Bill Text: CA AB2593 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Joint Exercise of Powers Act: Sacramento County Partnership on Homelessness.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-08-31 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Wahab. [AB2593 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2593-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty, Hoover, and Stephanie Nguyen |
February 14, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program, administered by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, to provide grant funds to cities, continuums of care, and tribes in specified rounds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the effort of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that authorizes the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Galt, and Isleton to create and operate a joint powers agency for the purpose of assisting
the homeless population, coordinating homelessness response, and developing and managing a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6539.8.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:6539.8.5.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any law, any qualified local agency may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other qualified local agencies pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to assist the homeless population, to coordinate homelessness response, and to develop and manage a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento.SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances facing the County of Sacramento with regard to the homelessness crisis.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that authorizes the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Galt, and Isleton to create and operate a joint powers agency for the purpose of assisting the homeless population, coordinating homelessness response, and developing and managing a comprehensive strategic plan to address homelessness within the County of Sacramento.