53545-53545.14
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 53545-53545.14
53545. The Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 is hereby created in the State Treasury. The Legislature intends that the proceeds of bonds deposited in the fund shall be used to fund the housing-related programs described in this chapter over the course of the next decade. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part for the purposes specified in this chapter shall be allocated in the following manner: (a) (1) One billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account shall be continuously appropriated in accordance with the following schedule: (A) (i) Three hundred forty-five million dollars ($345,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2. The priorities specified in Section 50675.13 shall apply to the expenditure of funds pursuant to this clause. (ii) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended under the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2 for housing meeting the definitions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 11139.3 of the Government Code. The department may provide higher per-unit loan limits as necessary to achieve affordable housing costs to the target population. Any funds not encumbered for the purposes of this clause by July 31, 2011, shall revert for general use in the Multifamily Housing Program unless the department determines that funds should revert sooner due to diminished demand. (B) One hundred ninety-five million dollars ($195,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2, to be used for supportive housing for individuals and households moving from emergency shelters or transitional housing or those at risk of homelessness. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide for higher per-unit loan limits as reasonably necessary to achieve housing costs affordable to those individuals and households. For purposes of this subparagraph, "supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 53260, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the tenant to retain the housing, improve his or her health status, maximize his or her ability to live, and, when possible, work in the community. The criteria for selecting projects shall give priority to: (i) Supportive housing for people with disabilities who would otherwise be at high risk of homelessness where the applications represent collaboration with programs that meet the needs of the person's disabilities. (ii) Projects that demonstrate funding commitments from local governments for operating subsidies or services funding, or both, for five years or longer. (C) One hundred thirty-five million dollars ($135,000,000) shall be transferred to the fund created by subdivision (b) of Section 50517.5 to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 50517.5) of Part 2. (D) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be transferred to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1. These funds shall be available to the Department of Housing and Community Development, to be expended for the purposes of enabling households to become or remain homeowners pursuant to the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650) of Part 2, except ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be expended for construction management under the California Self-Help Housing Program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50696. (E) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be transferred to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1. These funds shall be available to the California Housing Finance Agency, to be expended for the purposes of the California Homebuyer's Downpayment Assistance Program authorized by Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 51500) of Part 3. Up to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of these funds may be expended pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51504. (F) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be transferred to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Funds shall be expended for competitive grants or loans to sponsoring entities that develop, own, lend, or invest in affordable housing and used to create pilot programs to demonstrate innovative, cost-saving approaches to creating or preserving affordable housing. Specific criteria establishing eligibility for and use of the funds shall be established in statute as approved by a 2/3 vote of each house of the Legislature. Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this subparagraph within 30 months of availability shall revert to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1 and shall be available for the purposes described in subparagraph (D). (G) One hundred twenty-five million dollars ($125,000,000) shall be transferred to the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Fund to be used for the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program pursuant to Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 50860) of Part 1. Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this subparagraph by November 17, 2011, shall revert for general use in the CalHome Program unless the department determines that funds should revert sooner due to diminished demand. (H) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to be distributed in the form of capital development grants under the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program authorized by Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 50800) of Part 2 of Division 31. The funds shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development in a manner consistent with the restrictions and authorizations contained in Provision 3 of Item 2240-105-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, except that any appropriations in that item shall not apply. The competitive system used by the department shall incorporate priorities set by the designated local boards and their input as to the relative merits of submitted applications from within the designated local board's county in relation to those priorities. In addition, the funding limitations contained in this section shall not apply to the appropriation in that budget item. (2) The Legislature may, from time to time, amend the provisions of law related to programs to which funds are, or have been, allocated pursuant to this subdivision for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, or for the purpose of furthering the goals of the program. (3) With the revenues from bond proceeds issued and sold pursuant to this part, the Bureau of State Audits shall conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section, and that awardees of bond proceeds are using funds in compliance with applicable provisions of this section. The first audit shall be conducted no later than one year from voter approval of this part. (4) In its annual report to the Legislature, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall report how funds that were made available pursuant to this subdivision and allocated in the prior year were expended. The department shall make the report available to the public on its Internet Web site. (b) Eight hundred fifty million dollars ($850,000,000) shall be deposited in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Funds in the account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and subject to such other conditions and criteria as the Legislature may provide in statute, for the following purposes: (1) For infill incentive grants for capital outlay related to infill housing development and other related infill development, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) No more than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) for park creation, development, or rehabilitation to encourage infill development. (B) Water, sewer, or other public infrastructure costs associated with infill development. (C) Transportation improvements related to infill development projects. (D) Traffic mitigation. (2) For brownfield cleanup that promotes infill housing development and other related infill development consistent with regional and local plans. (c) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) to be deposited in the Transit-Oriented Development Account, which is hereby created in the fund, for transfer to the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Fund, for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Program authorized by Part 13 (commencing with Section 53560). (d) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be deposited in the Housing Urban-Suburban-and-Rural Parks Account, which is hereby created in the fund. Funds in the account shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for housing-related parks grants in urban, suburban, and rural areas, subject to the conditions and criteria that the Legislature may provide in statute. 53545.9. Of the one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) transferred to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund established in the State Treasury under subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545, the following amounts shall be allocated as follows: (a) (1) The department shall make available the amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program. (2) Of the amount made available for the program, twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be made available for the Loan Fund and twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be made available for the Practitioner Fund. (b) The department shall make available the amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the Construction Liability Insurance Reform Pilot Program, which is hereby established in the Department of Housing and Community Development. The purpose of the program is to promote best practices for residential construction quality control in housing programs sponsored by the department or the California Housing Finance Agency, as a means of reducing insurance rates for condominium developers in this state. Funds shall be made available in the form of grants for predevelopment costs of condominium projects funded by the department or the California Housing Finance Agency that utilize enhanced construction oversight and monitoring programs and processes, including, but not limited to, video recording of the construction process, use of quality control manuals, and increased quality control inspections. (c) The department shall make available the amount of thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) for the local housing trust fund matching grant program established under Section 50843.5. The department shall make available 50 percent of this amount exclusively for newly established housing trust funds. (1) When awarding grants from the funds allocated under this subdivision to existing trust funds, the department shall grant preference to a housing trust fund that agrees to expend more than 65 percent of state funds for the purpose of downpayment assistance to first-time homebuyers. (2) When awarding grants from the funds allocated under this subdivision to newly established housing trust funds, the department shall set aside funding, for a period of 36 months from the date funds are first made available, for newly established housing trust funds that are in a county with a population of less than 425,000 persons, based on the decennial United States Census for the year 2000. (3) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds set aside for newly established housing trust funds shall be available for encumbrance for 42 months after the date the funds are first made available and disbursements in liquidation of the encumbrance shall be made before or during 48 months after the date funds are first made available. (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545, any funds not encumbered for newly established housing trust funds within 42 months after the date the funds are first made available shall revert to the Self-Help Housing Fund created by Section 50697.1 and shall be available for the purposes described in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545. (d) The department shall make available the amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the Innovative Homeownership Program, which the department shall develop and implement as follows: (1) The program shall be designed to increase or maintain affordable homeownership opportunities for Californians with lower incomes. (2) The department shall adopt guidelines for the program that, among other things, shall maximize the number of units assisted, limit the expenditure of funds for administrative costs, and maximize the leverage of public and private financing sources. (3) The guidelines adopted by the department shall provide for the issuance of a notice of funding availability soliciting competitive proposals for the use of funds consistent with those guidelines and with subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53545. (4) The guidelines adopted by the department shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (5) The department shall include within the annual report required under Section 50408 a detailed summary and description of the manner in which funds made available under this subdivision were expended during the previous year and a statement regarding the manner in which those expenditures meet the intent of the Legislature and the voters that funds from the Innovative Housing Fund be expended in support of innovative, cost-saving approaches to creating or preserving affordable housing. 53545.12. For the purposes of the grant program established in Section 53545.13, the following definitions apply: (a) "Capital improvement project" means the construction, rehabilitation, demolition, relocation, preservation, acquisition, or other physical improvement of a capital asset, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 16727 of the Government Code, that is an integral part of, or necessary to facilitate the development of, a qualified infill project or qualified infill area. Capital improvement projects that may be funded under the grant program established by this act include, but are not limited to, those related to all of the following: (1) The creation, development, or rehabilitation of parks or open space. (2) Water, sewer, or other utility service improvements. (3) Streets and roads, parking structures, or transit linkages and facilities, including, but not limited to, related access plazas or pathways, or bus and transit shelters. (4) Facilities that support pedestrian or bicycle transit. (5) Traffic mitigation. (6) Qualifying infill project or qualifying infill area site preparation or demolition. (7) Sidewalk or streetscape improvements, including, but not limited to, the reconstruction or resurfacing of sidewalks and streets or the installation of lighting, signage, or other related amenities. (b) "Department" means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (c) "Eligible applicant" means any of, or any combination of, the following: (1) A nonprofit or for-profit developer of a qualifying infill project. (2) A city, county, city and county, public housing authority, or redevelopment agency that has jurisdiction over a qualifying infill area. (3) (A) A city, county, city and county, public housing authority, or redevelopment agency that has jurisdiction over a qualifying infill area and applies for funding jointly with an "owners' association," as defined in Section 36614.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, for a business or property improvement district that includes the qualifying infill area. (B) Prior to receiving funding, but after being awarded a grant, the joint applicants described in subparagraph (A) shall submit to the department documentation from the local permitting authority demonstrating that the actual number of permitted housing units associated with the qualifying project is equal to or greater than the number of housing units in the grant application. (d) "Qualifying infill area" means a contiguous area located within an urbanized area (1) that has been previously developed, or where at least 75 percent of the perimeter of the area adjoins parcels that are developed with urban uses, and (2) in which at least one development application has been approved or is pending approval for a residential or mixed-use residential project that meets the definition and criteria in this section for a qualified infill project. (e) (1) "Qualifying infill project" means a residential or mixed-use residential project located within an urbanized area on a site that has been previously developed, or on a vacant site where at least 75 percent of the perimeter of the site adjoins parcels that are developed with urban uses. (2) A property is adjoining the side of a project site if the property is separated from the project site only by an improved public right-of-way. (f) "Urbanized area" means an incorporated city or an urbanized area or urban cluster as defined by the United States Census Bureau. For unincorporated areas outside of an urban area or urban cluster, the area must be within a designated urban service area that is designated in the local general plan for urban development and is served by the public sewer and water. (g) "Urban uses" mean any residential, commercial, industrial, public institutional, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses. 53545.13. (a) The Infill Incentive Grant Program of 2007 is hereby established to be administered by the department. (b) Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 53545, the department shall establish and administer a competitive grant program to allocate those funds to selected capital improvement projects that are an integral part of, or necessary to facilitate the development of, a qualifying infill project or a qualifying infill area. (c) A qualifying infill project or qualifying infill area for which a capital improvement project grant may be awarded shall meet all of the following conditions: (1) Be located in a city, county, or city and county, in which the general plan of the city, county, or city and county, has an adopted housing element that has been found by the department, pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, to be in compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (2) Include not less than 15 percent of affordable units, as follows: (A) For projects that contain both rental and ownership units, units of either or both product types may be included in the calculation of the affordability criteria. (B) (i) To the extent included in a project grant application, for the purpose of calculating the percentage of affordable units, the department may consider the entire master development in which the development seeking grant funding is included. (ii) Where applicable, an applicant may include a replacement housing plan to ensure that dwelling units housing persons and families of low or moderate income are not removed from the low- and moderate-income housing market. Residential units to be replaced may not be counted toward meeting the affordability threshold required for eligibility for funding under this section. (C) For the purposes of this subdivision, "affordable unit" means a unit that is made available at an affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053, to a household earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income or at an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5, to a household earning no more than 120 percent of the area median income. Rental units shall be subject to a recorded covenant that ensures affordability for at least 55 years. Ownership units shall initially be sold to and occupied by a qualified household, and subject to a recorded covenant that includes either a resale restriction for at least 30 years or equity sharing upon resale. (D) A qualifying infill project or qualifying infill area for which a disposition and development agreement or other project- or area-specific agreement between the developer and the local agency having jurisdiction over the project has been executed on or before the effective date of the act adding this section, shall be deemed to meet the affordability requirement of this paragraph (2) if the agreement includes affordability covenants that subject the project or area to the production of affordable units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households. (3) Include average residential densities on the parcels to be developed that are equal to or greater than the densities described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.2 of the Government Code, except that a project located in a rural area as defined in Section 50199.21 shall include average residential densities on the parcels to be developed of at least 10 units per acre. (4) Be located in an area designated for mixed-use or residential development pursuant to one of the following adopted plans: (A) A general plan adopted pursuant to Section 65300 of the Government Code. (B) A project area redevelopment plan approved pursuant to Section 33330. (C) A regional blueprint plan as defined in the California Regional Blueprint Planning Program administered by the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, or a regional plan as defined in Section 65060.7 of the Government Code. (5) For qualifying infill projects or qualifying infill areas located in a redevelopment project area, meet the requirements contained in subdivision (a) of Section 33413. (d) In its review and ranking of applications for the award of capital improvement project grants, the department shall rank the affected qualifying infill projects and qualifying infill areas based on the following priorities: (1) Project readiness, which shall include all of the following: (A) A demonstration that the project or area development can complete environmental review and secure necessary entitlements from the local jurisdiction within a reasonable period of time following the submittal of a grant application. (B) A demonstration that the eligible applicant can secure sufficient funding commitments derived from sources other than this part for the timely development of a qualifying infill project or development of a qualifying infill area. (C) A demonstration that the project or area development has sufficient local support to achieve the proposed improvement. (2) The depth and duration of the affordability of the housing proposed for a qualifying infill project or qualifying infill area. (3) The extent to which the average residential densities on the parcels to be developed exceed the density standards contained in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c). (4) The qualifying infill project's or qualifying infill area's inclusion of, or proximity or accessibility to, a transit station or major transit stop. (5) The proximity of housing to parks, employment or retail centers, schools, or social services. (6) The qualifying infill project or qualifying infill area location's consistency with an adopted regional blueprint plan or other adopted regional growth plan intended to foster efficient land use. (e) In allocating funds pursuant to this section, the department, to the maximum extent feasible, shall ensure a reasonable geographic distribution of funds. (f) Funds awarded pursuant to this section shall supplement, not supplant, other available funding. (g) (1) The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the grant program, including guidelines to ensure the tax-exempt status of the bonds issued pursuant to this part, and may administer the program under those guidelines. (2) The guidelines shall include provisions for the reversion of grant awards that are not encumbered within four years of the fiscal year in which an award was made, and for the recapture of grants awarded, but for which development of the related housing units has not progressed in a reasonable period of time from the date of the grant award, as determined by the department. (3) The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (h) For each fiscal year within the duration of the grant program, the department shall include within the report to the Legislature, required by Section 50408, information on its activities relating to the grant program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) A summary of the projects that received grants under the program for each fiscal year that grants were awarded. (2) The description, location, and estimated date of completion for each project that received a grant award under the program. (3) An update on the status of each project that received a grant award under the program, and the number of housing units created or facilitated by the program. (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (c), a city of greater than 100,000 in population in a standard metropolitan statistical area of less than 2,000,000 in population may petition the department for, and the department may grant, an exception to the jurisdiction's classification pursuant to subdivisions (d) to (f), inclusive, of Section 65583.2 of the Government Code, if the city believes it is unable to meet the density requirements specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c). The city shall submit the petition with its application and shall include the reasons why the city believes the exception is warranted. The city shall provide information supporting the need for the exception, including, but not limited to, any limitations that the city may encounter in meeting the density requirements specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c). Any exception shall be for the purposes of this section only. This subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2015. 53545.14. (a) Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for purposes of implementing paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 53545, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall administer loans or grants under the California Recycle Underutilized Sites (CALReUSE) program established under Article 9 (commencing with Section 8090) of Division 11 of Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations, for the purpose of brownfield cleanup that promotes infill residential and mixed-used development, consistent with regional and local land use plans. (b) For each fiscal year covering the duration of the program, the authority shall include within its report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 44525.7, information on its activities relating to the program. At a minimum, the report shall include a summary of the projects that receive loans or grants pursuant to this section for each fiscal year loans or grants are awarded. The report shall include the description, location and estimation of completion for each recipient project. The report shall also include an update on the status of each project and the number of infill housing units facilitated by the program.