Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.
This bill would additionally include, as purposes of the program, assisting local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county with operating safe parking sites while locating interim or permanent housing.
Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.
Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of certain Senate and Assembly committees on the funding distributed for each of the program's purposes, as specified.

Statutes affected:
SB 748: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC
02/21/25 - Introduced: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC
03/27/25 - Amended Senate: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC, 50254 HSC, 50254 HSC
04/09/25 - Amended Senate: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC, 50254 HSC
05/01/25 - Amended Senate: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC, 50254 HSC