c) The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d) (1) The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A) The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B) After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2) If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3) If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
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5346 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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5750 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).(b) Further startling statistics are:(1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.(2) Twenty-five percent, that is one in four, of the homeless in America, are homeless here in California.(3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.(c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.(d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.(e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.(f) RVs are designed for leisure travel, camping, and temporary living, not as permanent residences.
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5952 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).(b) Further startling statistics are:(1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.(2) Twenty-five percent, that is one in four, of the homeless in America, are homeless here in California.(3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.(c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.(d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.(e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.(f) RVs are designed for leisure travel, camping, and temporary living, not as permanent residences.
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6154 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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6558 (a) In January 2024, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported 187,084 people experiencing homelessness, and a significant portion of these individuals are living in recreational vehicles (RV).
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6760 (b) Further startling statistics are:
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6962 (1) Two-thirds of reported homeless (124,537) in the state, the highest in the country, sleep outside.
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7366 (3) Forty-four percent, on average, that are homeless are chronically homeless, meaning individuals may have a long medical or mental disability and are homeless for more than one year.
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7568 (c) Homelessness may be defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime permanent residence. A man, woman, or child that sleeps on the street, in front of a store, or in an RV for more than 14 days is considered to be experiencing homelessness.
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7770 (d) According to long-standing law, Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, an RV means a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other occupancy.
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7972 (e) In California, RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated areas like RV parks, campgrounds, or mobile home parks.
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83-SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h)Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i)(h) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j)(i) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k)(j) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l)(k) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m)(l) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n)(m) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(o)(n) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
76+SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h) Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(n)(o) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
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78+SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 50250 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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89-50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h)Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i)(h) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j)(i) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k)(j) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l)(k) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m)(l) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n)(m) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(o)(n) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
82+50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h) Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(n)(o) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
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91-50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h)Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i)(h) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j)(i) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k)(j) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l)(k) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m)(l) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n)(m) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(o)(n) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
84+50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h) Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(n)(o) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
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93-50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h)Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i)(h) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j)(i) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k)(j) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l)(k) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m)(l) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n)(m) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(o)(n) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
86+50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) Additional funding round moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 202223.(b) Agency means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(c) Applicant means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction(d) Continuum of care has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), council, unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(2) Unless context requires otherwise, council, with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.(f) County includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.(g) Department means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(h) Encampment includes, but is not limited to, people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads.(i) Funding round 1 moneys means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 202122.(j) Homeless has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(k) Local jurisdiction means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.(l) Program means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.(m) Recipient means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.(n) Recreational vehicle has the same meaning as in Section 18010.(n)(o) State right-of-way means real property held in title by the State of California.
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9790 50250. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
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128+SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Section 50251 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.(5)(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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134+50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.(5)(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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161-SEC. 3. Section 50251 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles.(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
136+50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.(5)(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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167-50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles.(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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169-50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles.(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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171-50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles.(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
138+50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:(1) Assist local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(2) Provide encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.(3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.(4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.(5) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.(5)(6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.(b) (1) The council shall administer the program.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.(c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.(2) In determining which applications to approve, the council shall evaluate and score proposals based on all of the following criteria:(A) The applicants capacity to carry out the proposal.(B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.(C) Whether the demographics and needs of service recipients align with the proposed service delivery model.(D) The applicants ability to develop a detailed service delivery plan, including a description of how individuals will be served with permanent housing solutions.(E) The applicants ability to coordinate with other systems to increase services and housing options.(F) The applicants capacity to involve people with lived experience and local community partners in the implementation of its project.(G) The applicants ability to recruit and deploy personnel with experience and expertise needed to support the success of their proposal.(H) The applicants ability to demonstrate a prudent and effective use of requested funding relative to the number of people it seeks to serve and the types of services to be provided in the proposal.(d) The council shall maintain records of the following:(1) The number of applications for program grants received by the council.(2) The number of applications for program grants denied by the council.(3) The name of each recipient of a program grant.(4) The amount of funds allocated to each applicant.(e) The council may adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is hereby exempted from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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175142 50251. (a) The Encampment Resolution Funding program is hereby established to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, increase collaboration between the council, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for the following purposes:
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181148 (3) Encourage a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns.
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183150 (4) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with the removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness in encampments.
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187158 (6) Assist local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites with acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours.
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191162 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the council may consult with and designate a state agency or department to support the administration of the program.
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193164 (c) (1) The councils decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final and not subject to appeal.
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199170 (B) Whether the site selected for services aligns with the proposed service delivery model.
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225-SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Govenment Government Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
196+SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report to as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practice practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. 9795 of the Govenment Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
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227198 SEC. 4. Section 50254 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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231-50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Govenment Government Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
202+50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report to as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practice practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. 9795 of the Govenment Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
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233-50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Govenment Government Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
204+50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report to as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practice practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. 9795 of the Govenment Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
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235-50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Govenment Government Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
206+50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.(b) (1) The council shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.(2) The council may, as required by operational necessity, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.(3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.(c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(d) For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) All recipients shall provide information and products developed with grant funds on service delivery models in support of the overall program goal to mitigate risk and address safety concerns in encampments, while ensuring a pathway for individuals living in encampments to move into safe and stable housing, in a format and timeframe specified by the council.(f) The council shall evaluate the data and outcomes reported by recipients to assess efficacy of programs and identify scalable best practices for encampment resolution that can be replicated across the state.(g) The council shall report to as follows:(1) To the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees in both houses on the outcomes, learnings, and best practice practices models identified through this program. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. 9795 of the Govenment Code.(2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.(B) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subparagraph (A) is inoperative on April 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(C) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(h) Contracts entered into to implement this chapter shall be exempt from all of the following:(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.(4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
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239210 50254. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, all recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with state and federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integration System.
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245216 (3) Grantees shall report individual, client-level data for persons served by grant funding to the council, in addition to any data reported through local Homeless Management Information System, as required by the council for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.
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247218 (4) Council staff may use information reported directly from grantees and through statewide Homeless Data Integration System for the purposes of research and evaluation of grant performance, service pathways, and outcomes for people served.
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249220 (c) Any health information or personal identifying information provided to or maintained within the statewide Homeless Data Integration System pursuant to this section shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).
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261232 (2) (A) Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 50251.
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250+SEC. 5. Section 50254.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:50254.7. A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a) After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b) Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c) The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d) (1) The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A) The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B) After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2) If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3) If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
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252+SEC. 5. Section 50254.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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256+50254.7. A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a) After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b) Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c) The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d) (1) The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A) The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B) After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2) If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3) If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
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258+50254.7. A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a) After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b) Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c) The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d) (1) The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A) The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B) After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2) If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3) If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
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260+50254.7. A recipient of funding that removes recreational vehicles with grant funds shall comply, at a minimum, with all of the following:(a) After providing any required notifications, the recreational vehicle shall be towed to a safe parking site.(b) Once the recreational vehicle is towed to a safe parking site, the recipient shall provide written notification to the owner of the recreational vehicle that the recreational vehicle is at the safe parking site.(c) The recipient shall provide the owner of the recreational vehicle 60 days to remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site.(d) (1) The recipient may auction or demolish a recreational vehicle if any of the following apply:(A) The owner does not remove the recreational vehicle from the safe parking site within the provided 60 days described in subdivision (c).(B) After the owner retrieves the recreational vehicle within the provided 60 days, as described in subdivision (c), the recreational vehicle is towed again to a safe parking site.(2) If the recipient auctions a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the recipient shall provide a right to first refusal to local jurisdictions.(3) If the recipient auctions or demolishes a recreational vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the recreational vehicle shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds and the recipient shall receive 50 percent of the proceeds.
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