Bill Text: CA SB194 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Senate Bill 194 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Community Equity Investment Act of 2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-27 - In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto) [SB194 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB194-Enrolled.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 194	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to add Section 50834.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 194, Florez. Community Equity Investment Act of 2010.
   Under the federal State Community Development Block Grant Program,
funds are allocated to the state and administered by the Department
of Housing and Community Development for projects and programs that
meet the housing and economic development needs of persons and
families of low or moderate income.
   This bill would enact the Community Equity Investment Act of 2010.
The bill would make legislative findings and declarations relating
to disadvantaged unincorporated communities. The bill would specify
how funds received pursuant to the federal State Community
Development Block Grant Program are expended at the local government
level and would impose various requirements on a local government in
receipt of those funds that would, among other things, ensure the
representation and participation of citizens of disadvantaged
unincorporated communities.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Community Equity Investment Act of 2010.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
   (1) There exist in California hundreds of disadvantaged
unincorporated communities. There are more than 200 of these
communities in the San Joaquin Valley alone. Many of these
communities are geographically isolated islands, surrounded by the
city limits of large-and medium-sized cities.
   (2) The conditions within these disadvantaged unincorporated
communities evidence a distinct lack of public and private investment
that presents a threat to the health and safety of the residents and
fosters economic, social, and educational inequality. Many of these
communities lack basic infrastructure, including, but not limited to,
streets, sidewalks, storm drainage, clean drinking water, and
adequate sewer service.
  SEC. 2.  Section 50834.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   50834.5.  Unless prohibited by federal law, where a federal
entitlement exists under the Community Development Block Grant
Program (24 C.F.R. Part 570), a local government shall comply with
all of the following requirements with the funds made available
pursuant to this chapter:
   (a) If a local government has a citizen advisory committee to
advise the council or board on Community Development Block Grant
Program matters which relate, but are not limited, to public health,
safety, welfare, public works, or planning, the local government
shall include representation from disadvantaged unincorporated
communities within its jurisdiction.
   (b) Local governments shall provide proper notice, in compliance
with federal Community Development Block Grant regulations, to ensure
that citizens from disadvantaged unincorporated communities are
given reasonable and timely access to information about the Community
Development Block Grant Program, the application process, and
technical assistance that may be available to their communities.
   (c) In determining how to distribute Community Development Block
Grant funds for technical assistance, a local government shall
prioritize the needs of residents of disadvantaged unincorporated
communities within its jurisdiction with no local governing board to
the extent necessary to permit residents to prepare and submit an
application for funding.