Bill Text: CA AB2835 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Motels and hotels: publicly funded shelter programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 209, Statutes of 2024. [AB2835 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2835-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 11, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2835

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Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel

February 15, 2024

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An act to repeal Section 1954.093 of the Civil Code, relating to tenancy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2835, as amended, Gabriel. Motels and hotels: publicly funded shelter programs.

Existing law, Chapter 645 of the Statutes of 2022, law provides that the continued occupancy of a shelter program participant in a motel or hotel does not constitute a new tenancy and is not considered a “person who hires” for purposes of an unlawful detainer action if the shelter program meets specified requirements. Existing law prohibits specified provisions of the California Building Standards Code from causing a motel or hotel to be designated as nontransient solely as a result of a shelter program participant’s occupancy in the motel or hotel beyond a 30-day period, or from being interpreted to restrict the duration of occupancy for shelter program participants. Existing law prohibits a hotel or motel from adopting specified policies or imposing charges or fees specifically for shelter program participants, and prohibits requiring those participants to check out and reregister or move out of or between rooms while actively enrolled in a shelter program for purposes of preventing occupants from establishing rights of tenancy. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to extending the sunset of Assembly Bill 1991 (Chapter 645 of the Statutes of 2022). delete the January 1, 2025, repeal date, thereby extending operation of the above-described provisions indefinitely.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1954.093 of the Civil Code is repealed.

1954.093.

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to extending the sunset of Assembly Bill 1991 (Chapter 645 of the Statutes of 2022).