Bill Text: CA AB2338 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-08-15 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2338 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2338-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2338
| Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer (Coauthor: Senator Blakespear) |
February 12, 2024 |
An act to add Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 12095) to Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to homelessness.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2338, as amended, Jones-Sawyer.
Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.
Existing law establishes various programs to address homelessness, including requiring the Governor to create an Interagency Council on Homelessness. Existing law requires the council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and promote systems integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
This bill would require the Governor to appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor’s office, subject to confirmation by the Senate, to serve as the lead person for ending homelessness in California.
This bill would
require the coordinator to perform prescribed duties, including, among others, identifying a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that jurisdiction, overseeing homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between federal, state, and local agencies, coordinating the timing of release of funds and applications for funding for housing and housing-based services impacting Californians experiencing homelessness, and, in collaboration with local leaders, providing annual recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified.
This bill would authorize the coordinator to adjust state goals to the extent allowed by state law.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 12095) is added to Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:CHAPTER 1.3. Statewide Homelessness Coordinator
12095.
(a) (1) The Governor shall appoint a Statewide Homelessness Coordinator, within the Governor’s office, to serve as the lead person for ending homelessness in California. The appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.(2) For purposes of this chapter, “coordinator” means the Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.
(b) The coordinator shall do all of the following:
(1) Set state goals to end homelessness in California.
(2) Identify a local leader in each relevant city, county, city and county, or other jurisdiction to serve as a liaison between the coordinator and that jurisdiction.
(3) Oversee homelessness programs, services, data, and policies between federal, state, and local agencies.
(4) Coordinate the timing of release of state funds and applications for funding for housing and housing-based services impacting Californians experiencing homelessness.
(5) In collaboration with local leaders, provide annual recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor.
(c) The coordinator may adjust state goals to the extent
allowed by state law.
(d) The coordinator shall submit each of the annual recommendations to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795.
