Legislation We're Tracking
Bills related to our report on:
The State's Uncoordinated Approach to Homelessness
Assembly Bill 71
Increases specified corporate and personal income taxes in specified years for purposes of funding homeless programs.
Assembly Bill 328
Establishes the Reentry Housing and Workforce Development Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Assembly Bill 724
Requires specified state entities to develop a streamlined funding program to support the goal of reducing homelessness statewide.
Assembly Bill 827
Requires the homeless council to develop and publish an action plan related to preventing and ending homelessness.
Assembly Bill 977
Requires entities receiving certain state funds for homelessness programs to enter data into the Homeless Management Information System.
Assembly Bill 1220
Requires state entities to provide the homeless council with relevant information regarding state homelessness programs on request, and makes certain changes to the name and membership of the council.
Bills related to our report on:
The State's Ineffective Approach to Affordable Housing Development
Senate Bill 5
Enacts the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2022 which, if adopted by voters, would authorize the issuance of $6.5 billion in bonds used to fund affordable rental housing and ownership programs.
Senate Bill 6
Enacts the Neighborhood Homes Act, which authorizes housing development on a parcel zoned for office or retail use.
Senate Bill 9
Requires local governments to follow a streamlined process for approving developments containing no more than two residential units within a single-family residential zone.
Senate Bill 10
Authorizes a local government to pass an ordinance to zone parcels in certain locations such as transit-rich areas for up to 10 units of residential density.
Assembly Bill 49
Abolishes the California Debt Limit Committee and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.
Assembly Bill 68
Requires the statewide housing plan to include goals for substantially reducing the number of households that spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs.
Assembly Bill 215
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review drafts of the housing elements of local jurisdictions' general plans within 60 to 90 days, and authorizes it to appoint counsel to bring action against a jurisdiction that violates certain laws including the Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Assembly Bill 244
Requires an annual addendum to the State's housing plan to identify information including available financial resources for affordable housing and where they will have the most impact.
Assembly Bill 348
Requires an annual summary report disclosing state, federal, and private spending on affordable housing development within the State, each city, and each county.
Assembly Bill 787
Authorizes a planning agency to include in its annual report the number of existing multifamily housing units converted to and restricted for affordable housing.
Assembly Bill 795
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to include in its annual reports information relating to grant-based programs it administers.
Assembly Bill 989
Creates an Office of Housing Appeals to review certain housing development projects that are alleged to have been denied or subjected to conditions in violation of the Housing Accountability Act.
Assembly Bill 1068
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a model plan for reducing the cost of a unit of affordable housing.
Assembly Bill 1206
Specifies that rental housing for purposes of the welfare exemption provided under property tax law includes member-occupied units in certain limited-equity housing cooperatives.
Assembly Bill 1501
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to rezone specified areas to accommodate low-income housing needs if specified local jurisdictions fail to do so by a deadline set in statute.
Bills related to our report on:
The K-12 Education System's Inadequate Support for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Assembly Bill 27
Requires a local educational agency to ensure schools identify all homeless children and unaccompanied youths enrolled.
Assembly Bill 408
Requires a local educational agency to establish homeless education program policies.
Bills related to our report on:
EDD's Improper Benefit Payments
Assembly Bill 23
Requires EDD to cross-check claimant information with correctional facility inmate data to detect fraudulent applications.
Senate Bill 39
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide certain information to EDD to prevent fraudulent claims.
Assembly Bill 110
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide certain information to EDD to prevent fraudulent claims.
Bills related to our report on:
EDD's Practices That Put Californians At Risk of Identity Theft
Assembly Bill 12
Requires state agencies to stop sending outgoing mail including individuals' social security numbers with limited exceptions.
Assembly Bill 56
Requires EDD to provide access to and pay for identity theft monitoring if it fails to stop sending social security numbers in the mail by January 2023.
Senate Bill 58
Prohibits, with exceptions, a state agency from sending any outgoing U.S. mail containing individuals' full social security numbers.
Bills related to our report on:
EDD's Unpreparedness to Assist Californians Unemployed Due to COVID-19
Assembly Bill 42
Requires EDD to establish an advisory committee on matters including unemployment insurance.
Senate Bill 232
Requires EDD to implement our recommendations to improve its call center performance and fraud detection and prevention efforts.
Assembly Bill 360
Establishes the Unemployment Insurance Reform Project.
Senate Bill 375
Requires EDD to take certain actions to improve its call center performance.
Senate Bill 390
Requires EDD to develop and implement a plan to prepare for increased claims due to an economic recession.
Assembly Bill 397
Requires EDD to provide notice to an individual prior to disqualifying the individual for benefits.
Assembly Bill 401
Requires all standard unemployment and disability insurance program pamphlets provided by EDD to be printed in multiple languages as specified.
Assembly Bill 402
Establishes the Office of the Claimant Advocate within EDD and a stakeholder advisory group to inform EDD with policy expertise and firsthand knowledge of claimant experiences.
Bills related to our report on:
Assembly Bill 404
Implements our recommendation that the fee schedule used to reimburse qualified medical examiners for services related to workers' compensation claims be revised every two years in alignment with the federal Medicare Economic Index.
