Bill Text: CA SB550 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Accessible housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB550 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB550-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 550	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 6.25 (commencing with Section 50655.1) to
Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
housing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 550, as amended, Jackson. Accessible housing.
   Existing law establishes various programs under the Department of
Housing and Community Development, including the California Housing
Rehabilitation Program for the development of low-income and
multifamily rental housing in the state. Existing law creates the
Multifamily Housing Program under the department to provide a
standardized set of program rules and features applicable to all
housing types based on the existing California Housing Rehabilitation
Program. Among other things, the program provides financial
assistance to fund projects for, among other things, the development
and construction of new, and rehabilitation or acquisition and
rehabilitation of, existing, transitional, or rental housing
developments, and establishes a project selection process for loans
for these projects. Existing law also requires the department to
establish a program for the purpose of housing assistance for the
physically or developmentally disabled, or mentally disordered.
   This bill would create the Accessible Multifamily Housing Act of
2013, which would require  new and substantially
rehabilitated assisted multifamily housing projects  
public housing facilities with residential dwelling units  , as
defined, for which  requests for  building permits are
 issued   submitted  on and after July 1,
2014, to  be designed and constructed to be readily
accessible to and usable by individuals with mobility, vision, and
hearing impairments   include specified percentages of
residential dwelling units that provide compliant mobility and
communications features  , as specified.
   By imposing additional enforcement duties on local officials, this
bill would create a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a)  There exists within the urban and rural areas of the state a
significant number of people with disabilities who lack accessible,
decent, safe, and sanitary housing. The lack of affordable,
accessible housing is a significant problem for adults and children,
contributing to chronic homelessness and unnecessary
institutionalization.
   (b)  California housing and building codes and standards
do not currently provide   In   particular,
there is a shortage of housing that provides  for sufficient
accessibility for people who need accessible features in their homes,
including people who use mobility devices or who have sensory
disabilities.
   (c)  Ensuring that state accessibility requirements for assisted
multifamily housing projects meet or exceed the accessibility
standards required for federally assisted multifamily housing
projects will reduce confusion, will provide for a more comprehensive
approach to accessibility, and will result in the provision of much
needed additional accessible units.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 6.25 (commencing with Section 50655.1) is added to
Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 6.25.  ACCESSIBLE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ACT OF 2013


   50655.1.  (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as
the Accessible Multifamily Housing Act of 2013. 
   (b) (1) New and substantially rehabilitated assisted multifamily
housing projects shall be designed and constructed to be readily
accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. Subject
to paragraph (2), a minimum of 10 percent of the total dwelling
units, or at least one unit in the assisted multifamily housing
project, whichever is greater, shall be made accessible for persons
with mobility impairments. An additional 4 percent of the units, but
no fewer than one unit, in the project shall be accessible for
persons with hearing or vision impairments.  
   (b) (1) In public housing facilities with residential dwelling
units, at least 10 percent, but no fewer than one unit, of the total
number of residential dwelling units shall provide mobility features
that comply with Sections 11B-809.2 to 11B-890.4, inclusive, of the
California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code
of Regulations) and shall be on an accessible route as required by
Section 11B-206, or any greater accessibility requirements later
adopted in the California Building Standards Code.  
   (2) In public housing with residential dwelling units, at least 4
percent, but no fewer than one unit, of the total number of
residential dwelling units shall provide communications features that
comply with Section 11B-809.5 of the California Building Standards
Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) or any greater
level of communication features later adopted in the California
Building Standards Code.  
   (2) 
    (3)  The California Housing Finance Agency, the
Department of Housing and Community Development, or other state or
local government agency may prescribe a higher percentage or number
than that prescribed in paragraph (1), upon a determination that a
higher percentage is necessary for a particular program, project, or
area, based on census data or other available current data or in
response to evidence of a need for a higher percentage or number
received in any other manner.
   (c) This chapter shall apply to all  assisted multifamily
housing projects   public housing facilities  for
which  requests for  building permits are  issued
  submitted  on and after July 1, 2014.
   50655.2.  The following terms have the following meanings for
purposes of this chapter: 
   (a) "Accessible" means that a multifamily housing unit is on an
accessible route and is adaptable and otherwise in compliance with
the standards set forth in Section 8.32 (a), (b), and (c) of Title 24
of the Code of Federal Regulations.  
   (b) "Assistance" 
    (a)     "Financial assistance"  means
the provision of any land or  in-kind contributions, as well
as  any financial assistance, including proceeds of any bond
or indenture, loan or grant or bond insurance or guarantees, loans,
grants, rental assistance, operational assistance, development
assistance, downpayment assistance, rehabilitation assistance, or
housing tax credits  , including housing in which some or all
units are subject to affordability restrictions due to the provision
of density bonuses or other incentives from the local government
 . 
   (c) "Assisted multifamily housing project" means any newly
developed or substantially rehabilitated multifamily housing
receiving assistance from state or local public agencies, 
    (b)     "Public housing," as defined in
Section 202 of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of
the California Code of Regulations) shall include housing that
receives financial assistance from any state, local government, or
public agency,  including from the California Housing Finance
Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, local redevelopment
agencies and their successors, cities, counties, and  city
  cities  and counties, and public housing
authorities.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.